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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - PC - 1991.11.25CITY OF BURLINGAME PLANNING COMMISSION NOVEMBER 25, 1991 CALL TO ORDER A regular meeting of the Planning Commission, City of Burlingame was called to order by Chairman Kelly on Monday, November 25, 1991 at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL Present: Commissioners Deal, Galligan, Graham, Jacobs, Kelly, Mink Absent: Commissioner Ellis Staff Present: Margaret Monroe, City Planner; Jerry Coleman, City Attorney; Frank Erbacher, City Engineer; Bill Reilly, Fire Marshal MINUTES - The minutes of the November 12, 1991 meeting were unanimously approved. AGENDA - Order of the agenda approved. ITEMS FOR STUDY 1. SPECIAL PERMIT FOR RETAIL SALES AND SERVICING OF FORKLIFTS AT 889-895 STANTON-ROAD, ZONED M-1 Requests: how are the forklifts transported; will some of them be rented; where will the inventory be stored; what is "retail" of forklifts. Item set for public hearing December 9, 1991. ITEMS FOR ACTION 2. SPECIAL PERMIT AMENDMENT FOR AUTO SALES AND SERVICE AT 1028 CAROLAN AVENUE, ZONED C-2 Reference staff report, 11/25/91, with attachments. CP Monroe reviewed details of the request, staff review, applicant's letter, required - findings, study meeting questions. Eight conditions were suggested for consideration at the public hearing. Chm. Kelly opened the public hearing. Larry Cammisa, applicant, explained the layout to the rear of his building: the parking lot at the rear of 1028 Carolan is part of his leased area, it backs up to the Mike Harvey Chevrolet service building, there is an easement on the north side of the building for fire exiting from the Harvey service building, keeping the easement open is not a problem, it is open every day, when the business is closed they lock a portion of that area. Applicant advised they are a new car dealer for Maserati, will do only Burlingame Planning Commission Minutes Page 2 November 25, 1991 light servicing of those vehicles. Fire Marshal stated normal servicing would be allowed in this building, not major engine overhaul. There were no audience comments and the public hearing was closed. In light of the information received in the packet and from the applicant this evening, C. Mink moved for approval of the special permit amendment by resolution with the following conditions: (1) that the project shall be built as shown on the plans submitted to the Planning Department and date stamped November 15, 1991, 8-1/2" x 11" Site Plan; (2) that the conditions of the Chief Building Inspector's October 23, 1991, Fire Marshal's October 27, 1991 and the City Engineer's October 15, 1991 memos shall be met; (3) that the retail auto sales and service business on this site shall operate from 7:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Saturday and 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Sunday; (4) that this business shall have a maximum of five employees on site full time and shall provide five on-site parking spaces for employees and five on-site parking spaces for customers, and these spaces shall be striped and clearly marked for each use; vehicles shall be unloaded only on leaving access at all times to required parking stalls; and no body or auto repair work shall be done on this premise (auto service only); (5) that the exterior lighting shall be limited to four shielded 300 watt fixtures confined to the limits of this property, luminaries shall be placed on the two existing poles and placed on a timer so that they are lit from 7:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. seven days a week unless neighbors complain at which time the lighting plan shall be reviewed; (6) that low level, low wattage security lights to be lit from 10:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. may be placed on this site so long as they are approved by the Planning, Building and Engineering Departments and the neighbors are not affected, their direct illumination shall be confined to the site; (7) that the project shall meet Uniform Building and Uniform Fire Codes as amended by the City of Burlingame; and (8) that this permit shall be reviewed for compliance in one year (November, 1992) and each year thereafter and/or upon complaint. Motion was seconded by C. Galligan and approved on a 6-0 roll call vote, C. Ellis absent. Appeal procedures were advised. 3. SPECIAL PERMIT FOR RETAIL SALES AND STORAGE OF SAILBOARDS AND SUPPLIES AT 324 LANG ROAD, ZONED M-1 Reference staff report, 11/25/91, with attachments. CP Monroe reviewed details of the request, staff review, applicant's letter, required findings, study meeting questions. Three conditions were suggested for consideration at the public hearing. CP noted letter in support received from Howard Hickey, owner of the property at 390 Lang Road where SFO Marine, Inc. is currently operating a marine related retail business. Chm. Kelly opened the public hearing. John Miller, applicant, was present. He responded to Commission questions: they do not sell Burlingame Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 November 25, 1991 wetsuits or other clothing, basically they are a custom manufacturer of sailboards with a manufacturing facility in Mountain View, they 'sell approximately 200 sailboards a year, at present averaging one a day during the season; typical delivery is one per day from the factory by van delivered at the rear of the building; they have been selling from the factory but hope with this approval to use this site for sales; about 90% of their business is custom order,' t takes six to eight weeks to make a board. There were no audience comments and the public hearing was closed. Given the information in the staff report, letter in support from a neighboring property owner and information received from the applicant this evening, C. Graham moved for approval of the special permit by resolution with the following conditions: (1) that the project shall be built as shown on the plans submitted to the Planning Department and date stamped October 10, 1991 Site Plan and Floor Plan with 41 parking spaces on site; (2) that the sailboard shop shall operate Monday through Friday 12:00 Noon to 6:00 P.M. and Saturday and Sunday 9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. with two employees and no manufacturing shall occur at this site (only retail sales and storage); and (3) that the project shall meet Uniform Building and Uniform Fire Codes as amended by the City of Burlingame. Motion was seconded by C. Jacobs and approved on a 6-0 roll call vote, C. Ellis absent. Appeal procedures were advised. 4. SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AT 1800 EL CAMINO REAL, ZONED C-1 Reference staff report, 11/25/91, with attachments. CP Monroe reviewed details of the request, staff review, applicant's letter, study meeting questions, required findings. Six conditions were suggested for consideration at the public hearing. Commission/staff discussion: variances were granted for aisle dimension and compact parking spaces and a special permit for height when a commercial retail/office building was approved for the site; concern this use will short change parking available for subsequent uses in the building; with the exception of employees a bank has a high parking turnover rate; required parking for this use is 16 spaces. Chm. Kelly opened the public hearing. Douglas Smith representing American Savings Bank, applicant, was present. His comments and replies to Commissioners' questions: there are 153 parking spaces on site, 15 would be designated for American Savings, they would also have use of the remaining spaces on site, number of spaces to be designated to the bank was flexible, it was his impression 15 was the requirement; the building in which their bank is located in Millbrae has 36 spaces, three spaces are designated for their use and this is inadequate, generally there are six spaces available for use by the bank and its customers; regarding the proposed location of the ATM machine on E1 Burlingame Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 November 25, 1991 Camino Real, E1 Camino is their first choice since it is highly visible, they would agree to put it on Trousdale if required. Applicant thought the average time a customer spends in the bank is two to three minutes except on Fridays/paydays; regarding the 15 designated spaces, the bank was looking for spaces it could designate for the bank; they prefer all ATM machines be located on a main street for visibility; loans will not be processed at thiel location, this is done at an outside loan center; the two desks shown on the drawings will be used for account openings and that type of business. There were no audience comments and the public hearing was closed. Commission discussion/comment: it would seem if too many spaces were designated for the bank it could reverse the problem, others could borrow these spaces if they were not designated, bank business goes in spurts and it might be in the building's best interest to have no more than six or eight spaces for the bank; the building is not yet constructed, parking depends on the mix of uses; the ATM should not be on E1 Camino Real; banks can be very busy, can this corner handle it; first come first served might apply, would like to see the ATM moved to Trousdale. Further comment: there is never any.available parking at the adjacent office buildings; CP discussed these buildings, their uses, parking requirement and parking provided; it was noted one of these buildings was approved with a requirement that they lease parking space across California Drive, this parking is no longer provided and did not ever work very well; it may be wise to use another building in the area as an example, but it is not wise to penalize the owner of this building for a problem on another site when his parking meets code, applications will be before Commission several times before the building is finished, this is a project in concept at this time, could vote to approve it. C. Deal found parking for this use is adequate with 15 designated spaces as long as the use is charged with 16 spaces and that the ATM machine should be moved to the Trousdale side of the building; in discussion with the CE he suggested 10 minute parking be allowed at the curb for several spaces on the Trousdale side of the building and commented he did not think this use would have a greater parking demand than a medical office. It was noted the change in on -street parking time limits would have to be reviewed by the Traffic, Safety & Parking Commission and granted by City Council. C. Deal moved for approval of the special permit by resolution with the following conditions: (1) that the project as built shall be consistent with the plans submitted to the Planning Department and date stamped August 23, 1991 (Sheets A-0, A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-5 through A-12); Sheet A-4 date stamped November 12, 1991; and 8-1/2" x 1111 sheet titled "Ground Floor Plan - Proposal B" date stamped November 12, 1991; (2) that the requirements of the City Engineer's memos (September 9, 1991 and November 18, 1991) shall be met; (3) that the financial institution Burlingame Planning Commission Minutes Page 5 November 25, 1991 shall provide an automatic teller machine facing Trousdale Drive available up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week; (4) that the tenant improvements shall meet all Uniform Building and Fire Codes as amended by the City of Burlingame; (5) that the financial institution shall be open to serve customers Monday through Saturday with a maximum of eight employees with no more than 15 designated parking spaces on site; and (6) that 4,679 square feet -of the ground floor shall be used for a financial institution whose use shall commence no sooner than the time an occupancy permit is issued to the building and if such use has not commenced on the ground floor within one year of issuance of an occupancy permit this use permit shall have expired. Comment on the motion: would not like high turnover parking spaces to be those facing the adjacent convalescent home. Motion was approved on a 5-1 roll call vote, C. Jacobs voting no, C. Ellis absent. Appeal procedures were advised. ERMIT EXTENSION 5. ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL PERMITS FOR HOTEL PROJECTS AT 460 AND 480 AIRPORT BOULEVARD, ZONED C-4 Reference staff report, 11/25/91, with attachments. CP Monroe reviewed this request. Two conditions were suggested for consideration at the public hearing. It was noted that only one, one year extension is permitted. CA determined a public hearing was not required. It was also determined if a project was not acceptable to a Commissioner and subsequently had been approved by City Council, and then came back to the Commission for an extension, the Commissioner's original objections could be used to disapprove an extension. C. Deal moved to grant a one year extension of these special permits with the following conditions: (1) that the project shall meet all current Uniform Building and Uniform Fire Codes as amended by the City of Burlingame in effect at the date of the planning permit extension; and (2) that the project shall conform to the following construction schedule: commence construction December 15, 1993 with final inspection and payment of one-half the Bayfront Development fee by February 1, 1995. Motion was seconded by C. Kelly and failed on a 2-4 roll call vote, Cers Galligan, Graham, Jacobs and Mink voting no, C. Ellis absent. Staff will notify the applicants of this vote and their appeal rights. FROM THE FLOOR There were no comments from the floor. Burlingame Planning Commission Minutes Page 6 November 25, 1991 CP Monroe reviewed City Council actions at its November 18, 1991 regular meeting and November 20, 1991 study meeting. Revisions to Sign Code CP reviewed revisions to the sign code discussed by City Council and Planning Commission in April, 1991 regarding changeable copy signs, change of copy and signage oriented to San Francisco Bay. Following some discussion about the definition of changeable copy sign staff was asked to revise the language to take out reference to reflective material and take the revisions on to City Council for further consideration. The Chair recognized and congratulated newly elected Councilwoman Marti Knight who has been attending many Planning Commission meetings. Commissioner Shelley Graham announced she had tendered her resignation from the Planning Commission today because of increased obligations. She will serve until December 31, 1991. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Jerry L. Deal Secretary