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Home My WebLink About48 - PH-3 - Attachment 5 - 1/2/2018RATH,ROGER From: NVS Kevin <Kevin@ NVSPromo.com > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 11:58 AM To: RATH, ROGER Cc: BOUWENS-IQLLEEN, WILLA Subject: Objections to ZA-16-37 Hey Roger, I'd like to set up an appointment with you regarding my objections to the Application No: ZA-16-37 the permanent use and placement of 4 shipping containers at the rear of the commercial property. Call me when you are available - 949-922-8997 I am the owner of 788 Center street and I have quite a few objections regarding the placement of these containers. I would have complained earlier but the containers showed up overnight last year and I thought that the property owner already had a permit for them. Background - I am building Owner Occupied homes on 788 & 784 Center St. I will live at 788 and a business partner lives and owns 784 center. These are New Construction homes valued around 850,000 when completed. 1. The placement of the containers gives homeless persons more places to hide from police and use drugs at night. Since living at 788 Center st I have heard on many occasions homeless persons on the other side of my fence at night time. The commercial property used to have 20ft of open space from the back of the building to the fence and homeless persons went there but were exposed if a police car came down the driveway. NOW, since the containers are in-place, the homeless persons I have heard are now able to HIDE from police when I have called and it gives more privacy for their acts. Instead of 20 feet of open space there is now a 2.5' alley between the containers to hide, as well as on both sides between the fence and the back side of the containers. The containers provide more shelter and more area's for homeless persons to hang out at night time. 2. These shipping containers are located directly underneath active power lines that will soon be upgraded to handle more electricity to serve new homes being constructed. So Cal Edison already has a permanent easement in that location and I am EXRTEEMLY FEARFUL of the potential dangers of placing 4 Metal Containers directly underneath Power Lines. 3. The Fence at the rear of my property By Law, only allows for a 6' fence. The shipping containers have already caused an eyesore for months now and I do not believe they will be able to be screened from my view. The containers themselves are 9.5' so I am left with 3.5' view of shipping containers next to my property which cause a big eyesore! 4. The placement of the shipping containers will cause Permanent Loss of equity in my property by lowering its value. Living next to a car dealership, gas station, and backed up against the commercial property is bad enough but permanently putting shipping containers will decrease the value of my home! 5. The Shipping Containers are NOT used for the commercial property they are located on. I witnessed the placement and loading of the storage containers AND have spoken with some of the tenants in the two buildings. From what I witnessed and from speaking with the tenants, the shipping containers are being used for Personal Property storage and are NOT used for any purpose involving the multi -unit commercial property. I could understand if the owner of the Storage Units owned a business and needed to store business related items inside the containers but that is not the case in this circumstance. The Storage Containers are not used for any purpose relating to owning and operating the multi -unit office building that they are stored on. Please let me know when you are available for an appointment to discuss this matter, Thanks, Kevin Kevin Rarer Phone. 877.503.3533x101 Direct. 949.274.4848 Cell. 949.922.8997 Fax. 949.272.0545 WWW.NVSPROMO.COM RATH,ROGER From: Michael Townsend <backcabin@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 201712:28 PM To: BOUWENS-KILLEEN, WILLA Cc: RATH, ROGER; planningcimmission@costamesaca.gov Subject: Application No. ZA-16-37 Decision date 9/7/17 Regarding Shipping Containers located at 777 & 779 w. 19th St September 5, 2017 City Hall 77 Fair Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92627 Attention: Ms. Willa Bouwens-Killeen Mr. Roger Rath Costa Mesa Planning Commission Regarding: Application No. AZ -16-37 Decision Date: September 7, 2017 Dear Ms. Bouwens-Killeen, Mr. Rath, and the Costa Mesa Planning Commission, In regards to Application No: ZA- 16-3 7, we are not in favor of granting a conditional use permit for the 4 shipping containers that were installed over a year ago on the properties located at 777 and 779 w. 19th Street. Our family owns the property at 780 Center St., located behind and adjacent to 777 &779 19`h Street. The shipping containers have a negative visual impact on the residents of our neighborhood and decreases our property value. 1. The Shipping containers are clearly placed within the required setback area. The rear property line is adjacent to a residential zone, and therefore, per the published city standards, the rear setback would be 2 times the building height at all locations. The unpermitted existing shipping containers have 0 (zero) setback adjacent to residentially zoned houses. A 10ft rear setback is completely unreasonable and deviates significantly from the Commercial Development Standards. Further, a 16ff rear setback also does not meet the city's standards. This commercially zoned parcel has two 2 -story structures, and therefore does not meet the city's requirement for the rear setback to be 2xs the building height. Any setback other than what is in the city's Commerical Development Standards is unacceptable. 2. The parking ratio per gross floor area is severely insufficient. Tenants include a church, a car dealer, a Medical Cannabis Referral center, a Tattoo studio, a Produce/grocery store, a Medical Ultrasound facility, and a Zumba studio at the Herbalife studio. Per the nonresidential parking standards, a significantly higher number of parking spaces are required for Dancing and Music Academies, Churches, and Medical offices, etc. Furthermore, aerial photos online suggest that parking spaces were actually eliminated when the shipping containers were installed. 3. The F.A.R. is grossly exceeded and the shipping containers completely disregard the required landscaping standards. The city requires 25 square feet of irrigated landscaping to be provided for each parking space. 4. The Shipping containers are not completely screened from view from adjacent properties. Currently the shipping containers are partially screened by some trellis, which is not an acceptable or long-term solution. 5. The shipping containers do not comply with all applicable codes and regulations including, but not limited to, the Uniform Fire Code and the ADA. 6. The city also requires that shipping containers have a permanent foundation, however, no permit has ever been requested from the city to construct these foundations. Any such foundations would clearly violate the landscaping and open space requirements. The applicant installed 4 shipping containers without any city approval, and has been violating the city's codes, standards, and requirements for over a year with no ramifications. The conditional use permit should be unequivocally denied, and the applicant should pay a daily fine for their transgressions until the shipping containers are removed. The shipping containers have a negative impact on the community, and are materially detrimental to our property, as well as the neighborhood. I'm pleased to know that the city has the ability to enforce their standards. Thank you in advance for your thoughtful consideration, Michael Townsend Michael Townsend Costa Mesa, CA 92627 September 5, 2017 Roger Rath Planning Division, Costa Mesa City 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA Re: Zone conditional for site address 777 & 799 W. 19" Street Dear Roger, I am in receipt for your "notice of a zoning administrator decision date" concerning your upcoming decision on allowing 4 shipping containers behind my property at 784 Centers street. Since no public hearing will be held I wanted to take a time to voice my option on this matter via email. I am currently about to break ground on a new house for my property (recent parcel split from 788 Center) location adjacent to this proposed shipping container storage area. I am attempting to develop the neighbor and create a better looking areas than what is currently existing. Part of the developing process was major input from the planning department and going great lengths to ensure my house was Architecturally acceptable and not an eye - shore to the community. This is a much-needed process to enrich the community. What is being proposed behind my house is a complete opposite of what I thought the planning department was trying to achieve. Not only will these shipping containers be an eye -shore from my bedroom window but it will lower my appraisal value when construction is completed. I would hope that the planning department would be more consistent and require all structures being placed in our community to meet a mandatory Architectural standard. I would like to advise a rejection of this proposed application (ZA-16-37) completely including the allowing of 4 shipping containers plus allowing the setback to be 10-0" instead of 16'-0". This is not what I want as my view for my new home. Respectfully, Joel Templeton Property Owner 3188-H Airway Avenue • Costa Mesa m California ® 92626 P. (714) 444-1441 F. (714) 444-1443 www.hbparkco.com