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PlanningBoard | 2007-06-11 | 7 | 9. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS: 9-A. UP06-0010 - N. Saidian & L. Zekster - 1310 Central Avenue. The applicant requests approval of a Use Permit pursuant to Section 30-30.2 of the Alameda Municipal Code to extend the hours of operation for the Alameda Valero Gasoline Station, an existing legal nonconforming service station. The current hours of operation for fuel service and auto repair are 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on Saturday, and closed on Sunday. The proposed hours for fuel service and auto repair would be 7:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on Saturday, and closed on Sunday. The auto repair hours would be eliminated on Saturday. The Alameda Valero Gasoline Station is located in the R-4 (Neighborhood Residential) Zoning District. Mr. Vu summarized the staff report, and detailed the background and scope of this proposed project. Staff was unable to make the findings necessary, as required by the Municipal Code, in order to recommend approval of this Use Permit. Staff specifically found that the proposed use was not compatible with the other land uses in the area, that it will adversely effect other property in the vicinity, and that it does not relate favorably to the City's General Plan. Therefore, it was staff's recommendation that the Board deny the use permit application to extend the fuel service hours of operation in exchange for the reduced auto repair hours, based upon the findings that were included in the staff report. President Lynch advised that more than five speaker slips had been received. Board member Cunningham moved to reduce the speakers' time to three minutes. Vice President Cook seconded the motion, which carried by the following voice vote - 5. Absent: 2 (Mariani, McNamara). The public hearing was opened. Mr. Eric Scheuerman spoke in support of this project, and noted that the staff report stated the gas station had been in place since 1950, and recalled a newspaper report stated it had been there in some form since 1926. He believed the gas station was a historical business at this location, and added that it was changed to a nonconforming use in 1974 because the owners wanted to have a 24-hour gas-food operation. He did not want the opposition to drive the owners out of business. He agreed that some businesses should be closed on Sundays. Mr. Philip Gravem, 1344 Sherman Street, spoke in opposition to this project and noted that he lived directly across from the station. He noted that the 1974-75 issue addressed a second gas station across the street that wanted a 24-hour food operation. He complimented the owner and said the station was much better than it had been before. He expressed concern about the station's impact on his family time during the evening hours, and did not want the hours to be extended. Planning Board Minutes Page 7 June 11, 2007 | PlanningBoard/2007-06-11.pdf |