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PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO_ PC-2005-19 RESOLUTION APPROVING PHASE I OF THE APPLICATION OF ST_ CLARE'S EPISCOPAL CJHURCH FOR DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, AS FILED LTNDER CASE YI~R-391/YCUP-1 18 WHEREAS, St. Clare's Episcopal Church has applied for design review approval and conditional use permit Ibr an existing Church facility located at 3350 Hopyard Road to allow a thx-ee-phased master expansion plan and other site improvements as follows- (1) a sanctuary and multi-purpose room extension of approximately 4,970 square feet; ~2~ a new sanctuary of approximately 9,250 square feet acid the expansion of the existing parking lot; and (3J a new administrative office of approximately 5,000 square feet; aad WHEREAS, zoning for the property is RM-2,500 (Multiple-Family Residential) District- and WHEREAS, at its duly noticed public hearing of May 1 1, 2005, the Plat~ning ComLr~ission considered all public testimony, relevant exhibits, and recommendations of the City staff concerning this application; and WHEREAS, projects of this nature are categorically exempt Isom the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission made the following Fndings- The proposed location of the conditional use is in accordance with the o bj actives of the zoning ordinatzce and the purpose of the district in which the site is located. The master expansion plan has been designed to minimize impacts to the nearby residential properties. As conditioned, the proposed master expansion plan would be cotzsistant with the intont of the zoning coda- The existing Church operation bas generally bean conzp:aLi blc with the Burro undin~ neighborhood, and the expansion will continue to coir~plement the neigh borhood_ The applicants will also be required to mitigate any future nuisances which may occur as a result of the proposed expansion. Therefore, the first Iinding can be made.