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dfiEREAS, other members of the public in attendance at said meeting were afforded the opportunity to speak in favor of and against said application; and ;JHEREAS, after the conclusion of the public hearing, the Planning Commission discussed the application, the testimony pre- sented by the applicant, members of the public and the staff and discussed the problems which have been experi- enced in the past by the City with the location of a gas station in this vicinity, especially in relation to traffic; NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The application for a conditional use permit to allow t e esta lishment of two pump islands at 707 Main Street, pursuant to plans presented at the Planning Commission's meeting of August 27 1975 which would allow the establishment of six dual dispensing gasoline pumps having a total of 12 hoses, as more particularly described in the staff report attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A, is denied. Section 2. The above denial is based upon the following grounds: 1. The Planning Commission cannot make the necessary findings for a conditional use permit that the proposed location of the use and the conditions under which it would be operated or maintained would not be detrimen- tal to the public health, safety or welfare, or mater- ially injurious to property in the vicinity for the following reasons: (1) Although the present site is a non-conforming use, this is a poor location for a gas station due to the traffic congestion at one of the busier corners in the City of Pleasanton. Automobiles desiring to use the site have caused congestion for south bound traffic or Main Street and automobiles leaving the gas station often attempt to make illegal left turns at the inter- section of St. Mary Street and Main Street with re- sulting danger to automobiles making right hand turns as well as to the automobile making the illegal left hand turn. An expansion of the facility in question beyond its present capabilities would compound this traffic problem and would not help to alleviate the situation. (2) The City Council and the City Planning Commissioi have encouraged improvements to the downtown area in order to retain the heritage of the City of Pleasanton The establishment of two isolated gasoline islands at a prominent corner within the City is not in harmony with the attempts to improve the downtown area but caould rather be a detriment to improvements which exist adjacent and in the proximity to said site. tion 3. This resolution shall become effective immediately upo passage and adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City of Pleasanton on the 27th day of August, 1975, by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Wood, Doherty and Shepherd NOES: Commissioner Butler ABSENT: Commissioner Garrigan DATE: August 27, 1975 ~ ~ ru~~( ATTEST: - Walter Wood, C airman o ert arri Secretary