The Yucca Valley Planning Commission spent the majority of its meeting last night discussing the Billings Transfer Inc business on Yucca Trail. Billings has two businesses on the property—a rock and sand business, and a newly added auto repair shop, which is not included in the conditions of approval for the site. Commissioners asked town staff to include the auto repair business in a site plan review and conditions of approval for both businesses, which it will review next month. Managing editor Tami Roleff explains that the planning commission is ignoring the town’s Old Town Specific Plan when it comes to screening BTI’s outdoor storage area from public view…
Last year, the Yucca Valley Planning Commission allowed Billings Transfer Inc on Yucca Trail to install slats in its chain link fence to screen its rock, sand and gravel business, even though the Old Town Specific Plan expressly prohibits the use of chain link fencing, and it specifically requires outdoor storage areas to be fully enclosed by a masonry wall. JLT Rock and Sand, right next door, has a block wall surrounding its business. Last year, former Town Council member Dawn Rowe appealed the commission’s decision for non-compliance and inconsistencies with the Old Town Specific Plan. The Council sent the item back to the commission for a review of the business’s conditional use permit. At its meeting last night, the Yucca Valley Planning Commission stood by its decision that a slatted chain link fence was acceptable screening. Commission Chair Vickie Bridenstine said the Planning Commission should make it easier for businesses to develop, not more difficult.
YUCCA VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION TAKES UP BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS
