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Home My WebLink AboutMin - PC - 1991.03.11CITY OF BURLINGAME PLANNING COMMISSION MARCH 11, 1991 CALL TO ORDER A regular meeting of the Planning Commission, City of Burlingame was called to order by Chairman Graham on Monday, March 11, 1991 at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL Present: Commissioners Deal, Ellis, Galligan, Graham, Jacobs, Kelly, Mink Absent: None Staff Present: MINUTES - Margaret Monroe, City Planner; Jerry Coleman, City Attorney; Frank Erbacher, City Engineer; Steve Langridge, Captain, Fire Prevention The minutes of the February 25, 1991 meeting were unanimously approved. AGENDA - Order of the agenda approved. ITEMS FOR STUDY 1. SPECIAL PERMIT AND HEIGHT VARIANCE - SATELLITE DISH ANTENNA - 3018 HILLSIDE DRIVE ZONED R-1 Requests: will property owners across the street located in the county receive notice of the public hearing; will antenna be visible from Arguello Drive; more information on site studies made for location of the dish; install marker indicating location of the antenna; is a variance based on Planning standards required, explanation of Code Sec. 18.18.020, Permitted antennas. Item set for public hearing March 25, 1991. 2. FENCE EXCEPTION - 950 NEWHALL AVENUE, ZONED R-1 Requests: does CE's reference to clearance from Newhall and Sanchez refer to sight lines; how high will the planting be placed in front of the fence. Item set for public hearing March 25, 1991. 3. SIGN EXCEPTION - HYATT REGENCY HOTEL - 1333 BAYSHORE HIGHWAY, ZONED C-4 Requests: what has changed from the application for a Knuckles sign made in January; will it be an entrance to a dedicated restaurant area; is Knuckles owned by Hyatt or a franchise operation; would like the same information on the two restaurants in the hotel; will Hyatt request external signs for either or both of these Burlingame Planning Commission Minutes Page 2 March 11, 1991 restaurants in the future. Item set for public hearing March 25, 1991. 4. SPECIAL PERMIT - UNIT #1, 1461 BAYSHORE HIGHWAY, ZONED M-1 Requests: how long was the retail sales portion of this business in operation before it came to the city's attention; application indicates no alterations to the property will be necessary but the plans show a new one hour partition wall, please explain; if this is a code enforcement item why does the packet contain a set of plans, has the interior of the building been altered for the retail use already, why is sheet for variance application in the packet; if list of specialties was distributed to all homeowners in. the city why are only 4 to 6 visitors/customers expected on the site; explanation of why a parking variance is not required; what other retail sales operations are located on Bayshore Highway. Item set for public hearing March 25, 1991. 5. NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A PARKING LOT AND A LANDSCAPING VARIANCE FOR THE NEW PARKING LOT AT 1742 ROLLINS ROAD AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR ACCESS AT 1730 ROLLINS ROAD, ZONED M-1 Requests: is the headwall a part of Phase I; does applicant intend to light the lot, what other security measures will be provided at night; circulation within the new parking lot with existing power lines; width of driveway, is it sufficient and safe; response from applicant as to what the impact would be on his project if the city were to prohibit parking in the fire lane along the side of his building; discussion of required parking for this business. Item set for public hearing March 25, 1991. ITEM FOR ACTION 6. ONE SPACE PARKING VARIANCE FOR WAREHOUSE TO OFFICE CONVERSION AT 1873-1881 ROLLINS ROAD, ZONED M-1 Reference staff report, 3/11/91, with attachments. CP Monroe reviewed details of the request, staff review, applicant's letter, study meeting questions, required findings. Four conditions were suggested for consideration at the public hearing. Discussion: some parking spaces in the front of the property have been located over the property line, these have been there since the building was constructed; handicap spaces must be shown on the plans submitted for the building permit. Chm. Graham opened the public hearing. Gary Wolfe, AMS Relocation (Bekins), applicant, was present. His comments: the original plans submitted in August for a permit for the trucking business did not include a secured storage area or lunchroom because the Burlingame Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 March 11, 1991 lease was not yet signed, once the permit was approved the lease was finalized and then these areas were included in the lease agreement; the secured storage area which was to be for business record storage had phone jacks and electrical outlets to enable users to review files there and make phone calls when necessary. They lost the prospective tenant for the storage area but have other customers who have the same needs for business storage, space for this is presently provided in their existing lunchroom. They would now like to convert the existing lunchroom to business records storage purposes with a new area designed to be a lunchroom (it will not be additional office space); this new area would be unimproved, with no ceilings, cement floors, they would like to include electrical outlets for vending machines as well as a pay phone. Applicant continued: the construction was red tagged, after approval of the special permit building permits were taken out and construction started, the walls are all open so work could be inspected, they were not trying to hide anything or avoid permits, improvements were being made by an outside contractor for the property owner who must have been trying to get a jump ahead on the work. Applicant concluded this request is a necessity for their operation, it will solve their present problems, he did not know what their recourse would be if not approved and reiterated the area will not be additional offices, just a lunchroom for employees. Responding to Commission questions, Mr. Wolfe stated the existing lunchroom will remain for customers and their records; retail sales of packing materials does occur and is much less than 5% of their gross business, it is more a service to customers and the public. There were no audience comments and the public hearing was closed. C. Jacobs stated she could not be too concerned about a parking variance for one space particularly if the requested use is for people already in the building, she found the use of the building will not be extended, it will enable uses to be separated within the area; it will not be a problem to the neighborhood since it is a use for those now in the building. C. Jacobs moved for approval of the parking variance with the following conditions: (1) that the project shall be built as shown on the plans submitted to the Planning Department and date stamped March 1, 1991 Sheet A-1 and February 14, 1991 Sheet A-2; (2) that the conditions of the Chief Building Inspector's January 30, 1991 memo (provide three handicap parking spaces; the interior improvements were done without permits; and exit vestibule must be of one hour corridor construction) and the Fire Marshal's January 28, 1991 memo (no storage will be allowed in the vestibule) shall be met; (3) that this variance shall expire in six years (1997); and (4) that the project shall meet all Uniform Building and Fire Code requirements Burlingame Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 March 11, 1991 as amended by the City of Burlingame. Motion was seconded by C. Kelly. Comment on the motion: applaud applicant's efforts to make a workable, comfortable storage area for business records; application indicated use of 40 spaces maximum at one time, proposal calls for 45, therefore with the variance they would still have enough or 44 spaces; can support the motion particularly because of the condition requiring removal of the walls in six years. Motion was approved on a 7-0 roll call vote. Appeal procedures were advised. FROM THE FLOOR There were no comments from the floor. ACKNOWLEDGMENT - Fence Height Review - 1645 Coronado Way CITY PLANNER REPORT CP Monroe reviewed City Council actions at its March 4, 1991 regular meeting. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Charles W. Mink Secretary