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Babcock & Brown Storage Specialist File Index Number DAP -000-467 October 25, 2005 Page 2 of 4 Customers with externally accessible units will park in front of their storage unit to load and unload. Demarcated loading areas are provided for the interior accessible units within the 3 -story building. There will be 1-2 employees on site at any one time. Access to the project site will be provided by two driveways off of West Valley Blvd. The proposed project involves three parcels which are required to be merged and recorded with San Bernardino County prior to obtaining building permits. The applicant is also requesting approval of a Specific Plan Text Amendment. Mini -warehouse is not currently listed as a permitted use within the West Valley Specific Plan or the Colton Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance), however, it is defined within the Zoning Code Definitions 18.04.342 as follows: "Miniwarehouse" means a fully enclosed building or structure designed to provide leased storage facilities in the form of the individual space. Such facilities shall not be used for other commercial or industrial uses. The applicant's request is to include "mini -warehouse', as defined above, within the Detailed Land Use Definitions section as #18.04.324 "mini -warehouse" page #31 of the West Valley Speicific Plan, and to include "mini -warehouse" as a permitted use within the Regional Retail Designation in Figure 3.3 page #37 "Permitted Land Uses and Development Standards" chart of the West Subarea of the West Valley Speicific Plan. The applicant is also requesting approval of Text Amendments to Chapter 18.22.120 A. (Specific Parking Requirements) and Chapter 18.36.30 B. (Design of parking facilities) of the Zoning Ordinance to specifically address miniwarehouse parking requirements. The requested amendments are: Amend Section 18.22.120 (A.) by adding "For miniwarehouse facilities, one space shall be provided for every three thousand five hundred square feet of gross floor area." 2. Amend Section 18.36.30 (B.) to designate "Parallel parking spaces shall be allowed for mini - warehouse facilities. Stall dimensions for parallel parking shall be 9'X 25'." ANALYSIS: GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY The General Plan designation of the project site is Specific Plan, and is located in the West Valley Specific Plan. The proposed project is the type of projects that are envisioned in meeting the goals and objectives of the Specific Plan. Staff has determined that the proposed project would be consistent with the intent and guidelines of the General Plan, if the Commission approves the Specific Plan Amendment, and the request is subsequently approved by the City Council. ZONING CONSISTENCY The zoning classification of the project site is SP with a land use designation of Regional Retail. The proposed project is a request for the approval of the construction and operation of a miniwarehouse and recreational vehicle storage facility on 3.08 acres; and in order to allow this project, the applicant request to amend the "Permitted Land Uses and Development Standards" chart of the West Subarea of the West Valley Speicific Plan to include miniwarehouse as a permitted use within the Regional Retail land use category. The Goals of the West Valley Specific Plan include "plans for uses which can benefit from freeway access and visibility." The project location is within close proximity of the I-