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Report regarding an application for a Use Permit for an Indoor Sports and Recreation use at 239 Utah Avenue. (Christy Usher, Contract Planner and Sailesh Mehra, Planning Manager)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Use Permit (UP19-0002) and make a determination that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), per Class 1, Section 15301(a), based on the attached Draft Findings and subject to the attached Draft Conditions of Approval.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The applicant, Redwood Soccer Alliance ("Soccer Alliance"), proposes to operate an indoor sports and recreation use for youth located at 239 Utah Avenue in the Mixed Industrial (MI) zoning district. The proposed use is an indoor soccer facility also known as "Futsal". Futsal is an indoor version of soccer played on a smaller field with 5-8 players per team. The Redwood Soccer Alliance will offer instruction to children ages 8-14 in how to play the game.
The existing commercial building located at 239 Utah Avenue includes a mixture of existing office and warehouse space. An existing office tenant occupies 3,219 square feet of the existing 23,662 square foot commercial building. The Soccer Alliance will occupy the remaining 20,443 square feet of the existing commercial building. The project site is surrounded by commercial buildings and warehouse uses. The site is bounded by Utah Avenue to the south.
The existing office tenant includes 3-6 employees that often work off-site. The hours of operation for the existing office space tenant are weekday, Monday - Friday 6am-3pm. The hours of the office tenant do not overlap with the proposed use which will operate only in the evenings during the week and on the weekends.
Proposed Use
As previously mentioned, the Soccer Alliance is proposing to offer futsal or indoor soccer instruction to youth ages 8-14 years old. According to the applicant's statement, ther...
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