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ITEM #2 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER 20, 2005 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: David R. Zamora, Community Development Director SUBJECT: Appeal of the Colton Planning Commission's Denial of File Index Number DAP -000-284 - An Amendment to the General Plan Land Use Map to Re -designate Property from Open Space to Light Industrial; An Amendment to the City of Colton Official Zoning Map to Rezone Property from OS (Open Space) to M-1 (Light Industrial); A Conditional Use Permit, Architectural/Site Plan Review and Environmental Assessment to Establish and Operate a Lumber Milling Operation on a 10.5 acre Parcel Located South of Congress Street, East of the Union Pacific Railroad (APN 0163-362-26-0000). (Appeal by David Avina and Isela Gonzalez dba Pico Rivera Pallet, Inc.) DATE: December 13, 2005 BACKGROUND: The applicant and appellant (David Avina and Isela Gonzalez dba Pico Rivera Pallet, Inc.) filed a development applications requesting approval to establish and operate a lumber milling operation on a 10.5 acre parcel of land located south of Congress Street and east of the Union Pacific Railroad (APN 0163-362-26-0000) ("Subject Property"). The development applications included: 1. An amendment to the General Plan Land Use Map to re -designate the Subject Property from Open Space to Light Industrial; 2. An amendment to the City of Colton Official Zoning Map to rezone the Subject Property from OS (Open Space) to M-1 (Light Industrial); and 3. A Conditional Use Permit, Architectural/Site Plan Review and Environmental Assessment to permit the establishment and operation of the lumber mill. The Design Review Committee considered the development applications on May 3, May 17, and recommended conditional approval on June 7, 2004. The development applications were considered by the Planning Commission at several public hearings on September 19, September 27, October 11, and October 25, 2005. At the October 25" Planning Commission meeting, the Commission, by a vote of 4 to 2, recommended denial of the General Plan Amendment and Zone Change applications and denied the remaining development applications. The Applicant filed a timely appeal of the Commission's denial of the development applications. ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION: The Appellants are the owners of the existing Pico Rivera Pallet Company located at 240 East Congress Street. Pallets are wood platforms that are used to stack goods and products which are transported to their final destination. The pallet company mills lumber from tree logs and assembles the cut lumber into pallets that are sold to commercial and industrial businesses. The existing pallet company operates on a 7.6 -acre site. Their operations include the use of two open ORANGEWW\22368.1