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City Of San Leandro Community Development Department Planning Services Division . Staff Report DATE: September 1, 2011 TO: Board of Zoning Adjustments FROM: Elmer Penaranda, Senior Planner SUBJECT: PLN2011- 00021; Conditional Use Permit to operate a trailer rental and sales business at 2661 Alvarado Street, Unit 22, where Vehicle /Heavy Equipment Dealers, Used and Vehicle /Heavy Equipment Sales are conditionally permitted uses in the IG Industrial General District; Assessor's Parcel Number 77A- 648 -3 -11; D. McKinney, C &M Trailer Rental (applicant); R. Legallet, 2661 Alvarado LLC (property owner); IG Industrial General District. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION The proposal is to allow for equipment rental and sales, both within an existing portion of an industrial warehouse building, at the former Gardco Lighting site at 2661 Alvarado Street, Unit 22. Zoning Code Sections 2 -706 (B.31. and B.32.) stipulates that equipment rentals and used equipment sales in the IG Zoning District require approval of a Conditional Use Permit. Staff recommends that the Board of Zoning Adjustments make the attached findings and approve PLN2011 -00021 subject to the attached recommended conditions of approval. APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING STATEMENT See attached. RELATIONSHIP TO SURROUNDING AREA The subject property is zoned IG Industrial General and is located on the northwest corner of Alvarado Street and Aladdin Avenue. Properties surrounding the property are all zoned IG and contain primarily warehouse uses with manufacturing and/or distribution businesses, and building contractors. The subject parcel is a 5.4 acre site developed with a 95,860 square -foot multi - tenanted industrial building. On May 17, 2006 Site Plan Approval (PLN2006- 00017) was granted by the Zoning Enforcement Official (ZEO) to allow for the division of the existing single- tenant industrial building into 26 individual tenant spaces, for rent, for light industrial, office and warehouse uses: DETAILS OF PROPOSAL The applicant, C &M Trailer Rental, proposes to operate a trailer rental facility on a portion of the property. It is a specialized rental business for vehicle trailers only. All of the trailers will be stored inside the building until they are rented out by a customer. The trailers include: 1. Two single -car trailers;