Title
Special Use Permit to Legally Establish an Existing Place of Religious Assembly and Allow an Accessory Day Care Center for a maximum of 75 Students (B)
Petition PB-16-182 SUP. eda engineers-surveyors-planners, inc., agent for North Central District Florida Annual Conference United Methodist Church, Inc. Special Use Permit for a place of religious assembly and accessory after school care. Located at 3701 NE 15th Street.
Explanation
This is a request for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow an accessory day care center for after school care at the Faith Mission church located at 3701 NE 15th Street. The church was known originally as Faith United Methodist Church when it was established on the property in 1962. At that time there was no Land Development Code requirement for an SUP to allow a place of religious assembly in a single-family zoning district. Today a place of religious assembly is required to obtain an SUP for development within single-family zoning districts. The subject property has a Single-Family (up to 8 units per acre) land use designation and is currently zoned RSF-1 (3.5 units/acre single-family residential district). This SUP is to legally establish the existing place of religious assembly and allow an accessory day care center with a maximum of 75 students.
The subject property is approximately five acres in size. This request for an SUP does not involve any new construction or additions to the two buildings that currently exist on the site. Typically a development plan accompanies a request for an SUP but it is not required in this case because both the place of religious assembly and the day care center will be located within the existing buildings on the site. A sketch plan has been provided to show compliance with the Land Development Code requirements for a day care center. The plan shows the location of the required play area, the drop-off and pick-up area in the vehicular use area and the proposed added bicycle ...
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