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Planning Commission LFT/UNAPPROVED Vary 24, 2000 Minute No. 2000-04 (Excerpt) Page 15 of 16 Commission recommend to the Redevelopment Agency and the City Council that approval be subject to constructing Marina Boulevard to the plan line concurrently with the construction of the facility. Motion that the Redevelopment Agency require the Ford Motor Company Retail Facility Project to provide improvements to Marina Boulevard including curb, gutter and sidewalks to conform to the curb line of the property dedication denoted in the Owner Participation Agreement (Reed/Collier, 7 Ayes, 0 Noes) Chair Chin noted that the motion as passed recommended a separate condition of approval for the project. She said that the Planning Commission was free to make a separate motion incorporating other recommendations regarding conditions of approval, and that the second motion could incorporate as one of its conditions the condition embodied in the motion just passed. Commissioner Reed,the maker of the motion, and Commissioner Collier, who seconded the motion, both indicated that Chair Chin's comment fairly represented their understanding of the motion that had been passed. Commissioner Ravenstad recommended a condition that would require stronger architectural forms and the addition of appropriate dark blue horizontal score lines to the proposed new showroom facility. Commissioner Demirjian asked that in the future staff provide an aerial view of the area surrounding a project. He said that the lack of such a view in the current application made it difficult to visualize the relationship of the project to surrounding properties and streets. Commissioner Ravenstad noted that car dealerships were generally permitted in both commercial and industrial zones and were moving out of the core downtown East 14th Street areas and were proliferating with few controls. He said it was appropriate to ask staff to study the possibility of modifying the Zoning Code to create a specific zone for car dealerships. He suggested that the issue be studied in a future work session. Chair Chin noted that the Chovanes dealership paint and body shop was located offsite from the East 14th Street location. She asked if the intent was to keep that facility at the separate site. G:\MINUTES.PC/2000/2-24-2000 2/29/2000 4111