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RESOLUTION NO. 1622 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, GRANTING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 00-016 TO UTILIZE THE PROPERTY AT AN UNDEVELOPED LOT NORTH OF 11745 AND 11765 CLARK STREET AS AN OUTDOOR BUS STORAGE WHEREAS, on August 8, 2000, a Conditional Use Permit application was filed by Foothill Transit to utilize an undeveloped lot for outdoor bus storage, Development Services Department Case No. C.u.P. 00-016, at a property commonly known as an undeveloped lot north of 11745 and 11765 Clark Street, more particularly described as follows: PARCEL 3: LOTS 411 TO 416 INCLUSIVE, LOT E AND LOTS 653 TO 660 INCLUSIVE, CHICAGO PARK TRACT, IN THE CITY OF ARCADIA, PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 30 PAGE 100 OF MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, TOGETHER WITH THE NOTHEASTERLY HALF OF DEARBORN STREET ADJOINING THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINES SAID LOTS 653 TO 660 TITLE TO WHICH WOULD PASS WITH A LEGAL CONVEYANCE OF SAID LAND, AS SAID PORTIONS OF SAID ABOVE MENTIONED STREETS WERE VACATED BY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAID CITY, A CERTIFIED COPY OF WHICH WAS RECORDED DECEMBER 20, 1963 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 5996 OF SAID COUNTY. WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on October 10, 2000, at which time all interested persons were given full opportunity to be heard and to present evidence; NOW THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA HEREBY RESOLVE, AS FOLLOWS: 'SECTION 1. That the factual data submitted by the Development Services Department in the attached report is true and correct. SECTION 2. This Commission finds: 1. That the granting of such Conditional Use Permit wi]] not be detrimental to the public health or welfare, or injurious to the property or improvements in such zone or vicinity. 2. That the use applied for at the location indicated is a. proper use for which a Conditional Use Permitis authorized. . 3. That the site for the proposed use is adequate in size and shape to accommodate said use. All yards, spaces, walls, fences, parking, loading, landscaping and other features are adequate to adjust said use with the land and uses in the neighborhood. 4. Thatthe site abuts streets and highways adequate in width and pavement type to carry the kind of traffic generated by the proposed use. 5. That the granting of, such Conditional Use Permit will not adversely affect the comprehensive General Plan. 6. That the use applied for will not have a substantial adverse impact on the environment, and that based upon the record as a whole there is no evidence that the proposed project will have any potential for an adverse effect on wildlife' resources or the habitat upon which the. wildlife depends. SECTION 3. That for the foregoing reasons this Commission grants a Conditional Use Permit for an outdoor bus storage at an undeveloped lot north of 11745 and 11765 Clark Street upon the following conditions: 1. Installation of a Knox-box with keys in conformance with the Uniform Fire . Code. 2. The applicant shall at all times maintain the facility, and use and appearance thereofin full compliance with all codes, standards, policies and regulations imposed by the City, County, State or Federal Agencies with jurisdiction over the facility. 3. All water system installations are subject to inspection and approval ()f the Arcadia Public Works Inspector, the Water Quality/Backflow Inspector, or their designated representative. 4. Submit a Standard Urban Storm Water Mitigation Plan (SUSMP), subject to the review and approval of Public Works Services. 5. Submit a street improvement plan to the existing unimproved right-of-way on Kardashian Avenue for emergency access, subject to the review and approval of the City Engineer. 6. Vines shall be grown on the exterior perimeter wall,enclosing the bus storage . area. 7. The submitted site plan shows a 10'-0" to 20'-0" wide landscape buffer for . the area between the bus parking spaces and the perimeter decorative block wall for the portion of the bus parking lot located in the City of Arcadia. Prior to issuance of any permits the developer shall provide a landscape plan subject to the review and approval of the Community Development Administrator. Landscaping shall be installed in compliance with said plan prior to occupancy of this facility. 8. C.V.P. 00-016 shall not take effect until the property owner and applicant have executed and filed the Acceptance Form that is available from the Development Services Department to indicate awareness and acceptance of the conditions of approval. 9. Noncompliance with the provisions and conditions of this conditional use permit shall constitute grounds for its immediate suspension or revocation. . SECTION 4. The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and shall cause a copy to be forwarded to the City Council of the City of Arcadia. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the forgoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission held on October 10,2000, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABST AlN: Bruckner, Huang, Kalemkiarian, Olson, Murphy None None None O~/'t"7'/--1 Chairman, Planning ommission City of Arcadia APPROVED AS TO FORM: , ~r~ Stephen P. Deitsch, City Attorney . STAFF REPORT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT october 10, 2000 FROM: Arcadia City Planning Commission Donna Butler, Community Development Administrator By: Kenneth Phung, Assistant Planner SUBJECT: Conditional Use Permit No. 00,016 TO: SUMMARY This Conditional Use Permit (C.U.P.) application was submitted by Ram K. Kumar to operate a bus maintenance and administration facility for Foothill Transit on a parcel of land encompassing both the City of Arcadia and the City of Irwindale.. The portion of land in the City of Arcadia will be utilized as a bus parking lot, while the portion of land in the City of Irwindale will accommodate the maintenance and administration . buildings. The Development Services pepartment is recommending approval of C.U.P. 00-016 and adoption of Resolutton No. 1622 granting the conditional use permit subject to the conditions in this staff report. GENERAL INFORMATION APPLICANT: Ram K. Kumar (Principal with Kumar Consulting Services acting as Project Manager) LOCATION: An undeveloped lot north of 11745 and 11765 Clark Street REQUEST: A Conditional Use Permit to operate a bus maintenance and administration facility for Foothill Transit on a parcel of land encompassing both the City of Arcadia and the City of Irwindale. SITE AREA: 11.45 acres (1,26 acres Arcadia, 10.19 acres Irwindale) FRONTAGES: 500 Feet on Peck Road (In Irwindale) EXISTING LAND USE & ZONING: The site is undeveloped; zoned M-1 & D . . . . SURROUNDING LAND USES & ZONING: North: Peck Road Gravel Pit.and Inert Landfill: zoned M-1 & D (Irwindale) South: School onrucking, Self"storage facility: zoned M-1 & D East: Livingston Graham Quarry: zoned M-1 & D West: Industrial development: zoned M-1 & D GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION: The site is designated as Industrial. PROPOSAL & ANALYSIS The applicant's proposal is to operate a bus maintenance and administration 'facility on 11.45 acres of land encompassing both the City of Arcadia and the City of Irwindale (1.26 acres Arcadia, 10.19 acres Irwindale). The portion offand in the City of Arcadia is an undeveloped lot north of 11745 and 11765 Clark Street, that will be utilized as a bus parking lot only. The proposed parking lot will be paved for outdoor bus storage andwill be screened by a 6'-0" high decorative block wall. The site in the City of Irwindale will be developed with multiple buildings containing approximately 63,000 sq.ft. The buildings will be used for offices, a warehouse facility, and maintenance building, as shown on the submitted site plan. The project will not be a customer service site. .Buses will be disPOitched from this location to their daily route, and commuter traffic is not anticipated. Foothill Transit has chosen this site for their westside Bus Maint~nance Facility, to better serve ridership throughout the San Gabriel Valley. Parking will be provided on site for 156 buses (40 spaces located in Arcadia), 24 support vehicles, 225 employees and visitor vehicles. Vehicles and buses will enter and leave the project site by a proposed new intersection on Peck Road controlled by vehicle-activated traffic signals and will be aligned with an existing driveway on the West Side of Peck Road. An emergency access is proposed along an unimproved right-at-way on Kardashian Avenue to Clark Street. This is currently inaccessible to through traffic and is fenced. The applicant would improve the right-of-way for emergency access only. Foothill Transit has obtained approval from the City ot Irwindale for the proposed use and is awaiting approval from the City of Arcadia. An initial study was prepared by Foothill Transit and on the basis of such a study a Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared and adopted by the Foothill Transit Executive Board in November of 1999. Staff has reviewed the overall proposal and does not foresee any significant impact. The site's only direct access to the City of Arcadia is by a proposed emergency access from Kardashian Avenue, which is to be utilized for emergency only. The vehicle traffic generated by Foothill Transit will be on Peck Road, Ipcated in the City at Irwindale, which will be mitigated by a proposed new intersection at the Foothill Transit entrance per the Mitigated Negative Declaration. CUP 00-016 October 10, 2000 Page 2 . . . The proposal for your consideration is an outdoor bus storage, which will be paved and screened by a 6'-0. high decorative block wall. The bus parking lot will not be visible from Clark Street and is accessible only by a proposed emergency access from Kardashian Avenue. The applicant shall be required to comply with all code requirements as determined necessary by the Building Official, Fire Marshall, Maintenance Service Director and Development Services Director. CEQA An initial study was prepared by Foothill Transit and on the basis of such a study a Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared and adopted by the Foothill Transit Executive Board in November of 1999. The City of Irwindale's Planning Commission on November 4, 1999 certified and adopted the Mitigated Negative Declaration (No. 99-1-ND) which has been prepared in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970. RECOMMENDATION The Development Services Department recommends approval of Conditional Use Permit No. CUP 00-016 subject to the following conditions: J 1. Installation of a Knox-box with keys in conformance with the Uniform Fire Code. 2. The applicant shall at all times maintain the facility, and use and appearance thereof in full compliance with all codes, standards, policies and regulations imposed by the City, County, State or Federal Agencies with jurisdiction over the facility. 3. All water system installations are subject to inspection and approval of the Arcadia Public Works Inspector, the Water Quality/BC!ckflow Inspector, or their designated representative. 4. Submit a Standard Urban Storm Water Miti9ation Plan (SUSMP), subject to the review and approval of Public Works Services. 5. Submit a street improvement plan to the existing unimproved right-of-way on Kardashian Avenue for emergency access, subject to the review and approval of the City Engineer. 6. The submitted site plan shows a 10'-0" to 20'-0" wide landscape buffer for the area between the bus parking spaces and the perimeter decorative block wall for the portion of the bus parking lot located in the City of Arcadia. Prior to issuance of any permits the developer shall provide a landscape plan subject to the review and approval of the Community Development Administrator. CUP 00-016 October 10, 2000 Page 3 . . . 7. Approval of CUP 00-016 shall not take effect until the property owner and applicant have executed and filed the Acceptance Form available from the Development Services Department to indicate acceptance of the conditions of approval. FINDINGS AND MOTIONS Approval The Planning Commission should move to approve the Negative Declliration and adopt Resolution No. 1622: A Resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Arcadia, California, granting Conditional Use Permit No. OO.Q16 to utilize the property at an undeveloped lot north of 11745 and 11765 Clark Street as a bus storage. Denial If the Planning Commission intends to deny this Conditiona.' Use Permit application, the Commission should move for denial and direct staff to prepare a resolution which incorporates the Commission's decision and specific findings. If any Planning Commissioner, or other interested pa~ has any questions or comments regarding this matter prior tp the October 10 public hearing, please contact Assistant Planner. Kenneth Phung at (626) 574-5447. Approved by: Attachments: Site Plan Vicinity Map Resolution 1622 CUP 00-016 October 10, 2000 Page 4 . r-J , ~( I I I) =0. . 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