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A i Wandzia Grycz 3 10/01 /96 drivers to use the traffic signal at WashingtonBradrick/Monterey (via the Harold Avenue exit) to enter Washington Avenue. Based on the traffic analysis, staff did not recommend full closure of the Harold Avenue exit, as requested by the petitioners. Instead, staff made the following recommendation to the Planning Commission: 1. Allow the vehicle exit onto Harold Avenue to remain. 2. Close the pedestrian gate. 3. Require removal of the spikes across the Harold Avenue driveway, in order to comply with Fire Department requirements. In making this recommendation, staff felt that the vehicle exit should be maintained for safety purposes and closure of the pedestrian gate represented a reasonable compromise which would address most of the neighbors concerns. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION The Planning Commission elected to make the following recommendation to the City Council. 1. Maintain the current traffic pattern on the site. 2. Maintain the sliding vehicle gate which allows vehicle exit only. 3. Require removal of the spikes from the Harold Avenue vehicle driveway, in order to comply with Fire Department requirements. 4. Work with the neighbors to study the feasibility of speed bumps on Harold Avenue 5. Study the feasibility of limiting the hours of accessibility for the pedestrian and vehicle gate. (Assuming that the pedestrian gate functions properly so that it requires key access from Harold Avenue.) 6. Keep the pedestrian gate open. REQUIRED FINDINGS Section 5-2906 of the San Leandro Zoning Code provides for a Hearing to modify or revoke a discretionary approval in the event that the Zoning Enforcement Official determines that there is reasonable grounds for action. To modify or revoke the Site Development Approval, the City Council must make one or more of the following findings: 1. That the permit was issued on the basis of erroneous or misleading information or misrepresentation; 2. That the terms or conditions of approval of the permit have been violated or that other laws or regulations have been violated; 3. That there has been a discontinuance of the exercise of the entitlement granted by the permit for 180 days;