HomeMy WebLinkAbout2.0 BOCC Staff Report 03.25.2002BOCC 03/25/02
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PROJECT INFORMATION AND STAFF COMMENTS
REQUEST: A request for review of a Conditional Use Permit to
allow a Church in the R/L/SD zone district.
APPLICANT: Sonlight Foursquare Gospel Church
(Bernard Masimer, Pastor)
LOCATION: 0355 County Road 132, Glenwood Springs, CO
81650. Located west of Glenwood Springs near the
intersection of County Road 130 and County Road
132.
SITE DATA: 9.55 acres
ACCESS: Private driveway off of County Road 132
WATER: City of Glenwood Springs
SEWER: West Glenwood Sanitation District
EXISTING ZONING: R/L/SD
I. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSAL
A. Site & Project Description: The applicant is proposing to permit an existing 1,500
square foot modular home on the site as a church facility. The modular will house the
church offices and also the meeting room space for church use. The office space will
be used on a daily basis from 8:OOam to 5:OOpm. A total of two workers will run the
office; One full-time 40 hour per week employee, one part-time 20 hour per week
employee. The meeting rooms will be used three (3) to four (4) times a week, several
hours at a time. The amount of vehicles accessing the site will be approximately two
(2) to nine (9) vehicles per day.
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II. MAJOR ISSUES AND CONCERNS
A. Conditional and Special Uses: Conditional Uses are subject to the standards set
forth in Section 5.03 of the Zoning Resolution. This section states the following:
(1) Utilities adequate to provide water and sanitation service based on
accepted engineering standards and approved by the Board of County
Commissioners shall either be in place or shall be constructed in conjunction
with the proposed use; (A97-60)
The City of Glenwood Springs and the West Glenwood Sanitation District
currently provide water and sewer service to this property. The applicant has
provided a letter from the West Glenwood Sanitation Distract that sewage service
will be continued. The City of Glenwood Springs has indicated that they will
continue to provide water service to this property as long as the applicant is
enters a pre -annexation agreement with the City.
(2) Street improvements adequate to accommodate traffic volume generated by
the proposed use and to provide safe, convenient access to the use shall either be
in place or shall be constructed in conjunction with the proposed use;
The applicant has indicated that approximately two (2) to nine (9) vehicles per
day will be entering the site. Staff does not believe this will constitute street
improvements. The applicant is however, relocating the existing driveway access
to the south of the property to provide safer access per Road and Bridge
recommendations.
(3) Design of theproposed use is organized to minimize impact on and from
adjacent uses of lnd through installation of screen fences or landscape
materials on the periphery o/'the lot and by location of intensively utilized areas,
access points, lighting and signs in such a manner as to protect established
neighborhood character;
The proposed use will be within an existing structure already located on the site.
B. Access: The proposed access is a private drive off of County Road 132. The
application includes correspondence from the Road and Bridge Department
recommending a new access point on the southern portion of the property to
achieve adequate site distance for motorists. The existing driveway on the site
will be required to be abandoned after completion of the new entry.
C. Parking: The following standards apply to the proposed use:
2.02.40 Off -Street Parking: An area maintained on the lot in an accessible and
unobstructed condition for parking of automobiles by the residents, visitors,
employees and customers of uses occupying the lot shall be a minimum of two
hundred (200) square feet.
The applicant has provided parking spaces with the dimension of 8.5' x 18' (153
square feet). As can be seen in the regulation above, the requirement is two
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hundred (200) square feet. The applicant will be required to modify the parking
configuration before a Conditional Use Permit will be issued.
5.01.02 Minimum Off -Street Parking: Parking for each use shall be provided in
the following amounts:
(4) Auditorium and public assembly: one (1) space per one hundred
(100) square feet of floor area used for seating or assembly;
The applicant has provided two (2) handicapped spaces and seven (7) standard
parking spaces, at a reduced size than what is required by Section 2.02.40 of the
Zoning Regulations. The applicant has stated that approximately 522 square feet
of the modular will be used for meeting areas. This would require six (6) parking
spaces, pursuant to the regulation listed above. The applicant will be required to
provide at least six (6) two hundred (200) square foot parking spaces before a
Conditional Use Permit will be issued.
D. Water: The applicant has indicated that the existing modular will be served by
City of Glenwood Springs water. The applicant will need to demonstrate a
completed pre -annexation agreement with the City of Glenwood Springs prior to
the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit.
E. Sewer: The proposed use on this property will be served by the West Glenwood
Sanitation District. The applicant has provided a letter from the West Glenwood
Sanitation District stating that they can and will serve the unit.
III. SUGGESTED FINDINGS
1. That proper public notice was provided as required for the hearing before the
Board of County Commissioners.
2. That the hearing before the Board of County Commissioners was extensive and
complete, that all pertinent facts, matters and issues were submitted and that all
interested parties were heard at that meeting.
3. That for the above stated and other reasons, the proposed conditional use permit is
in the best interest of the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity
and welfare of the citizens of Garfield County.
4. That the application is in conformance with the Garfield County Zoning
Resolution of 1978, as amended.
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IV. RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends APPROVAL, with the following conditions:
1. That all representations of the applicant, either within the application or stated at
the hearing before the Board of County Commissioners, shall be considered
conditions of approval.
2. That the applicant shall meet all requirements of the Garfield County Zoning
Resolution of 1978, as amended.
3. A pre -annexation agreement with the City of Glenwood Springs and the applicant
is in place before a Conditional Use Permit is granted.
4. The applicant must provide at least six (6) two hundred (200) square foot parking
spaces to comply with Section 2.02.40 and 5.01.02 of the Zoning Resolution of
1978, as amended.
5. That this approval shall be valid until 03/25/03. If the applicant fails to meet
these conditions by 03/25/03, and subsequently the special use permit is never
issued, the approval shall be automatically revoked, unless an extension is granted
by the Board of County Commissioners.
6. Any expansion or modification of this use shall require an amendment of the
Conditional Use Permit.
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