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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 1992 0401 CC REG ITEM 11CMOORPARK ITEM I I - C . 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 9302' - 10000"MNw M E M O R A N D U M TO: The Honorable City Council FROM: Patrick J. Richards, Director of City Courodl Meeting nCTION: =y UAY , Z'fL Community Development DATE: March 25, 1992 (for the April 1, 1992 City Council meeting) SUBJECT: Weekly Farmers Market /Antique Festival Background: Owners of an approximately 15,000 square foot parcel of vacant land at the northwest corner of Magnolia Avenue and High Street in downtown Moorpark have indicated an interest to hold a weekly Farmers Market /Antique Festival on their property. The owners are requesting that the City consider using a Temporary Use Permit process to sell various items from the site on a regular basis. The items to be sold include: Certified produce, pursuant to Department of Agricultural Guidelines, antiques, and food merchandise. Free entertainment such as music and balloon tying will be available. The owners are interested in creating a fun "flea market" environment. The owners of the parcel have been working with the Chamber of Commerce and have received positive feedback from the Chamber regarding this issue. In the past, the Council has used the Temporary Use Permit process (See Attachment 2), to allow the following uses on a 6 month evaluation crtieria: * Outside Eating * Live Entertainment * Outside Produce Sales * Outside Cooking Inasmuch as the applicant's requested permit does not specifically fall into the parameters of acceptable uses for which a Temporary Use Permit is to be granted; the interested owners are requesting RAT- 0:- 25- 92(1:19pm)A: \FARMERSM.M6M PAUL W. LAW�ASON JR. JOHN E. WOZNIAK SCOTT MONTGOMERY BERNARiI. M PEREZ ROY E. TALLEY JR. Mav�r Mayor Pro Tem Councilmember Courr•imember Councilmemts+ The Honorable City Council March 25, 1992 Page -2- that the Council concur with the Farmers Market concept and issue a 6 month Temporary Use Permit to allow the proposed activity. Temporary uses are usually regulated by conditions. Should the Council wish to grant the Temporary Use Permit to the applicant, appropriate conditions of approval will need to be added so as to reduce or eliminate problems between land uses. Potential conditions of a Tempoary Use Permit for the subject site may include the following: a. Paving of the site or some form of dust control; b. Limit hours of operation; C. Limit the types of products sold on site; d. Obtain necessary permits from the Health Department; e. Provisions for water and electric outlets; f. Provisions for sanitary facilities; g. Traffic control measures; h. Regulate on -site lighting; i. Noise conditions; j. Regulate types of signs used; k. Regulate parking requirements. Recommendation: Direct staff as deemed appropriate Attachments: 1. Correspondence from Sherry Marsh dated March 12, 1992. 2. Temporary Use Permit Guidelines dated August 20, 1990. PJR:KMP RAT- 03- 26- 92(4:44pm)A:\FRMMKT.TUP March 4., 1992 ATTACH M ENT 1 Mayor Paul Lawra_on and I'rIlembers of 'he City Council City of Moorpark 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, CA Dear Mayor Lawrason and Members of the City Council, We are the property owners at 285 and 297 High Street, and would like to help generate the economic growth and public interest in the downtown area. We would like to propose an event that would accomplish both of these goals by having a weekly Farmers Market / Anitque Festival event on the property. We have had meetings with Carol Hunt at the Chamber of Commerce and Pat Richards, Director of Community Development and attented the recent round table discussion held on February 25, 1992. One of the main concerns downtown is for customer /business attraction. We have experienced enthusiasm for this concept, but have met with some difficulty in trying to secure a 6 month temporary use permit. As this Farmers Market/ Antique Festival is not a long term plan for the property, a temporary use permit is the only vehicle for us to proceed forward. The guids lines for this permit seem irrelevant when the „ parallel is generating downtown interest and attracting more business revenue for existing merchants. We are asking that the Council revoke and /or amend these guidelines so that an event like this can proceed forward. A quick fix to the temporary permit is not going to heir) when, in the future, other motivated people want to create a public and business interest event. We urge you to change the existing restrictions keeping the future in mind. We would like your support of this project. A timely response is required in order for this event to be launched. We appreciate your consideration and a prompt response is requested. Please agendize this request for discussion at the March 18, 1992 City Council Meeting. — RECEIVEb Sincerely, MAR 12 1992 City of Moorpark S rry Marsh ndy Marsh Tracv Marsh cc: Moorpark Chamber of Commerce -Z `otro K13on-r ritNr NA5a%naaor 4,4 BERNARDO M. PEREZ Mayor SCOTT MONTGOMERY Mayor Pro Tern ELOISE BROWN Councilmember CLINT HARPER, Ph.D. Councilmember PAUL W. LAWRASON, Jr. Councilmember LILLIAN KELLERMAN City Clerk MOORPARK iTLM.IIL -l. ATTACHMENT 2 M E M O R A N D U M STEVEN KUENY City Manager CHERYL J.KANE City Attorney PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P. Director of Community Development R. DENNIS DELZEIT City Engineer JOHN V. GILLESPIE Chief of Police RICHARD T. HARE City Treasurer TO: The Honorable City Council FROM: Patrick J. Richards, Director of Community Development DATE: August 20, 1990 (CC meeting of 9/5/90) SUBJECT: Downtown Revitalization - Temporary Use Permit Background In August 1989, the Council approved the final text of the Downtown Study and directed the Community Development Committee to work with Staff to implement the basic design elements of the study. Since that time there has been a joint meeting with the Planning Commission and several meetings with the Community Development Committee in which various implementation measures were approved towards implementation of design elements in the Downtown area. This included the creation of a sign overlay district. Staff is still working on the overlay district details. Discussion Since the Council's action in March, it has come to Staff's attention that there w -TisT ari1;11 est�' -to' 4add laddit -ional nre revitalization, efforts b .ago; -the, .. _,.....:. ,. ,�,:.., „f ,, �, ,�,�, y .., _ „�,:Downtownmerchants� Staff has received at`least'one"'l`etter (see attached) regarding a merchants interest to expand their activity and service. The merchants dilemma comes in the form of both thett,�e'it takes to process an entitlement application, ( such as CUP, CPD or modification to such) plus the icorstb-involved with the application. pjrl6aug90 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529 -6864 This interest was discussed with the Community Development Committee at a recent meeting, The idea of providing an interim regulatory process was considered by the Committee. . Staff is suggesting that the Council consider a six (6) month temporary use permit for various accessory uses in the Downtown area, until a permanent process is put into place. At the end of the six (6) month trial period, staff will analyze the effectiveness of such a program. The types of uses contemplated with a temporary use is as follows: 1. Outside eating 2. Live entertainment 3. Outside produce sales 4. Outside cooking There may be others, but only the above have come to Staff's attention. Such temporary use permits should only be valid for six (6) months. This method would allow the City to accomplish two elements. First, it would provide a more streamlined approach to an approval process with only the cost of a zone clearance ($28.00). Second, it would allow the City to determine if such an activity was in any way a problem as it relates to adjacent uses. Staff may spend more time with these requests than a typical zone clearance. However, if successful, the City will receive increased sales tax dollars and help revitalize the Downtown area. Typically, temporary uses are regulated by conditions. It would be Staff's intent to impose appropriate conditions to reduce or eliminate problems between land uses. Staff Recommendation 1. Direct staff to issue temporary use permits, valid for only six (6) months, to existing uses in the proposed Downtown overlay zone area which provide goods or services that promote the Downtown area. Such temporary uses to be limited to those specified by City Council, such as those identified in this report: 2. Direct staff to report back to the City Council with an analysis of the effectiveness of such a program no later than April 1991. Attachment: August 4, 1990 letter, Rogello and Gonzalo Cisneros August 5, 1990 letter, A.A Barakat pjrl6aug90 Gugest a! :990 Mr. Pat Richards Dire =tor of Community SEVele = meet City of Moozcarw 799 Moorpark Avenue MooeparE, califoeaia 92021 2252 Mr. R ±cbe2§5= La Cabanita Restaurant 493 Moc�oark Avaae We would like to provide live music and/or singing entestaioment for the enjoyment of our customers. We would also like to provide live dance music for about two to three hours per weekend evening. We believe w@ will enhance Moorpark by providing Mexi-can mGSiEal . —n tertainment while at the same time attracting people to the awntown commercial area, a goal of the Downtown Study. Please provide us with the necessary direction so that we may im lemeint'oufzideasa' 6 §ulEklyT66 «bok¥ible.: wish to ollca the process bit we ask for your help in expediting the process or, iz appropriate, any al±ernative processes. We thank you in advance for your prompt att�ntioe to our reReest. Respectfully submitted, Roge _o ci_ner� s@9 -7019 cc: Mayor Bernardo M. Perez Mr. John'WozniaR, Planning Commission Chairman (805) 529-0366 tar4= ) _?)tarket 20 Years Moorparks' Favorite Merchants" General Manager 411 High Street A.A.BARAKAT Moorpark, CA 93021 m 7f C flayor N. 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