HomeMy WebLinkAboutCUP 107; Maldonado David & Olivia; Conditional Use Permit (CUP) (14)DATE :
TO :
FROM:
SUBJECT:
MEMORANDUM
August 27, 1980
James Hagaman, Planning Director
Mike Howes, Assistant Planner
REVIEW OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 107
Conditional Use Permit 107 allowed the Maldonado family to
construct and operate a greenhouse on a property located on
the north side of Basswood Avenue. During the first week of
June, Sergio Jlaldonado and Bryan Lee came into this office and were concerned that the conditional use permit would be
revoked. They claimed that they had received several letters from the city informing them that their CUP was about to expire. Mr. Lee and Maldonado did not have the letters with them and appeared to be quite confused by the process.
Conditional Use Permit 107 was approved by the Planning Commission on March 27, 1975. Condition No. 10 of this CUP stated:
This permit shall be reviewed on a five-year increment
starting in March, 1980, to determine the following:
a) The greenhouse is still compatible with surrounding
uses.
b) The structure has been maintained in good and
safe repair.
c) The driveways have been maintained in a dust- free manner.
A field check on June 16, 1980, revealed that the following information:
1. The greenhouse appears to be still compatible with surrounding uses. Most of the property sur- rounding the greenhouse is vacant. A few of the surrounding parcels do have single family homes
on them, however, it appears that all of these
homes have been there since 1975.
2. The greenhouse and the other buildings have been maintained in good and safe repair.
3. The driveway to the property has been paved.
4. The field check also revealed that the greenhouse complied with all other conditions for approval of
CUP-107.
On June 17, 1980, I sent you a memo recommending that the conditional use permit be renewed for an additional five
years. The next day you sent me a memo requesting that I
check to see if the applicants were meeting condition #4 of
the conditional use permit approval. This condition required
that:
The applicant shall install a view obscuring wall
or hedge on all sides abutting lots with residences
in a manner acceptable to the Planning Director.
Also, you requested that I check to make sure the applicants
were not using the public right-of-way adjacent to their
property for storage.
A field check shortly thereafter revealed the following:
1. The property to the north of the subject property
is vacant. A four foot high wood fence is located
on top of a 4'-6' high enbankment on the westerly and southerly sides of the property. A chain
link fence has been installed along the easterly
side of the property. Trees along the northern part of the easterly property line shield the greenhouses from the nearest residences. There is one part of the easterly property line that does not have any trees in front of it, however, the
nearest residences to this side of the property
are located approximately 400' from the subject property.
2. The owners of the property were storing an old
sports car on the city property adjacent to
the greenhouse operation. They also had a trash
container partially on the city's property. I
informed them that these items would have to be removed or placed on their own property. They
informed me that they would do so.
Approximately a week ago I received a phone call from Sergio
Maldonado to inform me that the car had been removed and
the trash container was on their property. A field check on August 4, 1980, confirmed this information.
I reconunend that CUP-107 be extended for another five years.
This operation is meeting all of the conditions of the CUP
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and there has been no substantial change in the surrounding
land use since the CUP was issued. Although part of the
easterly side of the property is not obscured by a hedge
or solid fence it is located far enough away from the existing residences that it might as well be fronting on vacant land. Hopefully this matter will not have to be heard by the Planning Commission. If you feel that this matter could be handled administratively, please let me know and I will put a memo in the file and notify Mr. Maldonado and Mr. Lee.
MH:ls
8/19/80
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