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Be Page 32 current school year) to 80 students, they must demonstrate compliance with all of the required conditions of approval. 3. The Prooosed Use is Excessive for the Neiahborhood: The use of this property as church, school, and child care provider has a long standing history in this neighborhood. The goal of this Use Permit process is to determine what conditions are necessary to ensure compatibility between the existing residential neighborhood and the current school operator, WHCA. The City is addressing the traffic concerns on McGarvey and the traffic study prepared for this project provided further analysis of the situation to ensure the proposed project would not generate a substantial impact. 4. Outdoor Plavaround Activities: Based on the testimony received from community members, operational knowledge, and site observation the noise concern associated with this use is well understood. The use of the parking lot for outdoor activities during the permit processing has created a situation that has been a major point of contention throughout WHeA's interim operations. After careful consideration of all the testimony received and based on experience associated with noise attenuation, the Zoning Administrator determined that the outdoor playgrounds could be sited and designed in a manner that significantly reduces the noise related impacts experienced during the interim operations. The conditions of approval require all outdoor activities to be conducted in one of two approved playground locations. The existing playground is approximately 150 feet away from the closest residential property on Connecticut Drive. Given the long standing history of this location and its central location on the property no additional improvements were required for this playground. The second, proposed, playground will be located within the interior courtyard (Le. between the sanctuary and the fellowship hall). This playground will be constructed with a perimeter fence, which can be constructed in a manner to provide further noise attenuation. Furthermore, the surrounding buildings will serve to buffer the noise generated from the playground use. Lastly, the hours of playground activity are consistent with daytime use of the property and WHCA will be required to take students off-site for all sports related activities. 5. The Prooosed Construction of Modular Classrooms: The modular classrooms are approved in concept only. The City requires further design review before any construction may occur. Any new construction on the property will be required to meet all applicable Building and Fire Code reqUir~s. ~