HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04291986 - 2.6 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on April 29 , 1986 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder and McPeak
NOES: ' Supervisor Torl akso.n .
ABSENT: None --- - - --ABSTAIN: Supervisor Powers (He was not present at the November 19, 1986 meeting)
SUBJECT:
Adoption of findings in support of )
the denial of the appeal of. Donald J. ) RESOLUTION NO. 86/220
Kalgaard and Alita C. Fisher from )
Board of Appeals ' approval with )
conditions of the application filed )
by John Bessolo for LUP 2079-85 to )
establish a 24-unit apartment complex)
in the' Rodeo area . )
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County
RESOLVES that :
A. On May 30, 1985 , the applicant, John Bessolo,
filed a land use permit application (LUP 2079-85) , requesting
approval of a conditional use permit and zoning variances for
development of a 24-unit apartment complex in the Rodeo area .
B. The project provides for the renovation of the
Kronick Hotel building which will contain fourteen apartment
units, an addition to the Kronick Hotel building which will
contain four apartment units and the construction of a new
building to the rear of the Kronick Hotel building which will
contain six apartment units . The project site includes two
separate parcels . The 24-unit apartment complex and covered
parking for residents of the rear units will' be developed on
the parcel on which the Kronick Hotel is presently located
( "Apartment Parcel" ) and the second parcel will be used as a
parking site for the residents. of the other apartment units
( "Parking Parcel" ) .
C. The Apartment Parcel is designated Commercial in
the 1984 Rodeo Area General Plan and zoned Retail-Business
under the County Ordinance Code. The Parking Parcel is
designated Office in the Rodeo Area General Plan and is zoned
Multiple-Family Residential (M-17) .
D. The application for LUP 2079-85 included a
request for the following zoning variances :
1. Zero foot setbacks for the addition to the
Kronick Hotel and for the new building (10 feet required);
2 . Parking stalls with 8 feet by 18 feet
dimensions (9 feet by 19 feet required) ;
3 . Backup space of 24 feet (28 feet required) ;
4 . Zero foot setbacks for parking spaces (10
feet and 20 feet required) .
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E. A negative declaration of environmental
significance was posted for the project on July 9, 1985 .
F. On July 22, 1985, a public hearing regarding the
application for LUP 2079-85 was held before the Contra Costa
County Zoning Administrator . At the conclusion of that
hearing , the Zoning Administrator approved the application with
conditions .
G. On July 31, 1985, Donald J. Kalgaard appealed the
decision of the Zoning Administrator to the County Board of
Appeals .
H. On September 10, 1985, a public hearing on the
appeal was held by the Board of Appeals . The Board of Appeals
continued the matter to allow the Board of Appeals to make a
site inspection. The site inspection was conducted on
September 20, 1985 .
I . On October 1, 1985, the Board of Appeals resumed
the hearing on Mr . Kalgaard' s appeal , and on that date, by a
vote of 5 to 0 with two abstentions , denied the appeal . The
Board of Appeals issued its findings and written decision on
October 25, 1985 .
J. On October 3 , 1985, Mr . Kalgaard appealed the
decision of the Board of Appeals to the Board of Supervisors .
November 19, 1985 , the Board of Supervisors ,
by a vote of Kalgaard appeal_ 3 'to . 1__ (Supervisor:._Powers_ AbsPnt.)._, C�Pn 1P.(�__t�1P... ._.
�f_..Mr__.. lgaard and Ms . Fisher.
. NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEREBY
RESOLVES, FINDS, CERTIFIES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
A. Use Permit .
1 . The proposed project will promote the
health, safety and general welfare of the County in that it
will result in the renovation of the landmark Kronick Hotel
building which has been abandoned and boarded up for a
significant period of time. The Rodeo Area General Plan
identifies the Kronick Hotel as a building which adds character
and a sense of identity to the Old Rodeo downtown area, and
encourages the preservation and reuse of the Hotel building .
Many residents of the Rodeo area have expressed their support
for the project before this Board and during the administrative
hearing process . The current demand for office and more
traditional commercial uses in the Rodeo downtown area is
limited and the development of residential housing will help to
revitalize that area .
2 . The project will not adversely affect the
orderly development of property within the County. The
building on the project site is presently abandoned and its
renovation will help to promote development in the Old Rodeo
downtown area . The proposed project is consistent with the
General Plan land use designation of Commercial for the
Apartment Parcel, in that apartment projects are encompassed by
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that designation and the project furthers the commercial land
use goal of promoting a mixture of land uses for the downtown
area including shelter, and providing multiple-family
residential uses in and around the commercial core. The
project is consistent with the Retail-Business zoning for the
Apartment Parcel, which permits the development of apartment
buildings with three or more units upon issuance of a land use
permit . The plans for the proposed apartment structures
fronting on Parker Avenue include zero foot setbacks which is
consistent with the setbacks of existing commercial buildings
in the downtown area and the existing zero foot setback of the
Kronick Hotel itself . The parking use of the adjacent Parking
Parcel for residents of the apartment, is consistent with the
General Plan designation of Office, in that such use provides
for a transition between residential and commercial land uses ,
and furthers the General Plan goals and policies that a mixture
of land uses, residential and commercial, be established for
the revitalization of the Old Rodeo area in that the project
provides for residential apartments adjacent to commercial
existing uses and furthers the General Plan goal of a sensible
parking plan, with parking at the rear of commercial properties
so that a unified sidewalk frontage is presented.
3 . The project will not adversely affect
preservation of property values and the protection of the tax
base within the County. The project includes the restoration
and enhancement of a vacant and derelict building which will
result in an increase in the value of the Kronick Hotel
property in particular and of property value in the Rodeo
commercial area in general, and protection of the County' s tax
base in that area . The project will aid in the revitalization
of the Rodeo commercial area by encouraging a mixture of land
uses . The preservation and renovation of a significant
architectural building such as the Kronick Hotel will serve to
preserve and increase property values .
4 . The project is consistent with the policies
and goals of the General Plan. The project furthers the Rodeo
Area General Plan goal and policy of encouraging the
preservation, enhancement and reuse of certain specified
buildings in the Old Rodeo area in that the project preserves ,
enhances and reuses the Kronick Hotel, a building specifically
targeted by the General Plan for such purposes . The project
promotes the Rodeo Area General Plan goals and policies that a
mixture of land uses, residential and commercial , be
established for the revitalization of the Old Rodeo area in
that the project provides for residential apartments adjacent
to existing commercial uses . The project promotes the Rodeo
Area General Plan goal and policy that zero foot building set
backs are necessary for continuity of existing buildings in the
Old Rodeo area in that the project provides for zero foot
building set backs for the apartment buildings . The project
furthers the Rodeo Area General Plan goal and policy that the
revitalization of the Old Rodeo area requires a resident and
employee population and the objective that multiple family
residential uses be developed in and around the commercial core
of the Rodeo area, in that the project provides for residential
apartments in such area . The project promotes the Rodeo Area
General Plan policy that when on-site parking is provided, it
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should be established at the rear of commercial properties so
that a unified sidewalk frontage is presented, in that the
parking for the project will be established at the rear of the
property. The project promotes the policy of the Rodeo Area
General Plan that property included in the land use designation
of Office provide for a transition between residential and
commercial land uses in that this project provides for
residential apartments adjacent to commercial uses . The
project promotes the goal of the Housing Element of the Rodeo
Area General Plan to encourage development of affordably priced
housing units by permitting higher densities and mixed uses in
the downtown area in that the project provides for development
of a 24-unit apartment complex and parking in downtown Rodeo .
5 . The project will not create a nuisance or
enforcement problems within the neighborhood or community. The
project will remove a substantial nuisance presently existing
on the project site, a vacant and abandoned building, and
replace it with a viable 24-unit apartment project . Further,
the project will not create a nuisance because the conditions
of approval for LUP 2079-85 require that the roofs and exterior
walls of the buildings be free of- air conditioning equipment
and television aerials, or be screened from view; that the site
lighting be of low intensity and be deflected so that light
shines onto applicant ' s property and not toward adjacent
properties; that the project comply with the requirements of
the Rodeo Fire District and the Rodeo Sanitary District; that
all signs on the project be subject to the review and approval
of the Zoning Administrator and the existing signs on the
Kronick Hotel be removed; that parking and driving areas be
paved so as to prevent ponding of water or creation of dust;
and that the nine parking spaces at the north center of the
parking lot on the Parking Parcel' be covered by a carport type
roof, with suitable wheel stops and a crash barrier to help
prevent damage to the neighboring building . The project must
also comply with the drainage, road improvement, traffic and
utility requirements of the County.
6 . The project will not encourage marginal
development within the neighborhood. The project is consistent
with the goal and policy of the Rodeo Area General Plan of
providing a mixture of land uses in the Old Rodeo downtown
area . The development of this type of apartment complex is
permitted in retail business zones upon issuance of a land use
permit . The project includes the restoration of the Kronick
.... Hotel building which will encourage the restoration and
renovation of other buildings in the Old Rodeo downtown area .
7 . Special conditions and unique
characteristics of the project site and its location and
surroundings are established in that the project site _is
located in the Old Rodeo downtown area . The project site
includes the Kronick Hotel , one of Rodeo ' s significant
architectural buildings . This project will preserve and
renovate the Kronick Hotel and will provide for a mixture of
land uses in the Rodeo downtown area by the development of
multi-family housing adjacent to commercial uses .
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B. Variances .
1 . The variances for the project do not
constitute a grant of special privilege inconsistent with the
limitations on other properties in the Rodeo downtown area and
the respective land use districts in which the project is
located. Most of the commercial buildings in downtown Rodeo,
including the Kronick Hotel, have zero foot set backs . The
Rodeo Area General Plan provides that zero building set backs
are necessary for continuity with existing buildings within the
downtown area . The variances requested for parking stall
dimensions, parking set backs and backup space are minimal and
are necessary to allow for sufficient parking spaces for the
proposed project .
2 . Because of special circumstances applicable
to the project site, including the fact that the project is
located in the Old Rodeo downtown area and includes the
renovation of the Kronick Hotel building, strict application of
respective zoning regulations would deprive applicant of rights
enjoyed by other properties in the vicinity and within the
identical land use district . A strict application of the
zoning regulations with respect to set backs, parking set
backs , backup space and parking stall dimensions would be
inconsistent with the set backs of other commercial buildings
located in the Old Rodeo downtown area, would not be
appropriate given the configuration of the parcels and would
result in inadequate parking spaces for the project .
3 . The variances requested and authorized
substantially meet the intent and purpose of the respective
land use districts in which the- project is located in that such
districts permit the development of apartment buildings with
three or more units upon issuance of a land use permit and
permit the development of the parking associated with such
housing .
C. California Environmental Quality Act .
1 . The Board of Supervisors has considered the
Negative Declaration posted for the project on July 9 , 1985 ,
together with any comments received during the public review
process , and the Initial Study, and, based thereon, finds that
there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a
significant effect on the environment, and hereby approves the
negative declaration.
1 hereby certify that this Is a true and correct copy of
an action taken and entered on the rr+Inutes.of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: Aori 1 29-1986 _
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clork of tho Board
of Supervisors and County Adm!nistrator
cc: Applicant
Appellant �'
Robert H. Johanson By . Deputy
Britt Habegger
Rodeo Chamber of Commerce
Rodeo Citizens .Association
Community Development
County Counsel
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