7 April 11, 2012 Public Hearing APPLICANT:

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1 7 April 11, 2012 Public Hearing APPLICANT: PROPERTY OWNER: DIAMOND SPRINGS SHOPPES ASSOCIATES LLD STAFF PLANNER: Leslie Bonilla/Faith Christie REQUEST: Conditional Use Permit for Truck and Trailer Rental ADDRESS / DESCRIPTION: 1270 Diamond Springs Road GPIN: ELECTION DISTRICT: BAYSIDE SITE SIZE: 2.24 ACRES AICUZ: Less than 65 db DNL SUMMARY OF REQUEST The applicant requests a Conditional Use Permit to allow truck and trailer rentals on this site. The applicant operates a packing and shipping company at the location. The rental of trucks and trailers is an accessory to his business. The applicant states he will have no more than four trucks and or trailers, not exceeding 14 feet in length, on the site. Storage of the vehicles will be behind the shopping center. Hours of operation are 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Monday through Friday, and 7:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday. The submitted site plan depicts an 18,900 square foot strip retail shopping center. There are two entrances to the center via Diamond Springs Road and one entrance to the center via Shell Road. The center is comprised of neighborhood type retail and service uses. Sufficient parking exists on the site to accommodate the users of the center. Page 1

2 LAND USE AND PLAN INFORMATION EXISTING LAND USE: The site is developed with a strip retail shopping center and associated parking. SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING: North: Shell Road and Single-family dwellings (Sajo Farms) / Conditional R-40 Residential South: Single-family dwellings (Sajo Farms) / Conditional R-5D Residential East: Single-family dwellings (Sajo Farms) / Conditional R-40 and R- 5D Residential West: Diamond Springs Road NATURAL RESOURCE AND CULTURAL FEATURES: The site is developed with a small retail strip center and parking. There are no significant natural resources or cultural features associated with the site. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Suburban Area (adjacent to SGA 1 Burton Station) The Comprehensive Plan identifies this site as being in the Suburban Area adjacent to Strategic Growth Area (SGA) 1, Burton Station. The general planning principles for the suburban area focus on preserving and protecting the overall character, economic value, aesthetic quality of the stable neighborhoods and reinforce the suburban characteristics of commercial centers and other non-residential areas that make up part of the Suburban Area. CITY SERVICES MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN (MTP) / CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP): Diamond Springs Road in front of this request is a four-lane divided minor suburban arterial. The Master Transportation Plan proposes a six-lane facility within a 150 foot right-of-way. Shell Road adjacent to this site is a two-lane undivided collector/local street. It is not included on Master Transportation Plan. There are no roadways Capital Improvement Program projects are slated for these segments of roadways. TRAFFIC: Street Name Diamond Sprigs Road Present Volume Present Capacity Generated Traffic 19,652 ADT 1 28,200 ADT 1 Existing Land Use 2 50 ADT Proposed Land Use 3 66 ADT 1 Average Daily Trips 2 as defined by an 800 square foot pack and ship facility 3 as defined by an 800 square foot pack and ship facility and truck / trailer rental WATER and SEWER: The site is connected to City water and sewer. Page 2

3 Staff recommends approval of this request with the conditions below. EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATION The City Zoning Ordinance requires the following for truck and trailer rentals a. The minimum lot size shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. b. Trucks and trailers for rental shall be displayed in an area designated on a site plan submitted with the application for a conditional use permit, no more than three (3) trucks or trailers for rent shall be displayed and no truck or trailer shall be displayed within the first ten (10) feet of any front or side yard abutting the right-of-way line of a street to be measured from the property line to any displayed truck or trailer on the premises. c. All lighting shall be directed toward the interior of the site and away from adjoining properties. d. Trucks or trailers for rental which are not being displayed as provided for in (b) above shall be located within a building or in a designated area located behind the nearest portion of a building adjacent to a public street. The designated area shall be screened, except for necessary openings for ingress and egress, from any public right-of-way or adjoining residential or apartment zoning district within one hundred (100) feet of the designated area by a fence not less than six (6) feet in height and Category VI landscaping. This conditional use permit request to rent trucks and trailers is generally consistent with the Comprehensive Plan s land use policies for the Suburban Area. The proposed use is complementary to the existing neighborhood type uses in the center as well as the surrounding uses in the area. The applicant s plan to store the vehicles behind the shopping center is consistent with staff s recommendations on recent requests such as this. The existing landscaped buffer between the shopping center and the adjacent residential neighborhood sufficiently buffers the vehicles at the rear of the center. And as previously noted in the report sufficient parking exists on the site for all the users. Therefore staff finds the request acceptable subject to the conditions listed below. CONDITIONS 1. There shall be no more than 4 trucks / trailers, no longer than 14 feet in length, parked on the site at any time. The vehicles shall be parked behind the shopping center in the designated parking spaces behind Units 112 though There shall be no repair, maintenance, washing or detailing of vehicles or trailers on the site. 3. All signage on the site shall conform to the requirements of the City Zoning Ordinance. There shall be no other signs, neon signs or neon accents installed on any wall area of the building, on the windows and / or doors, light poles, or any other portions of the site. There shall be pennants, ribbons, streamers, spinners, strings of light bulbs, electronic display signs or other similar moving devices. Page 3

4 NOTE: Further conditions may be required during the administration of applicable City Ordinances and Standards. Any site plan submitted with this application may require revision during detailed site plan review to meet all applicable City Codes and Standards. All applicable permits required by the City Code, including those administered by the Department of Planning / Development Services Center and Department of Planning / Permits and Inspections Division, and the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy, are required before any uses allowed by this Use Permit are valid. The applicant is encouraged to contact and work with the Crime Prevention Office within the Police Department for crime prevention techniques and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) concepts and strategies as they pertain to this site. Page 4

5 AERIAL OF SITE LOCATION Page 5

6 SITE PLAN SHOWING STORAGE LOCATIO OF TRUCKS Page 6

7 ZONING HISTORY # DATE REQUEST ACTION 1 6/14/05 12/16/97 12/9/99 3/12/85 Conditional Use Permit (Church) Conditional Use Permit (Gasoline Sales/Convenience Store) Street Closure Rezoning (R-5 Residential to B-2 Business) Denied 2 11/22/11 Rezoning (B-2 Business and I-1 Light Industrial to Conditional A-18 Apartment) 3 11/28/06 Conditional Use Permit (Communication Tower) 4 9/26/06 7/12/05 Conditional Use Permit (Carwash) Conditional Use Permit (Gasoline Sales/Convenience Store) 5 8/27/97 Conditional Use Permit (Commercial Recreational Facility) Denied Page 7

8 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Page 8

9 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Page 9