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. Western Power Equipment Corp. TSH Architects Planning Director October 25, 1995 Page 4 commercial/industrial vehicles frequenting the area in the vicinity of the Property require substantial maneuvering space for access to loading bays at the warehouse facilities and for access to the other commercial/industrial businesses in the area. 13. The Project would, with respect to the warehouse portion, continue to generate industrial-related traffic and a demand for parking. The proposed health club/gymnasium would generate new tramc and create a new demand for both on and off~street parking in the area. 14. The health club/gymnasium usage would be most intensive during noon hours and after-working hours. 15. The use permit, as approved by the Zoning Administrator, would have addressed the parking and traffic generated by the health club/gymnasium through management controls, such as monitoring the use of the facility and scheduling less intensive use during the noon hour and working hours, if need be. Under said conditions, the Zoning Administrator would have reserved the right to reduce the intensity of use and the capacity of the proposed health club/gymnasium. 16. The authority of the Zoning Administrator so retained would require the City to apply management controls and otherwise become involved in the operation of the Project in the event of complaints by owners or operators of businesses in the vicinity of the Project, or by members of the public, the exercise of which authority could become time-consuming and the effect of which would not necessarily reduce the burden upon traffic and parking created thereby. 17. The proposed health club/gymnasium portion of the Project would constitute an isolated non-industrial use which would be surrounded by industrial uses. The nature of the proposed use, together with the traffic and parking anticipated to be associated therewith, would conflict with the extensive industrial/commercial uses in the vicinity of the Property. 18. The proposed health club/gymnasium portion of the Project, under the particular circumstances presented herein, is not of the same general character as the uses permitted within the IR Zoning District, nor is it consistent with the purposes of said IR Zoning District regulations (Zon. Ord. §17.4h). 19. Special circumstances are not applicable to the Property, including the size, shape, topography, location or surroundings thereof, for which the strict -- . -