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HomeMy WebLinkAbout64 - PH-4 - Attachment 5 - 1/2/2018CITY OF COSTA MESA P. 0. Box 1200 Costa Mesa, CA 92628-1200 F-ITerf F-71 a I I a ji k, A EMEMM FEE: Address_ 10-I&I Phone REQUEST FOR: 0 REVIEW"' XAPPEAL REHEARING Decision of which review, appeal or rehearing is requested: (give number of rezone, zone exception, ordinance, etc., if applicable, and ngw-mmunry. M-mr-mmu= Decision by: cmm tS&Ii"Yl Reasons for requesting review, appeal or rehearing: See - Date: kV 7 Signature-7ffj���� For office use o 1,• 6t write below this line SCHEDULED FOR THE CITY COUNCILJPLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF-, C:) fT sr If review, appeal or rehearing is for person or body other than City Council/Planning <' Commission, date of hearing of review, appeal or rehearing: TT If you are serving as the agent for another person, please identify the person you represent and provide proof of agenj Review may be requested only by City Council or City Council Member Costa Mesa/Fon-ns I /Application for Review -Appeal -Rehearing I am formally requesting an appeal or rehearing of planning application PA -17-04's approval by planning Business Center . After viewing the hearing and reading the staff recommendation report, questions and concerns have arisen of why staff recommendations were not followed based on their study and findings. Reasons for appeal 1) Application PA -17-04 approved hours of operation for large events of 299 occupancy, starting at 5pm, was granted based on valet parking spaces, In the staff report and during the planning commission hearing, it was made clear that the adjacent building, 1609 Pomona shared parking, is not available until 7pm for the applicant's valet use, and the staff report states that the weekend use of 1609 Pomona is labeled as "limited use" with no time frame. 1609 Pomona provides up to 34 of the total 85 valet spaces needed, close to half of the applicant's need parking for the approved 299 occupancy starting at 5pm. The surrounding streets have very limited parking due to businesses still being open and operating. In the hearing the applicant asked for a change to the staff recommendation of opening for large events at Rig �11 M I) if the applicant is now allowed to open for business for an event of 299 guests at Spm and 1609 Pomona is not available until 7pm, the question is, where will these guests park? The options ar the already impacted streets at 5pm, the business park, or where? This detail was overlooked a not addressed seems to be a glaring issue that may affect the neighboring businesses greatly. I 2) In the staff report and during the planning commission hearing, It was made clear that the Porsche Repair shop located at 729 Ohms Way is also being used for the applicant's valet parking. As stated in the staff report this location is not available until 6.30pm during the weekdays and 6pm on Saturday for the applicant's valet use. 729 Ohms Way, provides up to 18 valet spots of the total 85 valet spaces needed. These 18 spaces combined with the 34 spaces of 1609 Pomona represent 52 of the 85 spaces needed for 1) In the hearing the chairman asked how this particular lot would work for the applicant given the fact that it is a Porsche repair shop. The details were not clarified by staff and need to be addressed. If there are Porsches parked and being worked on in the lot of this proposed valet site, what happens with the Porsches at 5pm when the applicants valet service starts and the Porsche business is open until 6:30? Can the Porsche shop simply get paid for use of his lot and provide the 18 spaces at Spm as approved? Can the Porsche repair shop pull the Porsches onto the street instead of locking them into his yard? Does this violate code for the repair shop using street parking? If the Porsche repair shop is allowed to pull the cars out onto the streets, then will the Porsche shop owner return at 2am to pull the Porsche's back into his lot to clear the street for the morning parking needs? How will this work? 3) During the hearing the chairman asked if the outdoor area would be used for events. The applicant stated that it would be depending on the specific event and might be used from time to time. This outdoor area 1,7 also listed as the daytime parking providing up to 50 patrons and at Spm would be used for up to 25 valet spaces. Staff interjected that the outdoor area is not permitted to be used and will be addressed on a separate CUP. If the applicant is assuming he can use the outdoor area from time to time or apply for a future CUP for the outdoor area, what happens to the 25 valet spaces needed to be combined with the 34 spaces at 1609 Pomona and 18 spaces needed at 729 Ohms Way for a fully approved occupancy of 299 starting at Spm. 4) The applicant during the hearing stated that all guests for events starting at 5pm or anytime will •- • r edatory valet service. There is no such thing as a mandatory valet service. Guests who do not want strangers In their car will not use a valet service and there for will park on the surrounding streets. If 34 of the needed spaces are not available until 7prn and 18 are not available until 6:30pm, where will this 5) Based on the staff report the solidified parking at 5prn is the adjacent 8 spaces at 1626 Ohms Way and the 25 spaces onsite at 1618 Ohms Way. This provides 33 total spaces at Spm and should require a greatly reduced occupancy or following the staff recommendation based on the operating hours of these shared parking agreements. In closing, we are not anti business, but simply concerned business owners who feel that this area has severe 2arking and traffic issues, S51ecificallt,, on Pomona Axe., Far2d St"r and YwL�-AWhazncy-A&i�.- W units, with a potential increase of 350-500 people, will no doubt generate overflow parking on those same city streets and within out private lot. We feel that this new application and its 299 approved capacity at 5pm daily, without the proper parking, will have a negative impact on the surrounding neighborhood and will mr_=• HM1MNTt=- M=.- mug"m