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processing generally does not include industrial processing from raw materials. (Ordinance 30 1445, 7-8-2013) 31 Regarding the formal review of an application for CU, the Planning Division offers the following 32 legal standards the staff, Commission and City Council must use to evaluate any CU request 33 against: 34 The role of the City (Planning staff, Planning Commission, and City Council) is to determine the 35 facts associated with a particular request and apply those facts to the legal standards contained 36 in the ordinance and relevant state law. Given this specific statement, all information and facts 37 surrounding the IU and its conditions of approval need to be placed aside so that the merits of 38 this narrow use (production and processing as an accessory use engaged in by a single employee) 39 can be properly considered against the established CU criteria in Section 1009 of the Zoning 40 Ordinance. 41 In general, if the facts indicate the application meets the relevant legal standards and will not 42 compromise the public health, safety and general welfare, then the applicant is likely entitled to 43 the approval. The specific issue in this case is whether the proposed limited metal fabrication 44 activity, engaged in by a single employee, will affect adjacent properties and whether conditions 45 need to be required to mitigate any impacts. Other issues such as the potential impacts from 46 recent land use and zoning changes or the possible redevelopment of properties adjacent to or in 47 close proximity to residential areas, are not relevant. 48 The City is, however, able to add conditions to a CU approval to ensure that any significant 49 negative impacts on and around the subject property are adequately addressed. This criteria is 50 one that requires a review of the Code to determine whether potential impacts of a single 51 employee fabricating sheet metal or other specialty items requires mitigations beyond those set 52 forth in the Code. The Planning Division finds that the Code provides ample protections for the 53 adjacent properties and that the buffering and screening requirements of Section 1011.03.B will 54 sufficiently protect the adjacent residential properties from rear parking lot activities and vehicle 55 headlights in the front parking lot. Therefore, our recommendation is that a screen fence be 56 installed to screen the rear parking lot and additional landscaping be added in and around the 57 front berm. 58 PDR 59 LANNING IVISION ECOMMENDATION The request before the Planning Commission is complex and challenging given past and current 60 unresolved easement issues. That said, this is not a Planning Case to be reviewed for anything 61 other than the merits of production and processing as an accessory use. If it is determined by the 62 Planning Commission that the addition of production and processing as an accessory use requires 63 screen fencing placed between the building and the northern property line, doors shut during 64 production and processing activities, and additional landscape of other improvement to address 65 vehicle headlights in the front parking lot, than such conditions should be placed on the CU. 66 The Planning Division has reviewed this specific and minor limited production and processing as 67 an accessory use against all of the pertinent standards found in the Zoning Code and concludes 68 limited production and processing as an accessory use meets/achieves compliance with all CU 69 PF16-007_RPCA_040616 Page 2 of 4