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Home My WebLink About980 David Road - Approval Letter� � Ma;�ch 7, 1984 Mr. Rudi Mi�°�gli The Trans�or•tation Company 980 Davi ci Road Burling�me, CA 94010 Dear Mr. Muggli: C�.'�P C�x.�� .a.� �a�x�.�ixC.��iC,e SAN MATEO COUNTY GITY HALL-501 PRIMRGI �E ROAD BURLINGAME� CALIFORNIA 9401n � - �-�- TEL:(415) 342-8931 At their meeting of March 5, 1984 the City Council susi:ai��ed your appe�l of the Pianning Commission's denial of a Special Permit to aliow a charter bu� service in the M-1 District at 980 David Road. City C�uncil approved your application with the following conditions: 1. that when th� site at the corner of Rollins Road and David Road is developed the access easement or� the sou�h side of David Road �� fully developed :',20 feet) to allow access to the rear parking area ard that parking not be al1owed in the easement are� so that the larger �%ehicles can get through; 2. that the applicant operate his business as dPscribed in th� Planninr, Commission staff report of February 14, 1984 anu his project description (date stamped December 21, 1983); 3. that this use permit be reviewed for complian�e with conditions in one year's time (February, 1985); 4. that the area at the rear of the property be paved; and 5. that the large roll-up doors not be used for access to the occupied portions of the building, and that the Fire Department approve discontinuing use of these doors. Any site improvements or construction work will require separate application f.� the Building Department. Sincerely, ��. Margaret Monroe City Planner MM/s att. cc: Chief Building Inspector (w/att.) Fire Marshal City Clerk Douglas Woodworth (property owner) License Collector Assessor's Office, Redwood City (Parcel A, Parcel Map Vol. 47/87; APN 025-272-140) P.C. 2/14/8� Item #7 MEMO T0: PLANNING COMMISSION FROM: CITY PLANNER SUBJECT: SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A CHARTER BUS SERVICE IN THE M-1 DISTRICT AT 980 DAVID ROAD The Transportation Company, represented by Hansruedi Muggli, is requesting a use permit to operate a charter bus service in the M-1 District at 980 David Road (Code Sec. 25. 42.030). The applicant is renting a 620 SF office area from which he will manage the charter company. He will park six buses on site when they are not in use. They will be maintained at another location. He will employ 13 bus drivers and three employees (one of whom is part time). Bus drivers are only on the site when they pick up buses and between trips. City staff have reviewed the request. The Fire Marshal (January 3, 1984 memo) and Chief Building Inspector (December 30, 1983 memo) had no comments. The City Engineer (January 3, 1984 memo) notes he has no comments so long as the site meets off-street parking require- ments. He points out that the access from Rollins Road to the 980 David Road site is not permanent; its elimination was a condition of the past parcelization of this site. (Note: As currently used, the only access to the area where the buses are parked is from Rollins Road across the adjacent property. This driveway is paved.) The applicant submitted a description of his proposed use (December 21, 1983). He indicates he is renting 620 SF of office space which includes six regular (on-site) parking spaces for six passenger vans (one for 14 and five for 20). He provides a bus service for sightseeing and transferring flight crews between San Francisco Inter- national Airport and various San Francisco hotels. Vans are radio dispatched and leave the site between 5:00 A.M. and 10:00 A.M. returning between 1:30 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. Two or �three operate at night, leaving the site at 7:00 P.M. and returning between 10:00 P.M. and 2:00 A.M. There are two people employed full time on the site and one part time. Gas, diesel and oil will not be stored at this site. Maintenance and repairs are done in South San Francisco. At study the Commission requested that access to the building be clarified. As shown on the Existing Site Conditions plans (date stamped December 21, 1983), there are two driveway/accesses to 980 David Road. One is located on the north side of the building (15 feet); the other is a shared easement on the south side of the building (10 feet on the 980 David site, 10 feet on the Rollins Road site). This southern easement was established when the site was divided several years ago. It is a condition of this easement that it cannot be used even for parking unless both property owners agree to the use. Currently there is a paved driveway from Rollins Road to the 980 David Road site. Because of the way cars are being parked in the driveway and on the area at the front of 980 David Road (see photos taken 1/30/84), the Rollins Road driveway is currently being used as the exclusive access to the rear of 980 David Road where the buses are parked. To our knowledge the property owner and tenant have no legal right to use this driveway across the Rollins Road site, and currently its use will disappear when the vacant lot an Rollins Road is developed. The site plan submitted shows three required parking spaces in the easement area on the south side of the 980 David site. Some of the Commissioners ma� recall w�;en the previous development scheme was prepared and reviewed for the Rollins Road parcel that Lhey wished .. `. -2- to put required parking in this easement area. Therefore it is difficult at this time to assume that 980 David can assume that required parking could be permanently located in this easement; and also that access from Rollins Road will be permanent. Tenants can, however, remain so long as they pay rent. Finally the applicant's chart shows an on-site parking requirement of 27 spaces based on current use. However he is proposing for his 620 SF office area to use nine on-site spaces. Based on 1:300 this office area would be entitled to three spaces. Thus the other six spaces will be taken from parking required by other uses on the site. In addition there are not 27 spaces on site. There are, based on the submitted plan, 24 spaces on site. Three of these 24 spaces are in the easement, thus are not part of the permanent on-site parking. There are about 11,900 SF in the entire building. Assuming the building at the time of construction was about 20% office and rest was in warehouse use, the off-street parking requirement would be 18 which fits within the 21 permanent spaces on site. Thus there was adequate off-street parking when the building was built. However, the building now contains offices (36%), storage/warehouse (45%), deli (9%) and print shop (9%). As the uses change the required on-site parking has become inadequate as required by current code. The assignment of six additional spaces to an office area does not alleviate this problem. The Planning Commission should hold a public hearing. At the hearing the following conditions should be considered: 1. that when the site at the corner of Rollins Road and David Road is developed the access easement on the south side of David be fully developed (20 feet) to allow access to the rear parking area and that the parking not be allowed in the easement area so that the larger vehicles can get through; 2. that the applicant operate his business as described in the staff report of February 14, 1984 and his project description (date stamped December 21, 1983); and 3. that this use permit be reviewed for compliance with conditions in one year's time (February, 1985). Mah aG�e'C'Monh�� 9 City Planner MM/ s 2/3/84 cc: The Transportation Company Douglas Woodworth (property ewr�erj .� � � , � LETTER � 1 PR.)J�CT DESCRIPTIO'_`i Charter Bus Service. Uses 620 square feet of office spacQ ?s dis�atch offic� with rauio base station. �lso o' re�ular parking spaces for one l�+ passenger and �ive 20 passengPr vans. Services include regular sightseeing tours in the bay �rea plus transz"ers of flight crews between San Francisco I:�tArnational Airport and various San Francisco Hotels. Vans are dispached �.�ia radios and will leave the premisses in the morning between 5a.m. anc l0a.m. , returning bet�freen 1.30�. m. a.nd 6p.m. Two to three ��ans are operating at night, 1?aving at 7p.m• and returning between lOp.m. and 2a.m. The owner ?nd a manager plus a part time secretary will be at the oPfice during norm.al office hours. There will be no �asoline, oil or diesel f!�el storAd at the office. NIaintenance and repairs are done by 3. r. Good r•ich i.n So�,�th San nranciscc ��:�� DEC � � 1983 CITY �F BURLINGAME PLANNR�r, DEPT.