PLANNING AND HOUSING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT
DATE: 03/25/2024
TO: Honorable Chair and Commissioners
FROM: Planning & Development Department
APPLICATION REQUEST:
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SPA2023-0006: Specific Plan Amendment to the North Main Street District Plan, Section 4.3, to allow for building materials sales with indoor and outdoor storage in the Transit Commercial (TC) District. (Applicant: Daniel Delaney, Ganahl Lumber Company, 1220 E. Ball Road, Anaheim, CA 92805)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the Planning and Housing Commission recommend APPROVAL of SPA2023-0006 to the City Council, based on the findings contained in the staff report and conditions of approval, and find the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
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BACKGROUND
Ganahl Lumber Company, applicant, currently operates a building material sales business at 100 W. Blaine Street. The applicant also owns and utilizes the adjacent property to the immediate west at 299 N. Sheridan Street and the property across the BNSF railroad to the south at 201 Depot Drive as yards for outdoor storage of building materials (i.e., lumber). A site map of the properties is attached as Exhibit 1. The applicant intends to purchase an adjoining 1.09-acre property at 150 Depot Drive and expand the building materials operations. The property contains an existing 5,463-square-foot commercial building and associated parking lot. The property is governed by the North Main Street Specific Plan which zones the property Transit Commercial (TC). Building materials sales with indoor and outdoor storage is a prohibited use in the TC District. The applicant is requesting to amend the specific plan to permit the use in the TC District.
Ganahl Lumber has been operating at its current location since 1991 when the properties were originally zoned M-1 (Light Manufacturing). In 2000, the city adopted the North Main Street Sp...
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