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Stop Development of 7-11 Store in a residential area
Petition published by Monica Sanchez on Jun 12, 2012
Target: Safe Neighborhood
Region: United States of America
Petition Background (Preamble):
The developer, Catherine Otis, has submitted a planning application to build a 7 Eleven convenience store at 1089 N. Rancho Avenue. This included a request of a Conditional Use Permit for the sale of beer & wine for off-site consumption and a Public Convenience and Necessity Letter for the proposed new building and Sign Review of wall signs on a new building and a proposed freestanding monument sign on a vacant unimproved lot.
We believe that this new planning project should be rejected under the following grounds:
This new development will cause undue hardship on the local residence of this neighborhood due to the sale of Alcohol and the 24 hour service this establishment offers. It will create unnecessary traffic, noise, lights, litter, gang activity, loitering, graffiti, vandalism, and crime.
The sale of Alcohol and the 24 hour service this establishment plans to offer will convert this development into a high crime business due to the consumption of alcohol at late night hours. This can lead to consumption of alcohol and drugs by minors who commute to and from school by foot.
This new development would cause considerable traffic disruption to the local area due to the number of vehicles entering and exiting the car parking, particularly at peak commuting periods. This will affect various schools in the area during school entrance and exit hours, like Colton Middle School, Colton High School and Colton Joint Unified School District. It will also create late night traffic, people hanging around in housing zone, and disturbance of peace which will eventually become a problematic nuisance for neighboring residents of this location.
This new 7 Eleven convenience store Development will detrimentally affect existing local businesses. The following are several established local businesses that already provide convenience shopping services to our local community and that would certainly be forced out of business if they were forced to compete with a national retailer:
• American Fuel located on 1101 North Rancho Avenue is 210 feet just across the street
• C 2 Food Mart located on 1091 West Valley Boulevard is 0.7 miles SW
The following are existing 7 Eleven National Retailers already established in our local neighborhood:
• 7 Eleven on 1511 N Mount Vernon Ave is only 1.3 miles NE
• 7 Eleven on 202 N Mount Vernon Ave is 1.5 miles SE
We believe that this new planning project should be rejected under the following grounds:
This new development will cause undue hardship on the local residence of this neighborhood due to the sale of Alcohol and the 24 hour service this establishment offers. It will create unnecessary traffic, noise, lights, litter, gang activity, loitering, graffiti, vandalism, and crime.
The sale of Alcohol and the 24 hour service this establishment plans to offer will convert this development into a high crime business due to the consumption of alcohol at late night hours. This can lead to consumption of alcohol and drugs by minors who commute to and from school by foot.
This new development would cause considerable traffic disruption to the local area due to the number of vehicles entering and exiting the car parking, particularly at peak commuting periods. This will affect various schools in the area during school entrance and exit hours, like Colton Middle School, Colton High School and Colton Joint Unified School District. It will also create late night traffic, people hanging around in housing zone, and disturbance of peace which will eventually become a problematic nuisance for neighboring residents of this location.
This new 7 Eleven convenience store Development will detrimentally affect existing local businesses. The following are several established local businesses that already provide convenience shopping services to our local community and that would certainly be forced out of business if they were forced to compete with a national retailer:
• American Fuel located on 1101 North Rancho Avenue is 210 feet just across the street
• C 2 Food Mart located on 1091 West Valley Boulevard is 0.7 miles SW
The following are existing 7 Eleven National Retailers already established in our local neighborhood:
• 7 Eleven on 1511 N Mount Vernon Ave is only 1.3 miles NE
• 7 Eleven on 202 N Mount Vernon Ave is 1.5 miles SE
Petition:
We, the undersigned, oppose the opening of the 7 Eleven convenience store and call on the Planning Commission of the City of Colton to reject the planning application for the proposed development at 1089 N. Rancho Avenue on the grounds that it will cause undue hardship on the local residence of this neighborhood due to the sale of Alcohol and the 24 hour service this establishment offers since it will create unnecessary traffic, noise, lights, litter, gang activity, loitering, graffiti, vandalism, and crime.
The Stop Development of 7-11 Store in a residential area petition to Safe Neighborhood was written by Monica Sanchez and is in the category City & Town Planning at GoPetition. Contact author here.
