Planning Commission Meeting Agenda for January 11, 2007

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
Emilie Chlarson, Customer Service Specialist

Historic City Hall
915 I Street, 2rd Floor Hearing Room
January 11, 2007- 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.

Notice to the Public

You are welcomed and encouraged to participate in this meeting. Public comment is taken (3 minutes maximum) on items listed on the agenda when they are called. Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda will be heard at the end of the meeting as noted on the agenda. Comments on controversial items may be limited and large groups are encouraged to select 3-5 speakers to represent the opinion of the group.

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Agenda

All items listed are heard and acted upon by the Planning Commission unless otherwise noted.

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 Minutes for December 14, 2006.
Location: (Citywide)
Recommendation: Approve Commission Minutes for December 14, 2006.
Contact: David Kwong, Planning Manager, (916) 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.

P05-108 500 Capitol Mall (Noticed on 11/21/06) (Continued from 12/14/06)
Location: 500 Capitol Mall, D-1
Recommendation: Continue to January 18, 2007
Contact: Lindsey Alagozian, Associate Planner, 808-2659
P06-117 34th Street Non-residential Care Facility (Noticed on 11/21/06) (Continued from 12/14/06)
Location: 2925 34th Street, D-5
Recommendation:Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption Per CEQA section 15332; Item B: Special Permit to establish a non-residential care facility in the General Commercial (C-2) zone.
Contact:Kimberly Kaufmann-Brisby, Associate Planner, 808-5590

Attachments:
Staff Report
P06-030 Forrest Street Tentative Map (Noticed on 12/18/06)

Location: 2652 Forrest Street, south of Eleanor Street, North Sacramento, D-2
Recommendation: Approve - Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA section 15332 for in-fill developments; Item B: Tentative Map to create five (5) lots from 0.66± gross acres; Item C: Subdivision Modifications to allow less than 5,200 square feet for interior lots and to create lots without adequate street frontage; Item D: Variance to allow development on lots without at least twenty (20) feet of public street or approved private street frontage.
Contact: Jamie Cutlip, Assistant Planner, 808-8684; Greg Bitter, Principal Planner, 808-7816; Richard Hobbs, Architect, 370-2362

Attachments:
Staff Report
P06-079 50th Street Setback Variance (Noticed on 12/26/06)
Location: 3921 50th Street, D-5
Recommendation: Approve - Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA section 15305; Item B: Variance for a 0.65± foot side yard setback in the single family (R-1) zone.
Contact: Greg Sandlund, Assistant Planner, 808-8931

Attachments:
Staff Report
P06-087 Cottonwood Estates (Noticed on 12/18/06)

Location: 5580 71st Street, D-6
Recommendation: Approve - Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA section 15332; Item B: Tentative Map to subdivide a 0.99± gross acre parcel into five± (5) lots; Item C: Subdivision Modification to create irregular shaped lots.
Contact: Greg Sandlund, Assistant Planner, 808-8931

Attachments:
Staff Report
P06-102 Del Paso Commercial (Noticed on 12/18/06, 12/28/06)
Location: 2546 Del Paso Blvd., D-2
Recommendation: Approve - Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA section 15332; Item B: Special Permit to allow drive-thru facilities; Item C: Plan Review to construct a 7,600± square foot retail building on a 0.76± acre parcel in the General Commercial Review (C2-R) zone.
Contact: Matthew Joseph, Assistant Planner, 808-5714; Greg Bitter, Principal Planner, 808-7816

Attachments:
Staff Report
P06-133 23rd Street T-Mobile Monopole (Noticed on 12/18/06)

Location: 205 23rd Street, D-2
Recommendation: Continue to January 25, 2007
Contact: Michael York, Associate Planner, 808-8239; Jeanne Corcoran, Senior Planner, 808-5317
P06-141 2001 Del Paso Boulevard (Noticed on 12/26/06)
Location: 2001-2005 Del Paso Boulevard, D-2
Recommendation: Approve - Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA section 15332; Item B: Rezone from General Commercial in Special Planning District (C-2-SPD) zone to General Commercial with Transit Overlay in Special Planning District (C-2-TO-SPD) zone; Item C: Tentative Map: to merge two (2) parcels into one (1) parcel and designate the parcel for condominium purposes; Item D: Special Permit to construct twenty-seven (27)± alternative ownership housing (condominium) units; Item E: Special Permit to exceed maximum building height and to build to 75± feet in the General Commercial with Transit Overlay in Special Planning District (C-2-TO-SPD) zone; Item F: Special Permit to exceed 40,000 square feet gross floor area in the General Commercial with Transit Overlay in Special Planning District (C-2-TO-SPD) zone; Item G: Special Permit to waive parking spaces associated with the commercial uses for a 50,582± square foot mix-used building; Item H: Special Permit to exceed the sixty (60) unit/acre density in Transit Overlay zone for a 50,582± square foot mix-used building; Item I: Variance to reduce setbacks for a 50,582± square foot mix-used building in the General Commercial with Transit Overlay in Special Planning District (C-2-TO-SPD) zone.
Contact: Elise Gumm, Assistant Planner, 808-1927

Attachments:
Staff Report
P06-149 Florin Walgreens (Noticed on 12/18/06)

Location: Southwest Corner of Florin Road and Riverside Blvd, D-7
Recommendation: Approve - Item A: Negative Declaration; Adopt – Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Approve – Item C: Special Permit to allow drive-through pharmacy service for a 14,820± square foot retail store in the Shopping Center (SC-R) zone; Item D: Plan Review to allow a new 14,820± square foot retail store with pharmacy in the Shopping Center Review (SC-R) zone; Item E: Special Permit to allow 10± off-site parking spaces for a 14,820± square foot retail store in the Shopping Center Review (SC-R) zone; Item F: Variance to exceed the maximum allowable number of attached signs by one (1) sign.
Contact: Antonio Ablog, Associate Planner, 808-7702; Tom Buford, Senior Planner, 808-7391

Attachments:
Staff Report
P06-152 S and 7th Street Condominiums (Noticed on 12/18/06)

Location: 701 S Street, D-4
Recommendation: Approve - Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA section 15332; Item B: Tentative Map to subdivide one lot totaling 0.31± net acres into 19± condominium lots in the Residential Mixed Use Special Planning District (RMX-SPD) zone; Item C: Special Permit to develop Nineteen (19)± condominium units on 0.31± net acres in the Residential Mixed Use Special Planning District (RMX-SPD) zone; Item D: Variance to waive the twenty (20)± angle requirement for buildings to exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height in the R Street Corridor.
Contact: Michael York, Associate Planner, 808-8239; Jeanne Corcoran, Senior Planner, 808-5317

Attachments:
Staff Report
P06-165 Borders Sign Amendments (Noticed on 12/18/06)

Location: 4750 Natomas Blvd, D-1
Recommendation: Approve - Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA section 15301; Item B: PUD Guidelines Amendment to amend signage guidelines for attached signs within the Northborough/Parkway Plaza/JMA PUD.
Contact: David Hung, Associate Planner, 808-5530; Greg Bitter, Principal Planner, 808-7816

Attachments:
Staff Report
P06-193 Regional Transit Repair Facility Special Permit (Noticed on 12/26/06, 12/27/06)

Location: 2760 Academy Way, D-3
Recommendation: Approve - Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA section 15332 for In-fill Development; Item B: Special Permit to reduce required parking on thirteen (13)± acres within the Heavy Industrial (M-2) zone.
Contact: Jamie Cutlip, Assistant Planner, 808-8684; Greg Bitter, Principal Planner, 808-7816; David Solomon, Sacramento Regional Transit District, 557-4682

Attachments:
Staff Report
M06-052 Zoning Code Amendment Relating To Landscaping Requirements

Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption Per CEQA section 15061; Item B: Zoning Code Amendment for an ordinance amending section 17.68.010 of the Sacramento City Code.
Contact: Joy Patterson, Principal Planner, 808-5607

Attachments:
Staff Report Supplemental Materials

Staff Reports

Staff reports include oral presentations including those recommending receive and file.

M06-017 Proposed Changes to ordinances creating Design Commission and Preservation Commission
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA section 15061; Forward Recommendation to City Council – Item B: Proposed Ordinance amendments of section 17.132.040 and 17.134.040 of the Sacramento City Code relating to qualification of professional members of the Design Commission and Preservation Commission.
Contact: William Crouch, Urban Design Manager, 808-8013; David Kwong, Planning Manager, 808-2691

Attachments:
Staff Report