CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE
TELEPHONE (831) 648-3190 • FAX (831)
648-3184
NOTICE
OF REGULAR MEETING
PLANNING COMMISSION
DATE & TIME: THURSDAY, October 2, 2008 – 6:00 P.M.
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 Bailey (Vice-Chair), Bob
Davis,
3. Approval of Minutes
A. Minutes of
the September 16, 2008 Site Review Meeting
B. Minutes of
the September 18, 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Withdrawn: None.
CONSENT AGENDA: None
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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7A. |
Continued from
the July 17, 2008, August 7, 2008, August 21, 2008 and September 18, 2008
hearings: A public hearing to consider: Use Permit
Application 2975-08 PROJECT ADDRESS: APPLICANT: Mark
Travaille APPLICATION: Use Permit
Application No. 2975-08
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Use Permit to allow demolition and
reconstruction of a nonconforming use and building pursuant to Municipal Code
Section 23.68.050(c). LEGAL
DESCRIPTION: Portion
of Lot 9, Block 326, ZONE DISTRICT: R-1-B-3 GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION: Low
Density Residential (4.4 DU/ac) ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: Categorically
Exempt, Class 3 Recommended
Action: Hear, discuss and take
appropriate action. Staff recommends
denial of the Use Permit. |
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7B. |
A public hearing to consider: Use Permit
Applications No. 2984-08 and 2985-08
PROJECT ADDRESS: APPLICANT: James D.
McCord on behalf of Rudative Trading Company APPLICATION: Use Permit Applications No. 2984-08 and
2985-08
PROJECT
DESCRIPTION: A public hearing on Use Permit
Application No. 2984-08 to convert 2,707 sf of existing retail, office and
common space use and expand an existing approved restaurant to a 3,857 sf
restaurant, and Use Permit No. 2985-08 for sale of alcoholic beverages in a
bona fide eating place pursuant to Municipal Code Section 23.64.290.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Six feet of Lot 7 and Lots 9,
11, 13 and 15 of Block 48 in the Pacific Grove Retreat ZONE
DISTRICT: C-1 GENERAL
PLAN DESIGNATION:
Downtown Commercial ENVIRONMENTAL
STATUS: Categorically
Exempt, Class 32 Recommended
Action: Hear, discuss and take
appropriate action. Staff recommends
approval of the Use Permits. |
8. City Council Actions -- Staff
will provide a summary report on recent council actions.
Reference:
9. Architectural Review Board Actions -- Staff will provide a summary report on recent actions of the
Architectural Review Board.
A.
Site Review – September 23, 2008
B.
Regular Meeting
– September 23, 2008
Reference:
10. Historic Resource Committee Actions
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:
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 9:00 P.M. ANY ITEMS REMAINING ON THE AGENDA WILL BE
CONTINUED EITHER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OR A SPECIAL MEETING AT THE
DISCRETION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
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