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Home My WebLink About859 Cowan Road - Approval Letter�ktP C�tf� .a� ��tx`It�t��n.e SAN MATEO COUNTY CITY HALL- 501 PRIMROSE ROAD 6URLINGAME,CALIFORNIA 94010 TEL:f415) 342-8931 Mr. Tom Monk Purolator Courier Corporation 859 Cowan Road Burlingame, CA. 94010 Dear Mr. Monk: August 19, 1977 Since there was no appeal or suspension by the City Council of the Planning .� Commission action at their August 8, 1977 meeting, the special permit to allow a courier service in the M-1 District at 859 Cowan Road became effective August 16, 1977. ' � This special permit was approved by the Planning Commission with the change in property owner to Airport Executive Offices. Yours very truly, WMS/s � �d� Wayne�wan City Planner cc: Buildin Inspector �Ci�y Clerk Property Owner: � Airport Executive Off.ices 859 Cowan Road Burlingame, CA. 94010 License Collector Assessor's Office, Redwood City (Lots 22 and 23, Block 2, East Millsdale Industrial Park Unit No. 1- APN 024-401-510) . . • Buriingame Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 _. August 8, 1977 C. t�link stated concern over parking for the total site; perhaps this should be discussed with the landlprd, not with Purolator, since Purolator has more than adequate parking spaces for its needs. The Commissioner was told by�Joel Auslen, Operations Supervisor, that the largest shift would have no more than seven employees and at the most impacted time.of operation the maximum number of vehicles brought to the site would be eight, sir,�going out on runs and two internal to the organization. C. Mink summarized Cammission discussion regarding parking: there are nine company vehicles; at the most dense time of operation six of these are on the road and those parking spaces are probably filled by two on-site employee vehicles; essentially Purolator u�lould be using six spaces for courier cars, two for inside cars and three for pickup vehicles, for a total of 11. C. Jacobs felt the applicant was provided with the parking he needed but questioned the fact that the rest of the building would then be deficient. Mr. Monk told C. Francard the repair work was being done within the building at the rear. Asst. C. P. Yost noted types of repairs: oil changes, tire changes, etc., not a commercial repair garage; there is a service hoist in the building. There were no audience corr�nents in favor or opposed and Chm. Taylor declared the public hearing closed. Asst. C. P. Yost told C. Jacobs there were two suites presently vacant in the building. The Commissioner again stated her concern should the building fill up as office space with the consequent deficient parking and po�sible parking.on the street. � � C. F1ink moved approval of this special permit with the change in �roperty owner to Airport Executive Offices. �Second C. Sine and unanimously approved on roll call vote. 4. ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL PERMIT FOR ANZA AIRPORT PARKING SERVICE AT 615 AIRPORT BOULEVARD; PROPERTY INCLUDING LOTS 3-13, BLOCK 7; LOTS 8-12, BLOCK 5; LOTS 1/Z/14/15 AND..PARCEL S OF BLOCK 7; AND THAT PORTION OF PARCEL C, BLOCK 10 4;HICH IS CURRENTLY PAVED; ANZA AIRPORT PARK UNIT N0. 6, ZONED C-4;'BY DAVID H. KEYSTON FOR ANZA SHAREHOLDERS' LIQUIDATING TRUST (ND-74P POSTED 1/16/76)- David Keyston, the applicant, was determined to be presen�. C. P. Swan noted the previous special permit had actually expired on August 3, 1977 and that minutes of the 1/26/76 meeting had been circulated to Commi'ssion. He pointed out this area is notv owned by Anza Shareholders' Liquidating Trust and includes ihe redevelopment area._ The application is for a one year extension, with the same conditions applying, and Mr. Swan believed Commission could exte►:d this special permit with a simple motion. A condition might be added that if the Bayside Redevelopment Project were implemented the permit would become invalid. C. Mink commented that the original motion stated: ". .. this special permit be voided for those lots for which a building permit has been granted," which he thought would be sufficient to cover the condition suggested by the C.P. He inquired if it was important t;o grant the extension with all previously stated conditions, and C.A. Coleman stated he believed this would be wise. Chm. Taylor asked for audience convnents in favor and David Keyston addressed Commission. Ne noted a technical problem in that the condition quoted by C. Mink would require Anza to shut down the parking lot the minute it received a permit to build a new parking lot. C. Mink thought only those lots wi�ere redevelopment took place,would be affected. Mr. Keyston added he would be happy to go along with the pleasure of Comnission as to length of this extension; it was•understood that should the Qayside Redevelopment Project materialize there would be no competitian between the existing � and the proposed airport parking. There were no further audience commen�s in favor and r�one in opposition. Chm. Taylor declared the public hearing closed. \� � �(� ` ' � . , ' Page 3 •[iurlingame Planning Commission Minutes � August 8, 1977 . 2. SPECIAL PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT A QUILDING THAT 41I1.L EXCEED 75% LOT COVERAGE ON PARCEL B, A PORTION OF PROPER'fY I:NO�1N AS 1415 EiURLINGAME AVENUE (PORTION OF APN 029-201-090), ZONCD C-1, QY MARIO R. CASTRO (ND-121P POSTEQ JULY'29, 1977) C..P. Swan noted this identical application for the lot next door to Mr. Karp`s parcel, Mario Castro being the partner who or�rns tf�e other part of the proposed Fox F4a11. There arere no audience comments in favor or opposed and Chm. Taylor declared the public hearing closed. C. Mink moved approval of this special permit with identical conditions a fqr Item #1'. Second C. Cistulli and unanimously approved on roll�call vote. I3. �SPECIAL PERMIT TO OPERATE A COURIER SERVICE IN THE M-1 DISTRICT �1T 859 COWAN__ROAD �(APN Q24-401-510), BY TOM MONK FOR PUROLATOR COURIER CORPORATION (APPLICANT) WITN ' SARMIENTO INTERP�ATIOPIAL INC. (PROPERTY OGJNER) (ND-119P POSTED 7/29/77 Asst. C. P. Yost rev�ie��red the background of this application, noting the several moves the company had made since 1969. In early 1974 the name was changed from American Courier Corp. to Purolator Courier Corp.;.a nevr business license was applied for and approved. He noted reasons for the present application: (1) Gommission decisions over i:he past 2-3 years have established'that a courier company is a conditional use in . the M-1 Distr.ict; (2) the comp.any has grotivn over the past.eight.years and.now operates nine vehicles over tvro shifts, between 2:00 A.f�i. and� 11:00 P.M.��; (3) the most recent . move �-ras to 859 Cowan Road and a staff inspection for a new business license resulted in the determination that a special permit was necessary. Mr. Yost referred to the site plan circulated to Commissioners; it shows a�12,400 SF building which requires 32 on-site parking spaces to code standard. Thirty spaces are provided and 11 of these are leased to Purolator for their exclusive use. This is six or seven spaces more than their code entitlement and makes the rest of the parking deficient by eight spaces. Maintenance is done on-site and vehicles are clear�ed at local car washes. The company presently has eight full-time employees based at this location and a further 17 who work as couriers over less than a 40 hour week. Most of these people are out on routes �-tith the majority of extra traffic being generated at the beginning and end of each shift. _ During Commission discussion C. Jacobs questioned the availability of parking for the courier vehicles at the beginning and end of each shift. Mr. Yost advised he had observed some vehicles parked off-premise. Tom Monk, District Manager of Purolator, described �.:his aspect of their business. It is a pic{:up and/or dropoff operation; � eight full-time employees does not necessarily mean eight employees on shift ai one time. A full-time employee is a person who works 32 hours a week, but the 25 full-time people t�rork sporadically, during the week or on the weekend. There are six vehicles which depart between 2:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.h1., returning by Noon, and six which depart between 2:30 P.M. and 4:00 P.h1., returning be�:ween 8:00 and 11:00 P.f�1. � On Saturdays and Sundays there are only two vehicles ou�; on the road each day. Mr. Monk advised that Sarmiento is not the landlord of the building now; it was sold to Airport Executive Offices. � During further discussion it was determined the company has nine operational vehicles at the present time in Burlingame; the total building is 12,400 SF; five parkirrg spaces would be required for the 4,300 SF vrarehouse space and 27 spaces for the II,100 SF office area, making a total parking�requirement of 32 spaces. Thirty spaces are shown on the lot now, and 11 have been released to Purolator.