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CUP No. 2024-12 – Extra Space Storage (1030 E. Fourth Street) July 28, 2025 Page 9 of 10 5 1 7 1 •Goal UD-1: Physical Character – Improve the physical character and livability of the City to promote a sense of place, positive community image, and quality environment. o Policy UD-1.1: Design Quality –Ensure all developments feature high quality design, materials, finishes, and construction. •Goal UD-2: Sustainable Environment – Improve the built environment through sustainable development that is proportional and aesthetically related to its setting. o Policy UD-2.2: Compatibility and Use With Setting – Employ buffers and other urban design strategies to encourage the compatibility of new development with the scale, bulk, and pattern of existing development. •Goal UD-3: Attractive Travelways – Create and maintain safe and attractive travelways through coordinated streetscape design. Approval of the proposed Project is consistent with the General Plan land use designation of UN-30, which supports a mix of uses to enhance neighborhood vitality by providing neighborhood-serving amenities for local residents. The Project, involving the redevelopment and expansion of an existing self-storage facility, aligns with several General Plan goals and policies. Specifically, it supports Land Use Element Goals 2, 3, and 4 by promoting capital investment in an aging property, ensuring the new three-story building is compatible in scale and massing with adjacent residential developments, acting as an effective buffer between residential and industrial uses, and improving the public realm through quality architecture and enhanced street-facing amenities. From an Economic Prosperity Element perspective, the Project is consistent with Goals 1 and 3 by retaining and creating jobs, providing a service for both residents and small businesses, and ensuring the ongoing improvement and upkeep of a neighborhood property. Furthermore, the Project supports Housing Element Goal 2 of providing diverse housing by upgrading the on-site manager's apartment and offering secure, on-site storage amenities for residents in higher-density areas that may otherwise lack such facilities onsite. Finally, the Project’s quality architectural design, pedestrian-friendly frontages, and integration of neighborhood-specific materials and elements exemplify Goals 1, 2, and 3 of the Urban Design Element, ensuring the facility positively contributes to the visual character and livability of East Fourth Street. Public Notification and Community Outreach Project notifications were posted, published, and mailed in accordance with City and State regulations. Copies of the public notice, including a 1,000-foot notification radius map, and the site posting are provided in Exhibit 8. The Project’s site is located within the Lacy Neighborhood Association and is adjacent to the Logan Neighborhood. Staff contacted the presidents of the neighborhood associations to identify any areas of concerns due to the proposed application request. At the time this report was printed, residents of the Lacy Crossing development have expressed concerns that the proposed facility expansion would negatively affect the community’s health, safety, quality of life, environment, and property values. In response to these expressed concerns, staff have carefully evaluated the Project to ensure it benefits the community by acting as a transitional buffer between more impactful industrial uses and residential neighborhoods, promoting compatibility with surrounding land uses, and investment in the area’s overall quality of life.