CITY OF POMONA
COUNCIL REPORT
June 3, 2024
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Anita D. Gutierrez, City Manager
Submitted By: Ata Khan, Deputy Director of Development Services SUBJECT: APPEAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION FOR PROPOSED OUTDOOR STORAGE YARD AT 1313 EAST PHILLIPS BOULEVARD (Case File: CUP 000360-2024) RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council schedule the appeal for a public hearing for the regularly scheduled City Council meeting of June 17, 2024.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
On May 8, 2024, at its regularly scheduled meeting, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and denied a request for an outdoor storage yard (Case File: CUP-000360-2024) at 1313 East Phillips Boulevard (4-2-1-0). The applicant, AG-5R Pomona, LLC, has appealed the decision. The City Council may either uphold this decision or schedule the matter for a public hearing, which can be scheduled on June 17, 2024 at the regularly scheduled City Council meeting.
SB1439/GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLICABILITY:
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FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact to this action.
DISCUSSION:
On May 8, 2024, the Planning Commission, at its regularly scheduled meeting, conducted a public hearing to consider a Conditional Use Permit application for a proposed outdoor storage yard at 1313 East Phillips Boulevard. The applicant is AG-5R Pomona, LLC. The Planning Commission motioned to deny the request, which passed 4-2-1-0. The motion to deny was based upon findings of denial made into the record by various commissioners, which were then incorporated into a draft denial resolution (Attachment No. 2).
On May 28, 2024, the applicant filed an appeal of the Planning Commission decision (Attachment No. 3). Appeals, per the Pomona Zoning Ordinance, require a one or two step process. First, Council considers the appeal at consent as either upholding the Planning Commission decision or scheduling a public hearing to consider the matter. If it motions to schedule a public hearing, the second step is to schedule the public hearing, which in this case will be the regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council on June 17, 2024.
Prepared by:
Ata Khan
Deputy Director
Development Services
ATTACHMENT(S):
Attachment No. 1 – Copy of Agenda Packet for May 8, 2024 Planning Commission Attachment No. 2 – Draft Denial Resolution of Planning Commission Attachment No. 3 – Applicant Appeal Submittal
Appeal of CUP at 1313 East Phillips Boulevard