Meeting Agenda for October 12, 2006
Commission Members
| Joseph Contreraz | Darrel Woo | John Boyd |
| Joseph Yee | Jodi Samuels | Barry Wasserman |
| Michael Notestine | D.E. "Red" Banes | Chris Givens |
City Staff
David Kwong, Planning Manager
Sabina Gilbert, Senior Deputy City Attorney
Historic City Hall
915 I Street, 2rd Floor Hearing Room
October 12, 2006
– 5:30 P.M.
The City Planning Commission was created by the City Council. Its powers and duties include: to develop and maintain the General Plan; to make recommendations to the City Council on amendments to the General Plan and the City’s zoning code and on zoning changes; to act upon applications for tentative subdivision maps, special permits and variances; and to make environmental determinations associated with these actions.
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Agenda
All items listed are heard and acted upon by the Planning Commission unless otherwise noted.
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Call to Order – 5:30 p.m.
Roll Call
Consent Calendar
All items listed under the Consent Calendar are considered and acted upon by one motion. Anyone may request that an item be removed for separate consideration.
- Approval of Synopsis for September 28, 2006.
Location: (Citywide)
Recommendation: Approve Commission Synopsis for September 28, 2006.
Contact: David Kwong, Planning Manager, 808-2691
Public Hearings
Public hearings may be reordered by the Chair at the discretion of the Committee. If you challenge the decision of this Commission you may be limited to raising only those issues that are raised in this hearing or in written correspondence received by the agency prior to the hearing.
- P04-103 Paranjpe Rimmer Avenue (Noticed on: 09/18/06) (Continued from (09/28/06)
Location: 447 Rimmer Avenue, D-1
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption (CEQA Section 15332); Forward to City Council – Item B: Community Plan Amendment to re-designate 0.47± net acre of medium density residential to low density residential; Approve – Item C: Tentative Map to subdivide a 0.47± net acre vacant parcel into three parcels in the standard single-family (R-1) zone; Item D: Subdivision Modification to create non-standard sized lots.
Contact: David Hung, Associate Planner, 808-5530
Attachments:
Staff Report
- P06-021 Morey Place (Noticed on: 09/08/06) (Continued from 09/28/06)
Location: Between Morrison and Morey Avenues, East of Western Ave., D-2
Recommendation: Continue to October 26, 2006
Contact: Mark Kraft, Associate Planner, 808-8116
- Z04-270 & ER06-082 River Landing Condos (Noticed on: 08/02/06) (Continued from: 08/24/06, 09/14/06)
Location: 1400 Garden Highway, D-1
Recommendation: Withdraw from agenda to be renoticed.
Contact: Sandra Yope, Associate Planner, 808-7158; Luis Sanchez, Design Review Director, 808-5957
- P05-175 & P05-176 Stanford Lofts & the E Street Building (Noticed on: 09/18/06, 10/02/06)
Location: 714,718,720,722 E Street & 516 8th Street & 721 F Street, D-1
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Mitigated Negative Declaration; Adopt – Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Approve – Item C: Tentative Map to merge six (6) parcels into one (1) parcel and designate the parcel for condominium purposes; Item D: Special Permit to construct twenty-three (23) condominium units in the OB-SPD zone; Item E: Special Permit to construct sixteen (16) condominium units in the RO-SPD zone; Item F: Special Permit to construct 16,120± square feet of office space in the RO-SPD zone; Item G: Special Permit to reduce required parking; Item H: Special Permit to allow tandem parking; Item I: Plan Review for offices in the OB-SPD zone; Item J: Variance to exceed the maximum height of thirty-five (35) feet within 120 feet of 8th Street in the RO-SPD and OB-SPD zones; Item K: Variance to exceed the maximum height of fifty (50) feet in the OB-SPD zone; Item L: Variance to reduce the ten (10) foot step back required above forty (40) feet on E & F Streets; Item M: Variance to reduce the front setback to less than the average adjacent buildings; Item N: Variance to reduce the interior side setbacks to less than ten (10) feet; Item O: Variance to reduce the rear yard to less than fifteen (15) feet; Item P: Variance to locate office as the predominant ground level use within the OB-SPD zone.
Contact: Sally Shore, Assistant Planner, 808-8001
Attachments:
- P06-051 321 Haggin Avenue Tentative Map (Noticed on: 09/18/06)
Location: 321 Haggin Avenue, D-1
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption (CEQA Section 15332); Item B: Tentative Map to subdivide one parcel into four (4) parcels in the single family (R-1) zone; Item C: Subdivision Modification to create three (3) lots without street frontage; Item D: Variance to develop three (3) units without street frontage.
Contact: Mark Kraft, Associate Planner, 808-8116
Attachments:
- P06-060 River Plaza Office Park (Noticed on: 09/18/06)
Location: Southeast of River Plaza Drive and Main Drainage Canal, D-1
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Addendum to an adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration; Adopt – Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Approve – Item C: PUD Guidelines Amendment to the River Plaza PUD in relation to permitted uses and signage in the office building zone; Item D: PUD Schematic Plan Amendment to modify the building footprints on 11.0± net acre within the River Plaza PUD; Item E: Tentative Map to subdivide an 11.0± net acre parcel into thirteen (13) parcels in the Office Planned Unit Development (OB-PUD) zone; Item F: Special Permit to develop twelve (12) two-story office buildings totaling 175,356± square feet and common area within an 11.0± net acre parcel in the Office Planned Unit Development (OB-PUD) zone in the River Plaza PUD.
Contact: David Hung, Associate Planner, 808-5530
Attachments:
- P06-094 Katharine Avenue Variance (Noticed on: 09/18/06)
Location: 1400 Block of Katharine Avenue, D-2
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption (CEQA Section 15332); Item B: Variance for development of a land locked parcel with access by public alley.
Contact: Matthew Joseph, Assistant Planner, 808-5714
Attachments:
- P06-104 Arco Improvements (Noticed on: 09/18/06)
Location: 1601 W Street, D-4
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption (CEQA Section 15303(c)); Item B: Special Permit to allow the sale of alcohol for a convenience store in the General Commercial zone; Item C: Special Permit to allow the market to be open after eleven (11) p.m. and/or before six (6) a.m. Item D: Variance to allow a side setback of the convenience store to be less than the standard seven and a half (7.5) feet. Item E: Variance to reduce the fifty percent (50%) tree shading requirement.
Contact: Evan Compton, Associate Planner, 916-808-5260
Attachments:
- P06-128 Foods Co. Gas Station (Noticed on: 09/27/06)
Location: West Stockton Blvd, East of Bruceville Rd, D-8
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Addendum to Previously Certified EIR; Adopt – Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Approve – Item C: Special Permit to develop a gas station within .45± acres in the General Commercial Planned Unit Development (C-2-PUD) zone in the College Square PUD; Item D: Variance from the requirement that a detached sign must be located ten (10) feet from any property line.
Contact: Greg Sandlund, Assistant Planner, (916) 808-8931
Attachments:
- P06-162 Sacramento Fresh Air Market Variances (Noticed on: 09/18/06)
Location: Northwest Corner of Franklin Boulevard and Florin Road, D-5
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Addendum to a Mitigated Negative Declaration (P06-019); Adopt – Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Approve – Item C: Variance to waive the requirement for a landscaped twenty-five (25) foot setback in the light industrial (M-1S) zone; Item D: Variance to waive the requirement for shading of parking areas.
Contact: Antonio Ablog, Associate Planner, 808-7702
Attachments:
Staff Reports
Staff reports include oral presentations including those recommending receive and file.
- M05-083 Downtown Urban Design Plan
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Receive and File
Contact: Bill Crouch, Urban Design Manager, 808-8013; David Kwong, Planning Manager, 808-2691Attachments:
Public Comments- Matters Not on the Agenda
- To be announced
Questions, Ideas, and Announcements of Commission Members
- Commission Bylaws
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Discuss and set date for bylaw review meeting
Contact: David Kwong, Planning Manager, 808-2691
- Special Commission Meeting
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Report back – review special meeting calendar for remainder of 2006
Contact: David Kwong, Planning Manager, 808-2691
- Commission Meeting Calendar 2007
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: propose and approve meeting calendar for Commission meetings in 2007.
Contact: David Kwong, Planning Manager, 808-2691