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BOOK 94 PAGE 7 7 4 The Board reviewed a Memorandum of March 22, 1995: TO: James E. Chandler County Administrator D ION HEAD CONC ENCE: '11Obert Kea i , A Community Devel mere irector 146 THROUGH: Stan Boling, AICP DATE: March 22, 1995 Planning Director FROM: John W. McCoy, AICP•:fotk\ Senior Planner, Current Development SUBJECT: New Hope Ministries, Inc. 's Request for Special Exception Use Approval for a Place of Worship and Private School It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of April 4, 1995. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: Mosby & Associates, Inc. has submitted applications for major site plan and special exception use approval on behalf of New Hope Ministries, Inc. for a place of worship and private school. The applicant submitted separate special exception use applications: one for the place of worship and one for the private school. Although the Planning and Zoning Commission considered these requests separately, the applicant is requesting that the Board of County Commissioners consider both special exception use requests jointly, and approve both uses at one time. The subject property is located on the south side of Cemetery Road approximately 1,800 feet west of Old Dixie Highway, and is zoned RS -6. The RS -6 zoning district requires special exception approval for a place of worship and for a private school. On the subject property there is an existing single family residential structure which has been converted from a house to a place of worship. The applicant has indicated that this occurred without county approvals within the last five years. The school was established more recently without county approval. The school serves approximately- 35 pproximately35 students in grades 1-12. According to the applicant, the students will be drawn from the local area. Pursuant to Section 971.05 of the LDRs, the Board of County Commissioners is to consider the appropriateness of the requested uses based on the submitted site plan and suitability of the site for those uses. The Board may approve, approve with conditions or deny the special exception uses. The county may attach any conditions and safeguards necessary to mitigate impacts and to ensure compatibility of the uses with the surrounding area. The Planning and Zoning Commission separately considered the special exception use requests for the place of worship and for the private school. At its January 26, 1995 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend that the Board conditionally approve the place of worship request. At its March 9, 1995 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted -7-0 to APRIL 49 1995 26 l