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Analysis Background The materials submitted to the Community Development Department by the applicant stated that the proposed use is for the storage, temporary storage, sale, rental, and repair of heavy equipment, farm machinery, and miscellaneous equipment and a welding shop. This application is the result of enforcement action against the operation and is an attempt to bring the operation into compliance. The uses proposed fit most closely into the scrap operation use type. Enforcement issues concerning this operation date back to July 11, 1996(Enforcement No. EN-96-79),when it was determined that the subject operation was not a permitted use in the General Commercial zone. In an attempt to bring the operation into compliance, at the direction of the Board of Supervisors(Board Order B- 98-262), the Community Development Department initiated and processed a General Plan Map Amendment and Zone Reclassification to change the General Plan and Zone from General Commercial (C/G, C-G) to General Industrial(I/G, I-G). General Plan Map Amendment No. GP-98-3 and Zone Reclassification No. ZR- 98-3 were approved by the Planning Commission on May 21, 1998, and by the Board of Supervisors on July 28, 1998. The use, which may be conditionally permitted in the I-G zone with an approved Use Permit, is now in operation. Issues This facility has been in operation for several years and in that time has accumulated a significant amount of recycled material that is stored at the site. Because open space is limited at the site, several issues have arisen concerning the Conditions of Approval: • Building Permits: The applicant has several structures used in the operation,including train cars, which have no building permits. Pursuant to the uniform Building Code, building permits shall either be obtained for these structures or the structures shall be demolished or removed. • Drainage: The applicant maintains that the parcel has existing approved drainage into an adjacent Caltrans basin. However,the applicant has provided no documentation to the Community Development Department supporting this. Until such documentation is received,the applicant must retain additional runoff on the site. This may require the removal of recycled materials stored at the site to provide space for the installation of a retention basin. Caltrans approval of the project is required. • Landscaping: The Development Title requires a 10-foot-wide landscape strip along adjacent rights-of- way. This includes both the frontage road on the east side of the property and State Route 99 on the west side. This ordinance will necessitate the removal and/or relocation of a significant amount of materials used in the scrap operation as well as one of the railroad cars. • Surfacing: Parking and major circulation areas shall be paved. Aggregate base is required for outside storage areas. The installation of this surfacing will necessitate the removal and/or relocation of the majority of the materials that are now sitting on bare ground. San Joaquin County UP-99-6\Nunes Community Development Page 3