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gymnasiums at Harvest Park Middle School, Pleasanton Middle School, and Thomas Hart Middle School measure approximately 38 feet, 37 feet 8 inches, and 38 feet, respectively. Staff notes that the Pleasanton Middle School and Harvest Park School gymnasiums exceed the height limits of their respective zoning districts. However, variances were not required for the school gymnasiums because public school buildings are not subject to City review or zoning regulations such as height limits. Therefore, staff believes that approving the height variance for the gymnasium portion of the building would not be precedent setting and stafffeels that the second finding can be made for the height variance. 3. That the granting of the variance will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare, or materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity. Staff believes that the proposed 77-foot rear yard setback to the closest residential properties on Bowen Street would provide an adequate buffer to minimize building massing impacts on the Bowen Street neighbors and would provide adequate light and open space between the church and residential properties. Staff also notes that the taller gymnasium walls are located an additional 28 feet from the southernmost end of the building wall, resulting in a 105-foot rear yard setback from the Bowen Street neighbors' rear property line to the taller gymnasium walls. Staff also finds that the building mass has been minimized as a result of the side gymnasium walls angling in towards the top and because the taller side walls don't wrap around to the front and rear of the gymnasium. The gymnasium walls would also slightly undulate in and out and up and down to add interest and reduce the mass of the building compared to a flat building wall. Additionally, the 34-tall gymnasium walls would be located along a liD-foot long portion of the approximately 302-foot long building. The remainder of the building would be well below the 3D-foot height limit with only the very top ridge ofthe roof over the conference room reaching a maximum height of 29 feet 3 inches. Staff also notes that it would be difficult to perceive the height difference between a 3D-foot tall building and a 34- foot tall building. Therefore, staff believes that the granting of the variance would not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or general welfare or materially injurious to properties in the area, and this third finding can be made. VII. PUBLIC NOTICE Notices for design review and variance applications are normally mailed to property owners and tenants within 1,000 feet of the subject property. In this case, staff expanded the notice area to include all residents in the Pleasanton Village, Mohr Park, Sycamore Place, and Stoneridge PDR-561/PV-158 Planning Commission Page 21