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r The Community Development Department has reviewed the project and offers the following comments: Background The site was historically a gravel mining operation from 1971 through 1975 and was excavated to 30-40 feet deep below MacArthur Drive. The site was reclaimed in 1986 and a Material Recovery Facility and Transfer Station was proposed for the site. Use Permit application (UP-93-0004) was applied for the proposed facility and an Environmental Impact Report (ER-93-0001) was prepared to evaluate the underlying impacts of the project. Use Permit application (UP-93-0004)was approved and Environmental Impact Report (ER-93-0001) was certified by the Planning Commission on December 16, 1993. Site Approval application (SA-96-0038) for a tomato waste and tomato mud spreading operation was approved by the Community Development Department on September 4, 1996. All permitted and approved uses take place within the previously excavated area. The surrounding land uses include gravel mining operations and agriculture lands. Gravel mining operations are located to the north and west of the project site. Corral Hollow Creek is also north of the project site and the Banta-Carbona Irrigation District canal runs along the western boundary of the site. The property to the south of the site is vacant agricultural land. Directly to the east across MacArthur Drive are agricultural row crops. Parking & Surfacing Development Title Table 9-1015.3(b) states the Use Type Major Impact Services requires (two) 2 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of building, as a result, a minimum of 234 parking spaces would be required and seven (7) accessible spaces, one of which shall be van accessible. The applicant is proposing 85 truck parking spaces for the collection and transfer trucks and 45 additional employee/visitor parking spaces to the current 24 employee/visitor parking spaces for a total of 154 parking spaces and seven (7) accessible spaces, two (2) of which will be van accessible. Development Title Section 9-1015.9 states that the parking requirement may be modified by the Director in cases in which due to the unusual nature of the establishment or development proposal submitted for it, the requirement set forth herein may be considered insufficient or excessive. A letter was submitted by the applicant requesting a modification stating, "Due to the nature of the operation the amount of parking spaces required would be excessive. The facility operates in shifts and there would only be approximately 60 employees on site at any one time." The Community Development Department has reviewed the proposed request and has determined that the proposed total of 154 spaces would be more than sufficient for this project. 2