REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 04/05/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT:
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CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 2022-0005 TO ALLOW FOR A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, ABC HOPES, TO CONDUCT RECREATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE M-2 (GENERAL MANUFACTURING) ZONE, LOCATED AT 1831 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 103 (APPLICANT: KATIE MOORE OF ABC HOPES, INC.)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to affirm the Planning and Housing Commission's decision to grant Conditional Use Permit 2022-0005 (CUP2022-0005). CUP2022-0005 will allow ABC Hopes to operate its recreational, social, and life skills programs for persons with disabilities inside an existing multiple tenant building in the M-2 (General Manufacturing) zone. The operation will occupy 5,017 square feet within Suite 103 located at 1831 Commerce Street.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Take no action, thereby affirming the Planning and Housing Commission's action granting CUP2022-0005, based on the findings contained in the staff report and conditions of approval.
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b. Set the item for review at a subsequent meeting.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The applicant, ABC Hopes, is a 501-c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to empower persons with intellectual disabilities, so that they overcome challenges faced in society. The applicant has designed a program that provides its members recreational, social, and educational/life skills and has found interior space within an existing building located at 1831 Commerce Street to accommodate the activities associated with the program. The zoning of the property is M-2 (General Manufacturing), which requires a conditional use permit for the types of activities proposed by the applicant.
The building at 1831 Commerce Street is a multiple tenant building that includes other administrative us...
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