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Attachment 2 - Letter of Operation and JustificationsJune 29, 2023 City of Anaheim Planning and Building Department 200 S. Anaheim Blvd. Suite #162 Anaheim, CA 92805 RE: Letter of Operation Conditional Use Permit Application ETA Trans Inc 1051 North Patt Street Anaheim, CA 92801 To Whom it may concern: We are pleased to submit this Letter of Operation and Conditional Use Permit Justification to permit an Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Outdoor Storage facility at the above address. The 1.45-acre site is developed with a 4,925 square foot building, eight parking spaces (including one handicapped space) in the front parking lot, pervious pavers in the driveway, a 3-inch layer of crushed rock in the rear yard storage areas, and 6-foot high chain link fencing around the perimeter of the property. The property is surrounded by industrial uses to the north and east, a towing and impound business to the west, and apartments and a public park to the south. The applicant, ETA Trans Inc, proposes to purchase the subject property and requests Planning Commission approval to store trucks and trailers in the rear yard storage areas. ETA is currently located at 125 E. Ball Road in Anaheim and proposes to relocate the business to the Patt Street site. ETA was established in 2016, has 35 drivers, and specializes in hauling cars nationwide on 80-foot long (bumper to bumper) “car haulers”; the tractors/trucks are 30 feet long and the trailers are 50 feet long. Between 10 - 15 employees will be at the site during the weekday hours. The company’s fleet size is 35 trailers and 16 trucks. The hours of operation will be from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The warehouse portion of the building will be used for the service and maintenance of the company’s trucks, cars, and trailers; the applicant also proposes to sublease a portion of the warehouse to another company for storage only. As shown on the attached site plan, the existing crushed rock surface on a majority of the property will be used for truck and trailer storage. A total of 24 truck and trailer parking spaces are proposed. No changes to the building is proposed. There is currently no vehicular/driveway access to Kemp Street. The average number of truck trips is between 10 - 15 per day. Most of the trips will be made during the weekday hours, although occasional truck trips will occur after 6:00 p.m. A company employee will open the sliding gate at 6 a.m. every weekday. The gate will remain open during business hours, and will be closed by an employee at 6 p.m. Drivers who need access to the site after 6 p.m., which is expected to occur occasionally, will use a remote control device to open the gate. WB-62 truck turning templates are shown on the site plan to demonstrate how trucks will maneuver onsite. A lot consolidation application is not being proposed. ATTACHMENT NO. 2 The following site improvements are being proposed: • New 8-foot high block walls will be constructed adjacent to the Patt Street and Kemp Street frontages, and along the south property line, in order to screen the truck and trailer storage • A new 8-foot high tube steel gate with view-obstructing material will be installed adjacent to Patt Street • The tube steel gate will remain open during the 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekday business hours • New 5-foot wide landscape planters with layered landscaping will be installed along Patt Street, Kemp Street, and the south property line, to screen the truck and trailer storage • Security cameras will be installed throughout the property • New slats will be installed in the chain link fencing along the west and north property lines adjacent to industrial uses • The existing driveway on Patt Street will be widened from 25 feet to 34 feet to accommodate the truck access • The southerly driveway radius will be setback 5 feet from the existing power pole in conformance with APU Electrical requirements Please find the following Conditional Use Permit justification, as required by the City: • That the proposed use is properly one for which a minor conditional use permit or a conditional use permit is authorized by this code, or is an unlisted use as defined in subsection .030 (Unlisted Uses Permitted) of Section 18.66.040 (Approval Authority); The property is located in the Industrial zone. This zone allows Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Outdoor Storage by Conditional Use Permit. • That the size and shape of the site proposed for the use is adequate to allow the full development of the proposed use, in a manner not detrimental to either the particular area or health and safety; As shown in the attached site plan, the property has ample space to accommodate truck circulation and storage, customer parking, and on-site loading and unloading. The site will be developed with an 8-foot high block wall to screen the outdoor storage from view of the streets. In addition, a new 5-foot wide planter with trees will be installed along Patt Street and Kemp Street to screen the outdoor storage from view of the street. 2 • That the traffic generated by the proposed use will not impose an undue burden upon the streets and highways designed and improved to carry the traffic in the area; and The site is located within the Industrial zone. Patt Street is an industrial street and has been designed to accommodate truck traffic. The site is located at the terminus of a cul de sac where minimal truck traffic occurs. An average of 10-15 truck trips are estimated each day. All loading and unloading of vehicles will occur on-site and will have no impact on the public street. No vehicle access on Kemp Street is being proposed. • That the granting of the minor conditional use permit and/or conditional use permit under the conditions imposed, if any, will not be detrimental to the health and safety of the citizens of the City of Anaheim. The outdoor storage will be compatible with surrounding industrial land uses to the east, west, and north. The primary use of the site will be outdoor storage. Most of the truck activity will occur during weekday business hours. There will be little to no impact on the neighboring residential uses on Kemp Street because the truck an trailer storage will be screened from view of the street, no Kemp Street vehicular access is proposed, and all vehicle loading and unloading will occur on-site. Sincerely, David See President 3 August 11, 2023 City of Anaheim Planning and Building Department 200 S. Anaheim Blvd. Suite #162 Anaheim, CA 92805 RE: Variance Justification Letter DEV2023-00010 ETA Trans Truck and Trailer Outdoor Storage 1015 N. Patt St. To Whom it May Concern: This Variance Justification letter is being submitted to permit a lot size less than 1.5 acres for a proposed Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Outdoor Storage facility at the above address. We are proposing outdoor storage on a lot size of 1.45 acres. The project will comply with all other development standards. We believe that the variance can be justified for the following reasons: • That there are special circumstances applicable to the property, including size, shape, topography, location or surroundings, which do not apply to other property under identical zoning classification in the vicinity; - The property was originally developed with a lot size more than 1.5 acres; however, the lot size was reduced after portions of the property were dedicated to the City to allow for street widening. - It is assumed that the purpose of the lot size standard is to ensure that the site is large enough to accommodate truck/trailer turning and storage with no impacts on adjacent uses. We believe that the lot size and configuration is sufficient to allow for Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Outdoor Storage with no impacts on adjacent properties. Plans were submitted with the Conditional Use Permit application demonstrating that trucks can circulate in and out of the site with no impacts on adjacent uses or the public street. - The site is located at the terminus of an industrial cul de sac street where minimal truck traffic occurs. - The project would be a substantial improvement compared to the current industrial site surrounded by chain link fencing and minimal landscaping. • That, because of special circumstances shown in subsection .0201, strict application of the Zoning Code deprives the property of privileges enjoyed by other property under identical zoning classification in the vicinity. - The 1.5-acre lot size requirement was originally intended to regulate Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Outdoor Storage on Transition “T” zoned properties citywide because of potential impacts on neighboring residential properties. Specifically, on April 30, 2018, the Planning Commission approved new development standards for outdoor storage, such as the 1.5 acre lot size requirement. However, Industrial zoned properties were not analyzed in that Zoning Code Amendment, so it is not known how the lot size standard would be applicable to industrial properties. - Outdoor storage for oversized vehicles currently existing on other properties less than 1.5 acres in the City with no impacts on adjacent uses. Several examples include the three properties at 2970 – 2988 E. Coronado Street. - The property has frontages on two cul de sac streets (Patt St. and Kemp St.). This is a unique circumstance as compared to the other industrial properties located to the north, all of which are rectangularly-shaped with one street frontage or no frontage on a public street. David See President See’s Development Advisors 2