PC-2007-04, PCUP-186, EUNHEE YOO IM, EDUC ENRIC

PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. PC-2007-04 RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR EUNHEE YO0 IM, EDUCATION ENRICHMENT CENTER, AS FILED UNDER CASE PCUP-186 WHEREAS, Eunhee Yoo Im, Education Enrichment Center, has applied for a conditional use permit to operate a learning center for pre-kindergarten Montessori classes and tutoring for kindergarteners and elementary school students Monday through Friday from 9:30 a. m. to 7:00 p.m. in an existing building located at 1024 Serpentine Lane, Suite 7-B; and WHEREAS, zoning for the property is PUD-I (Planned Unit Development -Industrial) District; and WHEREAS, at its duly noticed public hearing of January 24, 2007, the Planning Commission considered all public testimony, relevant exhibits, and recommendations of the City staff concerning this application; and WHEREAS, projects of this nature are categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission made the following findings: The proposed location of the conditional use is in accordance with the objectives of the zoning ordinance and the purpose of the district in which the site is located. The objectives of the Zoning Ordinance include fostering a harmonious, convenient, workable relationship among land uses; protecting existing land use from inharmonious influences and harmful intrusions; and ensuring that public and private lands ultimately are used for the purposes which are most appropriate and beneficial to the City as a whole. The proposed learning center would provide instruction lessons to local children. The City has allowed similar uses to be located in industrial and office areas. No teaching-oriented businesses have created any impacts on surrounding businesses. As conditioned, the proposed use would be consistent with these objectives. The subject building is located in Valley Business Park, which is located in a Planned Unit Development Industrial (PUD-I) District, and is intended to provide sites for industrial uses, neighborhood and support commercial uses, and office uses. Given the small scale of the operation, and its location, the proposed use would be compatible with surrounding uses. As proposed there would be four employees with up to six students attending each class/session, if held simultaneously, and the majority of the classes are conducted during off peak businesshours and after regular business hours. For these reasons, the use would not create parking or circulation impacts. Therefore, for the reasons stated above, this finding can be made.