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Analysis Background Pursuant to UP-0289, a lumberyard was established on APN: 179-171-25 prior to 1956 and, pursuant to BP-173792, the existing pallet facility was established onsite prior to 1992. The subject parcel (APN: 179- 171-29) for the proposed expansion area is currently vacant. On April 13, 2018, the applicant filed this Use Permit to expand the existing 1.16 acre pallet sales and repair facility to include the adjacent 0.55 acre parcel for storage only for a total area of 1.71 acres. Merger The proposed project is an expansion of an existing pallet sales and repair facility onto an adjacent parcel. If this Use Permit is approved, the facility will encompass two (2)parcels. It is recommended, as a Condition of Approval, that a Merger application be required. The Merger application must be completed prior to the issuance of any building or grading permits for the facility expansion. A fee is required for this application. Facility Operation The pallet sales and repair facility operates Monday through Saturday, from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with three (3) employees per shift. The facility purchases broken pallets for repair from companies that utilize large numbers of pallets. Once repaired, the pallets are sold back to the same companies. There are no customers on site. Currently, the existing pallet sales and repair facility operates with one (1) office building and one (1) covered repair area. The remainder of the parcel isutilized for pallet storage. The proposed expansion will be surfaced with compacted aggregate base and will be for pallet storage only: No additional structures are proposed. Screening Modification The pallet sales and repair facility is located on an i-L (Limited Industrial) zoned property that is visible from Clark Drive and State Route 99 East Frontage Road to the south and west. Pursuant to Development Title Section 9-1022.4(e)(2)(A), for all projects in industrial zones, storage materials and_ related activities_shall be screened so as not to be visible from public rights-of-way. The screening shall be six (6) to eight (8) feet in height. Items stored within one hundred (100) feet_of a dedicated street or residential zone shall not be stacked higher than two (2) feet above the adjacent screen. As a result, screening standards would require a solid-masonry wall siK (6) to seven (7) feet in height along the western and southern property line of the subject parcel. However, Development Title Section 9-1022.6 allows the Community Development Department to modify the screening requirements if it is demonstrated that an alternative to said requirements would meet the intent of the chapter and result in an equal amount of screening. The applicant has submitted a site plan depicting screening with dense plant materials along the inside of a proposed six (6) foot tall chain link fence instead of the required masonry wall to provide the required screening along the western and southern property lines that are adjacent to Clark Drive and State Route 99 East Frontage Road. The Community Development Department has reviewed the site plan and is recommending that the Planning Commission modify the screening requirements for the proposed expansion to the existing pallet sales and repair facility to a chain link fence six(6)to seven (7)feet in height with dense plant materials. San Joaquin County PA-1800094Nacoub Community Development Page 4