Planning commission approves RV and boat storage facility in North Fillmore after conditions and revisions

The Fillmore City Planning Commission on a 5-0 vote approved a conditional use permit, a development permit and a lot merger that will allow an approximately 2.53-acre RV and boat storage facility in the North Fillmore specific plan area.

The application — presented during the commission's public hearing by city planning staff and the applicant’s consultant — asked to merge four parcels, to operate roughly 140 storage spaces, and for approval of site design and operational conditions. City staff described the project as a manufacturing/industrial use within the North Fillmore specific plan’s “industrial exclusive” area and noted the project is subject to the specific-plan mitigation measures for light, noise, drainage and similar issues.

Staff said the applicant first submitted the application before the city adopted a short-term moratorium on new RV-storage uses; after council action the city allowed this application and one previously-filed application to proceed. Staff presented a 46-page set of standard conditions of approval and noted the applicant requested several clarifications after the packet was published. "The applicant is making 3 requests. He's asking to merge 4 parcels into 1 parcel to about a 2.53, acre parcel," a member of city planning staff said during the presentation.

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