CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE
TELEPHONE (831) 648-3190 • FAX (831)
648-3184
NOTICE
OF REGULAR MEETING
PLANNING COMMISSION
DATE & TIME: THURSDAY, August 6, 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, Bill Frederickson, Steven MacDonald, Eric Miller, Craig Riddell (Chair),
Max Perelman
3. Approval of Minutes
A.
Minutes of the July 16, 2009 Regular Meeting
* Note: the July 14, 2009 Site Review Meeting was
cancelled.
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to be Continued or Withdrawn: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
6. CONSENT
AGENDA:
(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.)
None
7. REGULAR
AGENDA:
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A. |
Continued
from the July 2, 2009 Planning Commission meeting: PROJECT ADDRESS: 1110 Austin
Avenue APPLICANT: Roy Larson APPLICATION:
Variance No. 3895-09
PROJECT
DESCRIPTION: A public hearing to review a Variance Application to increase the building height limit from a maximum of 25 feet
to a maximum of 40 feet from natural grade and to reduce the required driveway
setback from 20 feet to 15 feet for a proposed single family residence with a
shed roof on a vacant lot with unique site conditions. The applicant has submitted revised plans that reduce the overall
height of the structure. The Variance now being requested is to allow for a
maximum height of 32 feet from natural grade
and a reduced driveway setback from 20 feet to 17
feet.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ZONE DISTRICT: R-1 GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION: Medium Density Residential 9.7 units
per acre CEQA STATUS: Class
1 Categorical Exemption |
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B. |
PROJECT ADDRESS: 935 Jewell
Avenue APPLICANT: Hunter Eldridge, on behalf of
Roger Phillips and Sharon Pagni APPLICATION:
Use Permit No. 3002-09
PROJECT
DESCRIPTION: A public hearing on Use Permit Application No. 3002-09 to
allow a proposed addition to encroach 2 feet into a side yard setback.
Pursuant to Code Section 23.16.060, with a Use Permit, the total of side
yards may be twenty percent of site width with a minimum side yard setback of
three feet required.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ZONE DISTRICT: R-1 GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION: Medium Density Residential 7.3 DU/Acre CEQA STATUS: Categorically Exempt, Class 1 |
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C. |
PROJECT
DESCRIPTION: Per adopted procedures and requirements
for notices, request for Planning Commission input on additional forms of noticing
for proposed short-term rental zoning amendment and amendment to Golf Course
Use Permit.
CEQA STATUS: Not a project under CEQA (CEQA Guideline
Section 15378(b)(5))
Recommended Action: Provide direction to staff on additional
noticing methods. |
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.
Minutes of the July 28, 2009 Architectural Review Board Site
Review Meeting
B.
Minutes of the July 28, 2009 Architectural Review Board Regular
Meeting
Reference:
10. Historic
Resource Committee Actions -- Staff will
provide a summary report on recent actions of the Historic Resource Committee
11. Site
Plan Review Committee Actions -- Staff
will provide a summary report on recent actions of the Site Plan Review
Committee.
A. July 21, 2009 Site Plan Review Committee Minutes
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. NOTICE OF EXEMPTION UNDER THE
Applicants with
approved projects that have been deemed statutorily or categorically exempt
under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) may file a Notice of
Exemption (NOE) directly with the Monterey County Clerk in order to reduce the
CEQA challenge period from 180 days to 35 days (CEQA Guidelines Section
15062). Applicants wishing to file the NOE
should contact their planner for instructions on how to file the notice with
Filing of a NOE
by the City of
VII. 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.
VIII. 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