Reso 2750 RESOLUTION NO. 2750
OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO
RECOMMENDING CHANGES TO THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING
110 ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE USE PERMIT REVIEW FOR
CERTAIN USES LISTED BELOW. •
APPLICANT: City of Cupertino
ADDRESS: 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014
SUBMITTED: November 20, 1985
LOCATION: Citywide
FINDINGS AND SUBCONCLUSIONS:
Approval is recommended subject to the findings as set forth on
Page 1 and the subconclusions as set forth in the minutes of the
Planning Commission meeting of December 11, 1985 and the
following:
1. Restaurants typically generate traffic levels which may
impact surrounding streets and may be a disturbance to
neighboring property owners, residents, or business
patrons.
2. New restaurant operations may impact available parking
facilities and require measures to mitigate on-site and
off-site impacts.
3. The number of service stations which offer minor
maintenance services is declining due to land values and
• shifting market trends.
4. Minor maintenance of motor vehicles may be allowed as a
primary use on some commercial sites if off-site impacts
and aesthetic concerns are mitigated.
5. Specialty food stores, laundry establishments, and
retail dry cleaning establishments may create off-site
impacts due to noise, traffic, parking, litter,
loittering or unrestricted hours.
Changes to Ordinance No. 1295 are recommended as follows:
1. Delete Section 5e and re-letter remaining sections.
2. Amend Section 6g to add the words "or without" in the
first line after the word "with".
3. Delete the words "as a subsidiary activity" from the end
of Section 6o.
4. Include the following under uses which require Use
Permit review:
a. Specialty food stores such as bakeries, donut
shops, ice cream stores, produce markets and meat
markets, or similar establishments where food is
prepared and/or sold primarily for consumption off
the premises.
Planning Commission Resolution No. 2750 (continued)
b. Laundry agencies and self-service launderettes.
c. Retail dry cleaning establishments, provided that
the solvents used in the cleaning process shall be
non-flammable and non-explosive and are in
fluid-tight cleaning units approved by the State
Fire Marshall. No dry cleaning is permitted of
clothes other than those delivered to the
establishments by retail customers.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this llth day of December, 1985, at a regular
adjourned meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of
Cupertino, State of California, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Members: MacKenzie, Sorensen, and Vice-Chairman Szabo
NAYS: Members: None
ABSTAIN:Members:None
ABSENT:Members: Adams and Chairman Claudy
ATTEST: APPROVED:
/s/ Robert Cowan
/s / 'Nicholas Szabo
• Robert Cowan Nicholas Szabo, Chairman
Planning Director Planning Commission
STFRPGC(C)
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