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Attachment 2 - Project DescriptionAugust 2023 1 Living Stream Conditional Use Permit Amendment Request and Project Description Location This existing 41.05-acre campus includes three contiguous parcels located immediately south of Interstate 5, north of single-family residential across La Palma Avenue, with Industrially zoned properties to the east and west. This request pertains specifically to 1200 Electric Way and 1212 N. Hubbell Way. Project Site Building Addresses: 1200 Electric Way 1212 N. Hubbell Way Proposed Amendment The request to amend Conditional Use Permit No. 2006-05121 would permit and retain a two-year religious graduate training program currently operating within the existing teleconferencing center (1212 N. Hubbell Way) and existing office building (1200 Electric Way). This specific use is identified as conditionally permitted in the Anaheim Municipal Code, Zoning, Industrial Zone, Educational Institutions – General (18.10.030.040.0402 – Uses – Non-Residential – Table 10-A). Background In 2006, the Planning Commission approved a request to establish a comprehensive campus that included renovation of an existing warehouse into a teleconferencing center and private conference/training center. In 2009, the Planning Commission approved a request to convert an existing warehouse building into a two-story office building in conjunction with the previously approved teleconferencing center. The Living Stream (LSM) campus is currently developed with 10 buildings that support publishing activities for Christian materials including print and audio, while also supporting Christian radio programs and broadcasting. The campus has a mix of unrelated LSM uses that include office, vocational training, and restaurant tenants that lease office and commercial space on the campus. Operational Characteristics The 1200 Electric Way building is already established and permitted for an adult/career training center in conjunction with the previously approved teleconferencing center under CUP2006-05121. The proposed graduate training program is allowed through the Anaheim Municipal Code, Zoning, Industrial Zone, Community & Religious Assembly (18.10.030.040.0402 – Uses – Non-Residential – Table 10-A) code section. ATTACHMENT NO. 2 August 2023 2 The graduate training program consists of classroom activities within both the 1212 N. Hubbell Way and 1200 Electric Way buildings. Limited portions of the teleconferencing center, approximately 15,260 square feet, are utilized for the graduate training program. These areas include classroom areas, restrooms, and cafeteria. Use of the 1200 Electric Way building by students includes classroom areas, group collaboration areas, study areas, library, and restrooms. As part of the typical schedule, some students would participate in classroom or collaboration activities, while other students would simultaneously be engaged in learning activities within the teleconferencing center, depending on whether the specific class requires teleconferencing capabilities. Students enrolled in the graduate training program reside in off-site housing near the campus, including Grace Gardens, an existing off-site residential community and carpool or rideshare to the campus. No living accommodations are provided on the Living Stream site. The graduate training program is in session for two 20-week semesters (mid-February to end of June and mid-August to mid-December). However, no uses related to the graduate training program would occur in the teleconferencing center during scheduled private or public teleconferences (July to mid-August and end of December to mid-February), as previously approved per CUP2006-05121(A). The maximum enrollment of the graduate training program is limited to 550 students. This number of students is within the parameters of the existing conditional use permit, previously referenced. In 2006, Anaheim staff determined that the existing and proposed uses, i.e. teleconferencing and training center, would not increase parking demand beyond the proposed number of existing spaces and would actually exceed the parking requirement. In June 2022, a parking study was conducted by KOA Corporation (KOA) and reevaluated in August 2023. It was determined that the graduate training program does not increase parking demand and that parking supply exceeds the parking spaces required. Student parking would be contained in the parking lot south of the teleconferencing center. The parking on this parcel exceeds the required 182 parking spaces. Approximately 15 staff/instructors would occupy the office areas within the 1200 Electric Way building during business hours. The same staff/instructors would oversee activities in the teleconferencing center and office building. Classroom hours are 8:00 a.m. to 12 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. On the adjoining parcels, existing office uses have typical hours of operation from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday; existing educational uses have day and evening class hours from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Monday through Friday and weekends from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It should be noted that parking for these uses is provided in parking lots near those buildings and there is no overlap with parking required for the graduate training program use. Previous parking studies conducted by KOA utilize all adjoining parcels (APN 071-062-04, 071-541-01, 071-061-27) to calculate total parking supply. Parking for non-teleconferencing uses is provided in parking lots near the respective buildings with no overlap in parking requirements. August 2023 3 In summary, the request to permit and retain the two-year, religious graduate training program would serve to further the goals and purpose of Living Stream and create a specific entitlement for “religious” graduate training, within 1200 Electric Way and 1212 N. Hubbell Way, as part of Conditional Use Permit 2006-05121.