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3-f Town of Los Altos Hills May 12, 2005 Staff Report to the Planning Commission RE: SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR PURISSIMA HILLS WATER DISTRICT TO CONSTRUCT A NEW OPPERATIONS CENTER; LANDS OF LOS ALTOS HILLS (TOWN HALL SITE); FILE# 35-05-ZP- SD-CUP. FROM: Brian Froelich, Assistant Planner 7 jy APPROVED BY: Carl Cahill, Planning DirectorC •L• RECOMMENDATION: That the Planning Commission: Forward a recommendation of approval for the requested Site Development Permit and Conditional Use Permit to the City Council. ALTERNATIVE The Commission may choose to deny the proposal or request additional information and continue consideration of this item to a subsequent meeting. PROJECT SUMMARY The Purissima Hills Water District requests Site Development and Conditional Use Permit approval to construct a new 1,948 square foot operations building on the south end of a 2.72 acre property at 26379 Fremont Road (Town Hall site). ZONING/GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION The site is located in a Residential -Agricultural (R -A) zoning district and is designated "Institution" on the General Plan land use diagram. CODE PROVISIONS Section 10-1.703 (5) (h) of the Municipal Code establishes "Public utility and service uses" as conditional uses in the R -A zoning district. All proposed conditional uses are subject to four findings, which must be made in the affirmative to approve a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) as outlined in Section 10-1.1107(1). The findings for this proposal are attached to this report (see attachment 2). Section 10-1.1104 of the Municipal Code requires all CUP applications be reviewed by the Planning Commission and forwarded to the City Council with a recommendation. A Site Development Permit is required for this proposal pursuant to Section 10-2.301 (c) (6), the construction of any structure, combination of structures, or additions to structures which equal or exceed one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of floor area.