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Planning Commission
Meeting Minutes
for January 24, 2008
Commission Members
| Joseph Contreraz | Darrel Woo, Vice Chair | John Boyd |
| Joseph Yee, AIA, Chair | Jodi Samuels | Barry Wasserman |
| Michael Notestine | D.E. "Red" Banes | Chris Givens |
City Staff
David Kwong, Planning Manager
Sabina Gilbert, Senior Deputy City Attorney
New City Hall
915 I Street, 1st Floor- Council Chambers
January 24, 2008- 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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Minutes
All items listed are heard and acted upon by the Planning Commission unless otherwise noted.
Call to Order – 5:30 p.m.
Roll Call - All present except John Boyd
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 January 10, 2008
Location: (Citywide)
Recommendation: Approve Commission Minutes from January 10, 2008
Contact: David Kwong, Planning Manager, (916) 808-2691
Action: No Public Comment. Moved, seconded and carried (Woo, Banes, 8,0,0) to approve minutes.
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.
- Z07-100 Ricci's Duplex (Noticed on 10/29/07, 01/14/07)
(Continued from 11/08/07, 01/10/08)
Location: 2701 13th Street, District 4
Recommendation: Deny – Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA section 15303;
Item B: Special Permit to allow a reduced street side yard setback from 12.5 feet to 8.6
feet for constructing a detached duplex on approximately 0.17 acre developed parcel in the Standard Single Family (R-1) zone.
Contact: Elise Gumm, Assistant Planner, (916) 808-1927; Greg Bitter, Principal Planner,
(916) 808-7816
Action: No public comment. Moved, seconded and carried (Banes, Notestine, 8, 0, 0) to continue to February 28th, 2008 and to be re-noticed.
- P07-120 16th & Broadway Retail (Noticed on 09/28/07)
(Continued from 10/11/07, 11/08/07,12/13/07, 01/10/08)
Location: 1601 Broadway, District 4
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA section 15332;
Item B: Special Permit to waive some of the required parking for the proposed restaurant
uses; Item C: Variance to reduce the front and street side setbacks for a proposed building
within the General Commercial (C-2) zone.
Contact: Steven Kerr, Junior Planner, (916) 808-5416; Stacia Cosgrove, Senior Planner,
(916) 808-7110
Action: Public comment made by Roxanne Miller, Luree Stetson, Julie Berrey. Moved, seconded and carried (Wasserman, Woo, 8, 0, 0) to approve staff recommendations with amendments.
Attachments:
Record of Decision
- P07-096 500 N Street Ground Floor Commercial (Continued from 01/10/08)
(Noticed on 12/28/07, 01/11/08)
Location: 500 N Street, District 1
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA section 15301;
Item B: Special Permit to allow commercial uses on the ground floor in the
Multi-Family (R-5) zone; Item C: Special Permit to waive 16 onsite parking spaces in the
Multi-Family (R-5) zone; Item D: Special Permit Modification to allow access along N Street
in the Multi-Family (R-5) zone.
Contact: Jennifer Matthews, Junior Planner (916) 808-5591; Stacia Cosgrove, Senior
Planner (916) 808-7110
Action: Public comment made by Brooks Erickson and George Tsakopoulos. Moved, seconded and carried (Banes, Contreraz, 8, 0, 0) to approve with conditions.
Attachments:
Record of Decision
- P05-135 Terrace Park II (Noticed on 01/14/08)
Location: Greg Thatch Circle, west of Tres Piezas Way, District 1
Recommendation: Forward Recommendations of Approval to City Council – Item A:
Mitigated Negative Declaration; Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Mitigation Monitoring
Plan; Item C: PUD Schematic Plan Amendment to re-designate approximately 10.8 gross
acres from School to Park and Single-Family Alternative (R-1A zone) within the Natomas
Creek PUD; Item D: Tentative Map to subdivide approximately 10.8 gross acres in the
R-1A-PUD zone into one park lot, 66 single-family residential lots and one landscape
corridor lot; Item E: Subdivision Modification to allow non-standard elbow design;
Item F: Special Permit to construct 66 units of single-family alternative housing on
approximately 7.05 net acres in the Single-Family Alternative Planned Unit
Development (R-1A-PUD) zone.
Contact: David Hung, Associate Planner, (916) 808-5530; Gregory Bitter, Principal
Planner, (916) 808-7816
Action: Public comment made by Erik W. DeMarco, Teresa Pitts, Dr. Horton, Timothy Hammons, Satheesh Nagaray, Carlene DeMarco, Debra Lavoi, Joseph Chang, Chris Holm, Angela Lewits, Rob Ball and Antonio Laldonado.
1st Motion: Moved, seconded and carried (Notestine, Wasserman, 6, 2, 0 - No: Banes, Yee) to recommend denial to city council.
Substitute motion: Moved, seconded (Banes, Yee, 3, 5, 0 - No: Givens, Notestine, Samuels, Wasserman, Contreraz) to recommend approval. Motion Failed.
Attachments:
Record of Decision
- P06-211 3030 Urban Living (Noticed on 01/11/08)
Location: 3030 T Street, District 4
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA section 15332;
Item B: Tentative Map to subdivide one (1) parcel into one (1) parcel for condominium
purposes; Item C: Special Permit to allow alternative ownership housing (condominiums)
in the C-2 SPD zone; Item D: Variance to allow a new structure to exceed the height
requirements of 35 feet for a property located within 300 feet of a residential zone.
Contact: Evan Compton, Associate Planner, 808-5260; Stacia Cosgrove,
Senior Planner, 808-7110
Action: Public comment made by Linda Oxom. Moved, seconded and carried (Banes, Givens, 7, 0, 1 - Notestine recused himself) to approve staff recommendations.
Attachments:
Record of Decision
- P07-098 Sheldon Plaza (Noticed on 01/11/08)
Location: Northeast Corner of Sheldon Road and Whitehouse Road, District 8
Recommendation: Forward Recommendations of Approval to City Council –
Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA section 15332; Item B: General Plan Amendment
to amend the General Plan Designation from 1.49+ net acres of Low Density Residential to Community/Neighborhood Commercial and Offices; Item C: Community Plan Amendment
to amend the South Sacramento Community Plan land use designation from 1.49+ net
acres of Low Density Residential to General Commercial; Item D: Rezone to re-designate
the zoning from 1.49+ net acres of Standard Single-Family (R-1) zone to Limited Commercial
Review (C-1R) zone; Item E: Plan Review to develop a 13,522 square foot commercial center.
Contact: Antonio Ablog, Associate Planner, (916) 808-7702; Mark Martin,
Senior Planner, 808-5945
Action: Public comment made by Pam Babcock. Moved, seconded and carried (Samuels, Banes, 8, 0, 0) to approve staff recommendations with amendments.
Attachments:
Record of Decision
- P07-103 Grant Joint Union High School District Administrative Center
(Noticed on 01/14/08)
Location: 1690 Bell Avenue, District 2
Recommendation: Withdrawn to be re-noticed.
Contact: David Hung, Associate Planner, (916) 808-5530; Stacia Cosgrove,
Senior Planner, (916) 808-7110
Action: No public comment. Withdrawn to be re-noticed.
- P07-147 Clearwire Northgate and El Camino (Noticed on 01/11/08)
Location: Approximately 360 feet north northeast of the intersection of
Fairweather Drive and West El Camino Avenue in the Ninos Parkway, District 1
Recommendation: Approve– Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA Section 15303;
Item B: A request for a Special Permit to create a new wireless facility with six antennas collocated with a SMUD high-voltage power pole in the Standard Single Family (R-1) Zone.
Contact: Paul Philley, Junior Planner, (916) 808-5714; Stacia Cosgrove, Senior
Planner, (916) 808-7110
Action: No public comment. Moved, seconded and carried (Banes, Woo, 8, 0, 0) to approve staff recommendations.
Attachments:
Record of Decision
- P07-149 The Hamptons Alternative Roofing Option (Noticed on 01/11/08)
Location: East of East Commerce Way, north and south sides of Club Center
Drive, District 1
Recommendation: Approve– Item A: Previously Adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration;
Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Item C: Special Permit Modification to allow an
additional option for composition shingle roofing for 208 dwelling units within The
Hamptons development.
Contact: David Hung, Associate Planner, (916) 808-5530; Stacia Cosgrove,
Senior Planner, (916) 808-7110
Action: Public comment made by Romian Porter, Yves Bouyssounouse and Angelique Ashby.
Moved, seconded and carried (Givens, Samuels, 8, 0, 0) to deny recommendation.
Attachments:
Record of Decision
Staff Reports
Staff reports include oral presentations including those recommending receive and file.
- P04-261 Westfield Downtown Plaza (Noticed on 01/11/08)
Location: Various parcels bounded by J & L Streets and 4th & 7th Streets, District 1
Recommendation: Receive and Provide Direction – Item A: Review and Comment of a
major modification to the existing one million square foot downtown plaza shopping center
on 11.6± acres in the Central Business District, Special Planning District (C-3-SPD) zone.
Contact: Michael York, Associate Planner, 808-8239; Stacia Cosgrove,
Senior Planner, (916) 808-7110
Action: No public comment. Moved, seconded and carried (Banes, Samuels, 8, 0, 0) to
continue to February 07, 2008.
- P07-002 831 L Street (Noticed on 01/11/08)
Location: 831 L Street, District 1
Recommendation: Receive and Provide Direction – Item A: A request to construct
one of two project alternatives, either an Office project or a Residential project.
The Office alternative is an approximately 356,050 square feet 13-story commercial
mix-used high-rise building that consists of 219,730 square feet of office space,
approximately 6,500 square feet of retail space, and 343 off-street parking spaces.
The Residential alternative is an approximately 343,300 square feet 15-story residential
mix-used high-rise building that consists of 173 residential condominium units,
approximately 6,500 square feet of retail space, and 219 off-street parking spaces.
The project is proposed on an approximately 0.624 acre developed parcel within the
Central Business District (C-3) zone. Anticipated entitlements include; an environmental
impact report, a Mitigated Monitoring Plan, a Tentative Map for condominiums units,
a Special Permit for condominium units, a Special Permit for major project, a Special
Permit for parking reduction, a Special Permit for tandem parking, and a Variance for
ground floor retail requirement.
Contact: Elise Gumm, Assistant Planner, 808-1927; Stacia Cosgrove, Senior Planner, 808-7110
Action: No public comment. Moved, seconded and carried (Contreraz, Wasserman, 8, 0, 0)
to continue to February 14th, 2008.
- Paperless Agenda Materials Procedure and Timetable (Oral)
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Receive and file
Contact: David Kwong, Planning Manager, (916) 808-2691
Action: Moved, seconded and carried (Yee called for a voice vote 8, 0, 0) to continue
to February 14th, 2008.
- Discussion regarding constituent letter to Development Oversight Commission
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Review and Comment
Contact: David Kwong, Planning Manager, (916) 808-2691
Action: No public comment. Moved, seconded and carried (Yee called for a voice vote 8, 0, 0)
to continue to February 14th, 2008.
Public Comments- Matters Not on the Agenda
- None.
Questions, Ideas and Announcements of Commission Members
- None.