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PlanningBoard | 2006-07-24 | 18 | 9-B. R06-0001, FDP05-0005, UP05-0022 and DR - Harbor Bay, Storage LLC - 500 Maitland Drive (DG). The applicant requests approval of Rezoning, Final Development Plan, Use Permit and Major Design Review applications allowing the expansion of an existing recreational vehicle and self-storage facility. The existing facility includes 115 recreational vehicle parking spaces, 48,510 square feet of self-storage space and a 2,100 square foot office and manager's unit. The proposed expansion would add 4.41 acres and include 70 additional recreational vehicle parking spaces and 30,756 additional square feet of self-storage space. The entire project site is designated as Commercial Recreation on the City of Alameda General Plan. The existing facility is zoned CM-PD Commercial Manufacturing-Planned Development District. The expansion area is currently zoned O Open Space. The rezoning request to CM-PD Commercial Manufacturing-Planned Development District, is consistent with the General Plan and current land use patterns. Mr. Garrison summarized the staff report and recommended approval of this item. Member Lynch noted that this project was a good example of what the industrial lands were intended for, and added that he would have some difficulty in rezoning industrial land for residential purposes here. Member McNamara noted that she had concerns about screening of the site and noted that she did not want to see a lot of RVs and big parking lots, but aesthetically pleasing to the business park area. Member Mariani noted that she did not want to see a lot of RVs and parking areas. The public hearing was opened. David Kirwin, 1416 Seminary Avenue, noted that he did not want to see an RV park at the corner of the neighborhood. The public hearing was closed for Board discussion. Mr. Garrison noted that there were extensive setbacks: 50 feet from Harbor Bay Parkway and 20 feet from Maitland. The expansion area was inside of that area, and a landscaped eight-foot high fence would be built around the perimeter of the facility. Vice President Cook did not believe the landscaping was landscaped well enough, and that the screening on Viewpoint 3 looked like fabric on a fence. Mr. Garrison noted that it was not mature and dense enough yet. Member Lynch suggested that the language requiring maintenance of the mature landscaping be changed to specify "within three years, premiere landscaping will be maintained at the height of 10 feet, such that from Viewpoint 2, per the photos, the landscaping is at that 10-foot height in three years." Planning Board Minutes Page 18 July 24, 2006 | PlanningBoard/2006-07-24.pdf |