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be a small daycare home located next to residences. If it was a small daycare home there would be no conditions the Commission could place on a small daycare home with kids screaming at the fence line 24 hours a day. • Regarding the number of outdoor activities, the balancing act is that they do not want to turn any religious institution so close to residences into a social event center. The line she would like to draw to start with a conservative line because of the sensitivity to noise, given the proximity of nearby residences. She supported allowing the church to be able to celebrate four religious holidays, with no more than one event per month starting incrementally. If after a year of 6 events per year there are no problems, the Commission can review whether to increase this or not. • Regarding the small events, she worries about these the most because of the ability for parties to occur at any time with up to 25 people. This is a large party for most residents, so she would like to see more parameters applied. Her personal debate is whether to allow unlimited parties and then let the residents complain if there are any problems. This is a religious institution and business as well, and the City typically has restrictions on things that involve 25 people if left unrestricted. She suggested starting small and if everything works out, it can be expanded. She did not want residents have to watch things and manage it and recommended Chabad show that they are a great neighbor so they can come back in one year and have the neighbors come with them and relay the situation and whether to support an increase. o Her preferred choice would be to limit small events to no more than 10 people. o Her second choice would be to maintain 25 people but limit how many times this could be done, which she felt was too restrictive. Commissioner O'Connor stated he does not see this application as a religious issue but more as a land use issue. In 1977 the Commission approved construction of an 8,000 square foot building only anticipating St. Clare's Church; they never anticipated another 8,000 square foot structure and the number of people who would occupy it. Recognizing the impacts of this on surrounding residents, the Commission imposed very restrictive conditions before the City had any issues with the Masonic Lodge. These conditions would run with the land and there were no outside activities. At the time the Commission talked about the buffer zone on the north and west to be kept as open space, about directing any activities to the south which is the parking lot, all doors and windows on the north side of the building were to remain closed and one emergency door for exits. Years later, staff had approved the installation of the double French doors on the north side and then a patio was constructed and this is when the noise issues began when people began using that north side of the building. In 2016, the Commission at that time modified the conditions to allow up to four outside activities a year. When this was appealed, the Council reversed the Commission's decision and mandated that the French doors be replaced with solid wood doors for emergency exits. Chabad was fully informed of these conditions and he thinks if outside activities were required by this organization a different property should have been selected. Residents are supportive of allowing up to the four required outdoor activities, but he was not sure the Planning Commission should be considering reversing what the City Council had mandated to enforce the original conditions of approval. EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 27, 2018 Page 10 of 15