75D - PH ZONING ORD AND CUP CALIFORNIA PALMS

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Zoning Ordinance Amendment No.2007-02 Conditional Use Permit No. 2007-07 June 25, 2007 Page 2 The property is located at the northeast corner of Harbor Boulevard and Kent Avenue. Harbor Boulevard is designated as an Arterial Street and Kent Avenue as a local street in the General Plan Circulation Element. The property is located within the General Commercial overlay district of the North Harbor Specific Plan (SP2) and has a General Plan land use designation of General Commercial (GC) with a floor area ratio of 0.5 (Exhibit 1). Surrounding land uses include commercial uses to the north, south and west, and single-family residential units to the east (Exhibit 2). Project Description The proposed project involves interior and exterior improvements to an existing motel. A number of physical site improvements are proposed that will comply with the standards set forth for transient/residential hotels. These improvements include: - Internal remodeling of motel units, including consolidating and expanding units; - Modifications to the building exterior, new exterior paint and signage; - Realignment and/or closure of an existing access driveway and re-striping and reconfiguration of the parking lot; and - Landscaping improvements. Access to the proposed project will be provided from Harbor Boulevard and Kent Avenue. An additional 28 parking spaces will be added that will result in a total of 210 parking spaces for the site (Exhibit 3). Analysis of the Issues On May 7, 2001 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. NS-2471 to provide a means to differentiate hotels catering to business travelers, long- term stay business guests and transient/residential hotels. The ordinance allowed the establishment of new long-term stay business hotels and the design and development of such hotels in limited circumstances on a case by case basis. The ordinance also amended the 75D-3