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• Since the PZC meeting, the church had adjusted speaker equipment orientation within the sanctuary to direct sound away from the surrounding residences and toward Old Dixie Highway. • The church had also added sound-attenuating foam to several windows along the south elevation of the existing sanctuary, which is the side of the sanctuary that faces an adjacent residence across 13th Place SW. Parties indicated that the adjustments had reduced sound previously directed towards residences. • The project engineer provided decibel readings taken during several different services (Wednesday evening, Friday evening, Sunday morning,and Sunday evening)and measured at various locations on and off the church grounds. Those readings confirmed compliance with County noise regulations, taken after the previously described sound-related adjustments were made by the church. • The project engineer also provided several images depicting where the driveway is proposed to be relocated as part of the project. Those images provided the neighbors with more information than images shown at the PZC hearing. • The property owners continued to express concerns about the existing (nonconforming) parking along 13th Place SW, and the capacity of the site to accommodate more development and potentially more people. • The nearby property owners inquired about the appearance of the proposed addition and its aesthetic compatibility with surrounding residential buildings. While most of the items identified above were discussed at length, the three items most discussed were parking and associated traffic along 13th Place SW,exterior noise levels,and the aesthetic appearance of the addition. At the joint meeting,staff noted that the proposed site plan provides a formal parking layout that will better organize access and parking, and that the engineer had provided evidence that currently a maximum of 13 parking spaces are used during regular services,while the proposed plan will provide 21 spaces. Staff also noted that 10 of the 21 total parking spaces are grandfathered-in nonconforming spaces that allow vehicles to back directly into the 13th Place SW right-of-way, across the street from a residence. Staff stated that those 10 spaces are allowed to remain as grandfathered-in spaces since the scale of the project constitutes a minor site plan rather than a major site plan. At the joint meeting, staff noted that the church made several adjustments to reduce the current exterior noise levels and stated that noise levels are an operational characteristic that will need to be controlled by the church in accordance with County noise regulations (Chapter 974). With respect to aesthetics, staff noted at the meeting that the church site and surrounding neighborhood are not located within a special aesthetic corridor and, therefore, no special corridor architectural requirements apply to the proposed addition. Since the October 31" meeting, the church has agreed to two additional design-related conditions of approval to address aesthetic concerns expressed by the neighbors.The church has agreed to paint the addition to match the color of the church building and to provide additional foundation plantings (shrubs) along the west (rear) facade to break-up a "blank wall" appearance along the side of the addition most adjacent to a residence. Those design-related conditions have been incorporated into staffs recommendation. 167 F:A(bmmunity Development\CurDevABCC\2015 BCC',FullGospelAssembly(SP-SE-14-07-17).docx 5