Here are some items the Planning Commission...

Here are some items the Planning Commission considered Monday.

RED HILL AVENUE LOT SUBDIVISION

The commission unanimously approved a new tract map that will

allow Danjon Engineering to subdivide its Red Hill Avenue property

into three separate lots. The lots will share driveways and parking,

though each of three office buildings on the property will now be on

its own lot.

WHAT IT MEANS

If the property owner chose to sell some of the property, it could

potentially sell the three lots separately. The subdivision was not

expected to increase use of the property or cause a significant

change in traffic.

PARKING FOR PAUL MITCHELL ACADEMY

Because of questions about parking restrictions and security

issues, commissioners chose to continue to a later meeting the

request from Paul Mitchell the School to share parking with the First

Church of Christ, Scientist, on Mesa Verde Drive East. The shopping

center at Harbor Boulevard and Adams Avenue, where the school is

located, was not built with the required amount of parking, so people

using the center have been parking on nearby residential streets.

The church is willing to let the school share some of its parking,

but commissioners were concerned about the safety of students walking

after dark to the church parking lot, which is a quarter of a mile

away from the school. They also had questions about whether the

shopping center owner should be allowed to restrict parking there

once the school has alternative student parking.

WHAT IT MEANS

The issue will be discussed at a March 14 meeting. While residents

want their streets freed of shopping center customers and students,

some are worried that the proposed parking at the church will be too

far away to do much good.

GRACE LANE MARTIAL ARTS STUDIO

A martial arts studio planned for a Grace Lane property in an

industrial zone got the go-ahead in a unanimous vote of the

commission. Classes will be offered on weekday evenings and on

Saturdays, and the studio operator also will run a consulting and

bookkeeping business from the same building.

WHAT IT MEANS

The studio doesn’t need an approval from the council, so it can

move forward. An existing wall along the property is expected to

buffer nearby residences from any noise or traffic the studio may

generate.

-- Alicia Robinson