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facility operations, including prayer service times and peak hours of operation, prior to project approval. Parking and Surfacing The site plan does not indicate the surfacing or paving material for the driveway, parking area, and maneuvering areas. The parking areas and ingress and egress areas that connect to a paved road must be surfaced and permanently maintained with asphalt concrete or portland cement concrete to provide a durable dust free surface. (Development Title Section 9-1015.5 [e]) The site plan depicts nine (9) parking spaces measuring nine (9) feet wide by nineteen (19) feet long and one (1) accessible space. Pursuant to Development Title Table 9- 1015.3(b), the Religious Assembly-Neighborhood Use Type requires 0.33 parking spaces per seat. Therefore, a minimum of nine (9) parking spaces with one (1) accessible space are required. Pursuant to Development Title Section 9-1015.5(b)(1), each parking stall shall be an unobstructed rectangle, minimum of nine (9) feet wide by twenty (20) feet long. The surface material for the driveway, parking area, and maneuvering area and revised dimensions for the parking spaces must be shown on a revised site plan. Access and Circulation The site plan depicts a two-way access driveway with a width of twenty (20) feet. Development Title Section 9-1015.5(h)(1) states, "Access driveways shall have a width of no less than twenty-five (25) feet for two-way aisles and sixteen (16) feet for one-way aisles except that in no case shall driveways designated as fire department access be less than twenty (20) feet wide." It is unclear on the site plan what the circulation pattern is for the religious facility. The circulation patterns for ingress and egress traffic and aisle widths must clearly be shown on a revised site plan. Screening The subject parcel abuts parcels to the east and west that are zoned AL-5 (Limited Agriculture, 5-acre minimum) and contain residences. Development Title Section 9- 1022.4[d] states when a commercial project abuts a residential zone, an area shown on the General Plan for residential use, or an existing residential use, a solid masonry wall six (6) feet to seven (7) feet in height shall be erected along the abutting property line. Additionally, Development Title Section 9-1020.5[e] requires parking areas abutting a residential zone, an area shown on the General Plan for residential use, or an existing residential use, to be screened with a solid masonry wall six (6) to seven (7) feet in height along the abutting property line. A five (5) foot planting strip shall also be installed adjacent to the wall and the parking area. As a result, a solid masonry wall six (6) to seven (7) feet in height would be required along the eastern and western property lines along the proposed parking area. However, although there are residences on the adjacent parcels to the east and west, the residence to the east is located 400 feet from the proposed project site and the residences to the west are located 200 feet from the proposed project site. There is an adequate buffer to not require a masonry wall at this time.