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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 05051998 - D15 o . Q16 Contra Costa TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS County FROM: DENNIS M. BARRY, AICP ° COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR DATE: May 5, 1998 SUBJECT-. closed Hearing to Determine if Cause Exist to Revoke LP9S2061 issued on December 2, 1996 by the County Board of Supervisors. subject property is addressed #3212 Danville Boulevard, in the Alamo area. SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION BEC-OMMENDATIQNS Staff recommends the Board of Supervisors revoke Sand Use Permit #LP952061. If the Board is not inclined to revoke the Land use permit, the< conditions could be modified as follows. A. Without the easement granted over the adjacent property, the Board of Supervisors reaffirm that the maximum number of cars' to be displayed on site is limited to 17 including one recreational vehicle/boat space, outside of view of Danville Boulevard. Condition of Approval. #1 would then read as follows: The application is approved as modified by the Board of Supervisors on 'date of approval) and subject to a revised site plan being submitted to the Community Development Department within 15 calendar days of the approved date indicating the location of the 17 display cars, including; one recreational vehicle/boat space outside of view of Danville , Boulevard, one customer parking space clearly designated and accessible to and from Danville Boulevard and one employee parking space located in the northeast corner of the property. , CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X. YES SIGNATURE �» RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMM 'TTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) : ACTION OF BOARD ON may DzI APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED x OTHER See Addendum for Board action. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A x UNANIMOUS (ASSENT TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES. NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Contact:Debbie Chamberlain - 335-1213 Orig: Community Development Department ATTESTED May 51 1998 cc: Dale Bridges PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF Building' Inspection THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Public Warks MW COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR County CounselLT BY O , DEPUTY 2 . B. A revised sign program acceptable to the County Zoning Administrator be submitted within 10 calendar days. The approved sign program shall be installed within 15 days from the date of the Zoning Administrator's approval. Modify Condition of Approval #4 to read as follows: Within 10 days of this approval, submit a sign program for review and approval of the County Zoning Administrator meeting the requirements of the S2 Sign Combining District. The approved program shall be installed within 15 calendar days of the Zoning Administrator's approval . All non- conforming signs shall be removed from the property within 10 days of the approval of this permit. The Indian head sign of any size is not approved. C. The processing fees associated with this application have not been paid. The applicant and/or owner should be required to pay all County processing fees within fifteen (15) days of this approval. Add the following Condition of Approval: Within 15 calendar days of this approval, pay all current processing fees related to this application . D. Due to the time spent by the Community Development Department and Code Compliance Division of the Building Inspection Department, staff would recommend a compliance report be submitted for review and approval of the County Zoning Administrator within 30 days. Add the following Condition of Approval : Within 30 calendar days of permit approval, the applicant shall submit to the Community Development Department a report demonstrating compliance with the Conditions of Approval and a $300 .00 deposit for staff review, with the acknowledgment that additional costs will be billed the applicant if the charges incurred for the review and monitoring exceed the deposit. If staff has determined that the applicant is not in compliance with the Condition of Approval, the applicant following notice will have 10 calendar days to correct the violation. If the violation is not corrected within 10 calendar days, the land use permit shall be rescheduled before the Board of Supervisors for revocation proceedings . All costs incurred shall be borne by the applicant. FISCAL IMPACT None. BACKGRO-UND/REAS 7NS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS The supporting documentation for this project was provided to the Board of Supervisors with the March 24 , 1998 Board Order. Prior to the March 24 , 1998 hearing, the applicant requested continuance to April 21, 1998 . Prior to granting the continuance, the Board requested that the applicant attempt to satisfy the Conditions of Approval that are subject to the revocation proceedings. On April 21, 1998 the applicant presented information that may indicate that he has an easement over the adjacent property. The Board directed the applicant to submit the documentation to staff for review, and subsequently closed the public hearing and continued the matter to May 5, 1998 . To date, the applicant has not contacted staff or submitted any information to demonstrate compliance with the Conditions of Approval. Additionally, staff conducted a site visit on April 29, 1998 to determine if the applicant was in compliance with the remaining conditions of approval . Staff could not located the one customer parking space that is to be clearly designated and accessible to and from Danville Boulevard as required by Condition of Approval ......... ......... ......... ......... _-- .. ._ .....__........._...._... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......_.. ......... ......... ......... ......... ........_. . . ............................................................. #1 . Additionally, six cars were parked at a 45-degree angle to Danville Boulevard, one with dealership license plates. It is unclear if these were vehicles for sale or customer vehicles. Condition of Approval #9 requires that no display ears be parked along Danville Boulevard. DJC/aa BDBridges.DJC ADDENDUM TO ITEM D. 15 MAY 5, 1998 On April 21, 1998, the Board of Supervisors continued to this date the hearing on the recommendation of the Community Development Director to determine if cause exists to revoke Lane Use Permit 95-2061 issued on December 2, 1996, Dale 'Bridges, applicant, Alamo area. Debbie Chamberlain, Community Development Department, presented the staff report and commented that the applicant does have an easement over the adjacent property in order to have the twenty-three cars on site, and she advised of a letter from the applicant on his revised sign program and further advised that she would work with the applicant on the size of the sign. Ms . Chamberlin commented on the staff ' s recommendations and asked that recommendation 2A be deleted, and she asked that if the Board were to approve the land use permit, that the $7, 500 in expenses be paid within fifteen days, and that the easement be recorded within ten calendar days. The Board discussed the matter. Brian Thiessen, representing the applicant, requested to speak on the issue of fees that had not been raised until today. On recommendation of Supervisor Gerber, Option 1 is APPROVED and Land Use Permit #LP952061 is REVOKED.