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14340 Washington Avenue, PLN2007-00027 2 July 16, 2007 within six months of the City issuing the building permit. In addition, the Commission added to another recommended condition of approval that the applicant immediately commence cleanup of the site. Recommendation: The Planning Commission and staff recommend that the City Council approve the aforementioned Planned Development, subject to the recommended findings and recommended conditions of approval, by motion. BACKGROUND . The subject property encompasses 3.25 acres which is vacant and underutilized. To the north, fronting Washington Avenue are various auto repair businesses. To the north, fronting 143rd Avenue is a telephone company's corporation yard. Adjacent to the east is an industrial park complex occupied by an ambulance service and a car rental business. To the south is the Oroweat distribution warehouse and retail store, and Kraft General Foods. Across W ashington Avenue is Rogers Trucking Company. . The site would be completely cleared and newly developed. The front one-third of the property would contain a 10,589 square-foot speculative commercial/industrial space, a two-story manager's office and quarters (for the self-storage facility), 50 off-street parking spaces and landscaped setback. The rear two-thirds of the site would be developed with a self-storage facility. The storage facility will have approximately 66,958 square feet that includes five, one-story storage buildings and one, two-story building (Storage Building AA). . At the time of this report, the applicant was diligently removing debris from the property. In addition, the applicant had executed a contract with a demolition contractor so that once a permit was obtained from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the City's Building and Safety Services Division the contractor would proceed in demolishing and removing the existing structures on the property. . Special attention was given to the exterior architecture of the commercial building and the manager's office building and living quarters facing Washington Avenue. The appointed style would be a contemporary California/Spanish architecture. Other special features include the tower elements that anchor the ends of the commercial building and the tower element on the manager's building, and the arch that would span from the manager's building to the north end of the commercial building over the entry driveway to the storage facility. . The speculative commercial/industrial building and self-storage facility would share the use of the 50 off-street parking spaces. Per Article 17 of the Zoning Code, a self-storage facility with a maximum of 500 spaces would require seven spaces, including one for the exclusive use of the resident manager and six spaces for its customers. The remaining 43 parking spaces for the 10,589 square foot speculative building would provide a ratio of one space per 246 square feet. This ratio exceeds the parking requirements for industrial uses (which range from one space per 400 square feet to one space per 1,500 square feet). The ratio is