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HomeMy WebLinkAbout15-Planning o o o C I T Y 0 F SAN B ERN A R DIN 0 INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM 8507-307 TO: The Mayor and Common Council FROM: Frank A_ Schuma, Planning Director SUBJECT: Appeal of Conditional Use Permit No_ 85-30 DATE: July 26, 1985 (6417) COPIES: ------------------------------------------------------------- Conditional Use Permit No. 85-30 was continued by the Mayor and Council from the meeting of July 15, 1985 to allow Councilman Hernandez an opportunity to review the proposal in greater depth and to discuss the item with the applicant's attorney. SCHUMA Director mkf o /S {~(jJt:, ~ (,;~.;.. ~ >~ , CI,:r OF SAN BERNARDOO - REQUOT FOR COUNCIL A~ON STAFF REPORT Planning Department staff has interpreted San Bernardino . Municipal ~ode Section 19.56.380 to require paving of the storage area of a two acre automobile impound yard. Section 19.56.380 reads as follows: "All areas shall be surfaced or paved with asphaltic concrete, concrete or other bitulithic surfacing acceptable to Commission and shall thereafter be maintained in good condition." For the provision of San Bernardino Municipal Code Section 19.56.380 to be applicable, the effected area must be a parking area as defined in the San Bernardino Municipal Code. There is a substantial question as to whether an impound yard storage area is a "parking area, private" as defined in Section 19.04.450. That section reads as follows: "Private parking area" means an open area, other than a street used for the parking of automotive vehicles and restricted from general public use." Whether the storage area of an automobile impound yard is a "private parking area" and therefore automatically subject to the surface paving requirement of Section 19.56.380 is a matter for your interpretation. The Mayor and Common Council may make this determination under provision of San Bernardino Municipal Code Section 2.64.080. This section provides in pertinent part as follows: ". . . The Common Council may. . . at the conclusion of its consideration . . . affirm, reverse or modify the action appealed from and may take any action which might have been legally taken in the first instance by the official or body from whose action the appeal has been taken . " In our opinion, Section 19.56.380 requiring surface pavement is not expressly required for an impound yard. aE: LLV l- gn~ S8. #/~ J'.,'~.- ., -" '/"-j"3" ,.Io.i_; ,'- f,_,.,.....J II oJ fI 75-0264