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ATTACHMENT 6 <br />EXHIBIT <br />S bc'c 1(i t1 VA Gt - 3 U <br />Issues Regarding Masonic Temple on IHonvard Road <br />Background <br />Until a few years ago, there was no problem with the Masonic Temple. There was no noticeable <br />noise from the building, and their activities did not cause a nuisance. A few years ago, however, the <br />Temple built glass doors on the north side of the building, built a patio on the north side, landscaped <br />the north side, and built a fence to provide privacy from Hopyard Rd. These building and grounds <br />changes resulted in the Temple starting to have parties and other activities on the north side of the <br />building during the day, opening the north side doors or keeping them open during parties at night, <br />extending the parties in the building into the north side yard area, and having sound from parties <br />inside the building pass through the doors on the north side. <br />Initially we wondered how the City Council and Planning Cormission could grant a permit in a <br />residential area for a business to conduct such activities. The other two closest businesses to the <br />Masonic Temple, which are both churches, do not have these types of activities. This question <br />caused us to request a copy of the Temple's conditional use permit and also research the Planning <br />Commission files and meeting minutes for background on their thinking behind the provisions of <br />the permit. <br />Staff Report and Public Hearing Notes <br />The Staff Report on page 1 states, "One of the positive features of the conditional use permit <br />approved for the church (this refers to the original business on the property which sold part of the <br />land to the Masonic Temple) was that all structures were shown on the southern part of the parcel <br />considerably removed from the residences north of the subject property. The current proposal <br />shows the lodge and a possible future parking lot in that intervening upper zone. While lodge <br />meetings are normally staid affairs which do not generate much commotion, lodge buildings are <br />commonly rented for non -lodge affairs such as wedding receptions and parties which can be <br />nuisance creating. Physical separation of such facilities from residences therefore would normally <br />be desirable. While it might be preferable to have the lodge building farther south on the property, <br />it would be possible to design the structure so as to maintain anv f emphasis addedl noise generated <br />from within. This could be done by prohibiting openings on the north or west sides of the structure, <br />and therefore, activity would be focused away from the northern residences." The staff report was <br />clearly concerned about noise nuisance and wanted the building to be designed to keep the noise <br />within the structure and activities away from the north and west sides of the building so as not to be <br />a nuisance to the neighbors. Furthermore, knowing that the Masonic Temple would be built closer <br />to the residences than the original plans for the church, the Planning Commission specifically added <br />the restrictions discussed above to protect the residences. <br />The Staff Report further states "activities restricted to south side of building" and "The guiding <br />standards for the development of the site shall be that ... the buildings be designed so that the <br />activities will be focused toward the southern portion of the subject property." Exhibit A shows the <br />north side area was suppose to be parking lot, precluding any activities to the north side. <br />
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