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Analysis HistoN On July 1, 1998, the Community Development Department approved Site Approval Application No. SA-98-36 for a six-thousand (6,000) square foot shop/office building, a nine-thousand (9,000) square foot warehouse addition to an existing seven-thousand eight-hundred (7,800) square foot building, and an expansion of the existing parking area. On July 13, 1998, The property owner, Glenn Bramlett, appealed Community Development Department conditions regarding landscaping of the parking area. Property Owner's Appeal Appeal Statement No. 1 In his appeal, Mr. Bramlett made the following statement: "Landscaping, as required, is not consistent with this area of the Wilson Way corridor. Previous landscaped areas have served to attract (an) undesirable sector of society. These destroy planting, vandalize, (and) deposit trash specifically in this area. Additional landscaped areas would serve to entice this unwelcome sector deeper into our project, which would affect security and aesthetics." Response to Appeal Statement No. 1 The site, in its present condition, was permitted by a previous discretionary approval. A condition of this approval was the provision of twenty-nine (29) parking spaces, which are existing. Eleven (11) of these original spaces are eliminated in the current proposal, and eighteen (18) will remain as is. A minimum of sixty (60) spaces will be required to accommodate the proposed expansion. This will require the addition and replacement of forty-two (42) spaces. Current ordinance requirements were applied only to these forty-two (42) spaces, not the existing eighteen (18). The proposed Site Plan (see attached) is not accurate. The number of parking spaces included in the "existing sitework" portion of the map is actually 18, not 22 as the map depicts. Also, the applicant has indicated the location of only 26 additional spaces, not the required 42. Section 9-1020.5[aj of the Development Title states, "Parking areas with more than twenty (20) stalls shall provide a minimum of five percent (5%) of landscaping within the perimeter of the parking area, not including landscaping along the street frontage." The number of required parking spaces in the proposed parking lot exceeds twenty (20); therefore, the aforementioned ordinance applies to this project. Appeal Statement No. 2 In his appeal, Mr. Bramlett made the following statement: "Parking area trees would be limited to a strip between parking stalls due to the narrowness of the site. These tree would obstruct the only visible signage, as well provide dark cover and structure for the same above mentioned elements which are of great security concern to ourselves and tenants, especially during evening hours." San Joaquin County SA-98-36\Bramlett Community Development Page 5