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FAX: (310) 377-7288
JUN 28 96
COUNTY CLERK
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FROM: City of Rolling Hills
2 Portuguese Bend Road
Rolling Hills, CA 90274
SUBJECT: Filing of Notice of Determination in compliance with Section 21108 and 21152 of the
Public Resources Code.
Zoning Case No. 532A
Project Title
State Clearinghouse No.
(If submitted to Clearinghouse)
Lola Ungar
Lead Agency
Contact Person
(310) 377-1521
Area Code/Phone
38 Crest Road West (±31.14 western portion of Lot 72-RH). Rolling Hills. CA: Los Angeles County
Project Location (include county)
Project Description: Request to extend and modify an expiring Conditional Use Permit to permit portions
of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Crest Road property used for
a maintenance and warehouse facility to continue to be used by the Palos Verdes
Peninsula Transit Authority for administrative uses and increase storage parking
from 10 vans to 14 vans at the school district property.
This is to advise that the PLANNING COMMISSION has approved the above described project and has
made the following determinations regarding the above described project:
1. The project 0 will have a significant effect on the environment,
• will not.
2. 0 An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions
of CEQA.
■ A Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA.
The EIR or Negative Declaration and record of project approval may be examined at the
City of Rolling Hills. 2 Portuguese Bend Road. Rolling Hills. CA 90274.
3. Mitigation measures IN were, 0 were not, made a condition of the approval of the project.
4. A statement of Overriding Considerations was, • was not, adopted for this project.
This document is being filed in duplicate. Please acknowledge the filing date and return acknowledged
copy in enclosed stamped, self-addressed envelope.
Signature (Public Agency
Date received for filing:
June 19. 1996 ' PRINCIPAL PLANNER
Date Title
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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD
ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274
(310) 377-1521
FAX: (310) 377-7288
CERTIFICATE OF FEE EXEMPTION
De Minimus Impact Finding
Project Title/Location Name and Address of Project Proponent (include county):
Project Title: ZONING CASE NO. 532A
Location: 38 Crest Road West (±31.14 western portion of Lot 72-RH), Rolling Hills, CA
Los Angeles County
Proponents: PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, 38 Via La Selva,
Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 Los Angeles County
Project Description: Request to extend and modify an expiring Conditional Use Permit to permit portions
of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Crest Road property used for
a maintenance and warehouse facility to continue to be used by the Palos Verdes
Peninsula Transit Authority for administrative uses and increase storage parking
from 10 vans to 14 vans at the school district property.
Findings of Exemption (Attach Required Findings):
The Planning Commission finds that there is no evidence that administrative office uses and storage parking
of 14 vans at school district property will have an effect on endangered or threatened species of plants and
animals.
The Planning Commission finds that that administrative office uses and storage parking of 14 vans at school
district property will not have an effect on wetlands and that water courses will not be eliminated or
converted.
The Planning Commission has determined that the proposed administrative office uses and storageparking
of 14 vans at school district property will not have a significant adverse impact on the environment and has
adopted a Negative Declaration consistent with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA).
Certification:
I hereby certify that the lead agency has made the above findings of fact and that based upon the initial study
and hearing record the project will not individually or cumulatively have an adverse effect on wildlife
resources, as in Section 711.2 of the Fish and Game Code.
LOLA UNGAI�/I
(Chief Plannin fficial)
Title: Principal Planner
Lead Agency: City of Rolling Hills
Date: June 19, 1996
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RESOLUTION NO. 96-12
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF ROLLING HILLS GRANTING AN EXTENSION AND
MODIFICATION OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR JOINT
POWERS TRANSIT AUTHORITY LIMITED USES IN ZONING CASE
NO. 532A.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. An application was duly filed by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified
School District with respect to real property at the ±31.14 acre western portion of Lot
72-RH, and currently, 38 Crest Road West, Rolling Hills, requesting to extend and
modify a Conditional Use Permit to permit portions of the Palos Verdes Peninsula
Unified School District Crest Road property that is used for a maintenance and
warehouse facility to continue to be used by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit
Authority for administrative uses and to increase storage parking from 10 vans to up
to 14 vans.at the school district property.
Section 2. Prior City actions with respect to this property and this proposed
use include the following:
A. On February 26, 1963, a Conditional Use Permit was approved by the
Planning Commission for the following five structures to be constructed at the Palos
Verdes Peninsula Unified School District site: (1) administration building, (2)
education material and library facility building, (3) warehouse building, (4) district
maintenance building, and (5) an elementary school building, The Conditional Use
Permit expired on February 26, 1964 and no new buildings were constructed.
B. On, June 5, 1964 a Conditional Use Permit was denied by the Planning
Commission to permit the construction of an (1) administration building, (2)
elementary school building, and (3) district maintenance building. The Planning
Commission found that the construction and location of the proposed
administration building, maintenance building and garage would establish and
permit a commercial use of the property that would consist of a garage for the
storage of approximately thirty-seven (37) diesel school buses, a facility for repairing,
maintaining and servicing the buses, a warehouse for the storage of school supplies
and a repair/workshop for the repair and maintenance of school property, all of
which uses will create noise, dirt and confusion from_6 AM in the morning until
approximately 5 PM in the afternoon each day the facilities are in operation, and
these uses would constitute a nuisance and depreciate the value of all property
adjoining the school property and interfere with the enjoyment of the residential
use of the adjacent properties by the residents and owners.
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C. On November 13, 1995, the Zoning Ordinance was amended to allow
joint powers transit authority uses as a conditionally permitted use in the RA-S-2
Zone. On November 17, 1995, a Conditional Use Permit to allow portions of school
district property to be used by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority for
administrative uses and the storage parking only of 10 vans at the school district
property.
Section 3. On May 9, 1996, Planning staff prepared an initial study for the
project. The initial study found that the project would not have a significant effect
on the environment. A Negative Declaration was prepared and was circulated to
the applicant and other interested parties in accordance with State of California
CEQA Guidelines. The public notice of the Planning Commission's intent to
recommend approval of the Negative Declaration was published on May 11, 1996.
Copies of the Negative Declaration were sent to adjacent cities and other
government agencies. No comments on the Negative Declaration were received.
Section 4. The application applies to the ±31.14 acre western portion of Lot
72-RH. The General Plan Land Use designation for this property is Very Low Density
Residential 2+ Net Acres per Dwelling Unit.
Section 5. The subject site is presently occupied by 7 school buildings, a
maintenance building, a warehouse building, a computer/office equipment repair
building, a vehicle repair shop, and an administration building. The zone
designation for the subject site is RA-S-2 and the zone designation on adjacent
properties is RA-S-2.
Section 6. The project as proposed is to permit portions of school district
property used as a maintenance and warehouse facility to be used by a joint powers
transit authority for administrative uses and the storage parking only of up to 14
vans at the site. The site will continue to be used for the storage and maintenance of
school district vehicles and equipment. The school district proposes to permit a
joint powers transit authority to use 500 square feet of the northernmost portion of a
7,600 square foot warehouse for administrative uses and 3,500 square feet of an
existing asphalt paved area of school district property for the storage parking only of
up to 14 vans.
Section 7. The Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public
hearing to consider the application on May 21, 1996 and June 18, 1996. The
applicants were notified of the public hearing in writing by first class mail. Evidence
was heard and presented from all persons interested in affecting said proposal, from
all persons protesting the same, and from members of the City staff and the
Planning Commission having reviewed, analyzed and studied said proposal. Palos
Verdes Peninsula Unified School District and Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit
Authority representatives were in attendance at the hearing.
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Section 8. The Planning Commission has reviewed the proposed Negative
Declaration and finds that it represents the independent judgment of the City and
that it was prepared in compliance with CEQA. Therefore, the Planning
Commission finds that the proposed project would not have a significant effect on
the environment. Based upon these findings, the Planning Commission hereby
recommends that the City Council adopt the Negative Declaration in accordance
with the California Environmental Quality Act.
Section 9. Ordinance No. 256 was adopted by the City Council on
November 13, 1995 requiring a Conditional Use Permit for transit authority uses in
the RA-S-2 Zone. With respect to the request for a Conditional Use Permit for
transit authority administrative uses and the storage parking only of up to 14 vans,
the Planning Commission finds:
A. The granting of a Conditional Use Permit for administrative uses and
the storage parking only of 14 vans by a joint powers transit authority would be
consistent with the purposes and objectives of the Zoning Ordinance and General
Plan and will be desirable for the public convenience and welfare because the use is
consistent with similar school district uses on the property and these uses will be
located in an area of the property where such use will be the least intrusive to
surrounding properties. The transit vans will not use Rolling Hills' roads for access
in and out of the site. In addition, locating the vans at this location will reduce the
travel distances for use of these vans, thereby incrementally decreasing traffic, fuel
consumption and negative impacts to air quality.
B. The nature, condition, and development of adjacent uses, buildings, and
structures have been considered, and the public transit authority administrative
uses and the storage parking only of 14 vans will not adversely affect or be
materially detrimental to adjacent residential uses because the existing residences
are at a sufficient distance away and adequately screened so as not to impact the
view or privacy of surrounding neighbors.
C. The project is harmonious in scale and mass with the site, the natural
terrain, and surrounding residences because the public transit authority
administrative uses and the storage parking only of 14 vans will comply with the
low profile residential development pattern of the community, be consistent with
uses on that site, will be located on a ±31.14 acre parcel of property that is adequate in
size, shape and topography to accommodate such use.
D. The proposed conditional use complies with all applicable development
standards of the zone district because the public transit authority administrative
uses and the storage parking only of 14 vans will not require any new development.
at the existing site.
E. The proposed conditional use is consistent with the portions of the Los
Angeles County Hazardous Waste Management Plan relating to siting and siting
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criteria for hazardous waste facilities because the project, though listed on the
current State of California Hazardous Waste and Substances Sites List, will not
require any development at the site.
F. The proposed conditional use observes the spirit and intent of Title 17 of
the Zoning Code because the public transit authority administrative uses and the
storage parking only of 14 vans will not require any new development at the site
and access to the site will be located outside the gates of the City.
Section 10. Based upon the foregoing findings, the Planning Commission
approves the request for a Conditional Use Permit in Zoning Case No. 532A to allow
joint powers transit authority limited administrative uses and the storage parking
only of 14 vans at the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District site, as shown
on the Development Plan dated August 8, 1995 and marked Exhibit A, subject to the
conditions specified in Section 11.
Section 11. The Planning Commission's approval of a Conditional Use
Permit in Zoning Case No. 532A to allow joint powers transit authority limited
administrative uses and the storage parking only of 14 vans at the Palos Verdes
Peninsula Unified School District site is subject to the following conditions:
A. The Conditional Use Permit shall expire on June 18, 1998, unless
extended by the Planning Commission prior to that date.
B. It is declared and made a condition of this Conditional Use Permit
approval, that if any conditions thereof are violated, this approval shall be
suspended and the privileges granted thereunder shall lapse; provided that the
applicant has been given written notice to cease such' violation and has failed to do
so for a period of thirty (30) days.
C. All requirements of the Buildings and Construction Ordinance, the
Zoning Ordinance, and of the zone in which the subject property is located must be
complied with unless otherwise set forth in the Permit, or shown otherwise on an
approved plan.
D. The lot shall be maintained in substantial conformance with the site
plan on file dated August 8, 1995 and marked Exhibit A, except as otherwise
provided in these conditions.
E. Administrative office space shall be limited to 500 square ,feet of the
7,600 square foot warehouse building.
F. The 3,500 square foot storage parking area at the western portion of the
property designated for the 14 transit vans shall be striped and marked "For Van
Storage Parking Only" and shall be maintained as such until the use terminates. No
vans shall be parked on the site outside the 3,500 square foot parking area.
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G. The vehicles shall be parked in such a manner so as to prevent and
prohibit the backing up of vehicles.
H. Vehicular access to and from the school district property shall be from
the driveway at the northwest portion of the property outside the gates of the City of
Rolling Hills.
I. Van engines shall not be started nor shall the vans depart from the
school district storage parking site before 6 AM.
J. Car pooling among drivers shall be encouraged where feasible.
Documentation of the fraction and number of drivers who are carpooling shall be
included in status reports as scheduled in Condition Q.
K. Maintenance of the 14 transit vans shall not take place at the school
district property but, at an off -site repair facility.
L. Existing service using 11 vans and storing 3 vans in reserve shall not
be increased.
M. Speed limit signs shall be maintained by the applicant on the internal
driveway of the site.
N. Landscaping shall be maintained to obscure the buildings and vehicles
on the site so that the structures, vehicles, driveway, and slopes are screened and
obscured from view at the northern property line with native drought -resistant
vegetation that is compatible with the surrounding vegetation of the community.
O. Noise on the site shall be limited to reasonable levels and monitored
using measurements, tests or other acoustical evaluation.
P. A meeting or meetings with area residents shall be coordinated by the
applicant and the transit authority regarding their concerns prior to the Planning
Commission meetings in December, 1996; March, 1997; December, 1997; and March,
1998.
Q. The applicant and City staff shall schedule a public hearing before the
Planning Commission at the Commission's meetings in December, 1996; March,
1997; December, 1997; and March, 1998 to hear a status report on the uses approved
by this application.
R. Any substantial modifications to the project which would constitute
additional development or significantly alter the use shall require the filing of a
new application for approval by the Planning Commission.
S. The applicant shall execute an Affidavit of Acceptance of all conditions
of this Conditional Use Permit approval, or the approval shall not be effective.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED ON THE 18TH DAY O,1996.
ALLAN ROBERTS, CHAIRMAN
ATTEST:
MARILYN L. KERN, DEPUTY CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF ROLLING HILLS
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I certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 96-12 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF ROLLING HILLS GRANTING AN EXTENSION AND
MODIFICATION OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR JOINT
POWERS TRANSIT AUTHORITY LIMITED USES IN ZONING CASE
NO. 532A.
was approved and adopted at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission on
June 18, 1996 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Commissioners Hankins, Sommer, Witte and Chairman Roberts.
NOES: None .
ABSENT: None .
ABSTAIN: None .
and in compliance with the laws of California was posted at the following:
Administrative Offices
DEPU CITY CLERK
RESOLUTION NO. 96-12
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