Title
PLN14-0134 - 1200 Park Street - Hearing to Consider Modification to An Existing Use Permit for Automotive Repair at 1200 Park Street (Big O Tires site). A petition from the neighborhood is requesting review and termination of the existing Use Permit UP88-36, as amended by PLN14-0134, for 1200 Park Street
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Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas
Assistant Community Development Director
Date: November 28, 2016
Re: PLN14-0134 - 1200 Park Street - Hearing to Consider Modification to An Existing Use Permit for Automotive Repair at 1200 Park Street (Big O Tires site). A petition from the neighborhood is requesting review and termination of the existing Use Permit UP88-36, as amended by PLN14-0134, for 1200 Park Street.
BACKGROUND
The property at 1200 Park Street is occupied by a long time local business called "Big Discount Tire Pros", an automobile repair business, formally called "Big O Tires". The property is owned by Mr. Jay Garfinkle.
On August 4, 2016, the City of Alameda received a petition signed by 21 residents within the vicinity of the 1200 Park Street site. The petition requests a public hearing to review the existing use permit for 1200 Park Street and proposes that the Planning Board amend the existing use permit for automobile repair to expire when the current tenant vacates the property in mid-2017. The petition is attached as Exhibit 1.
The existing automobile tire business use is a non-conforming use in the C-C Community Commercial Zoning District. Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) section 30-4.9A C-C Community Commercial Zone, sub section a. states:
Automobile related uses are regulated by use permit and prohibited on Park Street and Webster Street frontages."
ANALYSIS
The first Use Permit for automobile tire repair services on the property was approved by the Planning Board on March 19, 1979. At that time, the Planning Board was concerned about the...
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