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Home My WebLink About216 California Drive - Approval LetterCITY OF BURLINGAME City Hall — 501 Primrose Road Burlingame, California 94010-3997 November 27, 2012 Jill Daniel 4 Camino Vista Ct. Belmont, CA 94002 Re: 216 California Drive Dear Ms. Daniel, �• BURLtNGAME COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Planning Division PH: (650) 558-7250 FAX: (650) 696-3790 Since there was no appeal to or suspension by the City Council, the October 22, 2012, Planning Commission approval of your application for Amendment to Conditional Use Permit became effective November 1, 2012. This application was for a change to the hours of operation of an existing Conditional Use Permit for a non-auto related use (catering) in the CAR zone at 216 California Drive, zoned CAR. The October 22, 2012 minutes of the Planning Commission state your application was approved with the following conditions: 1. that the project shall be built as shown on the plans submitted to the Planning Department and date stamped September 27, 2012, floor plan; 2. that the entire tenant space of 920 SF shall be used for a catering business, not open to the public, any change to the number of businesses or their hours of operation shall be reviewed by the Planning Department and may require Planning Commission approval; 3 4 5 6 7 8 that the catering business shall have hours of operation on Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a maximum of 7 employees; that the maximum number of people on site at any one time (including employees, business owners, and customers) shall be 3 people; that there shall be no retail sales from this location; that there shall be no walk-in customers, and that customers shall come to the site by appointment only; that all signage shall require a separate permit from the Planning and Building Departments; that any improvements for the use shall meet all California Building and Fire Codes, 2010 Edition, as amended by the City of Burlingame; and �`' Register online to receive City of Burlingame e-mail updates at www.burlingame.org November 27, 2012 216 California Drive Page 2 9. that the applicant shall submit a copy of the current lease agreement between the property owner of 216 California Drive and Caltrain for the parking spaces provided at the rear of the subject property that are available for use by employees and customers on the site. All site improvements and construction work will require separate application to the Building Department. This approval is valid for one year during which time a building permit must be issued. An extension of up to one year may be considered by the Planning Commission if application is made before the end of the first year. The decision of the Council is a final administrative decision pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6. If you wish to challenge the decision in a court of competent jurisdiction, you must do so within 90 days of the date of the decision unless a shorter time is required pursuant to state or federal law. Sincerely, William Meeker Community Development Director c. Sam Samson, C& D Properties, PO Box 3443, Saratoga, CA 95070, property owner. Chief Deputy Valuation, Assessor's Office (102.76 FT ON CALIFORNIA DR COM 190.38 FT WLY FROM HOWARD AVEPTN BLK 16 TOWN OF BURLINGAME MAP NO 1 RSM 2/87 CITY OF BURLINGAME; APN: 029-213-030) File Register online to receive City of Burlingame e-mail updates at www.burlingame.org 25.3�.010 Chapter 25.38 CAR (CALIFORl\IA DRIVE AOTO ROV� DISTRICT REGULATIONS Sections: 25.38.010 Scope of regulations. 25.38.020 Permitted uses. 25.38.030 Conditional uses. 2538.035 Prohibite� uses. 25.38.040 Additional requirements i'or health services, beauty shops, barbershop, health studio, tanning facilities. 25.38.045 Design review. 25.38.050 Minimum lot size and street frontage. 2538.055 Building height. 25.38.060 Setbacks and build-to lines. 25.3$.065 Minimum ground floor ceiling height. 2538.070 Exceptions allowed with a special permit. 25.38.010 Scope of regulations. The California Drive Auto Row District is the area along California Drive between Burlingame and Penin- sula Avenues, which has long been known as Burlin- game's "Auto Row." Automobile-related uses dominate in this area. Non-auto uses should be carefully consid- ered to ensure compatibility with the area's traditional focus on automobile businesses. The following regula- tions shall apply to all properties within the CAR Dis- trict. (Ord. 1863 § 10, (2011)) 25.38.020 Permitted uses. The following uses a.re permitted in the CAR District: (a) Retail sales of and service of automobiles; (b) Automobile rental desks with no on-site rental car storage as an accessory use to retail sales or service of automobiles, and open only when the primary auto sales or service business is open; (c) Automobile sales lots; (d) Retail sales of automobile parts and accessones; (e) Government agencies; ( fl Above the first floor only: (1) Multiple-family residential uses, with an average maximum unit size of one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) square feet. Average maximum unit size is de- fined as the maximum value allowed when averaging the square footage of gross floor areas of all residential units in a project, (2) Office uses. (Ord. 1863 § 10, (2011)) 2538.030 Conditional uses. The following are conditional uses requiring a condi- tional use permit in the CAR District: (a) Office uses on the ground floor; (b) Retail sales other than those related to automo- bile sales or service; (c) Personal services other than those related to automobile sales or service; (d) Business services other than those related to automobile sales or service, such as pnnting services, mailing services and post office box services; (e) Hotels; ( fl Retail and other commercial uses with a gross floor area greater than six thousand (6,000) square feet; (g) Automobile rental businesses that meet all of the following minimum standards: (1) Parking is provided on-site for storage of at least ten (10) percent of flie average number of vehicles rented monthly from the site; the average number shall be cal- culated over a calend�r year; however, in no event, shall storage for more than fifty (50) rental vehicles be pro- vided on-site, and (2) Parking is provided on-site for all employees and customers; (h) Any building or structure which is more than thirty-five (35) feet in height, up to a maximum building height of fifty-five (55) feet. (Ord. 1863 § 10, (2011)) 25.38.035 Prohibited uses. Uses not listed as pemutted or conditional shall be prohibited and in particular, but not limited to, the fol- lowing: (al Uses of any industrial nature, including, but not limited to, junkyards and automobile wrecking estab- lishments; (b) Massage, bathing or similar establishanents, unless licensed by the California Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC) pursuant to Chapter 10.5 of the Cali- fomia Business and Professions Code (Section 4600 et seq.), which requires that CAMTC licensed massage establishments shall be considered a personal service; (c) Adult-oriented businesses as defined in Chapter 25.76; (d) Psychic services; (e) Warehouses for storage of furniture, household, personal, or other similar articles or outdoor commercial storage, except automobile storage as allowed pursuant to this chapter. (Ord. 1863 § 10, (2011)) (Burlingame Supp. No. 18, 11-11) 526-16 25.38.040 25.38.040 Additional requirements for health services, beauty shops, barbershop, health studio, tanning facilities. A health service, beauty shop, barbershop, health studio, or tanning facility in any location in any CAR District shall be limited to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. unless a conditional use pemut is approved by the planning commission pursuant to Chapter 25.52 to allow use outside those hours. The hours limitation imposed by this section does not apply to an occasional medical emergency at a health service use. (Ord. 1863 § 10, (2011)) 25.38.045 Design review. Construction and alterations as designated in Chapter 25.57 shall be subject to design review under that chap- ter. When any part of a commercial or mixed use struc- ture is subject to design review, any awnings on the structure shall be included in the design review. (Ord. 1863 § 10, (2011)) 2538.050 Minimum lot size and street frontage. Each lot in this district shall have an a.rea of at least five thousand (5,000) square feet and a street frontage of at least fifty (50) feet. (Ord. 1863 § 10, (2011)) 25.38.055 Building height. No building or sh-ucture shall be constructed in the CAR District which exceeds fifty-five (55) feet in height. A conditional use permit is required for any building or structure which exceeds thirty-five (35) feet in height (refer to Section 25.38.030(g)). (Ord. 1863 § 10, (2011)) 25.38.060 Setbacks and build-to lines. (a) The front wall of the first story of any struciure shall have no minimum front setback, and a minimum of sixty (60) percent of the structure shall be located at the front property line. (b) There shall be no minimum side or rear setback. (Ord. 1863 § 10, (2011)) 25.38.065 Minimum ground floor ceiling height. New building or structures or projects determined to be substantial construction shall have a min;mLun ground floor ceiling height of fifteen (15) feet, as measured from finished floor to the ceiling of the ground floor. (Ord. 1863 § 10, (2011)) 25.38.070 Exceptions allowed with a special permit. The following exceptions shall be allowed in the dis- trict with a special permit: (a) Architectural featLres in excess of the maximum building height which do not extend more than ten (10) feet above the maximum height and do not occupy more than ten (10) percent of the roof area. The archiiectural features shall enhance the design of the buildir�g and shall be reviewed as a part of the Design Review process as outlined in Chapter 25.57 of this code. (Ord. 1863 § 10, (2011)) 526-17 (Burlingame Supp. No. 18, I 1-11)