HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 6869 (Chevron Station Use Permit)RESOLUTION N0. 6869
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN RAFAEL DENYING THE CHEVRON STATION USE PERMIT
(UP84-37)
729 Fourth Street
WHEREAS, the San Rafael City Council on July 16, 1984,
considered a Use Permit application for replacement of the exist-
ing Chevron self-service station at the southeast corner of Fourth
and Lincoln with a new self -serve facility; and
WHEREAS, the City Council concluded that a gasoline
service station at this major entrance to downtown is not con-
sistent with the spirit and intent of the San Rafael redevelopment
plan or the recent recommendation of the Downtown Ad Hoc Retail
Committee; and
WHEREAS, the City Council concluded the property should
eventually be redeveloped with uses more supportive of the
Downtown retail core, and approval of the self -serve station
Use Permit would decrease the likelihood of this happening.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the San Rafael
City Council denies the Use Permit application with the following
findings:
The use permit to remodel the existing service station
use at Fourth and Lincoln into a self-service operation would be
detrimental to existing pedestrian oriented retail uses and
needed redevelopment of surrounding and vicinity properties in
the San Rafael Downtown retail core for several reasons:
1. Allowing significant improvement of the site would
decrease the likelihood of redevelopment to a more appropriate
retail commercial or office use consistent with the urban form
and pedestrian scale of downtown Fourth Street.
2. Service station layouts, particularly those for
self-service stations, discourage pedestrian traffic and inter-
rupt the predominant retail shop streetscape of Fourth Street
with greater building setbacks and auto circulation areas in
close proximity to pedestrian sidewalks.
3. Self-service auto uses add to traffic congestion,
and Fourth Street has been designated primarily for traffic
serving local retail uses.
OItIGINAn.,
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RESOLUTION NO. 6 9
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael,
hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of said
City on MONDAY , the 16TH day of JULY 1984, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:Breiner, Frugoli, Nave, Russom & Mayor Mulryan
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:None
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M. LEONC I, City Clerk