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Planning Commission
Meeting Agenda
for March 27, 2008
Commission Members
| Joseph Contreraz | Darrel Woo, Chair | John Boyd |
| Joseph Yee, AIA | Jodi Samuels | Barry Wasserman |
| Michael Notestine, Vice Chair | 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
March 27, 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.
Notice to the Public
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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
February 28, 2008 (Continued from 03/17/08)
Location: (Citywide)
Recommendation: Approve Commission Minutes from February 28, 2008
Contact: David Kwong, Planning Manager, (916) 808-2691
- Approval of Minutes for March 13, 2008
Location: (Citywide)
Recommendation: Approve Commission Minutes from March 13, 2008
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.
- M07-069 Alcohol & Sales & Nuisance Abatement Ordinance (Continued from 03/06/08)
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Forward Recommendations to City Council- Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA 15061(b)(1); Item B: An ordinance amending sections 17.16.010, 17.24.030A and 17.24.050 of Title 17 (Zoning Code) and adding Chapters 17.86 and 17.230 to Title 17 relating to alcohol sale.
Contact: Christopher Dougherty, Assistant Planner, 916-808-5680; Joy Patterson, Principal Planner, 916-808-5607
Attachments:
Staff Report
- P07-022 1418 E Street – Unit on Alley
Location: 1418 E Street Between 14th & 15th Streets, on Alley between E & F Streets, Downtown Sacramento, District 3
Recommendation: Continue to April 24, 2008
Contact: Jennifer Matthews, Junior Planner, (916) 808-5591; Stacia Cosgrove, Senior Planner, 916-808-7110
- P07-134 Leavitt Estates (Noticed on 03/14/08)
Location: 2700 26th Avenue, District 5
Recommendation: Approve- Item A: Environmental Exemption (Per CEQA Section 15332); Item B: Tentative Map to subdivide one approximately 2.0 acre parcel into eighteen (18) parcels in the Single-Family Alternative Executive Airport Overlay [R-1A (EA-3) & R-1A (EA-4)] zones; Item C: Rezone-Up to 2 acres Residential approximately 1.67 gross acres from the Standard Single-Family Executive Airport Overlay [R-1 (EA-4)] zone to the Single-Family Alternative Executive Airport Overlay [R-1A (EA-4)] zone; Item D: Special Permit to develop 17 alternative ownership housing units within the proposed R-1A (EA-4) zone.
Contact: Paul Philley, Junior Planner, 916-808-5714; Mark Martin, Senior Planner 916-808-5945
Attachments:
Staff Report
- P07-142 Liberty Plaza (Noticed on 03/14/08)
Location: 6333 Stockton Boulevard (Northeast corner of Stockton Boulevard and Elder Creek Road), District 6
Recommendation: Approve- Item A: Environmental Exemption (Per CEQA Section 15332); Item B: Plan Amendment-General Plan to re-designate approximately one half acre from the Low Density Residential designation to the Community Neighborhood Commercial and Offices designation; Item C: Plan Amendment-Community Plan to re-designate approximately one half acre from the Residential designation to the General Commercial designation; Item D: From Non-Ag to Another approximately one half acre from the Standard Single Family zone to General Commercial Special Planning District zone; Item E: Special Permit-Major Project for a development over 40,000 square feet in the General Commercial Special Planning District (C-2-SPD) zone; Item F: Zoning Code Amendment (M08-013) to amend the boundaries of the Broadway/Stockton Special Planning District (SPD).
Contact: Michael York, Associate Planner, 916-808-8239; Mark Martin, Senior Planner 916-808-5945
Attachments:
Staff Report
- P07-159 Crown Corporate Center Signage Amendment (Noticed on 03/14/08)
Location: 2850 to 2890 Gateway Oaks Drive, District 1
Recommendation: Approve- Item A: Environmental Exemption (Per CEQA Section 15311); Item B: Planned Unit Development-Guidelines Amendment to amend signage guidelines for the Metropolitan Center PUD in the South Natomas Community Plan Area.
Contact: David Hung, Associate Planner, 916-808-5530; Lindsey Alagozian, Senior Planner, 916-808-2659
Attachments:
Staff Report
- P08-017 Norwood Avenue Monopole (Noticed on 03/14/08)
Location: 3950 Norwood Avenue, District 2
Recommendation: Approve- Item A: Environmental Exemption (Per CEQA Section 15301); Item B: Special Permit-Antennas/Wireless to construct a new 55 foot slimline monopole with nine antenna systems and an equipment lease area for a telecommunications facility on approximately 3.63 acres in the Light Industrial, Planned Unit Development (M-1 PUD) zone.
Contact: Stephanie Hockman, Junior Planner, 916-808-7497; Lindsey Alagozian, Senior Planner, 808-2659
Attachments:
Staff Report
Staff Report
Staff reports include oral presentations including those recommending receive and file.
- P07-123 The Creamery (Noticed on 02/29/08) (Continued from 03/13/2008)
Location: 1013 D St, District 1
Recommendation: Review and Comment- on request to construct 272 residential units and 101,180 square feet of commercial space on 8.31 acres in the industrial (M-1) zone. Environmental Determination: TBD.
Contact: Evan Compton, Associate Planner, 916-808-5260; Stacia Cosgrove, Senior Planner, 916-808-7110
Attachments:
Staff Report
- P07-145 Meridian Plaza Phase II Office Tower (Noticed on 03/12/08)
Location: 1112 15th St South side of K Street, between 14th & 15th Streets, District 1 Recommendation: Review and Comment- a request for Review and Comment of a Special Permit to construct a 24-story, 525,000 square foot office building with on-site, sub-grade parking (433 spaces) and 6,500 square feet of ground floor retail on 0.58 net acres in the Central Business District Special Planning District (C-3-SPD) zone.
Contact: Jamie Cutlip, Assistant Planner, 916-808-8684; Stacia Cosgrove, Senior Planner, 916-808-7110
Attachments:
Staff Report
Public Comments- Matters Not on the Agenda
- To be announced.
Questions, Ideas and Announcements of Commission Members
- To be announced.