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Initial Study <br />CEQA Compliance <br />PLANNING DIVISION <br />1. Project Title: Wintersburg Presbyterian Church and expansion <br />II. Project Numbers: Conditional Use Permit No. 2009-11 <br />III. Lead Agency Name and Address: City of Santa Ana <br />Planning Division (M-20) <br />P.O. Box 1988, Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br />IV. Contact and Phone Number: Vince Fregoso (714) 667-2713 <br />V. Project Location: 2000 North Fairview Street <br />VI. Project Sponsor's Name and Address: <br />Larry LaBonte, 14732 Livingston Street, Tustin, CA 92780 <br />VII. General Plan Designation: <br />Low Density Residential (LR) <br />VIII. Zoning: <br />General Agriculture (A1) <br />IX. Description of Project: <br />The proposed project consists of the demolition of a 5,221 square foot building, new landscaping and the <br />construction of approximately 34,348 square feet of new building area. The new square footage will <br />include a 480 square foot expansion to the Social Hall for an expanded Lighthouse Ministry facility, a 963 <br />square foot sanctuary expansion for a Parents Room, a 1,943 square foot Nichigo Classroom addition to <br />the sanctuary, and a new 31,545 square foot multi-use building with a gymnasium and nine classrooms. <br />A conditional use permit to allow the church use in the General Agriculture (A1) zoning district is required. <br />X. Surrounding Land Uses and Setting: <br />The project site is a 4.6 acre, rectangular shaped parcel located on the west side of Fairview Street <br />between Seventeenth Street and Trask Avenue in the General Agriculture (A1) zoning district. The <br />property was within an unincorporated section of the County of Orange until it was annexed to the City of <br />Santa Ana in 1997. Surrounding land uses include single-family and multi-family residential to the north <br />and south, an intermediate school to the west, and multi-family residential and a vacant health care <br />facility to the east. The site contains the Wintersburg Presbyterian Church, which has operated on the <br />site since 1966. Vehicular access to the site is from two existing driveways on Fairview Street, which is <br />listed as an arterial street in the Circulation Element of the City's General Plan. <br />XI. Other agencies whose approval is required. <br />No approval is required from outside agencies. <br />LL\M:\WP511PCnoticing\Wintersburg MND.docx 31 A-20 <br />