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Draft Excerpt of February 22, 2007 Planning Commission Meeting Page J of6 I Item 6: Public Hearings I (a) Matter of consideration of amendments to Article 3 - Definitions, Article 5 - Residential, Article 13 - Special Review Overlay District, and Article 17 - Off-Street Parking & Loading Regulations of the Zoning Code; and consideration of amendments to the Zoning Map. Amendments will include deleting definitions for "Clubs & Lodges' and 'Religious Assembly" and replacing them with "Assembly Uses," and making changes to Article 5 for consistency with the new definitions; creating a new Assembly Uses Overlay District; and modifying the parking standards for consistency with "Assembly Uses." The Zoning Map will be modified to include 197 properties with an Assembly Use (-AU) Overlay District, which would allow assembly uses to be conditionally permitted on these properties. The proposed ordinance for the adoption of Zoning Code amendments related to Assembly Uses underwent environmental analysis, for which an Initial Study Checklist and Negative Declaration were prepared. The public review period established for the Negative Declaration commenced on February 1 and concludes on February 20. To date, no comments have been received. Secretary Pollart briefed the Planning Commission on this proposal, beginning by outlining its background. Last May Faith Fellowship Church (FFC) requested a Zoning Code amendment to conditionally permit Assembly Uses in IL (Industrial Limited) zones, and to rezone the site at 14600 Catalina (formerly occupied by MDL) from IP (Industrial Professional) to IL. The proposal before the Planning Commission does not address that specific request, but the request did trigger the review of Assembly Uses that in turn led to recommendations for the Commission's action. At this time, the Zoning Code contains no specific defmition for "Assembly Uses," but rather includes separate definitions for and references to "Clubs and Lodges" and "Religious Assembly." The current Zoning Code conditionally permits: . Religious Assembly use in R districts and . Clubs and Lodges use in RO and RM districts. FFC's current location at 577 Manor is zoned RS (PD), (Residential Single-Family, Planned Development Overlay District), The Planning Commission and the BZA discussed the matter during a joint work session on October 19. Based on policy and criteria set forth in the General Plan, staff presented two options for consideration to create additional opportunities for Assembly Uses, which are currently limited to residential districts. The two options: 1) Amend the Zoning Code to allow Assembly Uses as conditionally permitted in the IL zone; or 2) Apply an Assembly Use Overlay to identified areas. The direction given by the BZA and Planning Commission was for staffto move forward to develop a recommendation on Option 2. Following A TT ACHMENT E