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Planning Commission: December 9, 1998 St.Nicholas School: Conditional Use Permit Page 5 The Environmental Design Committee has reviewed the plans and inadvertently recommended that an oak tree be preserved (it is not an oak, but one of the three trees to be removed and replaced). The Committee also suggested that some shade trees be added to the parking area. Staff notes that there is not much room to add trees unless some spaces are deleted, which is feasible if the Commission considers parking to be adequate. The architect has indicated that adding trees could still be problematic as the parking areas double as play areas at some times. A condition of approval (#2) of the site development permit would require a landscape plan to include specifics of the plantings, in addition to shrubbery planted at the base of the addition on the Voorhees Drive side, and two 24-inch box oak trees to be located in the parking area. The plan would need to be reviewed and approved by staff,with input from the Environmental Design Committee and planting completed prior to final inspection. Outdoor Lighting Lighting for the additions is proposed to be ceiling mounted beneath the roof overhangs and should not therefore be visible from off site. Two light standards will be removed from the parking area and one of those will be relocated to another parking_area more distant from Voorhees Drive and better screened from off-site by the buildings. Condition#6 of Attachment 2 requires that the school provide specifications forthe new lighting fixtures for staff approval prior to acceptance of plans for building plan check. Noise Noise (as well as traffic and parking) from large events could potentially be a source of concern for neighbors. The current permit, however, limits evening events to a total of twelve (12) per calendar year, and that each event be concluded not later than 11:00 p.m. on weeknights and not later than 12:00 midnight on Friday and Saturday. Staff recommends that a similar condition(#4)be retained in the amended use permit. Another condition of the current use permit (proposed condition #7) limits the use of the public address system to no more than five (5) minutes each morning for the morning assembly. Other Staff and Committee Reviews The Fire Department requests (Attachment 7) that an additional fire hydrant be installed to meet hydrant spacing standards. The plans show a new hydrant located in the parking area near the addition. The Department also has requested that fire sprinklers be provided in the additions as well as the existing building 1 which connects to the additions. The Fire Department's conditions are included in Exhibit "B" (Attachment 2) for the site development permit. The Pathways Committee has requested that the existing asphalt path along El Monte Ave. be extended across the median to Voorhees Drive and that the vegetation be cleared from the existing pathway (Attachment 8). Staff notes that the extension would be in an area that currently serves as a crosswalk, and may not be beneficial, but is probably feasible. The Committee's recommendation is included in the conditions of approval (#15) for the site development permit(Attachment 2). The Environmental Design Committee has commented on landscaping as discussed previously, and has also suggested replanting eroded slopes with native species and perhaps removing some acacias and replacing them with more natives (Attachment 9).