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Analysis Background On December 3, 2003, a Use Permit application was submitted for a religious assembly and a K-4 grade school with a maximum of fifty (50) students. The application was approved by the Planning Commission on July 21, 2005. An appeal to the Board of Supervisors was filed July 27, 2005. The Board of Supervisors upheld the appeal, which denied the project on September 27, 2005, stating they could not make Findings 3, 4, and 5 in the affirmative. The Board of Supervisors had concerns regarding the school, location of the project on the southern portion of the parcel, and traffic safety. The Board of Supervisors were concerned that standard farming practices could be harmful to the children attending the school. The Board of Supervisors had a concern about the proximity of the religious assembly to the nearby residences along the southern property line. Traffic safety was also a concern regarding the adequacy of Lower Sacramento Road to accommodate the increased traffic from the school There were also safety concerns regarding left turns out of the project site onto Lower Sacramento Road. The project has been redesigned to address the issues identified by the Board of Supervisors. A school is not being proposed with this project. This project is located on the northern border of the parcel adjacent to a landscaping business, more than 500 feet from the southern property line. The Department of Public Works has made improvements to Lower Sacramento Road. Improvements include a median which runs directly in front of the relocated project site prohibiting left hand turns from the project site; the road has been widened from two lanes to four lanes just north of the project. A supplement to the original traffic study was also completed and the mitigation measures are included with Public Works'Conditions of Approval. Pursuant to Development Title Section 9-215.15 a previously denied project can be resubmitted after one (1) year. Church Operations Daily worship services will consist of five(5)services a day seven(7)days a week from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm with an expected maximum attendance of 50 people per service. The Friday worship begins at 1:00 pm and lasts until 2:30 pm with an expected maximum attendance of 200 people There is no school facility proposed. Neighborhood Opposition The Community Development Department received three (3) fetters of opposition, two from neighbors and one from the Farm Bureau. The letters expressed concerns regarding increased traffic, noise, excessive light, increased crime, and land use Traffic: As part of the review of the proposed project the Public Works Department required that a supplemental traffic impact analysis be performed. The original traffic analysis was prepared on June 16, 2004, and a supplemental traffic impact analysis was prepared on February 9, 2009, by Dowling Associates. The supplemental analysis-recommended the following two mitigation measures to reduce the impact of the proposed project. The owner shall pay the County $150.00 for the installation of a "No U-turn" sign facing southbound N. Lower Sacramento Road traffic at the end of the median south of the site. San Joaquin County PA-0800259/California Islamic Center Community Development Page 3