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Planning commission approves conditional-use permit for used-auto sales at Ramon Road commercial center
Summary
The Cathedral City Planning Commission approved Conditional Use Permit 240002 allowing a used-auto sales office within an existing auto-repair building at 68750 Ramon Road, subject to parking and site conditions and a CEQA exemption.
The Cathedral City Planning Commission on Feb. 5 approved Conditional Use Permit (CUP) 240002 to allow a used-auto sales office inside an existing auto repair building at 68750 Ramon Road.
The permit authorizes an 808-square-foot sales office within an existing 5,300-square-foot auto repair building in the Planned Community Commercial (PCC) zone. Assistant Planner Manuel Rocha told commissioners the applicant, Noe Galan Garcia, proposes to use a portion of Building 2 for sales and to display vehicles in the adjacent lot. Rocha said staff concluded the project is eligible for a CEQA exemption under Section 15301 (Class 1: existing facilities) and recommended approval subject to conditions in the staff report.
Staff recommended conditions that require the applicant to submit a revised site plan showing a minimum of 34 parking spaces for the commercial center (including disabled parking), and to stripe the vehicle display/customer parking area before issuance of a final inspection/occupancy. The staff report described three display spaces reserved for vehicle display and one customer space but the recommended condition refers to eight parking spaces in the converted display area; commissioners and staff noted the inconsistency in the record. During discussion the commission also agreed to remove a decades-old requirement that the six original parcels forming the commercial center be merged, after staff said recorded reciprocal access (CC&Rs) in place make an immediate merger unnecessary.
Commissioners asked about pedestrian access from the service bay to the rear office and about which entity owned the parcels; staff replied that the building owner holds the parcels under an LLC and that the chief building official would address any path-of-travel or building-code issues during plan check. Applicant representatives told the commission the current ownership arrangement between two families has worked for years and that they would comply with any necessary conditions.
Vice Chair Daniel Lee moved to find the project exempt under CEQA Section 15301 and to approve CUP 240002 subject to the staff conditions as revised (including the two additional conditions discussed at the hearing and removal of the prior lot-merger condition); Member McPhail seconded. The motion passed 5-0.
The permit is now approved with the conditions recorded in the staff report; issuance of occupancy will be contingent on the site-plan and striping requirements being completed and on building-plan review by the chief building official.
