CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE
TELEPHONE (831) 648-3190 • FAX (831)
648-3184
NOTICE
OF REGULAR MEETING
PLANNING COMMISSION
DATE & TIME:
LOCATION: CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS –
Copies of the agenda packet are
available for review at the Pacific Grove
MEETING AGENDA:
1. Call to Order
2. Roll call -- Planning Commission
Members: Linda Smith Bailey, Bob Davis,
3. Approval of Minutes
A. Minutes of the January 15, 2008 Site Review Meeting
B. Minutes of the January 17, 2008 Regular Meeting.
Recommended
Action: Approve minutes as presented.
4. Oral Communications
(Comments
from the audience will not receive Planning Commission action. Comments must deal with matters subject to
the jurisdiction of the Planning Commission and will be limited to three
minutes. Comments regarding agenda items
not on the Consent Agenda shall be heard prior to the consideration of such
items at the time such items are called.
Whenever possible, letters should be submitted to the Planning
Commission in advance of the meeting.)
5. Items to be Continued or Withdrawn
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5.A. |
A public hearing to consider Variance Application No. 08-1720 PROJECT ADDRESS:
APPLICANT:
Jeanne C. Byrne PROJECT
DESCRIPTION: Variance to minimum requirements for side yard setback and
street-to-garage setback for new (replacement) garage Reference: Senior Planner Sheila Stains-Ramp, AICP Recommended Action: Due to a technical
error in the processing of this project, this case will need to be continued
and readvertised. No hearing on this item will be held. |
CONSENT AGENDA:
6. (The
Consent Agenda consists of those items which are routine and for which a staff
recommendation has been prepared. A
Planning Commissioner, member of the audience or staff may request that an item
be placed on the regular agenda for further discussion. One motion will cover all items on the
Consent Agenda. The motion to approve
will authorize the action or recommendation indicated.)
REGULAR AGENDA:
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7.A |
A public hearing to consider Variance Application No. 07-1717 PROJECT
ADDRESS: APPLICANT: Rick Steres for Burgess family PROJECT
DESCRIPTION: Addition to single story
non-historic residence requiring variance to minimum rear setback. Reference:
Senior Planner, Sheila Stains-Ramp, AICP Recommended Action: Discuss and take appropriate
action to approve, modify or deny the variance; staff recommends denial of
the variance. |
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7.B |
A public hearing to consider Variance Application No 07-1718
and Use Permit Application No 2960-07 PROJECT
ADDRESS: APPLICANT: PROJECT
DESCRIPTION: Variance for reduction in garage setback requirement and
consequent compact parking space. Use permit for addition to first floor of
residence maintaining nonconforming setbacks. Reference: Senior Planner, Sheila Stains-Ramp, AICP
Recommended Action: Discuss and take appropriate action to approve,
modify or deny the variance and the use permit; staff recommends approval of
the use permit and denial of the variance. |
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7.C |
DESCRIPTION:
Addition of new Section 23.73.035 and amendment of Section 23.73.040 to
modify administrative architectural approval procedures and specify types of
limited exterior modifications which qualify for administrative approval, and
to establish notification requirements and appealability for potential
administrative architectural approvals. Reference: Senior Planner, Recommended Action: Consider the draft ordinance regarding administrative
architectural approvals and make findings and recommendations to the City
Council for adoption of proposed code amendments. |
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7.D |
Review of the Election Rules; selection of date for Election of
Chair and Vice-Chair |
8. City Council Actions -- Staff
will provide a summary report on recent council actions.
Reference: Chief Planner, Lynn Burgess, AICP
9. Architectural Review Board Actions -- Staff will provide a summary report on recent actions of the
Architectural Review Board.
A.
Site Review
Meeting – January 22, 2008
Reference: Senior Planner, Sheila-Stains Ramp, AICP
10. Historic Resource Committee Actions – None
11. Correspondence
-- Communications relevant to the
jurisdiction of the Planning Commission are attached under this agenda item.
12. Committee
Reports -- Subcommittees of the Planning
Commission will provide a summary report of their recent activities.
13. Reports
of Commissioners
Commissioners may ask a question for clarification,
make a brief announcement or make a brief report on his or her activities. In
addition, the Commission may provide a referral to staff or other resources for
factual information, request staff to report back to the body at a subsequent
meeting concerning a City matter or direct staff to place a request to agendize
a matter of business on a future agenda (G.C. 54954.2).
14. Reports of the Community Development Department’s Chief
Planner
Reference: Lynn Burgess, AICP
15. Adjournment
NOTE: Please note that Section 65009(b)(2) of the
California Government Code provides that legal challenges to the City's action
on A project may be limited to only those issues raised in testimony during the
public hearing process.
THE PLANNING
COMMISSION WILL NOT CONSIDER ANY NEW ITEMS AFTER
NOTICE TO
APPLICANTS
I. SITE REVIEW
If the project, at the time of the site
review, is not visible without entering a structure or yard area, the applicant
must be present or make arrangements to show the project area.
II. APPEARANCE BY APPLICANT OR REPRESENTATIVE
The applicant or
his/her representative must be present at the public hearing meeting for which
the item is scheduled. If unable to
attend, the applicant must submit a written request for continuance prior to
the meeting. The Commission may deny an item if the applicant or
representative is not present and if a continuance is not requested.
III. SUBMITTAL OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
In order to
receive due consideration by the Planning Commission, written communications
pertaining to agenda items should be submitted to the Community Development
Department by 12:00 noon on the Tuesday prior to the meeting. Materials submitted subsequent to that time,
or directly to the Commission at the meeting, may, at the Commission's
discretion, result in a continuance of the item.
IV. APPEALS AND APPEAL PERIOD
Decisions
rendered by the Planning Commission may be appealed to the City Council using a
form available at the Community Development Department. An appeal using this appeal form plus an
appeal fee must be filed with the Community Development Department within 10
days of the action being appealed.
NOTE: The aforementioned appeal period not
withstanding, the City Council reserves the right to call up for review
Planning Commission decisions until its next regularly scheduled meeting.
Please check with the staff if you have any questions about this.
V. BUILDING PERMIT
Planning
Commission approval of an application does not constitute an approval to do any
construction without a building permit.
Please contact the Building Division at 648-3183 for information about
building permits.
No building
permit pertaining to a Planning Commission action may be issued until the
10-day appeal period and the City Council's call up period has passed.
VI. EFFECTIVE DATE
OF ENTITLEMENT
PLEASE NOTE THAT
YOUR USE PERMIT/VARIANCE DOES NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE AND THEREFORE NEITHER A BUILDING PERMIT NOR OCCUPANCY CERTIFICATE MAY
BE ISSUED UNTIL THE RESOLUTION GRANTING THE USE PERMIT/VARIANCE HAS BEEN SIGNED
BY THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER.
THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE MAILED TO THE APPLICANT FOLLOWING THE PLANNING
COMMISSION ACTION.
VII. JUDICIAL TIME LIMITS
This
serves as written notice that Pacific Grove Municipal Code Section 1.20.010
incorporates Section 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of
This meeting is
open to the public and all interested persons are welcome to attend. The City of