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CUP: |
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Cap of 200 people, including all visitors and
staff, onsite at any given time during High Fire Preparedness
Season - May 1 - November 30th. Excepts on-site resident staff
and families from caps |
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b. |
Cap of 250 people onsite at any given time
during the rest of the year - December 1 - April 30 (need to
figure out how to actively monitor this with input from appellants
and SBBG) |
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c. |
Elimination of 1.8% annual growth rate |
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d. |
110,000 annual visitor cap |
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e. |
Modification of special events to |
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17 events of a cap of 80 people in attendance
annually |
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Cap of 1 event per month during May
- November (High Fire Preparedness Season) |
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Cap of 2 events per month December -
April (Low Fire Preparedness Season) |
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Cap of 1,983 individuals per year at
special events |
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All special events must end by sunset
with all people vacating the property within 1 hour afterward |
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f. |
Classes cap of 1,778 individuals per year
(current level) |
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g. |
Amplification restricted to "spoken word"
level, with decibels measured (65 bD limit in General Plan) |
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h. |
Finding: Using the language from the CUP for
the Music Academy of the West: Advise future decisionmakers
that the operation and site development at SBBG has reached
its maximum level for consistency with the neighborhood's public
health and safety, and the Board recommends no further increases
in use, density or development be allowed. |
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Buildings: |
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a. |
Two new staff residences on the Hansen Site
rejected; existing 2 residences can be remodeled as proposed |
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b. |
Relocate Caretaker's cottage to Director's
home location and use as Director's residence |
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c. |
No building permits, land use permits or land
use clearances without first demonstrating consistency with
new MCC plan |
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d. |
New Buildings would equal 26,576 sq ft, plus
demolition = 22,446 when that is done. Could reduce by 1,400
sq ft more if use Caretakers Cottage as Director's residence
for a total of 21,046 sq ft of new development. |
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Construction |
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a. |
Infrastructure must be in place first and
tested before any of Phase 1 or Phase 2 of development can begin
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b. |
Rest period for 1 year or ½ of the
time of construction, whichever is longer period, after each
phase |
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c. |
Need to look at Construction impacts and phasing
more |
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d. |
SBBG must have public meeting (not hearing)
on 3 construction management, construction traffic and event
parking plans for community input |
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Fencing: |
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a. |
Remove all chain link fencing, replace with
post and wire with minimum set back of 6 feet from roadways |
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b. |
Use only post & wire fencing throughout |
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New pavers only allowed around
new buildings; eliminate 10% increase in pavers as per Planning
Commission. Existing pavers (except in meadow) can stay.
Meadow pavers shall be removed and decomposed granite used,
except natural stone (flagstone) may be used around meadow (HLAC
condition) |
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Fire Protection Plan: |
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Definition of High Fire Preparedness Season:
May 1 - November 30 |
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Garden closure on all Red Flag Alert days |
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c. |
Garden closure on all days where the SBBG
monitoring station shows conditions in Mission Canyon comparable
to Red Flag criteria conditions |
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d. |
Fire Chief or his designee has discretion
outside of Red Flag days to enforce closures if extraordinary
unsafe conditions are expected, ie high winds, Sundowners |
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e. |
On site Safety Officer required during Red
Flag "watch periods" |
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f. |
Contracts with private parties for events
must give fair warning that Garden closure is possible in the
above conditions |
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New signage required near entrance to Mission
Canyon Road / Station 15 with Red Flag Warning to deter traffic
while on Foothill |
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New procedure shall be instituted to advise
hotel and lodging industry of red flag closures at the Botanic
Garden |
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i. |
Roadside clearing mandated |
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j. |
Buses restricted to under 31 feet, with the
exception of school buses |
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k. |
Offsite parking when shuttle busses are used
must be south of Garden Street |
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l. |
Unannounced fire drill required a minimum
of 1x annually (not during special events) |
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m. |
SBBG must have public meeting (not hearing)
on Fire Protection Plan for input |
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n. Shuttle parking will be triggered anytime the parking lots
are filled or event over 80 people is planned |
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Cultural/Archeological: |
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a. |
Shovel test pits required at Hansen Site (SB22) |
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b. |
Native American monitor to be present for
any disturbance of soil / all project sites |
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c. |
HLAC given oversight of the Cultural Resources
Master Plan within Landmark |
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Temporary exhibits are limited
to 2 years |
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