DATE: December 14, 2021
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Appeal of Planning Commission's Denial of Variance Application No. 4106, (Applicant/Appellant: Brenda Ramirez)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Consider appeal of Planning Commission's denial of Variance Application No. 4106, proposing to allow a 75-foot-tall sign, 300 square-feet in area (35-foot height and 150 square-foot sign area allowed), on 3.97-acres in the C-2 (Community Shopping Center) Zone District; and
If your Board desires to grant the Appeal and overturn the Planning Commission's denial of Variance Application No. 4106, it would be appropriate to:
1. Make the required Findings specified in Section 877(A) for approval of Variance Application No. 4106 stating the basis for making the four required findings; and
2. Approve Variance Application No. 4106, with Conditions of Approval contained within the Staff Report to the Planning Commission.
The subject parcel is located on the east side of N. McCall Ave approximately 400 feet north of Highway 180 on Kings Canyon Road (frontage road), and approximately two miles northwest of the City of Sanger (APN 314-120-66) (10070 E. Kings Canyon Road) (Sup. Dist. 5).
REPORT
This item was originally heard before your Board on November 2, 2021. Based on Board discussion and a request made by your Board for a line-of site study to be prepared by the Applicant, the item was continued to the December 14, 2021 hearing.
The request comes before your Board on appeal of the Planning Commission's denial of the subject application (4 to 2, with three Commissioners absent) at its August 12, 2021 hearing. Staff notes that the Zoning Ordinance requires the Board to determine, independent from the decision of the Planning Commission, whether the application should be approved, approved with stated conditions, or denied. A copy of the Planning Commission's action is included as Attach...
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