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<br />PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF PLEASANTON <br /> <br />ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. PC-98-01 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPLICATION OF LAURA DARROW FOR A <br />NON-EXEMPT HOME OCCUPATION PERMIT, AS FILED UNDER CASE UP-97-56 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Laura Darrow has applied for a non-exempt home occupation permit to conduct <br />piano and voice lessons in an existing residence located at 7760 Cottonwood <br />Lane; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, zoning for the property is R-I-6,500 District; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, at its duly noticed public hearing of January 14, 1998, the Planning Commission <br />considered all public testimony, relevant exhibits, and recommendations of the <br />City staff concerning this application; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, projects of this nature are categorically exempt from the requirements of the <br />California Enviromnental Quality Act (CEQA); therefore, no enviromnental <br />document was prepared for this project. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission made the following findings: <br /> <br />A. The proposed location ofthe conditional use is in accordance with the <br />objectives of the zoning ordinance and the purpose of the district in which <br />the site is located. <br /> <br />Chapter 18.32 (One-Family Residential Districts) of the Municipal Code states <br />that a home occupation operated in accordance with the requirements listed in <br />Chapter 18.104 (Home Occupations) is a conditional use in the R-I district. Some <br />of the objectives ofthe R-I district are to protect residential property from the <br />hazards, noise, and congestion created by commercial and industrial traffic, and to <br />protect properties from noise, illumination, unsightliness, odors, dust, dirt and <br />other objectionable influences. The objective of Chapter 18.104 is to permit <br />occupations which traditionally take place in residences if they do not adversely <br />affect the residential character of the neighborhood. <br /> <br />The potential impacts associated with home occupation music lessons are noise, <br />parking, and traffic. In order to reduce the level of any noise generated by the <br />home occupation, the applicant would be required to install a dual-pane window <br />in the room where the lessons take place. The window would have to be shut <br />during lessons. By limiting the number of daily lessons to eight and requiring <br />clients to park on the driveway or on the street directly in front of the residence, <br />