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Item No. 2 (continued) Report: Planning Director 5/15/89 Exhibits submitted by Gary Dababo: (1) Diagram of proposed building and surrounding buildings (2) Four large color photos of property and area (3) Copy of Plan Review Committee report of 3/14/89 Mayor Greenalch declared the public hearing open at 7 :52 p.m. Gary Dababo, 503 Nottingham Lane, Foster City, designer of proposed building and brother of appellant, asked Council to uphold appeal on the grounds: 1) area is zoned "IR" which allows auto repair shop; 2) building needs to be situated in the middle of the property to be seen from E1 Camino Real which necessitates 5 of the 8 parking spaces to be in the rear of the building; 3) for aesthetic reasons as well as business reasons the building should not be built in the rear of the property; 4) have altered building design to be in compliance with Planning Department requirements (from 2 rolling doors to 1 rolling door and plate glass window); 5) never intended to use spaces in the rear for anything other than parking; 6) will not park damaged vehicles behind the building, only repaired cars, and willing to accept Use Permit with conditions to that effect; 7) a one -man operation which will preclude storing cars in back as there is room inside the building for 8 cars; 8) area on left side of building will actually be covered driveway; 9) enforcement against storage of damaged vehicles would not be a problem as surrounding apartment building occupants would have view of parking area. Mike Solway, 2000 San Carlos Avenue, San Carlos, spoke in favor of granting appeal on grounds the parking spaces in the rear will prevent auto theft. Grace Winston, owner of 2341 E1 Camino Real leased to Any Mountain, asked Council to deny appeal on grounds an auto repair shop at 67 Charter Street would increase parking problems in the area and would become noisy and messy as other shops in the area have become. In response to questions from Council Planning Director Joel Patterson 1) described the dangers to surrounding structures if a fire occurred in the rear of the building where 5 storage spaces were located, as the only access would be through the building itself; 2) described the requirement for 8 parking spaces and not 8 multi - purpose spaces; 3) advised locating building to provide visibility to El Camino Real is not a consideration as property is over 500 feet from El Camino Real on Charter Street; 4) if Use Permit granted and appellant sells property in the future, City would have no control over uses of property; 5) although building location set back from rear lot line has merit, the problems of 8 required parking spaces with direct and immediate access is still present, whereas placing building at back of lot, creating all 8 spaces in front of building, providing 12 feet between buildings would resolve all problems; and 6) described city policy to provide most aesthetically pleasing and functional designs possible, citywide. Mayor Greenalch asked if anyone else wished to speak. No one else wished to do so. Reg.Mtg. 5/15/89 Page 2 MINUTE BOOK NO. 48 Page No. 383