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532A, Provide approx. 600 SF of offi, Staff ReportsMEMORANDUM TO: File FROM: Anton Dahlerbruch, Interim City Manager SUBJECT: December 20, 2006 meeting with PVPUSD and PV Transit DATE: December 22, 2006 On December 20, 2006, Yolanta and I met with representatives of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District and PV Transit. Participants in the meeting were: Walker Williams, PVPUSD Superintendent Pearl Izuka, PVPUSD Peter Matt, PVPUSD Maintenance Manager Rosemary Humphrey, Rancho Del Mar Principal Martin Gomert, PV Transit Assistant Administrator This meeting follows a meeting between Yolanta and I with Walker and Pearl when we talked about conditions of the PVPUSD's conditional use permit and PV Transit's operating conditions. This meeting was intended to bring together all the parties to discuss the maintenance area. • PVPUSD stated that it has an electrician that arrives at 5:00 a.m. They advised that this person makes no noise. Other staff arrive at 6:30 a.m. because, for example, the pool man needs to be in and out of the pool before students arrive to use the facility. The shop staff arrive at 7:00 a.m. and begin work (making noise) at 7:30 a.m. although it is not known how far the noise can actually be heard. They stated that on a foggy morning, sound seems to travel quite far. • The PV Transit staff work Monday — Friday and begin arriving at 5:00 a.m. (supervisor). Drivers arrive in the vicinity of 5:45 a.m. to begin driving at 6:00 a.m. for 7:00 a.m. service. Most drivers arrive on site by personal vehicle; a couple may take a PV Transit commuter bus after parking their vehicles at a location off the peninsula. For those driving their personal vehicles, we were told that there is enough parking to pull their car into a parking space without moving a PV Transit vehicle. Around 8:30 a.m. or 9:00 a.m., the PV Transit buses return to the facility where they stay until 2:30 for afternoon service. The last bus typically return around 6:10 p.m. or 6:15 p.m. Upon arrival in the morning, the drivers meet with their supervisor in the office before starting their routes. • During the summer, PV Transit is the latest to leave the site. During the school year, due to adult school, the PVPUSD is the latest on site. It was stated that 9:00 p.m. is the latest someone may be at the site. There is also the District's construction management firm that could be on site late but no one knew exactly how late. • After hours and on weekends, sports group like Little League and AYSO use the field facility and as such, have full access to the site. Furthermore, each has a key to the restroom facility in their particular shed. All coaches are provided with the key to the site. Their permits allow them to use the facility until sundown. Also on the weekends, the Fire Dept. may use the road to lay hose or do excercises. • It was noted that the PVPUSD is responsible for "maintaining" the landscaping overlooking the site. The District questioned whether "maintain" means add new or just landscaping. There seemed to be differences of interpretation between the District and the City. • It was acknowledged by the PVPUSD and PV Transit that the first, main gate is not closed or locked at the end of the day. There was a lot of discussion about how that could happen. The City expressed concern about after hours access, security and the District's liability if the gate is open. Concurrently, all in the discussion agreed that the City and the District want to continue providing the sports league with access and use to the fields. In the end, there was agreement that discussions would need to continue on this matter to figure out a way to balance District and sports league access to the site. • The City mentioned the potential need in the future for the District to enclose (gate) the stairway from the Rancho Del Mar parking lot to Crest Road. It was stated that there isn't a need to do it at this time but in the future, there may be if there appears to be people parking and hoping the existing fence to get into Rolling Hills. In response, Rosemary stated that she can identify vehicles that are not regular parkers and will call the Sheriff with license plate numbers in such cases. • PV Transit explained that it has buses that are also stored off Rolling Hills Road at the Botanical Gardens. The buses at this site are larger than the ones stored at the Rolling Hills site. • In regard to the junk (e.g., chairs and debris) at the District maintenance yard, the City asked that the District look into how it might be screened to the passer-by who is walking or running on the access road. There was some hesitancy to do this because there are so few people who could see the items. The items are collected until there is enough to dispose of/surplus. • It was noted that the Hawkins have been provided with the personal telephone numbers of the PV Transit managers and they have had on -going and numerous discussions with both PVPUSD and PV Transit staff. When the City meets with them, the City can offer to provide the phone numbers again if needed. Both PVPUSD and PV Transit representatives said that they have not received phone calls from the Hawkins since at least last April. • It was noted that the bushes on Crest overlooking the maintenance site were trimmed by "someone." Staff has since confirmed wit the writing of these notes, that it was done by the RHCA. The bushes were trimmed and thinned. They are expected to fill back out completely but they were getting too big according to the RHCA. i City cl leo/tiny HEARING DATE: MARCH 17, 1998 TO: FROM: I ion INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377.1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 E-mail: cityofrh@aol.com HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOLA UNGAR, PLANNING DIRECTOR APPLICATION NO. SITE LOCATION: ZONING & SIZE: APPLICANT: REPRESENTATIVES: PUBLISHED: REOUEST ZONING CASE NO. 532A 38 CREST ROAD WEST (± 31.14 ACRE WESTERN PORTION OF LOT 74-MS) RA-S-2, ± 31.14 ACRES PALOS VERDES PENINSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (PVPTA) & PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (PVPUSD) MR. JOHN MEYER AND MR. MARTIN GOMBERT, PALOS VERDES PENINUSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY DECEMBER 6,1997 Status report on a Conditional Use Permit that permits 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 the storage parking of up to 14 vans at the school district property at 38 Crest Road West, Rolling Hills, CA (±31.14 acre western portion of Lot 74-MS). Service will not be increased. BACKGROUND 1. Staff received the attached letter from Mr. John Meyer, Administrator, Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority in which he states that that although they were hampered by inclement weather and inability to reach Mr. Frederick J. Grewen, 25 Crestwind Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes, the fencing requested by the latter has been installed. Mr. Meyer states that he will report Mr. Grewen's reaction to the Commission at the meeting. He also contacted Mrs. Christa Hawkins, 37 Crest Road West, who has had no complaints and said, "So far, things are super duper." Staff also attempted to reach Mr. Grewen at his home. ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE1 Printed on Recycled Paper. • • 2. On June 18, 1996 by Resolution No. 96-12, the Planning Commission adopted a resolution to extend the Conditional Use Permit for Transit Authority uses for two years with reviews in December and March each year and permitting the storage parking of up to 14 vans. Conditions included the limitation that eleven vans be operational at any given time, that the Transit Authority encourage carpooling among drivers, where feasible, and that the transit service not allow vehicles to start their engines prior to 6 AM. 3. On June 18, 1996, the Planning Commission found that the project will not have a significant effect on the environment and adopted a Negative Declaration in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the Planning Commission open the public hearing and take public testimony. ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 2 PALOS VERDES PEraISULA L TRANSIT AUTHORITY 38 CREST ROAD WEST, ROLLING HILLS, CA 90274-7400 • tiRomdt e-mail: pvtransit@worldnet.att.net PHONE (310) 544-7108 • FAX (310) 544-7109 Internet: http://www.palosverdes.com/pvtransit! Li Iv, 1r- II March 11, 1998 MAR ; 2 1998 • Mr. Craig Nealis, City Manager City of Rolling Hills No. 2 Portuguese Bend Road Rolling Hills, CA 90274 SUBJECT: Update on Parking Area Dear Mr. Nealis: This letter serves as an update on our progress to screen the bus parking area and the permitted uses. Following the execution of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Los • Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) pertaining to our capital improvements, we obtained bids from fencing contractors in January. A contract for the fencing was let and the project should be completed this weekend. The project was slightly delayed due to inclement weather. It consists of a 6' chain link fence along the access road on the north and a 12' fence all along the southern edge. It was deemed necessary to go to this height in order to completely screen the vehicle roofs from the neighbor's view. We opted for the insertion of dark green vinyl slats in this section of the fence and are contemplating the planting of vines on the south side to assure complete screening. We were requested at the last Planning Commission meeting to keep Mr. Grewen of 25 Crestwind Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes apprised of our plans and to show him a sample of the screening material. We left phone messages with him on 2/17 and 2/25. Mr. Meyer visited his house the evening of 2/18 but the Grewen family was not at,home. Mr. Grewen called us on 2/28 and said he had been out of the country when we called. We left a message at Mr. Grewen's office on 3/3 and apprised him of our screening plans. We hope to report on his reaction to these improvements at your March 17th meeting. We also spoke with Ms. Christa Hawkins of 31 Crest Road West, Rolling Hills on 2/11 and she said she had no complaints and said, "so far things are super duper." MEMBER CITIES: PALOS VERDES ESTATES, RANCHO PALOS VERDES, ROLLING HILLS ESTATES Mr. Craig Nealls • March 11, 1998 Page 2 During the past several months PV Transit, along with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, have made significant efforts to address the concerns of these two residents. Our ability to adequately serve the citizens on the Peninsula is totally dependent on the savings created by the availability of the Rolling Hills facility and we continue to be very grateful for the cooperation shown by your City. Sincerely, John Meyer Administrator File AAcorr9815 •City 0/ Roiling -Afro HEARING DATE: JANUARY 20, 1998 TO: • INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 E-mail: cityofrh@aol.com HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM: LOLA UNGAR, PLANNING DIRECTOR APPLICATION NO. SITE LOCATION: ZONING & SIZE: APPLICANT: REPRESENTATIVES: PUBLISHED: REOUEST ZONING CASE NO. 532A 38 CREST ROAD WEST (± 31.14 ACRE WESTERN PORTION OF LOT 74-MS) RA-S-2, ± 31.14 ACRES PALOS VERDES PENINSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (PVPTA) & PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (PVPUSD) MR. JOHN MEYER AND MR. MARTIN GOMBERT, PALOS VERDES PENINUSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY DECEMBER 6,1997 Status report on a Conditional Use Permit that permits 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 the storage parking of up to 14 vans at the school district property at 38 Crest Road West, Rolling Hills, CA (±31.14 acre western portion of Lot 74-MS). Service will not be increased. BACKGROUND 1. Staff received the attached letters from Mr. Martin Gombert, Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority. The first letter addresses a complaint made by Mr. Frederick J. Grewen, 25 Crestwind Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes, at the December 16, 1997 Planning Commission meeting about the impairment of his canyon view by the Transit Authority buses. The Transit Authority proposes to build a twelve foot high fence along the parking area that faces Mr. Grewen's property to obscure the buses. The other letter addresses a complaint on December 22, 1997 by Mrs. Christa Hawkins, 37 Crest Road West, concerning bus noise in the early morning. ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 1 Printed on Recycled Paper. • • Staff spoke with both Mr. Grewen and Mrs. Hawkins on January 15, 1998. Mr. Grewen was pleased but skeptical about the construction of a fence and would like to be consulted about the materials and appearance of the proposed fence. Mrs. Hawkins has been in contact with Mr. Gombert and had no complaints about bus operations at the present time. 2. On June 18, 1996 by Resolution No. 96-12, the Planning Commission adopted a resolution to extend the Conditional Use Permit for Transit Authority uses for two years with reviews in December and March each year and permitting the storage parking of up to 14 vans. Conditions included the limitation that eleven vans be operational at any given time, that the Transit Authority encourage carpooling among drivers, where feasible, and that the transit service not allow vehicles to start their engines prior to 6 AM. 3. On June 18, 1996, the Planning Commission found that the project will not have a significant effect on the environment and adopted a Negative Declaration in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. RECOMMENDATION It is, recommended that the Planning Commission open the public hearing and take public testimony. ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 2 PALOS VERDES PENIRSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY 38 CREST ROAD WEST, ROLLING HILLS, CA 90274-7400 PHONE (310) 544-7108 • FAX (310) 544-7109 January 15, 1998 Ms. Lola Ungar, Principal Planner City of Rolling Hills No. 2 Portuguese Bend Road Rolling Hills, CA 90274 RE: Mr. Fred Grewen Dear Ms. Ungar: e-mail: pvtransit@worldnet.att.net Internet: http://www.palosverdes.com/pvtransit/ JAN 151998 CilY OF ROLLING HILLS This letter serves as a follow-up to our recent conversation concerning Mr. Fred Grewen. We met with Mr. Grewen on December 27, 1997 at his residence. He showed us the different views from his property and where he could see the buses. The buses had been moved from the parking area to allow it to be repaved. We still were able to get a good idea of his concerns relating to the view of buses, however. We told Mr. Grewen that we were getting estimates for fencing and screening and that we would update him on these plans in early January. In late December we arranged for two fencing companies to visit the parking site and submit estimates. We have received one estimate and are waiting for the second. Our preliminary plan is to construct a 10 to 12 foot wood fence along the parking area that faces Mr. Grewen's property. We anticipate receiving the final estimate, make a decision on the fencing material, and award a contract by the end of January. We left a message on Mr. Grewen's phone on January 9, 1998 updating him on our progress. We will call him once we receive the second estimate and update him on our plans. Several trees were planted along the parking area facing Mr. Grewen's home during last summer in an effort to close some of the gaps in foliage. A number of these trees did not survive and they were replaced on January 13, 1998. Additional landscaping will commence once the above fencing has been installed and we can get a better idea of what additional efforts are required. These efforts were also reviewed at the January 8th PVPTA Board meeting with all the member cities participating in the discussion. As we have noted, our plan is to select the fencing contractor, fencing material type, and award the contract by the end of January. Fencing and additional landscaping should be completed in the MEMBER CITIES: PALOS VERDES ESTATES, RANCHO PALOS VERDES, ROLLING HILLS ESTATES Ms. Lola Ungar January 14, 1998 Page 2 following month. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance. Martin Gombert, PVPTA cc: Dr. Ann Chlebicki, PVPUSD Chairperson Humphrey, Mayor of Palos Verdes Estates PALOS VERDES PENINSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY 38 CREST ROAD WEST, ROLLING HILLS, CA 90274-7400 PHONE (310) 544-7108 • FAX (310) 544-7109 January 14, 1998 Ms. Lola Ungar, Principal Planner City of Rolling Hills No. 2 Portuguese Bend Road Rolling Hills, CA 90274 e-mail: pvtransit@worldnet.att.net Internet: http://www.palosverdes.com/pvtransit/ r2 JAN 151998 CITY OF ROLLING HILLS By RE: Ms. Christa Hawkins Dear Ms. Ungar: This letter serves as a follow-up to our recent conversation concerning Ms. Christa Hawkins. We called Ms. Hawkins on December 23, 1997 after she called your office concerning bus noise from the Crest Road parking area. We had a long discussion concerning bus operations. She was primarily concerned with operations on the weekend. We told her that PV Transit operates 3 to 4 charters per year that may operate on weekends and they are primarily for the home tours. We explained to Ms. Hawkins that PV Transit had been operating the Holiday Shoppers shuttle the weekend prior to Christmas and that it would end the following weekend. We also told her that, except for a rare charter service, the only activity on the weekend at the parking location would be maintenance personnel taking vehicles off the hill for maintenance. We told her that we would like her to contact our office immediately if she had any noise complaints and that we wanted to minimize her problems. She was very appreciative that we called. We spoke with Ms. Hawkins again today and she said "things have been very quiet." We told her we would contact her within two weeks to double check on her observations. We encouraged her to call again if she had any problems. Please contact me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Luc Martin Gombert, PVPTA cc: Dr. Ann Chlebicki, PVPUSD Chairperson Humphrey, Mayor of Palos Verdes Estates MEMBER CITIES: PALOS VERDES ESTATES, RANCHO PALOS VERDES, ROLLING HILLS ESTATES i • City ��Pe9�ee HEARING DATE: DECEMBER 16,1997 TO: FROM: INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 E-mail: cityofrh@aol.com HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOLA UNGAR, PRINCIPAL PLANNER APPLICATION NO. SITE LOCATION: ZONING Sr SIZE: APPLICANT: REPRESENTATIVE: PUBLISHED: REQUEST ZONING CASE NO. 532A 38 CREST ROAD WEST (± 31.14 ACRE WESTERN PORTION OF LOT 74-MS) RA-S-2, ± 31.14 ACRES PALOS VERDES PENINSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (PVPTA) & PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (PVPUSD) MR. JOHN MEYER AND MR. MARTIN GOMBERT, PALOS VERDES PENINUSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY DECEMBER 6, 1997 Status report on a Conditional Use Permit that permits 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 the storage parking of up to 14 vans at the school district property at 38 Crest Road West, Rolling Hills, CA (±31.14 acre western portion of Lot 74-MS). Service will not be increased. BACKGROUND 1. Attached is a letter from Mr. John Meyer, Transit Authority Administrator, regarding early morning noise that had been reported to us by Mrs. Christa Hawkins, 37 Crest Road West, in September and the immediate response by the Transit Authority with the drivers to minimize coversation and back-ups in the early morning at the site. The letter also addresses the additional landscaping planted by the Transit Authority to improve the screening of the parking lot. We have not had any other complaints since March 18 1997 related to the Transit Authority. 2. On June 18, 1996, the Planning Commission adopted a resolution to extend the Conditional Use Permit for Transit Authority uses for two years with ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 1 Printed on Recycled Paper. • • reviews in December and March each year and permitting the storage parking of up to 14 vans. Conditions included the limitation that eleven vans be operational at any given time, that the Transit Authority encourage carpooling among drivers, where feasible, and that the transit service not allow vehicles to start their engines prior to 6 AM. These conditions are included in Resolution No. 96-12 that is attached. 3. On June 18, 1996, the Planning Commission found that the project will not have a significant effect on the environment and adopted a Negative Declaration in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the Planning Commission open the public hearing and take public testimony. ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 2 PALOS VERDES P•INSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY • ig!i4t4 38 CREST ROAD WEST, ROLLING HILLS, CA 90274-7400 e-mail: pvtransit@worldnet.att.net PHONE (310) 544-7108 • FAX (310) 544-7109 Internet: http://www.palosverdes.com/pvtransit/ December 3, 1997 Mr. Craig R. Nealis City Manager City of Rolling Hills No. 2 Portuguese Bend Road Rolling Hills, CA 90274 RE: Conditional Use Permit Dear Mr. Nealis: t, J DEC 0 5 1997 CITY OF ROLLING HILLS This communication is a follow up on previous correspondence in which we brought the City up to date on any activities during the summer months and the concern expressed regarding early morning noise during our start-up week in September. As reported at that time, we immediately conducted a meeting with the drivers to reiterate the need to conduct the early morning pull-out with a minimum of conversation and avoidance of any back-ups. Two recommendations came out of that meeting: That the conditions be clearly spelled out in the training manual for new drivers and that some vehicles be parked in parallel fashion at the end of the afternoon shift in order to ascertain that no vehicles have to back up even for a few feet in the morning. These driver originating suggestions were promptly implemented and we have not become aware of any comments since the one during the first week of September. As previously reported, some $3000 worth of additional landscaping was planted by PVPTA this summer to improve upon the screening of the parking lot. We are awaiting the final approval of a Memorandum of Understanding for the MTA grant to further enhance the fencing and screening of this area. Meanwhile, the PVPUSD has undertaken a much needed renovation program to improve the restrooms, jointly used by their personnel, the credit union and ourselves. In as much as I will be at my assignment on the privatization of transit in the European. Union at the time of the next Planning Commission meeting, Mr. Martin Gombert will attend to answer any questions the committee members or the city staff may have, Once again we would like to thank the City for their cooperation in making these facilities available to the Authority. As a result we were able to implement the current route system which has resulted in unprecedented ridership increases during the past two years. Sincerely, John Meyer Administrator MEMBER CITIES: PALOS VERDES ESTATES, RANCHO PALOS VERDES, ROLLING HILLS ESTATES 111 Ci1y op Ie0th4 JUL HEARING DATE: APRIL 15, 1997 TO: FROM: INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 E-mail: cityofrh@aol.com HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOLA UNGAR, PRINCIPAL PLANNER APPLICATION NO. SITE LOCATION: ZONING & SIZE: APPLICANT: REPRESENTATIVE: PUBLISHED: REOUEST ZONING CASE NO. 532A 38 CREST ROAD WEST (± 31.14 ACRE WESTERN PORTION OF LOT 74-MS) RA-S-2, ± 31.14 ACRES PALOS VERDES PENINSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (PVPTA) & PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (PVPUSD) MR. JOHN MEYER, TRANSIT AUTHORITY MANAGER MARCH 8, 1997 Status report on a Conditional Use Permit that permits 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 the storage parking of up to 14 vans at the school district property at 38 Crest Road West, Rolling Hills, CA (±31.14 acre western portion of Lot 74-MS). Service will not be increased. BACKGROUND 1. The Transit Authority has been working diligently to comply with the Conditional Use Permit and respond to the view complaints of Mr. Frederick J. Grewen, 25 Crestwind Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes. Administrator John Meyer has met with district personnel and inspected the bus area. They are securing price quotes and delivery dates for landscaping plants and will update the Planning Commission on the details of the landscaping/screening efforts and estimated completion dates at the meeting. 2. On June 18, 1996, the Planning Commission adopted a resolution to extend the Conditional Use Permit for Transit Authority uses for two years with reviews in December and March each year and permitting the storage parking of up to 14 vans. Conditions included the limitation that eleven vans be ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 1 Printed on Recycled Paper. • • operational at any given time, that the Transit Authority encourage carpooling among drivers, where feasible, and that the transit service not allow vehicles to start their engines prior to 6 AM. 3. On June 18, 1996, the Planning Commission found that the project will not have a significant effect on the environment and adopted a Negative Declaration in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. RECOMMENDATION • It is recommended that the Planning Commission open the public hearing and take public testimony. ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 2 Apr-10-97 04:11P pvp transit- Otp 310 544-7109 • • P.01 PALOS VERDES PENINSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY 38 CREST ROAD WEST ROLLING HILLS, CA 90274-7400 PHONE (310) 544-7108 FAX (310) 544-7109 1*-44 PV TwAnm April 9, 1997 Mr. Craig R. Nealis City Manager City of Rolling Hills No. 2 Portuguese Bend Road Rolling Hills, CA 90274 RE: Conditional Use Permit Dear Mr. Nealis: This letter serves as an update on the steps taken by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority (PVPTA) in complying with the conditional use permit at the Rolling Hills location. This action is in response to a complaint made by Mr. Frederick J. Grewen concerning the storage of PV Transit vehicles. At the March 27th Board Meeting the Board directed staff to work with the Palos Verdes Peninsula School District to install additional landscaping/screening around the bus parking area. We met with district personnel on April 2nd and inspected the bus parking area. District personnel are in the process of securing price quotes and delivery dates for landscaping plants and they should have this information the week of April I4th. We will update you as soon as possible as to the details of the landscaping/screening efforts and estimated completion dates. Please contact me if you have any questions. Sincerely, lam, 7t1 John Meyer Administrator file A:\corr97-9 SERVING THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA TRANSIT NEEDS PALOS VERLS PENINSULA TRANS. AUTHORITY 38 CREST ROAD WEST ROLLING HILLS, CA 90274-7400 PHONE (310) 544-7108 FAX (310) 544-7109 v'GYW.WIrWIi— PV TRANSIT April 9, 1997 Mr. Craig R. Nealis City Manager City of Rolling Hills .No. 2 Portuguese Bend Road Rolling Hills, CA 90274 RE: Conditional Use Permit t, APR 10 1997 CITY OFOY mnm Dear Mr. Nealis: This letter serves as an update on the steps taken by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority (PVPTA) in complying with the conditional use permit at the Rolling Hills location. This action is in response to a complaint made by Mr. Frederick J. Grewen concerning the storage of PV Transit vehicles. At the March 27th Board Meeting the Board directed staff to work with the Palos Verdes Peninsula School District to install additional landscaping/screening around the bus parking area. We met with district personnel on April 2nd and inspected the bus parking area. District personnel are in the process of securing price quotes and delivery dates for landscaping plants and they should have this information the week of April 14th. We will update you as soon as possible as to the details of the landscaping/screening efforts and estimated completion dates. Please contact me if you have any questions. Sincerely, itik John Meyer Administrator file A:\corr97-9 SERVING THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA TRANSIT NEEDS Mar-19-97 08:13A pvp transit- P.01 Post -it°° Fax Novel 7671 Iro /�/%!% /�' 4I. .J v,co.loe.7 0 ' Phone # ,i-70C" f3 M/ r 'Fax# lj 77� 71cfcf Date O. From pages Co. G: Phone # Otp 310 544-7109 1110 7/v S MEMORANDUM TO: AUTHORITY MEMBERS FROM: John Meyer DATE: March 19, 1997 RE: City of Rolling Hills - Conditional Use Permit Fax # ITEM VI The City of Rolling Hills Planning Commission scheduled a public hearing on March 18, 1997 to hear a status report on the limited uses permitted to PVPTA at the school district property. The previous hearing was on December 17, 1996, at which time there were no communications from any of the neighbors. Attached please find copies of correspondence from Mr. Frederick Grewen and our response. We have met with Mr. & Mrs. Grewen at their property and again after the meeting last evening in an effort to find a way whereby their concerns could be addressed. Mr. Grewen states that he will not be satisfied until the vans are either completely removed from the canyon or at least moved to the main parking lot. The fact that he was not even aware that the vans have been there since the fall of 1995 strengthens our conviction that they were not noticed before the tree trimming took place more than a year later. The Planning Commission requested that we work something out along the lines suggested by us, i.e. planting some fast growing trees and bushes in the three gaps were the underbrush was removed. We will take this up again with the District before the Authority meeting. District officials did convey regrets that they could not be present last evening. The Commission continued the public hearing until next month. Mr. & Mrs. Grewen indicated to me that they wish to address the PVPTA Board at the March 27, 1997 meeting. • city opeollinv HEARING DATE: MARCH 18, 1997 TO: FROM: INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 E-mail: cityofrh@aol.com HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOLA UNGAR, PRINCIPAL PLANNER APPLICATION NO. SITE LOCATION: ZONING & SIZE: APPLICANT: REPRESENTATIVE: PUBLISHED: REOUEST ZONING CASE NO. 532A 38 CREST ROAD WEST (± 31.14 ACRE WESTERN PORTION OF LOT 74-MS) RA-S-2, ± 31.14 ACRES PALOS VERDES PENINSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (PVPTA) & PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (PVPUSD) MR. JOHN MEYER, TRANSIT AUTHORITY MANAGER MARCH 8, 1997 Status report on a Conditional Use Permit that permits 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 the storage parking of up to 14 vans at the school district property at 38 Crest Road West, Rolling Hills, CA (±31.14 acre western portion of Lot 74-MS). Service will not be increased. BACKGROUND 1. On June 18, 1996, the Planning Commission adopted a resolution to extend the Conditional Use Permit for Transit Authority uses for two years with reviews in December and March each year and permitting the storage parking of up to 14 vans. Conditions included the limitation that eleven vans be operational at any given time, that the Transit Authority encourage carpooling among drivers, where feasible, and that the transit service not allow vehicles to start their engines prior to 6 AM. These conditions are included in Resolution No. 96-12 that is attached. 2. Attached are letters from Mr. John Meyer, Transit Authority Manager; Mr. Craig Nealis, City Manager; and Mr. Frederick J. Grewen, 25 Crestwind, Rancho Palos Verdes. Mr. Meyer addresses the concerns of Mr. Grewen ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 1 Printed on Recycled Paper. regarding the view from his residence following tree trimming at the School District property that will be presented at the Transit Authority's March 27, 1997 meeting with a recommendation for landscape improvement. 3. On June 18, 1996, the Planning Commission found that the project will not have a significant effect on the environment and adopted a Negative Declaration in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the Planning Commission open the public hearing and take public testimony. ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 2 PALOS VERD E PENINSULA TRANSI,AUTHORITY 38 CREST ROAD WEST ROLLING HILLS, CA 90274-7400 PHONE (310) 544-7108 FAX (310) 544-7109 PV TRANSIT March 12, 1997 City of Rolling Hills 2 Portuguese Bend Rd. Rolling Hills, CA 90274 MAR 1 2 1997 CITY OF 1sC .b.. U 6 Attention: Craig R. Nealis, City Manager RE: Conditional Use Permit for PVPUSD facility at 38 Crest Road Dear tdhjEll ►re eke i `�a fi, Following receipt of Mr. Fred Grewen's letter to you, we promptly investigated the situation and found that this homeowner's problem was greatly aggravated, if not totally caused by, the tree cutting and underbrush trimming undertaken by the District last December. PVPUSD needed to do this for safety and aesthetical reasons. Unfortunately, a number of the vans became visible from Mr. Grewen's location through some gaps in the foliage. We suggested to Mr. & Mrs. Grewen that one manner in which to remedy this situation would be to improve the landscaping by planting some fast growing bushes in the above mentioned areas. Mr. Grewen asked us to first explore the possibility of moving the vans to the main parking lot where the vehicles would be completely out of his line of sight. We diligently followed up on this request and have held several discussion with the District. However, we are all concerned that such a move may have a negative impact upon the homeowners closer to that location. At the March 27, 1997 Authority meeting we will be presenting the Grewen's communication to our Board with the recommendation that the landscaping improvement suggestion be pursued forthwith. As you know, we have been extremely sensitive to the conditions set forth in the CUP during the past 18 months and have made every effort to address any potential problems. Please be assured that these efforts will continue. We are always ready to meet with any of the neighbors. We will also be represented at the Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday to answer any questions. Sincerely, 6"—Z John Meyer, Administrator cc: Rosemary Humphrey, PVPTA Chair Michael Escalante, PVPUSD Paul Bussey, City of Rancho Palos Verdes SERVING THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA TRANSIT NEEDS cry olallin,AIL JODY MURDOCK Mayor B. ALLEN LAY Mayor Pro Tem THOMAS F. HEINSHEIMER Cotncimember FRANK E. HILL Counc&nember 000FREY PERNELL. D.D.S. Counalinember February 10,1997 Mr. John Meyer, Administrator Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority 38 Crest Road West Rolling Hills, CA 90274 Dear Mr. Meyer: INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO.2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377.1521 FAX: (310) 377.728e E•malt cityolrh®aoLcom Enclosed for your consideration is correspondence from Frederick J. Grewen, 25 Crestwind Road, Rancho Palos Verdes. We have also included a copy of our initial response to his correspondence. We would appreciate you providing a copy of any response that you choose provide to Mr. Grewen for our records. Thank you for your cooperation. Should you wish to discuss this further, please do not hesitate to call. Sincerely, z Craig R. Nealis City Manager CRN:mjs PVPtransit/Greu'en.ltr cc: City Council Rosemary Humphrey, Chair, PVP Transit Authority Anne Chlebicki, Superintendent of Schools Lola Ungar, Principal Planner to Pr.nte0 on ReMled Pacer • City 0/ JODY MURDOCK Mayor B. ALLEN LAY Mayor Pro Tern THOMAS F. HEINSHEIMER Councilmember FRANK E. HILL Councilmember GODFREY PERNELL, D.D.S. Councimember February 10, 1997 Mr. Frederick J. Grewen 25 Crestwind Road Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 Dear Mr. Grewen: INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377.1521 FAX (310) 377-7288 E-mail cityofrh@aol.com Thank you for your correspondence dated January 25, 1997, describing the storage of PV Transit Vans on the Palos Verdes Unified School District property. Permission to utilize the property in this manner is authorized . under an approved Rolling Hills Conditional Use Permit for that limited use. The condition that requires parallel parking for the vans was included at the request of several residents who reside south of the property in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. Their concern was to reduce early morning noise caused by the van back-up warning devices. We have forwarded a copy of your correspondence to PV Transit Administrator John Meyer for his consideration. Members of the Rolling Hills Planning Commission are scheduled to consider a status report regarding the use of this property on March 18, 1997, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Rolling Hills City Hall, 2 Portuguese Bend Road. You are more that welcome to attend that meeting. Should you need any additional information, please feel free to let me know. Sincerely, Craig R. Nealis City Manager CRN:mlk grewen.Itr cc: City Council Ann Chelbicki, Superintendent of Schools Rosemary Humphrey, Chair PV Transit Authority John Meyer, PV Transit Administrator s: Panted on Recvcle,7 P, .r rt r� January 25,1997 JAN 3 01997 Frederick J. Grewen ATI, OF 41.4.13 25 Crestwind Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 City of Rolling Hills Rolling Hill, CA 90275 Dear Sir or Madame: On June 25,1996, I spoke to your City Council about vans that were being parked along a service road that is fully visible from my house and those of my neighbors. When I told the Council that this is a new development, they told me it was apparently being done to avoid the beeping sound that the vans make when they back up in the morning. Seven months later nothing has changed. Our view is one of a beautiful green canyon, city lights and mountains. I paid handsomely for this view only to have some logistics genius make a road a parking lot. We all know that the properties on this hill have values based on the views that they afford their owners. I also don't have to tell you about the quality of life that our views give us. Since the vans have occupied our view, our quality of life and perceived property value have been diminished This, all in the interest of aiming the vans in one direction. There is a parking area designated for these vans that doesn't spoil anyone's view. In the interest of doing what is right, proper and considerate, I sincerely hope that my plea will not be ignored this time. We invited Ms. Rosemary Humphrey, Councilwoman P. V. Estates to visit our property after the meeting on June 25. She promised she would do so in the near future but we never heard from her. I expect the responsible party to do the right thing and resolve this problem without my having to take this issue beyond my own efforts. I also expect a timely response. cc: Rosemary Humphrey, PV Estates City Council cc: Rancho Palos Verdes City Council cc: Del Cerro Homeowners Association 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 1 OF 6 • 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 2 OF 6 • 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 RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 3 OF 6 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 4 OF 6 • 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 5 OF 6 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 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 i. W._,Aibr-) DEP CITY CLERK RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE6OF6 • Ciy ol R0f/L wee HEARING DATE: DECEMBER 17,1996 TO: FROM: I INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 E-mail: cityofrh@aol.com HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOLA UNGAR, PRINCIPAL PLANNER APPLICATION NO. SITE LOCATION: ZONING & SIZE: APPLICANT: REPRESENTATIVE: PUBLISHED: REOUEST ZONING CASE NO. 532A 38 CREST ROAD WEST (± 31.14 ACRE WESTERN PORTION OF LOT 74-MS) RA-S-2, ± 31.14 ACRES PALOS VERDES PENINSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (PVPTA) & PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (PVPUSD) MR. JOHN MEYER, TRANSIT AUTHORITY MANAGER DECEMBER 7,1996 Status report on a Conditional Use Permit that permits 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 the storage parking of up to 14 vans at the school district property at 38 Crest Road West, Rolling Hills, CA (±31.14 acre western portion of Lot 74-MS). Service will not be increased. BACKGROUND 1. On June 18, 1996, the Planning Commission adopted a resolution to extend the subject Conditional Use Permit for two years with reviews in December and March each year and modifying the request to increase storage parking from 10 vans to up to 14 vans. Additional conditions included the limitation that eleven vans be operational at any given time, that the Transit Authority encourage carpooling among drivers, where feasible, and that the transit service not allow vehicles to start their engines prior to .6 AM. These conditions are included in Resolution No. 96-12 that is attached. 2. Attached is a recent letter from Mr. John Meyer, Transit Authority Manager. Since the last meeting on June 18, 1996, we have not received any letters or verbal reports from nearby residents. ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE1 Printed on Recycled Paper. 2. On June 18, 1996, the Planning Commission found that the project will not have a significant effect on the environment and adopted a Negative Declaration in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the Planning Commission open the public hearing and take public testimony. ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 2 Nov-15-96 09:13A pvp'transit- P-01 Otp 310 544-7109 • PALOS VERD S PENINSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY 12;!«44 • PV TRMSIT November 5, 1996 City of Rolling Hills No. 2 Portuguese Bend Road Rolling Hills, CA 90274 38 CREST ROAD WEST ROLLING HILLS, CA 90274-7400 PHONE (310) 544-7108 FAX (310) 544-7109 Attention: Craig R. Nealis, City Manager Subject: Conditional Use Permit for PVPTA use of PVPUSD property at 38 Crest Road West Dear Mr. Nealis, Pursuant to our verbal report on the start up of the September services we would like to follow up with a report on one of the conditions in the above mentioned Conditional Use Permit. With a number of new drivers on board, we have asked our contractor to place great emphasis on the need for car pooling during their training and safety sessions. A reminder is also prominently displayed on the assignment board utilized by all the drivers. At this time approximately 20% of the drivers are in a car pool on a daily basis. Others avail themselves of the opportunity do so when their shift coincides with someone else within their geographic area. Two impediments toward car pooling have been identified: The disperse area from which these folks have to come and the fact that a number of them are part-timers who work on different shifts. Please rest assured that we will continue to monitor this situation closely. This information is presented at this time in order that it can be presented in December to the Planning Commission. We continue to be amazed at the savings created by our ability to keep the vehicles here overnight. The Agency Members as well as the school district continue to be deeply appreciative of this cooperative effort by the City of Rolling Hills. Please do not hesitate to call upon us for further information. Sincerely, John Meyer, Administrator cc: Authority Members Dr. Ann Chlebicki, PVPUSD Michael F. Escalante, PVPUSD 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 1 OF 6 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 2 OF 6 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 RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 3 OF 6 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 4 OF 6 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 meetingor 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 5 OF 6 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 ) §§ 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 DEPP CITY CLERK RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 6 OF 6 • .• £'ii, 0/1 ie0`L6It +Wtl'/B INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 Agenda Item No.: 4.B. Mtg. Date: 6/24/96 DATE: JUNE 24,1996 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ATTN: CRAIG R. NEALIS, CITY MANAGER FROM: LOLA M. UNGAR, PRINCIPAL PLANNER SUBJECT: 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. ' BACKGROUND 1. The Planning Commission approved the subject resolution on June 18, 1996 at their regular meeting. 2. The resolution extends the Conditional Use Permit for two years with reviews in December and March each year and modifying the request to increase storage parking from 10 vans to up to 14 vans. Additional conditions include the limitation that eleven vans be operational at any given time, that the Transit Authority encourage carpooling among drivers, where feasible, documentation of driver carpooling, and that the transit service not allow vehicles to start their engines prior to 6 AM. These conditions are included in draft Resolution No. 96-12 that is attached. RECOMMENDATION. It is recommended that the Planning Commission receive and file Resolution No. 96-12. ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 1 @Printer:. Uft P�: r, �., l,.r; Py(�':• I 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 1 OF 6 • • 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 2 OF 6 • • 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 RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 3 OF 6 • 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 4 OF 6 i • 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 5 OF 6 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 ) §§ 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 . ...r.0 1-Nr*D-l'E‘IT:112-11VCITY CLERK RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 6 OF 6 Cl4f 0/l2 Rotting JUL HEARING DATE: JUNE 18, 1996 TO: • INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM: .. LOLA UNGAR, PRINCIPAL PLANNER APPLICATION NO. SITE LOCATION: ZONING & SIZE: APPLICANT: REPRESENTATIVE: PUBLISHED: REOUEST ZONING CASE NO. 532A 38 CREST ROAD WEST (± 31.14 ACRE WESTERN PORTION OF LOT 74-MS) RA-S-2, ± 31.14 ACRES PALOS VERDES PENINSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (PVPTA) & PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (PVPUSD) MR. MICHAEL F. ESCALANTE MAY 11, 1996 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 up to 14 vans at the school district property at 38 Crest Road West, Rolling Hills, CA (±31.14 acre western portion of Lot 74-MS). BACKGROUND 1. On May 21, 1996, the Planning Commission directed staff to prepare a resolution to extend the Conditional Use Permit for two years with reviews in December and March each year and modifying the request to increase storage parking from 10 vans to up to 14 vans. Additional conditions included the limitation that eleven vans be operational at any given time, that the Transit Authority encourage carpooling among drivers, where feasible, and that the transit service not allow vehicles to start their engines prior to 6 AM and are included in draft Resolution No. 96-12 that is attached. 2. 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 ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 1 Printed on Recycled Paper. • • CEQA Guidelines. The public notice of the Planning Commission's intent to recommend approval of the Negative Declaration was published on May 11, 1996. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the Planning Commission review the Negative Declaration and draft Resolution No. 96-12. ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 2 • • DRAFT 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 1 OF 6 • • DRAFT 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 2 OF 6 i • DRAFT 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 RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 3 OF 6 • • DRAFT 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 4 OF 6 • • DRAFT 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. 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. RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 5 OF 6 DRAFT PASSED AND ADOPTED ON THE 18TH DAY OF JUNE, 1996. ALLAN ROBERTS, CHAIRMAN ATTEST: MARILYN L. KERN, DEPUTY CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CITY OF ROLLING HILLS §§ 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: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: and in compliance with the laws of California was posted at the following: Administrative Offices DEPUTY CITY CLERK RESOLUTION NO. 96-12 PAGE 6 OF 6 • Ci4f 0/ R0ft1 g JUL NEGATIVE DECLARATION PROJECT: ZONING CASE NO. 532A INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377.1521 FAX: (310) 377.7288 Application has been filed with the City of Rolling Hills for approval of the project known as Zoning Case No. 532A to be located at the annroximately 32 acre western nortion of Lot 74-MS and currently 38 Crest Road West. Rolling Hills. CA and to be implemented by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District. The request is briefly described as: ZONING CASE NO. 532A, 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 up to 14 vans. Service will not be increased. Pursuant to the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines of the City of Rolling Hills, the Lead Authority has analyzed the project and determined that the project will not have a significant impact on the environment. Based on this finding, the Lead Authority prepared this NEGATIVE DECLARATION. FINDINGS OF NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT: BASED ON THE ATTACHED INITIAL STUDY, AND CONDITION(S) (IF APPLICABLE), IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. A period of at least 20 days from the date of publication of the notice of this NEGATIVE DECLARATION will be provided to enable public review of the project specifications, the Initial Study and this document prior to the final adoption of the NEGATIVE DECLARATION by the Lead Authority. A copy of the project specifications is on file in the offices of The City of Rolling Hills. 2 Portuguese Bend Road. Rolling Hills. CA 90274., Date: Mav 9. 1996 By: Lola Ungar,rincipal Planner ®Pr Wed n P:•, ,. , • City ol Jh//J • INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION FORM Date Filed Mav 9. 1996 Zoning Case No. 532A GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Applicant(s) Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District. Valmonte 8dministration Center Tel. (310) 378-9966 Address 3801 Via La Selva. Palos Verdes Estates. CA 90274 2. Legal Owner(s) SAME Tel. (310) 378-9966 Address SAME 3. Project Address 38 Crest Road West Assessor's Book No. 7569 - 022 - 900 Lot No. Western portion of Lot 74 4. Other related permits and other public approvals required for this project, including those required by city, regional, state and federal agencies: Conditional Use Permit 5. Existing zoning district RA-S-2 6. Proposed project/use of site 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 narking from 10 vans to up to 14 vans. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 7. Site size ±31.14 ACRES 8. Net lot area ±27.58 ACRES 9. Total square footage of structures 47.300 square feet (13 structures) 10. Number of floors of construction One 11. Basement square footage N/A 12. Total combined flatwork and structural lot coverage N/A 13. Will any exterior walls be removed or relocated? Which walls? N/A INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 1 ®Pnnte d r,n 14. Will any interior walls be removed or relocated? Which walls? LYLA 15. Will the entire building structure require a new roof? N/A 16. Will the existing roof remain intact, with less than 200 square feet added? N/A 17. Will cut and fill be balanced? Amount cut N/A Amount fill NLA 18. Area of disturbance. Square feet N/A Percentage of lot 1NLA 19. If residential, include the unit size. Square feet N/A 20. If commercial, indicate the type of project, whether neighborhood, city or regionally oriented, square footage of sales area, estimated employment per shift and loading facilities. N/A 21. If industrial, indicate the type of project, estimated employment per shift, and loading facilities. N/A 22. If institutional, indicate the major function, estimated employment per shift, estimated occupancy, loading facilities, and community benefits to be derived from the project. Regional transportation project to provide public transportation - Up to 14 drivers and 3 Dart -time office staff. 23. Attach plans. 24. Proposed scheduling. Extend use. 25. If the project involves a site plan review, variance, conditional use or rezoning application, state this and indicate clearly why the application is required. 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 be used by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority for administrative uses and modify the permit from the storage parking only of 10 vans to permit up to 14 vans. Are the following items applicable to the project or its effects? Discuss below all items checked yes (attach additional sheets as necessary). • YES LLQ X 26. Change in existing features of any bays, tidelands, beaches, lakes or hills, or substantial alteration of ground contours. X 27. Change in scenic views or vistas from existing residential areas or public lands or roads. X 28. Change in pattern, scale or character of general area of project. 29. Significant amounts of solid waste or litter. X 30. Change in dust, ash, smoke, fumes, or odors in vicinity. INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 2 YES NS/ X 31. Change in ocean, bay, lake, stream or ground water quality or quantity, or alteration of existing draining patterns. X 32. Substantial change in existing noise or vibration levels in the vicinity. _X_ 33. Site on filled land or on slope of 10 percent or more. • X 34. Use or disposal of potentially hazardous materials, such as toxic substances, flammable or explosives. X 35. Substantial change in demand for municipal services (police, fire, water, sewage, etc.). X 36. Substantially increased fossil fuel consumption (electricity, oil, natural gas, etc.). X 37. Relationship to a larger project or series of projects. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING 38. Describe the project site as it exists before the project, including information on topography, soil stability, plants and animals, and any cultural, historical or scenic aspects. Describe any existing structures on the site, and the use of the structures. Attach photographs of the site. Snapshots or polaroid photos will be accepted. The nroiect site is a large ±31,14 acre Parcel consisting of undulating hillsides and knolls covered by grasses, and mature shrubs and trees, with some areas being heavily wooded. Currently. there are 12 one-story structures at the site. They consist of 7 school buildings. I maintenance building. I warehouse building. 1 comnuter/office eauinment repair building. 1 vehicle repair shoo, and 1 administration building. A long tree lined driveway off Crest Road West outside the City of Rolling Hills' gates beginning at the westernmost Portion of the lot serves as the accesswav to the Palos Verdes School District property. The school district is requesting to extend and modify a Conditional Use Permit to Hermit portions of school district nronertv used for a maintenance and warehouse facility at the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District property to be used by a joint powers transit agency for administrative uses and increase storage narking from 10 vans to un to 14 vans at the site. There will not be any increase in service. The site will continue to be used for the Rancho Del Mar Continuation High School and the storage and maintenance of school district vehicles and equipment. Native brush grows on the steen slone at the rear of the lot. Trees and shrubs surround the existing facility at the south. west and north. with native plants, grasses. shrubs. and trees beyond the facility area. Native birds and animals freauent the area such as sparrows, crows. raccoons, possum. skunks. gophers and an occasional fox, 39. Describe the surrounding properties, including information on plants and animals and any cultural, historical or scenic aspects. Indicate the type of land use (residential, commercial, etc.), intensity of land use (one -family, guest house, office use, etc.) and scale of development (height, frontage, set -back, rear yard, etc.). Attach photographs of the vicinity. Snapshots or polaroid photos will be accepted. The site is located within a one unit per 2-acre designation and is surrounded at the north and west by one-story ranch style development with agricultural outbuildings. The Mary & Joseph Retreat property and St. John Fisher Church property. respectively. are located directly to the west of the school district property in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. One and two story residential housing in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes is located to the southwest. INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ("Yes" and "maybe" answers are explained). 40. Earth. Will the proposal result in: a. Unstable earth conditions or in changes in geologic substructures? b. Disruptions, displacements, compaction or overcovering of the soil? c. Change in topography or ground surface relief features? d. The destruction, covering or modification of any unique geologic or physical features? e. Any increase in wind or water erosion of soils, either on or off the site? f. Changes in deposition or erosion of beach sands, or changes in siltation, deposition or erosion which may modify the channel of a river or stream or the bed of the ocean or any bay, inlet or lake? g• Exposure of people or property to geologic hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, mud slides, ground failure, or similar hazards? The proposed use will not require any development on the site: 41. , Air. Will the proposal result in: a. Substantial air emissions or deterioration of ambient air quality? YES MAYBE NQ X X X X X_ X X b. The creation of objectionable odors? _ _ X c. Alteration of air movement, moisture or temperature, or any change in climate, either locally or regionally? X The proposed use will not generate or increase vehicle trios. Service will not be increased. It is determined that there will be approximately 40 average daily trips (ADT) by 10 of the 14 stored vans. Ten transit agency vans will leave and return approximately 2 times a day. The total number of vehicle trios are eauivalent to the total ADT of up to 4 single family residences which averag 1DT's per residence. Regionally. the ADT's of the transit agency vans are shortened because it will not be necessary for the vans to travel from and to the Lone Beach maintenance facility 4 times a day during "down" time. The impact on air aualitv in the City of Rolling.Bills will be less than significant., 42. Water. Will the proposal result in: a. Changes in currents, or the course or direction of water movements, in either marine or fresh waters? _ X b. Changes in absorption rates, drainage patterns, or the rate and amount of surface water runoff? X INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 4 c. Alterations to the course or flow of flood waters? d. Change in the amount of surface water in any water body? e. Discharge into surface waters, or in any alteration of surface water quality, including but not limited to temperature, dissolved oxygen or turbidity? f. Alteration of the direction or rate of flow of ground waters? g• Change in the quantity of ground waters, either through direct additions or withdrawals, or through interception of an aquifer by cuts or excavations? h. Substantial reduction in the amount of water otherwise available for public water supplies? i. Exposure of people or property to water -related hazards such as flooding or tidal waves? Significant changes in the temperature, flow, or chemical content of surface thermal springs? YES MAYBE Ma X X The proposed use will not reauire any development on the site and the impact generated from the storage parking only of 14 vans will be less than significant. 43. Plant Life. Will the proposal result in: a. Change in the diversity of species, or number of any species of plants (including tress, shrubs, grass, crops, microflora and aquatic plants)? b. Reduction of the numbers of any unique, rare or endangered species of plants? c. Introduction of new species of plants into an area, or in a barrier to the normal replenishment of existing species? d Reduction in acreage of any agricultural crop? The proposed use will not reauire any development on the site. No known rare and endangered species of plants exist in the City. The impact of the current proposal is expected to be less than significant. 44. Animal Life. Will the proposal result in: a. Change in the diversity of species, or numbers of any species or numbers of any species of animals (birds, land animals including reptiles, fish and shellfish, benthic organisms, insects or microfauna)? b. Reduction of the numbers of any unique, rare or endangered species of animals? INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 5 c. Introduction of new species of animals into an area, or result in a barrier to the migration or movement of animals? d. Deterioration to existing fish or wildlife habitat? YES MAYBE hISI X X The oronosed use will not require any development on the site. The only animal listed by the Federal Government is the Palos Verdes Blue, a butterfly which had not been seen in the Rolling Hills area from 1986 to 1994. In 1994. the Palos Verdes Blue was seen at the nearby San Pedro Fuel Depot Station. Several other animals do occur, however, that are considered as candidates for protection by either the Federal Government or the State Government. The California gnatcatcher. the Cactus wren. and the Coast horned lizard are targeted snecies being studied by the State of California Denartment of Fish and Game. The impact of the proposed use of portions of a maintenance and warehouse facility area of school district nronertv to be used by a ioint powers transit agency for administrative uses and the storage parking only of up to 14 vans at the site is expected to be less than significant. 45. Noise. Will the proposal result in: a. Increases in existing noise levels? X b. Exposure of people to severe noise levels? X Conditions reauire that the transit vehicles must be parked in such a manner so as to prevent and prohibit the backing up of vehicles. 46. Light and Glare. Will the proposal produce new light or glare? _ X The proposed use will not reauire any development on the site. Ten of the 14 joint powers transit agency vans will leave and return approximately 2 times a day. The use of running lights will be required only during dense fob early winter evenings. Vans will access the the school district site from outside the City. Dense landscape screening surrounds the school district site at the west. north and east. Light and glare impacts therefore are expected to be less than significant. 47. Land Use. Will the proposal result in a substantial alteration of the present or planned land use of an area? _ _ X 48. Natural Resources. Will the proposal result in: a. Increase in the rate of use of any natural resources? X b. Substantial depletion of any nonrenewable natural resource? _ X 49. Risk of Upset. Will the proposal involve: a. A risk of an explosion or the release of hazardous substances (including, but not limited to, oil, pesticides, chemical or radiation) in the event of an accident or upset conditions? X b. Possible interference with an emergency response plan or an emergency evacuation plan? X 50. Population. Will the proposal alter the location, distribution, density, or growth rate of the human population of an area? _ X INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 6 YES MAYBE NQ 51. Housing. Will the proposal affect existing housing, or create a demand for additional housing? 52. Transportation/Circulation. Will the proposal result in: a. Generation of substantial additional vehicular movement? The proposed use will not generate or increase in vehicle trios. It is determined that although there will be approximately 14 stored at the site. the average daily trios (ADT) will remain the same with 10 vans leaving and returning approximately 2 times a day outside the gates of the City of Rolling Hills The total number of vehicle tries are equivalent to the total ADT of 4 single family residences which average 10 ADT Der residence. Access to the school district site will be from outside the gates of the City of Rolling Hills. This is considered less than significant. b. Effects on existing parking facilities, or demand for new parking? _ X The proposed use will not effect narking facilities or demand for new parking. The transit agency vans are proposed to be stored in a tree -shaded asphalt paved area near the west end of the Property__outside school district fencing. This is considered less than significant. c. Substantial impact upon existing transportation systems? _ X The proposed use will not impact existing transportation systems. The transit agency vans are proposed to be stored in a tree -shaded asphalt paved area near the west end of the nronerty outside school district fencing and access will be from outside the gates of the City of Rolling Hillsd. This is considered less than significant. d. Alterations to present patterns of circulation or movement of people and/or goods? _ X The proposed use will not impact or alter the present patterns of circulation or movement of people and/or goods. The transit anencv vans are proposed to be stored in a tree -shaded asphalt paved area near the west end of the property outside school district fencing and access will be from outside the City of Rolling Hills: This is considered less than significant. e. Alterations to waterborne, rail or air traffic? _ X f. Increase in traffic hazards to motor vehicles? _ X The proposed use will not require any development on the site and there will be no increase to traffic hazards to, motor vehicles. Access to the school district site will be from outside the gates of the City of Rolling Hills. Other mitigation measures required are: The storage narking only area at the western portion of the property designated for the vans shall be striped and marked "For Van Storage Parking Only." 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. INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 7 Speed limit signs have been installed by the applicant on the internal driveway of the site: Maintenance of the transit vans shall not take place at the school district property but. at an off -site repair facility,,. 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. YES MAYBE_ 11.Q 53. Public Services. Will the proposal have an effect upon, or result in a need for new or altered governmental services in any of the following areas: a. Fire protection? _ _ X b. Police protection? _ _ X c. Schools? _ _ X d. Parks or other recreational facilities? X e. Maintenance of public facilities, including roads? _ _ X f. Other governmental services? 54. Energy. Will the proposal result in: a. Use of substantial amounts of fuel or energy? _ _ X X_ b. Substantial increase in demand upon existing sources of energy, or require the development of new sources of energy? _ _ X 55. Utilities. Will the proposal result in a need for new systems, or substantial alterations to the following utilities: a. Power or natural gas? b. Communications systems? c. Water? d. Sewer or septic tanks? e. Storm water drainage? f. Solid waste and disposal? 56. Human Health. Will the proposal result in: X X X X a. Creation of any health hazard or potential health hazard excluding mental health? — — X b. Exposure of people to potential health hazards? _ X INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 8 • 57. Aesthetics. Will the proposal result in the obstruction of any scenic vista or view open to the public, or will the proposal result in the creation of an aesthetically offensive site open to public view? 58. Recreation. Will the proposal result in an impact upon the quality or quantity of existing recreational opportunities? 59. Cultural Resources. a. Will the proposal result in the alteration of or the destruction of a prehistoric or historic archeological site? b. Will the proposal result in adverse physical or aesthetic effects to a prehistoric or historic building, structure, or object? c. Does the proposal have the potential to cause a physical change which would affect unique ethnic cultural values? d. Will the proposal restrict existing religious or sacred uses within the potential impact area? 60. Mandatory Findings of Significance. a. Does the project have the potential to degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory? b. Does the project have the potential to achieve short-term, to the disadvantage of long-term, environmental goals? (A short- term impact on the environment is one which occurs in a relatively brief, definitive period of time while long-term impacts will endure well into the future.) Does the project have impacts which are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable? (A project may affect two or more separate resources where the impact is relatively small, but where the effect of the total of those impacts on the environment is significant.) d Does the project have environmental effects which will cause substantial adverse effect on human beings, either directly or indirectly? INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 9 YES MAYBE N X X X • NOTE: Before the Lead Agency can accept this application as complete, the applicant must consult the lists prepared pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code and submit a signed statement indicating whether the project and any alternatives are located on a site which is included on any such list, and shall specify any list. HAZARDOUS WASTE AND SUBSTANCES STATEMENT The development project and any alternatives proposed in this application are contained on the lists compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code. Accordingly, the project applicant is required to submit a signed statement which contains the following information: 1. Name of applicant: Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District. Valmonte Administration Center 2. Address: 3801 Via La Selva. Palos Verdes Estates. CA 90274 3. Phone Number: (310) 378-9966 4. Address of Site (street name and number if available, and ZIP code): 38Crest Road West 5. Local Agency (city/county): City of Rolling Hills 6. Assessor's book, page, and parcel number: 7569, - 022 , - 900 Lot No. Western nortion of Lot 74 7. Specify any list pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code: STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAZARDOUS WASTE AND SUBSTANCES SITES LIST (available at City Hall). 8. Regulatory identification number: Unknown 9. Date of List: DECEMBER 1994 Date MAY 9. 1996 For (2e6 Zert Signature AGENCY - J CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the statements furnished above and in the attached exhibits present the data and information required for this initial evaluation to the best of my ability, and that the facts, statements, and information presented are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Date MAY 9. 1996 For CITY OF ROLLING HILLS AGENCY INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 10 000 On the basis of this initial evaluation: (check one) X I find the proposed project COULD NOT have a significant effect on the environment, and a NEGATIVE DECLARATION will be prepared. I find that although the proposed project could have a significant effect on the environment, there will not be a significant effect in this case because the mitigation measures described on an attached sheet have been added to the project. A NEGATIVE DECLARATION has been prepared. I find the project MAY have a significant effect on the environment, and an ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT is required. Date MAY 9. 1996 INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 11 By: LOLA M. UNGAR, PRIM PAL PLANNER For the City of Rolling Hills (Lead Agency) C4e ol Rolling JdPP, HEARING DATE: MAY 21, 1996 TO: FROM: INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOLA UNGAR, PRINCIPAL PLANNER APPLICATION NO. SITE LOCATION: ZONING & SIZE: APPLICANT: REPRESENTATIVE: PUBLISHED: REOUEST ZONING CASE NO. 532A 38 CREST ROAD WEST (± 31.14 ACRE WESTERN PORTION OF LOT 74-MS) RA-S-2, ± 31.14 ACRES PALOS VERDES PENINSULA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (PVPTA) & PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (PVPUSD) MR. MICHAEL F. ESCALANTE MARCH 9, 1996 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 up to 14 vans at the school district property at 38 Crest Road West, Rolling Hills, CA (±31.14 acre western portion of Lot 74-MS). BACKGROUND 1. On October 17, 1995, the Planning Commission approved transit authority limited uses in accordance with attached Resolution No. 95-16. The school district is applying to extend the Conditional Use Permit because the previous Conditional Use Permit required that the Planning Commission review this case in March, 1996 and once again, prior to its expiration on June 30, 1996. The only modification to the conditional use is the request to increase storage parking from 10 vans to up to 14 vans at the school district property for storage parking only. Otherwise, the extra vans would have to pay rental at the Long Beachmaintenance facility. There will not be any increase in van service. Printed on Recycled Paper. • • Previously at the meeting on March 19, 1996, the Planning Commission requested that the Transit Authority address the following concerns of the Commission: • Morning departure time of transit vans (earlier than originally proposed and "down time" previous to first run); • The running of vans on weekends; and • Number of vehicles. Staff duly notified property owners within a 1,000 foot radius of the property, transit authority and school district representatives of this public hearing. We requested that the school district give a report responding to residents' concerns about the transit authority uses at the school district site. A letter from Commissioner Arvel Witte is attached. 2. The project as conditioned permits portions of school district property used as a maintenance and warehouse facility to be used by a joint powers transit authority for limited administrative uses and the storage parking only of up to 14 vans at the site. The site continues to be used for the storage and maintenance of school district vehicles and equipment. The Conditional Use Permit permits the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority to use 500 square feet of the northernmost portion of a 7,600 square foot warehouse for limited administrative uses and 3,500 square feet of an existing asphalt paved area of school district property for the storage parking only of 14 vans. There are no transportation services behind the gates of the City of Rolling Hills and the City is not spending any funds to support the transportation services. Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority and Palos Verdes Peninsula School District representatives will be in attendance at the meeting. 3. 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 site is located within a one unit per 2-acre designation and is surrounded at the north and west by one-story ranch style development with agricultural outbuildings. The Mary & Joseph Retreat property and St. John Fisher Church property, respectively, are located directly to the west of the school district property in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. One and two story residential housing in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes is located to the southwest. 4. 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. 5. 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. (At that time, it appears that the maintenance of the school buses was the most objectionable issue). 6. Pursuant to the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines of the City of Rolling Hills, Planning staff has analyzed the proposed request. After reviewing the Initial Study and any applicable mitigating measures for the project, staff has determined that this project will not have a significant effect on the environment. Accordingly, a Negative Declaration has been prepared. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the Planning Commission review the current status of Zoning Case No. 532A, the Negative Declaration and take public testimony. RESOLUTION NO. 95-16 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR JOINT POWERS TRANSIT AUTHORITY LIMITED USES IN ZONING CASE NO. 532. THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section L On August 7, 1995, applications were 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 (1) to amend the Rolling Hills Zoning Ordinance to allow joint powers transit authority uses as a conditionally permitted use in the RA-S-2 Zone; and (2) a Conditional Use Permit to allow portions of school district property used as a maintenance and warehouse facility at the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District property to be used by a joint powers transit authority for administrative uses and the storage parking only of 10 vans at the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Crest Road property at 38 Crest Road West, Rolling Hills, CA (±31.14 acre western portion of Lot 74-MS). Section 2. 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. Section 3. 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. Section 4. Applications were made for the subject project by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District on August 7, 1995. On August 17, 1995, 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 RESOLUTION NO. 95-16 PAGE 1 OF 6 • • recommend approval of the Negative Declaration waspublishedon August 31, 1995. PP g g Copies of the Negative Declaration were sent to adjacent cities and other government agencies. No comments on the Negative Declaration were received. Section! 5 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 6. 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 7. 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 10 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 2,500 square feet of an existing asphalt paved area of school district property for the storage parking only of 10 vans. Section 8. The Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing to consider the applications on September 19, 1995 and October 17, 1995. 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 representatives were in attendance at the hearing. Section 9. 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 could 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 10. On October 17, 1995, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. 95-15 which recommended the adoption of an ordinance to authorize joint power transit authority limited uses in the RA-S-2 Zone. The Conditional Use Permit requested by the applicant is, therefore, dependent on the City Council's adoption of this ordinance. Section 11. With respect to the request for a Conditional Use Permit for administrative uses and the storage parking only of 10 vans by a joint powers transit authority, the Planning Commission finds: A. The granting of a Conditional Use Permit for administrative uses and the storage parking only of 10 vans by a joint powers transit authority would be consistent RESOLUTION NO. 95-16 PAGE 2 OF 6 A. The g g rantin of a Conditional Use Permit for administrative uses and the storage parking only of 10 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 in the community 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, traffic will be decreased on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, fuel consumption will be reduced on the Peninsula, and air quality of the Peninsula will be preserved. 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 10 vans will not adversely affect or be materially detrimental to these adjacent uses, buildings, or structures because the existing structures are sufficiently screened and will not impact the view or privacy of surrounding neighbors. C. The project is harmoniou's 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 10 vans will comply with the low profile residential development pattern of the community and 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 10 vans will not require any 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 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 10 vans will not require any development at the site and access will be outside the gates of the City. Section 12. Based upon the foregoing findings, the Planning Commission approves the request for a Conditional Use Permit in Zoning Case No. 532 to allow joint powers transit authority limited administrative uses and the storage parking only of 10 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 13. The Conditional Use Permit approval shall not take effect until the effective date of an ordinance adopted by the City Council authorizing joint powers transit authority limited uses in the RA-S-2 Zone. Section 13. The Planning Commission's approval of a Conditional Use Permit in Zoning Case No. 532 to allow joint powers transit authority limited administrative uses RESOLUTION NO. 95-16 PAGE 3 OF 6 • • A. The Conditional Use Permit approval shall not take effect until the effective date of an ordinance adopted by the City Council authorizing joint powers transit authority limited uses in the RA-S-2 Zone. B. The Conditional Use Permit shall expire on June 30, 1996 unless extended by the Planning Commission prior to that date. C. 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. D. 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. E. 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. F. Administrative office space shall be limited to 500 square feet of the 7,600 square foot warehouse building. G. The 2,500 square foot storage parking only area at the western portion of the property designated for 10 transit vans shall be striped and marked "For Van Storage Parking Only." H. The vehicles shall be parked in such a manner so as to prevent and prohibit the backing up of vehicles. I. 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. J. Speed limit signs shall be installed by the applicant on the internal driveway of the site. K. Maintenance of the 10 transit vans shall not take place at the school district property but, at an off -site repair facility. L. 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. M. The applicant and other affected agencies shall coordinate a meeting or meetings with area residents regarding their concerns (i.e., noise abatement, car pooling, RESOLUTION NO. 95-16 PAGE 4 OF 6 • . . starting times, housekeeping on the site, etc.) prior to the March, 1996 Planning Commission meeting. N. At the March, 1996 Planning Commission meeting, the applicant shall submit a report on the actions taken to decrease noises on the site, which may include measurements, tests or other acoustical evaluation. O. The applicant and City staff shall schedule a public hearing before the Planning Commission at the Commission's March, 1996 meeting to hear a status report on the uses approved by this application. P. 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. Q. The applicant shall execute an Affidavit of Acceptance of all conditions of this Conditional Use Permit approval, or the approval shall not be effective. PASSED AND ADOPTED ON THE 17TH DAY OF OCTOBERt,1995 ALLAN ROBERTS, CHAIRMAN ATTEST: s`L,6 MARI,LYN L. KERN, CITY CLERK RESOLUTION NO. 95-16 PAGE 5 OF 6 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CITY OF ROLLING HILLS • ) §§ • I certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 95-16 entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ROLLING HILLS GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR JOINT POWERS TRANSIT AUTHORITY LIMITED USES IN ZONING CASE NO. 532. was approved and adopted at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission on October 17, 1995 by the following roll call vote: AYES: Commissioners Frost, Hankins, Raine, 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 RESOLUTION NO. 95-16 PAGE 6 OF 6 • S. 112444)14e,t-n' APR 2 5 1996 CITY OF BC HILLS By__ 4A-‘ /-44 avid4 .5./444/14ix.& r6Lz ‘a 4ieitn441 • •eint44)-- vfr1&d) •(/W---- ;4 di44l //? alaa/i1V -2;4- Gfr/4/ 41-7(4-24 , 4,a4-getai, 14..t441e114 41 PL- •City oi leoffing -Alla NEGATIVE DECLARATION PROJECT: ZONING CASE NO. 532A • INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 Application has been filed with the City of Rolling Hills for approval of the project known as Zoning Case No. 532A to be located at the approximately 32 acre western portion of Lot 74-MS and currently 38 Crest Road West. Rolling Hills. CA and to be implemented by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District. The request is briefly described as: ZONING CASE NO. 532A, 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 up to 14 vans. Service will not be increased. Pursuant to the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines of the City of Rolling Hills, the Lead Authority has analyzed the project and determined that the project will not have a significant impact on the environment. Based on this finding, the Lead Authority prepared this NEGATIVE DECLARATION. FINDINGS OF NO SIGNIFICANT EH bCT: BASED ON THE ATTACHED INITIAL STUDY, AND CONDITION(S) (IF APPLICABLE), IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. A period of at least 20 days from the date of publication of the notice of this NEGATIVE DECLARATION will be provided to enable public review of the project specifications, the Initial Study and this document prior to the final adoption of the NEGATIVE DECLARATION by the Lead Authority. A copy of the project specifications is on file in the offices of The City of Rolling Hills. 2 Portuguese Bend Road. Rolling Hills. CA 90274. Date: Mav 9. 1996 By: Lola Ungar,rincipal Planner tia Prnted on R,,.Vr. I k.,.t F: r Date Filed Mav 9. 1996 • Ci4 0/ R0ff4 JJ.•fP, ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION FORM • INCORPORATED JANUARY 24, 1957 NO. 2 PORTUGUESE BEND ROAD ROLLING HILLS, CALIF. 90274 (310) 377-1521 FAX: (310) 377-7288 Zoning Case No. 532A GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Applicant(s) Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District. Valmonte Administration Center Tel. (3101378-9966 Address 3801 Via La Selva. Palos Verdes Estates. CA 90274 2. Legal Owner(s) SAME Tel. (3101378-9966 Address SAME 3. Project Address 38 Crest Road West Assessor's Book No. 7569 - 022 - 900 Lot No. Western portion of Lot 74 4. Other related permits and other public approvals required for this project, including those required by city, regional, state and federal agencies: Conditional Use Permit 5. Existing zoning district RA-S-2 6. Proposed project/use of site 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 un to 14 vans. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 7. Site size ±31.14 ACRES 8. Net lot area ±27.58 ACRES 9. Total square footage of structures 47.300 square feet (13 structures). 10. Number of floors of construction One 11. Basement square footage N/A 12. Total combined flatwork and structural lot coverage N/A 13. Will any exterior walls be removed or relocated? Which walls? N/A INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 1 Pnnted 14. Will any interior walls be removed or relocated? Which walls? N/A 15. Will the entire building structure require a new roof? N/A 16. Will the existing roof remain intact, with less than 200 square feet added? N/A 17. Will cut and fill be balanced? Amount cut NIA Amount fill NIA 18. Area of disturbance. Square feet N/A Percentage of lot N/A 19. If residential, include the unit size. Square feet N/A, 20. If commercial, indicate the type of project, whether neighborhood, city or regionally oriented, square footage of sales area, estimated employment per shift and loading facilities. N/A 21. If industrial, indicate the type of project, estimated employment per shift, and loading facilities. N/A 22. If institutional, indicate the major function, estimated employment per shift, estimated occupancy, loading facilities, and community benefits to be derived from the project. Regional transportation project to provide public transportation - Up to 14 drivers and 3 part-time office staff. 23. Attach plans. 24. Proposed scheduling. Extend use. 25.. If the project involves a site plan review, variance, conditional use or rezoning application, state this and indicate clearly why the application is required. 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 be used by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority for administrative uses and modify the permit from the storage parking only of 10 vans to permit up to 14 vans. Are the following items applicable to the project or its effects? Discuss below all items checked yes (attach additional sheets as necessary). YES NO. X 26. Change in existing features of any bays, tidelands, beaches, lakes or hills, or substantial alteration of ground contours. X 27. Change in scenic views or vistas from existing residential areas or public lands or roads. X 28. Change in pattern, scale or character of general area of project. X 29. Significant amounts of solid waste or litter. X 30. Change in dust, ash, smoke, fumes, or odors in vicinity. INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 2 YES HQ X 31. Change in ocean, bay, lake, stream or ground water quality or quantity, or alteration of existing draining patterns. X 32. Substantial change in existing noise or vibration levels in the vicinity. X 33. Site on filled land or on slope of 10 percent or more. X 34. Use or disposal of potentially hazardous materials, such as toxic substances, flammable or explosives. X 35. Substantial change in demand for municipal services (police, fire, water, sewage, etc.). X 36. Substantially increased fossil fuel consumption (electricity, oil, natural gas, etc.). X 37. Relationship to a larger project or series of projects. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING 38. Describe the project site as it exists before the project, including information on topography, soil stability, plants and animals, and any cultural, historical or scenic aspects. Describe any existing structures on the site, and the use of the structures. Attach photographs of the site. Snapshots or polaroid photos will be accepted. The project site is a large ±31.14 acre parcel consisting of undulating hillsides and knolls covered by grasses. and mature shrubs and trees, with some areas being heavily wooded. Currently, there are 12 one-story structures at the site. They consist of 7 school buildings. 1 maintenance building. 1 warehouse building. 1 computer/office eauinment repair building. 1 vehicle repair shop, and 1 administration building, A long tree lined driveway off Crest Road West outside the City of Rolling Hills' gates beginning at the westernmost portion of the lot serves as the accesswav to the Palos Verdes School District property., The school district is reauesting to extend and modify a Conditional Use Permit to permit portions of school district property used for a maintenance and warehouse facility at the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District property to be used by a joint powers transit agency for administrative uses and increase storage narking from 10 vans to up to 14 vans at the site. There will not be any increase in service. The site will continue to be used for the Rancho Del Mar Continuation High School and the storage and maintenance of school district vehicles and equipment. Native brush grows on the steep slope at the rear of the lot. Trees and shrubs surround the existin .facility at the, south. west and north. with native plants. grasses, shrubs. and trees beyond the facility area. Native birds and animals frequent the area such as sparrows. crows. raccoons. possum. skunks. gophers and an occasional fox. 39. Describe the surrounding properties, including information on plants and animals and any cultural, historical or scenic aspects. Indicate the type of land use (residential, commercial, etc.), intensity of land use (one -family, guest house, office use, etc.) and scale of development (height, frontage, set -back, rear yard, etc.). Attach photographs of the vicinity. Snapshots or polaroid photos will be accepted. The site is located within a one unit per 2-acre designation and is surrounded at the north and west by one-story ranch style development with agricultural outbuildings. The Mary & Joseph Retreat nroner y and St. John Fisher Church property. respectively, are located directly to the west of the school district property in the city of Rancho Palos Verdes. One and two story residential housing in the City of.ancho Palos Verdes is located to the southwest. INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ("Yes" and "maybe" answers are explained). YES MAYBE LyQ 40. Earth. Will the proposal result in: a. Unstable earth conditions or in changes in geologic substructures? b. Disruptions, displacements, compaction or overcovering of the soil? c. Change in topography or ground surface relief features? d. The destruction, covering or modification of any unique geologic or physical features? e. Any increase in wind or water erosion of soils, either on or off the site? f. Changes in deposition or erosion of beach sands, or changes in siltation, deposition or erosion which may modify the channel of a river or stream or the bed of the ocean or any bay, inlet or lake? g• Exposure of people or property to geologic hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, mud slides, ground failure, or similar hazards? The nronosed use will not reauire any development on the site. 41. Air. Will the proposal result in: a. Substantial air emissions or deterioration of ambient air quality? b. The creation of objectionable odors? c. Alteration of air movement, moisture or temperature, or any change in climate, either locally or regionally? The nronosed use will not generate or increase vehicle trios. Service will not be increased. It is determined that there will be approximately 40 average daily trios (ADT) by 10 of the 14 stored vans. Ten transit agency vans will leave and return approximately 2 times a day. The total number of vehicle trips are eauivalent to the total ADT of up to 4 single family residences which average 10 ADT's per residence. Regionally. the ADT's of the transit agency vans are shortened because it will not be necessary for the vans to travel from and to the Lone Beach maintenance facility 4 times a day during "down" time. The impact on air quality in the City of Rolling Hills will be less than ggnificant. 42. Water. Will the proposal result in: a. Changes in currents, or the course or direction of water movements, in either marine or fresh waters? _ _ _X b. Changes in absorption rates, drainage patterns, or the rate and amount of surface water runoff? _ _3 , INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 4 • e c. Alterations to the course or flow of flood waters? d. Change in the amount of surface water in any water body? e. Discharge into surface waters, or in any alteration of surface water quality, including but not limited to temperature, dissolved oxygen or turbidity? f. Alteration of the direction or rate of flow of ground waters? g• Change in the quantity of ground waters, either through direct additions or withdrawals, or through interception of an aquifer by cuts or excavations? h. Substantial reduction in the amount of water otherwise available for public water supplies? i. Exposure of people or property to water -related hazards such as flooding or tidal waves? J• Significant changes in the temperature, flow, or chemical content of surface thermal springs? YES MAYBE bl.Q X The proposed use will not require any development on the site and the impact generated from the storage narking only of 14 vans will be less than significant. 43. Plant Life. Will the proposal result in: a. Change in the diversity of species, or number of any species of plants (including tress, shrubs, grass, crops, microflora and aquatic plants)? b. Reduction of the numbers of any unique, rare or endangered species of plants? c. Introduction of new species of plants into an area, or in a barrier to the normal replenishment of existing species? d. Reduction in acreage of any agricultural crop? X The proposed use will not require any development on the site. No known rare and endangered species of plants exist in the City. The impact of the current proposal is expected to be less than significant. 44. Animal Life. Will the proposal result in: a. Change in the diversity of species, or numbers of any species or numbers of any species of animals (birds, land animals including reptiles, fish and shellfish, benthic organisms, insects or microfauna)? b. Reduction of the numbers of any unique, rare or endangered species of animals? INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 5 • c. Introduction of new species of animals into an area, or result in a barrier to the migration or movement of animals? d. Deterioration to existing fish or wildlife habitat? • YES MAYBE LQ X X The proposed use will not require any development on the site. The only animal listed by the Federal Government is the Palos Verdes Blue, a butterfly which had not been seen in the Rolling Hills area from 1986 to 1994. In 1994. the Palos Verdes Blue was seen at the nearby San Pedro Fuel Depot Station. Several other animals do occur. however. that are considered as candidates for protection by either the Federal Government or the State Government,. The California enatcatcher. the Cactus wren. and the Coast horned lizard are targeted species being studied by the State of California Department of Fish and Game. The impact of the proposed use of portions of a maintenance and warehouse facility area of school district property to be used by a joint powers transit agency for administrative uses and the storage narking only of up to 14 vans at the site is expected to be less than significant. 45. Noise. Will the proposal result in: a. Increases in existing noise levels? _ X b. Exposure of people to severe noise levels? _ _ X Conditions reauire that the transit vehicles must be parked in such a manner so as to prevent and prohibit the backing up of vehicles. 46. Light and Glare. Will the proposal produce new light or glare? _ _ X The proposed use will not require any development on the site. Ten of the 14 joint powers transit agency vans will leave and return approximately 2 times a day. The use of running lights will be required only during dense fob early winter evenings. Vans will access the the school district site from outside the City. Dense landscane screening Surrounds the school district site at the west. north and east. Light and glare impacts therefore are expected to be lest than significant. 47. Land Use. Will the proposal result in a substantial alteration of the present or planned land use of an area? _ _ X 48. Natural Resources. Will the proposal result in: a. Increase in the rate of use of any natural resources? _ X b. Substantial depletion of any nonrenewable natural resource? _ _ X 49. Risk of Upset. Will the proposal involve: a. A risk of an explosion or the release of hazardous substances (including, but not limited to, oil, pesticides, chemical or radiation) in the event of an accident or upset conditions? _ X b. Possible interference with an emergency response plan or an emergency evacuation plan? _ X 50. Population. Will the proposal alter the location, distribution, density, or growth rate of the human population of an area? _ X INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 6 YES MAYBE N..Q 51. Housing. Will the proposal affect existing housing, or create a demand for additional housing? 52. Transportation/Circulation. Will the proposal result in: a. Generation of substantial additional vehicular movement? The proposed use will not generate or increase in vehicle tins. It is determined that although there will be, approximately 14 stored at the site. the average daily trips (ADTI will remain the same with 10 vans leaving and returning approximately 2 times a day outside the gates of the City of Rolling Hills The total number of vehicle tins are eauivalent to the total ADT of 4 single family residences which average 10 ADT per residence. Access to the school district site will be from outside the gates of the City of Rolling Hills. This is considered less than significant. b. Effects on existing parking facilities, or demand for new parking? _ X The proposed use will not effect narking facilities or demand for new narking. The transit agency vans are nronosed to be stored in a tree -shaded asphalt paved area near the west end of the property outside school district fencing. This is considered less than significant. c. Substantial impact upon existing transportation systems? _ _ X The proposed use will not impact existing transportation systems. The transit agency vans are nronosed to he stored in a tree -shaded asphalt naved area near the west end of the property outside school district fencing and access will be from outside the gates of the City of Rolling Hillsd. This is considered less than significant. d. Alterations to present patterns of circulation or movement of people and/or goods? _ _ X The nronosed use will not impact or alter the present patterns of circulation or movement of people and/or goods. The transit agency vans are nronosed to be stored in a tree -shaded asphalt paved area near the west end of the property outside school district fencing and access will be from outside the City of Rolling Hills.. This is considered less than significant. e. Alterations to waterborne, rail or air traffic? _ X f. Increase in traffic hazards to motor vehicles? X The proposed use will not reauire any development on the site and there will be no increase to traffic hazards to motor vehicles. Access to the school district site will be from outside the gates of the City of Rolling Hills. Other mitigation measures required are: The storage narking only area at the western portion of the nronertv designated for the vans shall be striped and marked "For Van Storage Parking Only." Vehicular access to and from the school district property shall be from the driveway at the northwest portion of the nronertv outside the gates of the City of Rolling Hills. INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 7 ,need limit signs have been installed by the applicant op the internal drive.wav of the site. Maintenance of the transit vans shall not take place at the school district nronertv but. at an off -site repair facility,, 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 . YES MAYBE N O 53. Public Services. Will the proposal have an effect upon, or result in a need for new or altered governmental services in any of the following areas: a. Fire protection? _ _ X b. Police protection? _ _ X c. Schools? — _ X d. Parks or other recreational facilities? _ X e. Maintenance of public facilities, including roads? _ _ X f. Other governmental services? _ _ X_ 54. Energy. Will the proposal result in: a. Use of substantial amounts of fuel or energy? _ _ X b. Substantial increase in demand upon existing sources of energy, or require the development of new sources of energy? _ _ X 55. Utilities. Will the proposal result in a need for new systems, or substantial alterations to the following utilities: a. Power or natural gas? _ _ X b. Communications systems? _ _ X c. Water? — X d Sewer or septic tanks? _ X e. Storm water drainage? _ _ X f. Solid waste and disposal? _ X 56. Human Health. Will the proposal result in: a. Creation of any health hazard or potential health hazard excluding mental health? _ X b. Exposureof people to potential health hazards? _ X INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 8 • 57. Aesthetics. Will the proposal result in the obstruction of any scenic vista or view open to the public, or will the proposal result in the creation of an aesthetically offensive site open to public view? 58. Recreation. Will the proposal result in an impact upon the quality or quantity of existing recreational opportunities? 59. Cultural Resources. a. Will the proposal result in the alteration of or the destruction of a prehistoric or historic archeological site? b. Will the proposal result in adverse physical or aesthetic effects to a prehistoric or historic building, structure, or object? c. Does the proposal have the potential to cause a physical change which would affect unique ethnic cultural values? d. Will the proposal restrict existing religious or sacred uses within the potential impact area? 60. Mandatory Findings of Significance. a. Does the project have the potential to degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory? b. Does the project have the potential to achieve short-term, to the disadvantage of long-term, environmental goals? (A short- term impact on the environment is one which occurs in a relatively brief, definitive period of time while long-term impacts will endure well into the future.) Does the project have impacts which are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable? (A project may affect two or more separate resources where the impact is relatively small, but where the effect of the total of those impacts on the environment is significant.) d. Does the project have environmental effects which will cause substantial adverse effect on human beings, either directly or indirectly? INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 9 YES MAYBE NQ X X X • • NOTE: Before the Lead Agency can accept this application as complete, the applicant must consult the lists prepared pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code and submit a signed statement indicating whether the project and any alternatives are located on a site which is included on any such list, and shall specify any list. HAZARDOUS WASTE AND SUBSTANCES STATEMENT The development project and any alternatives proposed in this application are contained on the lists compiled pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code. Accordingly, the project applicant is required to submit a signed statement which contains the following information: 1. Name of applicant: Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District. Valmonte Administration Center 2. Address: 3801 Via La Selva. Palos Verdes Estates. CA 90274 3. Phone Number: (310) 378-9966 4. Address of Site (street name and number if available, and ZIP code): 38Crest Road West 5. Local Agency (city/county): City of Rolling Hills 6. Assessor's book, page, and parcel number: 7569 - 022 - 900 Lot No. Western portion of Lot 74 7. Specify any list pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the Government Code: STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAZARDOUS WASTE AND SUBSTANCES SITES LIST (available at City Hall), 8. Regulatory identification number: Unknown 9. Date of List: DECEMBER 1994 Date MAY 9. 1996 For 0e6 Signature AG�Y" J CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the statements furnished above and in the attached exhibits present the data and information required for this initial evaluation to the best of my ability, and that the facts, statements, and information presented are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Date MAY 9. 1996 Signature For CITY OF ROLLING HILLS AGENCY INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 10 • • 000 On the basis of this initial evaluation: (check one) X I find the proposed project COULD NOT have a significant effect on the environment, and a NEGATIVE DECLARATION will be prepared. _ I find that although the proposed project could have a significant effect on the environment, there will not be a significant effect in this case because the mitigation measures described on an attached sheet have been added to the project. A NEGATIVE DECLARATION has been prepared. _ I find the project MAY have a significant effect on the environment, and an ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT is required. Date MAY 9. 1996 INITIAL STUDY ZONING CASE NO. 532A PAGE 11 iL By: LOLA M. UNGAR, PAL PLANNER For the City of Rolling Hills (Lead Agency)