PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-SPP-2022-017)

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will build a new driveway from Orchidland Drive and that they will continue to contribute funds for Orchidland Drive improvements/maintenance. Additionally, a condition of approval will require the applicant to operate during daylight hours (6:00 am to 6:00 pm) and in order to mitigate any adverse noise, dust, or visual impacts to adjacent properties, a condition of approval will require the applicant to secure Final Plan Approval, requiring that the applicant pave the new driveway and parking area. Furthermore, the condition will require a landscaping buffer conforming with standards for separation of a residential zone from an industrial zone be implemented on the north property line where the property is directly adjacent to a residence. This will require the exclusion of all visual contact between the industrial and residential uses with an opaque buffer from the ground to the height of at least six feet, with intermittent visual screening (via planting) from the opaque portion to a height of at least 20 feet. The condition will also require front yard landscaping pursuant to Planning Department Rule 17 along the west (34 h Avenue) property frontage. (C) Such use shall not unreasonably burden public agencies to provide roads and streets, sewers, water, drainage, school improvements, and police and fire protection. The subject parcel is accessed via an existing driveway on 34 h Avenue by way of Orchidland Drive, which is privately owned and maintained by the Orchidland Community Association (OLCA) through the assessment and collection of road maintenance fees from lot owners within the subdivision, including Commercial Mandatory Road Maintenance Assessment fees paid by the applicant and other commercial lot owners in this area. As the roadway is privately maintained, there will be no impact on the County to maintain roadways for the proposed use. Traffic on Orchidland Drive is made up primarily of residents of the area and users of the shopping/commercial area east of the subject parcel. The current operation has not generated a significant amount of traffic to the area, which consists of monthly large (40-foot) container deliveries to the property and 12 daily deliveries via delivery vans to the applicant's businesses in Volcano Village. Finally, employee traffic usually occurs prior to 6:00 am and after 6:00 pm when the operations employees arrive and depart work daily. Based on the preceding, the Planning Director believes that the volume of traffic generated by the existing warehouse operations will have a detrimental -5-