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City Planning Commission Members City of Pleasanton, CA. April 16, 2018 Page 2 A Chabad House is a homonymous term. It may be the official center sponsored by the Chabad- movement in whatever community that serves as a place of worship, lectures and public education, daycare centers for children or the elderly, parochial schools, and social welfare programs for the Jewish community—any one of these or any combination of some of these. There are presently over 2000 such centers throughout the world wherever Jewish communities exist. The Lubavitcher Rebbe instructed all of his followers to designate Chabad Houses in the symbolic sense of identifying with values and goals of the Chabad Movement in terms of personal religious lifestyle alongside devotion to other people (inspiring all who dwell or visit there); and as an educational tool for the resident children to realize their responsibilities toward everyone else. The mandates of our faith are found in a long library of texts discussing the use of our Chabad House for religious purposes. One text known as the Shulchan Aruch is the Definitive Code of Jewish Law, i.e.,ecclesiastical laws,binding upon all religious Jews. This legal code,first collated in 16th century, was subsequently complemented by much supplementary commentaries, glosses and other additions, taking into consideration later developments and newly arising conditions ruled upon by the Jewish legal authorities of every generation. In the 20th century,numerous works were published as compendia or digests of specific sections of the Shulchan Aruch to summarize all relevant materials in their specific contexts(thus separate synopses of,e.g., all the laws relating to the practical observance of the Sabbath, the various Holy days, prayer, dietary laws, and so forth. In a Chabad House, even the non-consecrated activities such as eating, sleeping, playing, must also be infused with holiness, even beyond the normative religious rituals that are mandated (such as grace before and after consumption of food and beverages, Torah-study in both day and night- time, the observance of the Sabbath and Holy Days with their specific rituals, family-celebrations that relate to religion, acts of charity and kindness, affixing of mezuzot — scrolls of Biblical passages affixed to all doors as reminders of Divine presence, requirement of some library of religious texts even if it be minimal etc.), to become in effect miniature sanctuaries —though not of permanent status nor of the same kind as a synagogue. Where and when it is possible to partake in communal prayer, as when there is a regular quorum-service in a synagogue, or where it is possible to assemble a quorum, one is duty-bound to do so. With respect to the entitlement process, my client applied for a CUP in September 2017 as it has a prior approved use that it has been working under since occupying the space May 2016. My client purchased the property on August 31, 2017. The requested approval is minor in light of the uses sought in this matter. The Religious needs of the Chabad. In this application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP), we are seeking the use of the outdoor ground for religious purposes for an estimated ten to fifteen events per year. One such use is a