Title
GENESIS AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP APPEAL (PA2023-0094)
Site Location: 320, 400, 410, 500, and 600 West Coast Highway
Recommendation
Summary:
An appeal of the Zoning Administrator’s February 1, 2024, decision to approve a minor use permit, minor site development review, modification permit, and tentative parcel map to allow the demolition of the existing on-site structures, and the construction and operation of an automobile dealership. The proposed automobile dealership consists of an approximately 19,952-square-foot, two-story, 25-foot tall, building that includes a showroom, sales office, storage area, electric vehicle (EV) repair area (i.e., EV Lab), and employee areas. The dealership will involve the sale and minor repairs of EVs only. Parking is provided within a surface parking lot and at-grade enclosed parking at the rear of the property. The request includes a modification permit to allow the structure to encroach up to 6-inches into the 5-foot rear setback. The tentative parcel map is requested to merge 11 underlying legal lots into a single lot. Lastly, the project includes removal of two above ground utility poles and relocation of the curb along the project frontage on West Coast Highway to allow smoother flow of traffic from the intersection at Dover Drive.
Recommended Actions:
1. Conduct a de novo public hearing;
2. Find this project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15332 under Class 32 (In-Fill Development Projects), pursuant to Section 15301 under Class 1 (Existing Facilities), and pursuant to Section 15303 under Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2024-004 denying the appeal and upholding and affirming the Zoning Administrator’s approval for a Minor Use Permit, Minor Site De...
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