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Analysis -_ Background In June of 1999, the applicant submitted Use Permit Application No. UP-99-0014 for a regional church facility that consisted of a fellowship hall with 975 seats, a K-12 private school, a women's shelter, staff housing, a maintenance building, and athletic fields. The request for the women's shelter was removed before the item appeared before the Planning Commission. In October of 1999, the Planning Commission denied the Use Permit Application based on the inability to make finding No. 5 in the affirmative. Finding No. 5 states: 'The use is compatible with adjoining land uses." On appeal, in December of 1999, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors omitted the proposed day school and approved the Use Permit for a regional religious assembly facility to be built in three phases over eight years. On May 22, 2007, the Board of Supervisors approved a Revisions of Approved Actions for UP-99-0014 to change the phasing from eight years to sixteen years. Two of the six buildings approved as part of the Use Permit have been constructed. A third building is nearing completion. The third building will be for Sunday school services and for the day school, if approved. Neighborhood Comments There was a Revisions of Approved Actions application proposed to change the phasing of the church from eight years to sixteen years and to add a K-8 school. The Community Development Department received four letters of support for a K-8 school on the church site as part of that application. The letters stated that a private school outside of an urban area would be an asset to the community. During the review process for Pie Revisions of Approved Actions application, the Community Development Department informed the applicant that the addition of a new school would require a new Site Approval application. One letter was received in opposition to the proposed school. The letter stated "the Board of Supervisors denied the school aspect of The Home Church when The Home Church was originally approved. The Board had several concerns, but the fact that the school would be in an agricultural zone was a major issue. Nothing has changed to warrant approval." Prior to approving an application for a Site Approval, the Review Authority must make five findings in the affirmative. Finding No. 5 still cannot be made in the affirmative A K-12 school was originally part of Use Permit application No. UP-99-0014. The Planning Commission denied the permit based on the suability to make Finding No. 5 On appeal, the Board of Supervisors omitted the school and approved the church because they also could not make Finding No. 5 with the inclusion of the school large numbers of children present seven days a week is not compatible with the surrounding agricultural land uses. The surrounding uses have not changed since the project was originally approved. Therefore, Finding No. 5 still cannot be made in the affirmative. San Joaquin County PA-07001911The Home Church Community Development Page 3