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Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the operation of a Vehicle Rental use and a Fence Modification to allow a new eight-foot high fence to be installed within the required front setback. Address: 14327-14335 Washington Avenue. APNs: 77B-1222-7-19 and 77B-1222-7-20. Zoning District: CC(AU) Community Commercial, Assembly Use Overlay. Applicant: Don Pierce, Avis Budget Group. Property Owner: Robert P. Battinich. (Continued from August 1, 2024)
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The applicant, Don Pierce, representing Avis Budget Group (Avis), is requesting a Conditional Use Permit to establish a Vehicle Rental use at an approximately 0.75-acre site at 14327-14335 Washington Avenue. Zoning Code Section 2.08.200 requires a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for Vehicle Rental uses in the CC(AU) (Community Commercial with Assembly Use Overlay) Zoning District. Additionally, the applicant is requesting a Fence Modification to allow an eight-foot high fence to be installed in the required front setback.
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt the attached Resolution, approving a Conditional Use Permit request for the establishment of a Vehicle Rental use and a Fence Modification to allow an eight-foot high fence in the required front setback at 14327-14335 Washington Avenue (PLN23-0016), based on the recommended Findings of Fact and subject to the recommended Conditions of Approval.
BACKGROUND AND RELATIONSHIP TO SURROUNDING AREA
The project site is made up of two parcels, which, together, measure approximately 0.75-acres. The project site contains several small buildings, is primarily paved, and backs up to a Union Pacific Railroad line. The site was previously occupied by a trucking company and has been vacant since 2020.
The site is part of the "Mid-Washington Business District" which is identified in the General Plan Land Use Element as a mixed-industrial and commercial district envisioned to be a "diverse business corridor in...
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