Resolution No. 6418
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RESOLUTION NO. 6418
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON REVOKING AND DECLARING VOID A CONDITIONAL
USE PERMIT GRANTED TO JCI ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES,
INC. FOR THE OPERATION OF A TRUCK TERMINAL AT
4133 BANDINI BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF VERNON
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the city of Vernon by
6 Resolution No. 6031 on February 18, 1992, granted a conditional use
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8 operation of a truck terminal at 4133 Bandini Boulevard in the City
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10 WHEREAS, Resolution No. 6031 imposed seventeen conditions
lIon said use permit labeled a. through r. which JCI was required to
12 fulfill in order to operate said truck terminal; and
13 WHEREAS, the Director of community services has advised the
l4 City Council that JCI has failed to comply with three of such
15 conditions, condition b. pertaining to underground tanks, condition
16 f. pertaining to maintenance of vehicles, and condition r.
17 pertaining to an electrical easement; and
18 WHEREAS, Section 26.52-10, "Voiding or Extending Permit" of
19 the Code of the City of Vernon, California, 1959, authorizes the
20 Director of Community Services to recommend that the City Council
21 "void any conditional use permit for noncompliance with the
22 conditions set forth"; and
23 WHEREAS, the Director of community Services by letter to
24 the City Council dated March 29, 1994, has recommended that the JCI
25 conditional use permit be revoked; and
26 WHEREAS, said Code section 26.5.2-10 authorizes the City
27 Council after a public hearing to void any conditional use permit
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WHEREAS, timely notice of the public hearing was given to
JCI by letter dated March 10, 1994, and Notice of Public Hearing was
published in the Metropolitan News on March 15, 1994; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the City Council on
April 5, 1994, at which a representative of JCI, Mr. Edward Romero,
appeared and was heard, and evidence was presented by the Director
of Community Services and the Director of the Health Department.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are
true and correct.
SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
finds and determines as follows:
A. Condition b. of Resolution No. 6031 requires:
b. The two (2) existing underground tanks are required to
be maintained in compliance with Vernon Ordinance No.
944. Tanks must continue to be monitored and operating
permits must be properly transferred. The underground
tanks shall not be used for the storage of hazardous
wastes. Plans for a new fuel station must be submitted
for review and approval.
JCI has failed to maintain said tanks in accordance with
condition by failing to transfer the permits to JCI, by failing
to have said tanks certified as operational by a qualified service
person, and by failing to take remedial action for a periodic alarm
which occurs on the monitoring system for one tank.
B. Condition f. of Resolution No. 6031 requires:
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f. servicing of vehicles including washing, steam cleaning
and repairing shall be performed in facilities in
compliance with appropriate codes. An operation plan
for exterior washing of company vehicles shall be
submitted for review and approval. No cleaning of the
interior of any tankers or storage containers shall be
performed at this location. Only JCI Environmental
Services' equipment or vehicles shall be repaired or
washed at this site.
JCI has maintained vehicles at said truck terminal in a
manner inconsistent with said condition by repairing and washing
said vehicles in a manner which is not in conformity to City of
Vernon codes.
C. Condition r. of Resolution No. 6031 requires:
r. JCI Environmental Services, Inc. shall grant to the
City of Vernon an easement for the existing underground
electric cables which feed their pad mounted
transformers.
JCI has violated said condition by failing to grant such an
easement to the City of Vernon.
D. The community Services and Health Departments met with JCI
on numerous occasions in order to resolve these issues, but was
unable to obtain compliance.
SECTION 3: Based on the evidence presented at the public
hearing and on the above findings of fact, the City Council of the
City of Vernon hereby revokes and declares null and void the
conditional use permit granted to JCI pursuant to Resolution No.
6031.
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Community Service are directed to take all necessary administrative
SECTION 4: The City Administrator and the Director of
and legal steps to terminate the operation by JCI of said truck
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terminal.
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certify to the passage of this resolution, and thereupon and
SECTION 5: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of April, 1994.
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MALKENHORST, Clty Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of
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Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being
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Resolution No. 6418, was duly adopted by the City Council of the
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City of Vernon at an adjourned regular meeting of the city Council
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duly held on Tuesday, April 26, 1994, and thereafter was duly signed
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by the Mayor of the City of Vernon. ~ ~
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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