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i SAN J©AQUIN COEC V t <br /> COMMUN1TY DEVELOPMENT.DEPARTMENT <br /> 1610,E=WAVE,STOCKToi4..CA 9sw"2& <br /> PHONE 208!460-3121 FAX:20914$8-3183 <br /> June 16, 2005 <br /> r M;EMO.RA.Nt] uM y <br /> TO Planning Commission <br /> FROM Kerry Sullivan Director <br /> S�fBJECT PA 0300fi6fi'(UP)of Farooquia Islamic Center{clo Dr. Muhammad Affil Khan) <br /> {12828''N Lower Sacramento Road, Lodi;AP.N: 058-070 23) <br /> This Eterri'1was conhriued from'the l'lonniho Commission meeting_ of April 21, 2005 with the <br /> heanng closed: The continuance was to ailow-County Counsel time to review,a legal;issue andto <br /> alloin►'the`CommunityDevelopment Department time to review a screening issue. <br /> Legal issue. <br /> ji <br /> The Planning Commission asked County Counsel to provide information regarding a lis pendens <br /> that has been filed by the Lodi Muslim Mosque against the Farooquia Islamic Center. County <br /> Counsel sent a memo to the Planning Commission explaining lis pendans and indicating that"the <br /> filing of the lis pendens should not'weigh for or against the Planning Commission's decision" <br /> Screening Issue <br /> The Planning Commission asked the Community Development Department to determine if a wall <br /> should be required along the southern property line of the project site. <br /> Development Title Section 9-1020.5(e), Requirements for Parking Areas, states: <br /> Unless otherwise specified, parking areas abutting'a residential zone, an area shown on <br /> the General Plan for residential use, or an existing residential use, shall be screened with <br /> a solid masonry wall six(6)to seven (7)feet in height along the abutting property line, <br /> and a five (5)foot planting strip shall be installed adjacent to the wail and the parking <br /> area. <br /> The parking area along the south property line abuts a one-acre lot developed with a residence i <br /> and an approximately 8-acre lot also developed with a residence. Both residences appear to be <br /> within 100 feet of the parking lot. The Community Development Department recommends that <br /> the following condition be added to the Conditions of Approval: <br /> 1.1. SCREENING: The parking area shall be screened from the property to the south by <br /> a solid masonry wall six (6) to seven (7) feet in height. (Development Title Section <br /> 1020.5[ej) <br /> The applicant concurs with this recommendation. <br /> Additional Letter <br /> A letter dated May 5, 2005 from Howard Seligman is attached. The Community Development <br /> Department has not reviewed the letter as it was received after the hearing was closed. <br /> I <br /> 4 , <br />