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8.B. - Page 90 Project Description. The proposal is to operate a transitional kindergarten through 8th grade private school with up to 180 students and 20 employees. General hours of operation would be Monday through Friday from 7:30AM to 3:OOPM and extended after school care from 3:OOPM to 6:OOPM (see Draft EIR, p. 14, Table 2.1 -1). First year enrollment is anticipated to be 60 students and 11 employees, and full capacity is anticipated to be reached during the sixth year of operation at 180 students and 20 employees. The Fellowship Hall, which currently has six classrooms, a kitchen, storage rooms, auxiliary rooms, and restrooms, would be improved to accommodate nine classrooms (see Attachment 4). Three outdoor play areas are proposed, including the existing playground, a proposed lawn play area and a proposed asphalt area. GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY The General Plan establishes key goals, policies, and programs for the long -term physical development of the City. The following are among the General Plan policies and goals that discuss schools and child care services: Policy BE -2.1 Create complete neighborhoods by integrating schools, parks, child care centers, community centers, infrastructure, green spaces, and parks, and other public amenities into each neighborhood. Policy BE 2.5 Protect neighborhoods from negative impacts from the encroachment of incompatible activities or land uses that may have a negative impact on the residential living environment. Policy BC -7.2 Assist in the reduction of childhood obesity by increasing opportunities for outdoor recreation and promoting physical activity within and outside of school and child care settings. Policy BC -10.2 Integrate the child care needs of those who live and work in the City into the City's planning processes. Locate child care services, where possible, in or near housing, transportation, and employment centers so as to be convenient to residents and workers. Goal BC -8 Provide opportunities for residents of all ages and backgrounds to access high - quality education services that maximize each individual's potential. The project site has a Residential -Low (LDR) General Plan land use designation. While residential uses are the primary permitted uses, other complementary and compatible uses can be established as zoning regulations permit, such as parks, special residential uses addressed by State law, child care facilities, schools, and places of religious assembly (page BE -41). The underlying zoning district for the subject property is Single - Family Residential (R -1), which permits schools with the approval of a Use Perm it. The City's General Plan contains policies to encourage more complete neighborhoods that include complementary uses such as schools, parks, libraries, and other neighborhood - serving uses (p. BE -14 of the General Plan). In the Building Community Element, the General Plan states that education leads to community success.