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Report regarding consideration of an application for a Use Permit to allow an indoor soccer facility at 152 Utah Avenue and determination that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). (Indoor Sports and Recreation use; CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, Class 1) (Victoria Kim, Associate Planner)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission take the following action:
1. Find the Project complies with CEQA, Class 1, Section 15301, Existing Facilities and make findings and approving the Use Permit (UP23-0001), subject to the attached draft Findings and draft Conditions of Approval.
MOTION TO ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION
1. Move to determine the project is exempt from CEQA and approve the Use Permit subject to the attached Findings and Conditions of Approval.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The applicant, Jesus Acevedo, submitted a Use Permit application to operate an Indoor Sports and Recreation use facility in January 2023. The proposed project is an indoor soccer facility, and the indoor version of soccer would be played on a smaller field with 6 to 8 players per team.
Site Overview
The project property is located at 152 Utah Avenue, within an existing one-story warehouse building. The project area is approximately 7,527 square feet with an automatic fire sprinkler system in the existing 15,118 square foot building. There are 39 surfacing parking spaces including two accessible parking stalls on site. The main access to the property is from Utah Avenue to the north. The project site is surrounded by industrial, commercial, and office buildings on the north, south, and west, and bordered by Colma Creek to the east.
Proposed Project
The applicant is proposing to operate an indoor soccer facility for a maximum of three teams at a time. There would not be any exterior changes to the building and current landscaping areas would remain the same. Other than a fenced indoor so...
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