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Planning commission approves PACE adult day center at 2200 E. Garvey with gated overnight van parking and extended hours
Summary
The West Covina Planning Commission approved a precise plan, a conditional use permit and a tree removal permit to convert a vacant restaurant at 2200 E. Garvey Ave. S. into a PACE adult day health center. Approval includes gated overnight parking for facility vans, extended hours to 6 p.m., and conditions requiring state licenses and fire-department review.
The West Covina Planning Commission on Nov. 25 approved a proposal to replace the vacant Via Tepeyac restaurant at 2200 East Garvey Avenue South with a one‑story, 15,980‑square‑foot adult day health center operating under the PACE model.
Contract planner Paul Lam told commissioners the project would redevelop the site, provide a maximum of 100 participants on site at any one time, employ 80 staff (no more than 40 onsite at once), include a minimum of 61 parking spaces as required by code, and require removal of three significant palm trees. Lam recommended adoption of resolutions approving Precise Plan No. 25‑02, Conditional Use Permit No. 25‑03 and Tree Removal Permit No. 25‑03. "The conditional use permit being requested is to use the property as an adult day care facility for persons 55 years of age or older," Lam said.
The applicant asked the commission to modify two staff conditions: extending operating hours from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. to allow potential future shifts and permitting overnight parking for facility vans,…
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