Ordinances_2600 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

City Council Meeting of April 19, 2005 General Plan Amendment No. 2005-2-B Resolution No. 2600 (Zone Change No. 401) Street Vacation No. 127 Page 4 The requirement for traffic signal installation at the intersections of Tennessee Street/Park Avenue and Tennessee Street/State Street were issues at the Environmental Review Committee and Planning Commission hearings. The mitigation measures are included in the attached Conditions of Approval. A traffic signal is to be installed at the Tennessee Street/State Street intersection.A requirement fortraffic signal installation at the intersection of Tennessee Street/Park Avenue was amended at the Planning Commission hearing, as staff recommended removing the responsibility from the applicant, SSRI,to provide a traffic signal at this intersection. The signal is currently warranted, however staff and the Planning Commission determined that this should not be the responsibility of the applicant, but rather that of the City of Redlands. The City of Redlands has a "temporary"fire station at the City yard. When staff had originally presented the concept of a fire station at this location the City had identified the need for a signal at this intersection. Since this is now planned as a permanent facility it is staff's recommendation that responsibility for the signal at Tennessee Street and Park Avenue be the City of Redlands. Zone Change The proposed Zone Change is from a mix of M-1 (Light Industrial), M-2 (General Industrial), M-P (Planned Industrial), and C-4 (Highway Commercial) Districts to A-P (Administrative and Professional Office) District. The justification for the Zone Change is the same as stated above for the General Plan Amendment, i.e. to eliminate the multiple land use designations that has caused confusion in the past regarding allowable uses and development standards. The principal uses permitted in this zoning district include business and professional offices, which is consistent with the current use and proposed future use of the site. The proposed Zone Change will be consistent with the General Plan designation of Office. In staffs opinion the proposed zone for the project site is appropriate and compatible with the surrounding area. Street Vacation The proposed Street Vacation is to vacate a portion (approximately 230 linear feet)of New York Street located north of the intersection of State Street and New York Street. As proposed, New York Street would end in a cul-de-sac approximately in the middle of the ESRI campus as indicated on the project Site Plan. Staffs initial concern that the closure of New York Street may be opposed as it could affect the post office adjacent to the north of the campus, and that residents to the south of State Street wishing to travel north may be inconvenienced has resulted only in minimal opposition to date. Four people spoke at the Planning Commission hearing, and two of them indicated their main concern was regarding pedestrian access to the post office from the residential area to the south. The applicant stated ESRI's intent to provide pedestrian access through the campus from State Street to the post office. The Planning Commission added a Condition of Approval requiring a public access sidewalk from State Street to the New York Street cul-de-sac prior to adoption of a City Council Resolution to vacate New York Street.