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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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b. |
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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h. |
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. |
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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