REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on a Rezone from PD - Planned Development to MH - Heavy Industrial for the Properties Located at 700 Mathew Street to Allow Reestablishment of Industrial Use for the Property for a Metal Fabrication and Spinning Business
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing and Transportation Development
BACKGROUND
On February 16, 2023, Brian Brown with HPC Architecture ("Applicant"), on behalf of Andrew Czisch with QMS Shields ("Owner") filed an application (File No. PLN23-00054) to change the use of two parcels (APNs: 224-03-086 and 224-03-000) located at 700 Mathew Street. The proposal includes interior changes and site improvements to use the existing buildings on the site for a Heavy Industrial use of metal fabrication/spinning for the business operating as Quality Metal Spinning.
The project site is currently vacant and was previously occupied by a business, "Off the Wall Soccer", and warehouse use. In 2005, the City Council approved a request to rezone the parcel (APN: 224-04-082) from Heavy Industrial (MH) to Planned Development (PD) and a Tentative Parcel Map to subdivide the property into two parcels with one common area parcel. This created three parcels- Parcel One (700 Mathew Street, APN: 224-03-086), Parcel Two (2201 Lafayette Street, APN: 224-03-087) and Parcel Three (Parking lot along Mathew Street, APN: 224-03-000). The rezoning was approved with specific conditions of approval restricting the use of Parcel One to warehouse use or a soccer recreational facility that was an existing approved use through a previous Use Permit. A parking variance was also approved by the Planning Commission at that time.
The current application includes only Parcel One (warehouse/former indoor recreation) and Parcel Three (surface parking lot). Given the specific uses allowed in the existing PD zoning, the proposal to use this site for Heavy Industrial use (Quality Metal Spinning) requires a Rezone from Planned Devel...
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