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. J:l~? The Use Permit is hereby denied based on the following discussion and related Findings listed below: The following timeline provides a brief history of the operation of this use at this site as determined from City records: Building Permit for Temp. Complaints Year Power Pole Use on File?*~. PlanninQ Review 1996 11/20/1996 Trees Only No None 1997 11/19/1997 Trees Only Yes None 1998 10/09/1998 Pumpkins & Trees No None 1999 10/04/1999 Pumpkins & Trees Yes None 2000 10/05/2000 Pumpkins & Trees Yes "Good Neiqhbor" Handout 2001 10/03/2001 Pumpkins & Trees Yes "Good Neiqhbor" Handout 2002 10/03/2002 Pumpkins & Trees No "Good Neiqhbor" Handout 2003 10/06/2003 Pumpkins & Trees No Use Permit 2004 09/29/2004 Pumpkins & Trees Yes Use Permit *NOTE: Complaints were likely received in other years, but not made an official part of the City record, per Building Inspector practice. This use has been operating from this site for nine years and the City has received and verified complaints from adjacent residential neighbors for most of the years that it has operated. The addition of the pumpkin patch is assumed to have in occurred in 1998 based on the date of issuance of the Building Permit for a temporary power pole. The complaints are wide ranging and include the following: . Parking: Customer parking blocking residential driveways, double parking, parking in red zones on the EI Camino Real frontage and adjacent to fire hydrants on Avondale Avenue. . Deliveries: Trees are delivered on semi-trucks from the street. Hours of deliveries have conflicted with peak hour traffic and interfere with the operation of the right-of-way. . Duration of Use: The use is perceived by neighbors as occurring for almost three full months per year in that pumpkin patch sales commence in early October and the tree lot is not completely removed until early January with a short break between the two events in early November. As such the neighbors consider the use to not be "temporary." . Noise: Music, sales activities, and especially chain saw noise have been reported to occur during eyening hours (after 8:00 PM) . Lighting: Site lighting is reported to not be adequately shielded and is bothersome to adjacent residential neighbors. . Signage: In the past, the use posts a significant number of banner signs on their barrier fence.