CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE
TELEPHONE (831) 648-3190 • FAX (831)
648-3184
NOTICE
OF REGULAR MEETING
PLANNING COMMISSION
DATE & TIME: THURSDAY, February 5, 2009 – 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 January 20, 2009 Site Review Meeting
B. Minutes of the January 22, 2009 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 Items to be Continued or Withdrawn
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. |
Election of Officers: Appoint 2009 Planning Commission Chair and
Vice-Chair CEQA STATUS: Not a project under CEQA Reference: Chief
Planner, Recommended
Action: Appoint Chair and Vice-Chair. |
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7B. |
Receive a status report on the 2008-2014 Housing Element Update CEQA
STATUS: Negative
Declaration to be prepared STAFF: Recommended
Action: Receive report and provide feedback to staff on draft Housing Needs
Assessment and Sites Inventory. |
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7C. |
Receive
a report on Zoning Code “Clean-Up” Amendments and other potential ordinances
to be considered by the Planning Commission in 2009. CEQA STATUS: Negative
Declaration to be prepared STAFF: Recommended
Action: Receive report and provide
direction to staff on code amendment process. |
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 – January 27, 2009
B. Regular
Meeting – January 27, 2009
Reference: Sarah Hardgrave, Senior Planner
10. Historic Resource Committee Actions -- Staff will provide a summary report on
recent actions of the
Historic Resource Committee.
12. Correspondence
-- Communications relevant to the
jurisdiction of the Planning Commission are attached under this agenda item.
13. Committee
Reports -- Subcommittees of the Planning
Commission will provide a summary report of their recent activities.
14. 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).
15. Reports of the Community Development Department’s Chief
Planner
Reference:
16. 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