HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-02-11 - AGENDA REPORTS - AMEND SELF STORAGE UDC (2)PUBLIC HEARING
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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by:
February 11, 2003
I /
Vince Bertoni
AMEND SELF STORAGE FACILITY REQUIREMENTS IN TITLE 17
"ZONING" OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE (UDC)
Planning and Building Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council conduct a public hearing and adopt a resolution approving a negative
declaration and introduce and pass to a second reading on February 25, 2003, an ordinance
entitled: Amend Title 17 Zoning of the Unified Development Code.
BACKGROUND
On September 10, 2002, the City Council conducted the first reading of an ordinance to
amend various sections of the Unified Development Code. The City Council voted
unanimously to pass the ordinance to a second reading at the September 24, 2002 meeting.
On September 24, 2002, City Council continued this item to October 8, 2002 and directed
Council Member Kellar, Council Member Weste and staff to meet with Self -Storage facility
owners within the City of Santa Clarita. On September 30, 2002, a meeting with interested
business owners was held to discuss their areas of concern. The primary issue area
addressed during the meeting was leaving the unified development code unchanged.
Consensus between the City and the self -storage facility owners was not reached. As a
result, this item is back before City Council without any revisions.
ANALYSIS
A public notice was published in the Signal newspaper on January 21, 2003. In addition, a
public notice was mailed to interested business owners that sign in at the September 30,
2002 meeting.
This ordinance would amend self -storage facility requirements in title 17 "Zoning" of the
Unified Development Code (UDC). Some of the amendments include, but are not limited to,
permitted use chart and specific development requirements.
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Section 17.13.070.1 "Self storage, public storage, warehouses" would be modified to prohibit
these uses in the Community Commercial zone, where they were previously allowed with
the approval of a minor use permit, and require a conditional use permit in the Business
Park, Industrial Commercial and Industrial zones, where they were previously either
permitted by right or allowed with the approval of a minor use permit. Self -storage
facilities are prohibited in all other zoning districts. The intent of this change is to limit the
visibility of self -storage facilities along primary and secondary thoroughfares.
Section 17.13.070.3 "Outdoor storage, building materials and lumber storage yards, and/or
contractor yards" would be modified to limit the outdoor stacking height to a maximum of
ten (10) feet. Since this is a storage -related use, staff included this change to address an
emerging issue.
Section 17.17.040.K. "Self -storage facilities" would be modified to require extensive
landscaping, before and after photo simulations of the project, and allow additional height
for architectural features having no storage capacity. These changes are intended to
aesthetically enhance these facilities.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Other action as determined by the Council
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impacts are anticipated with this proposal
ATTACHMENTS
Ordinance (Attached)
Proposed amendments to the UDC (Exhibit A) (Attached)
Staff Report to City Council hearing September 10, 2002 (Reading File)
Resolution (Reading file)
Staff Report to Planning Commission hearing August 20, 2002 (Reading file)
Planning Commission Resolution P02-31(Reading file)
Initial Study and Negative Declaration for Master Case 02-258 (Reading file)
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City of Santa Clarita
Notice of Public Hearing
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
A Public Hearing will be held before the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita to consider
the intention of the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita to amend the self -storage facility
requirements of the Unified Development Code (UDC).
A Draft Negative Declaration has been prepared for this proposed project and has been
available for public review since 12:00 p.m. on July 31, 2002 at City Hall, Planning & Building
Services Department, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 302, Santa Clarita, CA 91355.
The hearing will be held by the Santa Clarita City Council in the City Hall Council Chambers,
23920 Valencia Boulevard, 1st floor, on the 11th day of February, 2003, at or after 6:00 p.m.
Proponents, opponents, and any interested persons may appear and be heard on this matter
at that time. Further information may be obtained by contacting the Planning Division, Kelvin
Parker, (661) 255-4330, Planning and Building Services, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Santa
Clarita, CA, 91355.
If you wish to challenge this action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you
or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written
correspondence delivered to City Council, at, or prior to, the public hearing.
Dated: January 17, 2003
Sharon L. Dawson, CMC
City Clerk
Publish Date:, January 20, 2003