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PROPOSED PROJECT The applicant is proposing to continue occupying and operating in Suites 3 and 4 and to construct a new outdoor playground area. The floor plan was previously approved to consist of six classrooms, a library, a computer lab, a storage room, a file room, and a teacher's lounge. No interior modifications are proposed as part of this application. This location has direct access to both the front and rear parking lots within the shopping center; however, the facility picks up and transports the students, via a staff driven van stored within the parking lot at the subject site, from their respective schools to the facility each day. Thus, the existing parking lots are only utilized by facility staff and then by parents in the evening for a few minutes at a time to pick-up their children from the facility. This practice will remain unchanged as part of this application. The previously approved CUP also allows up to five staff on-site at any given time, a maximum of 30 students on-site at any given time for tutoring (fourth through sixth grade), and hours of operation as follows: Monday through Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. during the school year and 8:30 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. during the Summer. The proposed modification to the CUP includes requests for up to eight staff on-site at any given time, a Heritage School for up to 30 students on-site at any given time that provides supplementary academic programming for students in kindergarten through sixth grade and individual tutoring for students in seventh through tenth grade as requested, and hours of operation as follows: Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. during the school year and 8:30 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. during the Summer. The Heritage School curriculum will focus on academic and cultural supplementation to regular day school programs with an emphasis on Chinese and Spanish language training, math, and English language arts, and will provide opportunities for both exercise and recreation within the proposed outdoor playground area. Additional details related to the State mandated requirements for operating a Heritage School are available on page one of the applicant's narrative (Exhibit B). The proposed modification to the CUP also includes a new outdoor playground area that will replace eight existing parking spaces at the rear of the shopping center as shown on the plans in Exhibit B. The playground area is approximately 1,984 square feet (31 feet by 64 feet) in area. The playground area will include a 10-foot tall prefabricated play structure surrounded by a rubber synthetic play surface, turf area, a new bench and landscaping as shown on the plans in Exhibit B. The playground is designed to be fully accessible, and will be enclosed and secured with a six-foot tall wrought iron fence and two locking gates. The playground area will be utilized from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Students will be supervised both in walking to and from the playground area and when they are within the fenced area. No more than 16 students will occupy the playground area at any given time. Please see the attached narrative and project plans (Exhibit B) for additional information on the proposed use. P14-0970 and P14-1173, Young Ivy Academy Planning Commission 3 of 9