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<br />< <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />Vf+D7~O( <br />pc- 1.12~J07 <br /> <br /> <br />SHEET METAL <br /> <br />AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC. <br /> <br />Feb. 26, 2007 <br /> <br />The City of Santa Ana Planning Commission <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92702 <br /> <br />Re: lID Supply request for variance no. 07-0 I <br /> <br />Please reference the Santa Ana Municipal Code: Chapter 41 Zoning <br /> <br />Article XV Off-street Parkin!!: <br />Please first reference Division 5 Industrial uses: <br />This Division describes "Industrial use" as Manufacturing, Warehouse Distribution (specificallv excluding <br />"sales at retail"). and Lumberyards without builrlinl1 sllace. <br /> <br />I have included pictures which clearly indicate the retail sales nature of Contractors Warehouse, aka lID <br />Supply, lID Supply is clearly a retail sales establishment Therefore, the retail sales requirements for <br />parking apply, not the Industrial use which lID Supply is representing themselves as. <br /> <br />Please reference Division 3 Commercial and Office Standards <br />Sec. 41-1340 Retail Stores ... - requires 5 parking spaces for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area. <br />Sec 41-1354. Lumberyards - 5 spaces for each 1,000 square feet of gross floor area ofbuildUul: sllace. <br /> <br />The proposed lID Supply store has more than 88,000 square feet of building space. Therefore at 5 parking <br />spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. (retail requirement) they would require 440 parking spaces for customer and <br />employee parking. lID Supply has provided for only 104 parking spaces. They are more than 75% short of <br />the required amount of parking spaces for the retail business they intend to conduct at the 1044 E. 4th St. <br />location. <br /> <br />I am asking the Planning Commission to denv the lID Supply request for parking variance based on: <br />A. lID's mis-application of the Industrial parking standard <br />B. Clearly this would be a retail sales establishment and is therefore subject to the Retail Sales parking <br />requirements <br />C. Their hereby demonstrated lack of required parking allowance for this proposed store location. <br /> <br />HDS and the City, if this variance application is approved, are mandating that the surrounding <br />business and residential community absorb their grossly under allowed parking situation. This <br />area is already severely impacted by a shortage of parking. To ask us to absorb this additional <br />parking burden would be devastating to the community. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />~T~ <br /> <br />Santa Ana resident, property owner and business owner <br /> <br />Page 4 of 43 <br /> <br />412 N. Santa Fe St., Santa Ana, CA 92701-4907 . Ph~1 ~~>j4,f-7135 . Fax: (714) 547-4221. State Lic. #247615 <br />