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parking for high schools is calculated based on student enrollment and staff size which aren't <br />anticipated to change with project approval, there is no additional parking required of the site. <br />The expansion and renovations require a conditional use permit and parking will be further <br />reduced, thus a variance is required. <br />Birth to Kin(Yergarten <br />A Variance is requested to allow the 30 -ft. height limitation in the LDR zone to be exceeded by <br />up to 5 feet for portions of Birth -to- Kindergarten Early Learning Center (B2K). <br />Building Height- B2K <br />The maximum height for structures in the LDR zone is 30 feet. The proposed height of the <br />additions to the building measure 32' in height, and approval of an additional 3' of height is <br />requested to accommodate minor changes in the design process. Building height is measured <br />at the top of structures with flat roofs and at the midpoint of peaked roofs. The new school will <br />have flat roofs on both the one -story administrative and two -story classroom portions of the <br />structure; the flat roof at the front of the 2 -story classroom wings sloping gently down as shown <br />on the northern elevation. The flat roofs planned for B2K are consistent with the St. Thomas <br />church building immediately west, which appears to be classrooms or offices along an open air <br />hallway, constructed in 1963 in a mid - century modern style. <br />The site is located in the low- density residential (LDR) zone, and it is also in the Public <br />Recreation Overlay (PRO) zone. The PRO zone is intended to reserve areas owned or <br />controlled by a public or quasi - public agency for passive or active recreational use. The <br />development standards of the underlying zone apply to properties with the overlay, however <br />structures are allowed one additional foot of height per four feet of excess setback, up to a <br />maximum height of 50 feet. <br />Criteria for Granting Variance Permit <br />Typically, the Hearing Examiner makes a decision on a zoning code variance request. However. <br />per TMC 18.104.030 the applicant has requested a consolidated hearing for the conditional use, <br />variance request and design review applications. The Planning Commission shall consider all <br />requests for any variance from the Zoning Code; variance from the provisions of such <br />ordinances shall not be granted by the Planning Commission unless the Planning Commission <br />finds that the applicant has demonstrated all the following facts and conditions exist. Staff <br />makes the following findings using the Code's criteria for granting variance permits (18.72.020) <br />listed in italics: <br />1. The variance shall not constitute a grant of special privilege inconsistent with the <br />limitation upon uses of other properties in the vicinity and in the zone in which the <br />property on behalf of which the application was filed is located. <br />27 <br />W <br />