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2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />RESOLUTION NO. R-36-16 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON DENYING <br />APPEAL AND UPHOLDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION TO <br />APPROVE A VARIANCE TO ALLOW 59 PARKING SPACES INSTEAD OF 95; AND <br />VARIANCE TO ALLOW .005% LANDSCAPING INSTEAD OF 15% LANDSCAPING, <br />SUBJECT TO FINDINGS FOR EACH VARIANCE AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL <br />LOCATED AT 1235 S. LINCOLN STREET, WITHIN THE M-1/SDA (LIGHT <br />INDUSTRIAL / SENSITIVE DEVELOPMENT AREA) ZONE. (FILE INDEX NO.: DAP - <br />001 -187). <br />WHEREAS, an application (File Index No. DAP 001-187) was filed with the City of <br />Colton by Frank Shean, President of Valley Pallets, Inc., (hereinafter "Applicant") for a Variance <br />to allow 59 parking spaces instead of 95; and Variance to allow 0.05% landscaping instead of <br />15% landscaping, subject to findings for each Variance and conditions of approval located at <br />1235 S. Lincoln Street, designated M-1/SDA (Light Industrial / Sensitive Development Area) <br />Zone. (APN: 0163-302-11, 12, 13, 14,15 and 0163-311-35); and <br />WHEREAS, on May 17, 2016, the City Council of the City of Colton held a duly noticed <br />public hearing at which time all persons wishing to testify in connection with the application were <br />heard and the Application was fully examined; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), Section <br />15301 (Existing Facilities), the project is categorically exempt from CEQA because the project <br />meets the criteria for existing facilities in size and location and would not result in significant <br />environmental impacts. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF COLTON: <br />SECTION 1. Based on the entirexecord before the City Council and all written and oral <br />evidence presented, including the staff report, the Planning Commission makes the following <br />findings in accordance with the Colton Municipal Code: <br />There are exceptional or extraordinary circumstances or conditions applicable to the <br />property involved, or to the intended use of the property, which do not apply generally to <br />other property in the same zoning district and neighborhood in which the property is <br />located in that: <br />A. The Variance to allow 59 parking spaces instead of 95 parking spaces warrant reduction <br />because the property's irregular lot shape and function do not lend itself to providing the <br />required 95 parking spaces for the proposed pallet manufacturing and storage use. <br />B. The Variance to allow .005% landscape coverage instead of 15% is warranted because the <br />site's irregular shape and function. The majority of the site is being used for pallet <br />manufacturing and storage and areas such as parking, office location and five foot planter <br />along the entire frontage of the leased site are being landscaped of the project site which <br />fulfills the intent of the landscape requirement. <br />C. The Variance to allow six foot chain link fence along the rear and side yards instead of <br />eight feet was denied because Planning Commission and City Council concerns that a <br />