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t •~ ~ AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC. Feb. 26, 2007 City of Santa Ana Planning Commission 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92702 Re: HD Supply variance request 07-O1 2na letter this date, additional pazking related issue -lack of code required loading areas To the members of the Planning Commission: According to information provided by I-ID Supply, within their request for variance; (pages 1 & 2 included herewith}, also one page of azchitectural drawings included. Please reference 2na page, Project Description, Ise pazagraph o€this section, and the architectural drawing, all indicate that the primary receiving and delivery area is to be on the west side of the building. This HDS supplied documentation indicates: A. That there are only two (2) designated loading spaces - ref. SA Muni Code section cited below - 88,000 sq. ft. of building requires nine (9) loading spaces. They are seven (7) spaces short. B. That they will be moving lumber delivered from the west side of bldg. A, through their extremely crowded warehouse in bldg. A, to their lumber storage in bldg. B. This is highly unlikely, probably impossible, and it is not believable. I was born at night, but not last night. C. That WB-50 trucks need a 50 ft. fuming radius, -there is only 20 ft. from the curb to the opposite side of east bound traffic lanes. Exiting by making a right turn, their trucks will be turning 30 ft. into opposing traffic and into other trucks waiting in the left tum lane to turn into their miserably inadequate receiving area. This would be highly dangerous. * And even more dangerous considering the railroad tracks immediately to the west. Santa Ana Municipal Code Ch. 41. Art. XV Div. 1 Sec 41-1305 Loading space requirements Every building involving the receipt or distribution by vehicle of materials or merchandise incidental to carrying on such activity shall be provided with at least one (1) space for standing, loading and unloading of vehicles to avoid undue interterence with the public use of on-site travel aisles, streets and alleys. Such space shall be provided at a size sufficient to accommodate the largest delivery vehicle likely for the building and in no case be less than ten (10) feet by twenty-five (25) feet. Loading zones shall be provided at a rate of one (1) for every ten thousand (10,000) square feet of floor area or outdoor storage area. Loading zones shall not interfere with or be used for off- street parking purposes. Loading zones shall be clearly designated and labeled, ... Due to the circumstances cited above, I-ID Supply most likely will use their already inadequate, according to code, off-street pazking to unload WB-50 trucks making deliveries of materials. It is the only practical, although prohibited by code, solution. Based on the above cited and documented planned violations and likely to occur violations of City code and their extremely dangerous designated truck delivery plans; I hereby request that the Planning Commission deny the IID Supply request for variance, no. 07-O1. Respectfully submitted, Mike Tazdif Page 6 of 43 412 N. Santa Fe St., Santa Ana, CA 92701-4907 + Phppe~ (j14}~q~-7135 + Fax: (714) 5471221 + State Lic. #247615