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RESOLUTION NO. 92 - 035
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
A RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS PURSUANT TO
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) AND
APPROVING MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR PA 92-009 U-HAUL
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT/SITE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW/VARIANCE
Recitals
1. Kirk T. Powell ("Applicant"), on behalf of U-Haul of the East
Bay, has made application to the City of Dublin for Conditional
Use Permit/Site Development Review/Variance approval to 1)
construct a 25,200 square foot storage addition to an existing
self-storage facility; 2) install 8 additional customer and
employee parking spaces; 3) decrease the number of recreational
and vehicle outdoor storage area from 57 to 34 spaces; 4) allow
an existing 35 foot tall freestanding sign with changeable copy;
and 5) voluntarily contribute traffic improvement funds in the
amount of $6,480.00. The Variance is to allow 16 customer and
employee parking spaces instead of the required 86 parking
spaces; and to allow a 5 foot side yard setback from the western
property line and a zero foot side yard setback from the eastern
property line (as a result of the roadway dedication and
improvements conditions of approval for the project) instead of
the required 10 foot side yard setback located at 6265 Scarlett
Court (the "Project").
2. The Project includes the payment of the proposed Project's
proportionate share of the cost of improving Dublin Boulevard and
Dougherty Road, and a condition of approval to construct the new
storage buildings at or above the flood plain level (329 feet).
3. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21081.6, the City
Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. 92-036, A RESOLUTION
ADOPTING A MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM FOR THE NEGATIVE
DECLARATION FOR PA 92-009 U-HAUL CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT/SITE
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW/VARIANCE approved on June 15, 1992 to provide
for the implementation of a mitigation monitoring program
covering the project.
4. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.1 and Section
15063 of the State CEQA Guidelines (Title 14, California
Administrative Code), an initial study dated May 15, 1992, (the
"Initial Study") was prepared to determine whether there are
effects on the environment peculiar to the proposed Project.
5. The Initial Study, based in part on a March 13, 1992 memorandum
and traffic study generated by Mehran Sepehri, Senior Civil
Engineer of the Dublin Public Works Department (the "Traffic
Report"), and project comments from the City of Dublin Building
Official, identified the following effects on the environment as
being peculiar to the proposed Project:
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Reduction of the level of service on Dublin Boulevard and
Dougherty Road.
Potential for exposure of people and/or property to
flooding.
6. The Initial Study indicated that the significant environmental
effects listed in paragraph 5 could be mitigated by widening
Dougherty Road, extending Dublin Boulevard to Tassajara Road, and
improving the Dublin Boulevard and Dougherty Road intersection,
and by constructing the new storage buildings at or above the
flood plain level (329 feet) in compliance with the Dublin
Building Department requirements.
7. The proposed Project has been modified to include provisions for
payment by the Applicant of its proportionate share of the costs
of mitigating the effects described in paragraph 5 above (the
"traffic mitigation measure") in the manner described in the
Traffic Report, and requiring the Applicant to construct the new
storage buildings at or above the flood plain level (329 feet) in
compliance with the Building Department requirements.
8. Based on the information contained in the Traffic Report, Dublin
Building Department project comments, the Initial Study and the
June 15, 1992 Staff Report (the "Staff Report") all of which are
incorporated herein by this reference, a Mitigated Negative
Declaration, incorporating the traffic and hydrology mitigation
measures, was prepared for the proposed Project. Notice of the
Mitigated Negative Declaration was duly given prior to the
Planning Commission hearing on June 15, 1992.
9. The Planning Commission held a Public Hearing on the proposed
Project on June 15, 1992, at which time the Planning Commission
took testimony from interested persons regarding the proposed
Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE Dublin Planning
Commission does hereby resolve that:
A. The foregoing Recitals are true and correct and are made a
part hereof.
B. The Planning Commission finds, on the basis of the record
before it and the foregoing Recitals, (1) that feasible
mitigation measures, including without limitation the
traffic and hydrology mitigation measures, have been
incorporated into the Project to mitigate the significant
environmental effects identified in paragraph 5 above; (2)
that such mitigation measures will eliminate or reduce to a
level of insignificance the significant environmental
effects identified in paragraph 5; and (3) that uniformly
applied development policies or standards will not mitigate
the significant environmental effects identified in
paragraph 5 above.
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c. The Planning Commission has reviewed and considered the
Mitigated Negative Declaration, together with all comments
received during the public comment period and all testimony
at the public hearing. The Planning Commission hereby finds
that there is no substantial evidence that the Project, as
modified to incorporate the traffic mitigation measures,
will have a significant effect on the environment and
approves the Mitigated Negative Declaration.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of June, 1992.
AYES: Commissioners Barnes, Burnham, North, Rafanelli and Zika
NOES: None
ABSENT: None 'L
Plannin Commiss' Chairperson
ATTEST: Yi
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