A G E N D A

 

REGULAR MEETING OF THE

PLANNING COMMISSION

OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA

 

Founded 1875

"Populus felix in urbe felici"

 

WEDNESDAY, September 20, 2006                                          CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS

7:00 P.M.                                                                                                  ROOM 213, CITY HALL

 

1.         CALL TO ORDER

 

2.         PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

3.         ROLL CALL

 

4.         PLANNING DIRECTOR'S REPORT:

Information concerning future Planning Commission and City Council Agendas.  Update on recent City Council action on appeals, ordinances, development projects, and planning policy studies. Information on recent Architectural Review Board and Landmarks Commission actions.  Update on project status and related planning matters.

 

5.         PLANNING COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

6.         APPROVAL OF MINUTES: None.

 

7.         STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL ACTION: Consent Calendar

 

7-A.     Appeal 05-014 of Architectural Review Board 05-265, 811 Nineteenth Street

 

7-B.     Appeal 06-001 of Variance 05-024, 2252-2256 Twenty-Eighth Street

 

7-C.     Conditional Use Permit 06-008, 1418 Fourth Street

 

7-D.     Design Compatibility Permit 04-009, Development Review Permit 04-003, and Tract Map 04-020, 917-921 Nineteenth Street

 

7-E.     Development Review Permit 06-001, 1930 Stewart Street

 


8.         PUBLIC HEARINGS: Consent Calendar

 

8-A.     Conditional Use Permit 06-011, 1443-47 Twelfth Street.  Application for a three-year extension of Conditional Use Permit 04-013 to allow Pluralistic School (PS#1) located at 1454 Euclid Street to develop a two-story, 3,132 square foot after-school-care facility and classroom between two adjoining lots located at 1443 and 1447 Twelfth Street.  Pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.04.08.06.020, school uses on an R3-zoned parcel (1443 Twelfth Street) require approval of a Conditional Use Permit. [Planner: Ava Pecherzewski]  Applicant/Property Owner:  Pluralistic School, Inc.

 

Staff Report

 

8-B.     Tract Map 06-015, 1543 Eleventh Street. The applicant requests approval of a Vesting Tentative Tract Map 06-015 (No. 065423) to subdivide one lot into five airspace parcels in conjunction with a proposed five-unit residential condominium development pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.20.04.030. [Planner: Grace Cho]  Applicant:  Don Baroukh. Property Owner:  Westwood West Builders LLC

 

Staff Report

 

8-C.     Tract Map 06-018, 1048 Tenth Street. The applicant requests approval of a Vesting Tentative Parcel Map No. 062854 to subdivide one lot into four airspace parcels in conjunction with a proposed four-unit residential condominium development. [Planner: Ava Pecherzewski] Applicant:  Harvey A. Goodman. Property Owner:  1048 Tenth Street, LLC.

 

Staff Report

 

8-D.     Tract Map 06-020, 1025 Euclid Street.  The applicant requests approval of a vesting tentative tract map for the purpose of constructing five (5) new residential condominium units pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.20.04.020. [Planner: David Reyes] Applicant/Property Owner: LiveInStyle, LLC.

 

Staff Report

 

8-E.     Tract Map 06-023, 1433 Eighteenth Street.  The applicant requests approval of a Vesting Tentative Parcel Map 06-023 (No. 65408) to subdivide one lot into four airspace parcels in conjunction with a proposed four-unit residential condominium development. [Planner: Gina Szilak] Applicant:  Stan Scholl.  Property Owner:  Mary Coley.

 

Staff Report

 


9.         PUBLIC HEARINGS:

 

9-A.     Tract Map 06-013, 939 San Vicente Boulevard.  Tentative Parcel Map 06-013 (Map No. 63173) to subdivide one 23,061.55 square-foot parcel into three separate parcels ranging from 7,414.15 square feet to 8,147.40 square feet, for the purposes of constructing three new single-family homes in the R-1 (Single-Family Residential) zoning district.  Pursuant to SMMC Section 9.20.04.030, a tentative parcel map is required for the proposed subdivision. [Planner: Ava Pecherzewski] Applicant:  Chi Ming Gong. Property Owner:  Gerald Manpearl.

 

Staff Report

 

9-B.     Conditional Use Permit 06-009 and Variance 06-009, 1355 Ocean Avenue.  An application for a Conditional Use Permit to allow on-site sale and consumption of beer and wine in conjunction with a 1,695 square-foot, sit-down restaurant.  Pursuant to SMMC 9.04.10.18.020, a Conditional Use Permit is required for the on-site sale and dispensation of alcoholic beverages.  Pursuant to SMMC 9.04.20.10.030 (b), the application also includes a variance to allow the required parking to be provided at an off-site location.  [Planner: David Reyes] Applicant: Richie Palmer.  Property Owner:  Belle Vue Plaza, L.P.

 

Staff Report

 

9-C.     Development Review Permit 05-003, 1707 Cloverfield Boulevard. The applicant requests approval of the conversion of an existing manufacturing building into a self-storage facility. The self-storage facility will be available to the public to store personal items in individual, secure spaces.  The proposal will add a second floor within the existing 23-foot facility to create a two-level self-storage facility that has a total floor area of 73,945 square feet.  The development requires a Development Review Permit since greater than 7,500 square feet of floor area will be added to the existing building.  The Planning Commission will also be considering a Resolution to adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Program for the proposed project. [Planner: Dennis Banks] Applicant:  Neighborhood Storage Associates, LLC. Property Owner:  Perla Weinberg.

 

Staff Report

 

9-D.     Development Review Permit 06-008, 612 Colorado Avenue. The applicant is requesting a Development Review Permit to allow the modification of a previously approved Development Review Permit (04DR-008) for the Big Blue Bus Facility Master Plan. The modifications include the deletion of a previously proposed new 3-story, approximately 76,000 sq. ft. administration building with subterranean parking, retention of the existing administration building and the construction of a 100-space surface parking lot and perimeter wall along Colorado Avenue. [Planner: Scott Albright, AICP] Applicant: Albert Kaneshiro/Big Blue Bus. Property Owner: City of Santa Monica.

 

            Staff Report

 

9-E.     Text Amendment 06-003 & Variance 06-012, 849 Ocean Avenue. Text Amendment (06TA003) to amend Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Section 9.04.08.06.020(a) to increase the limitation on the number of guest rooms that can be added to an existing hotel in the R3 district and a Variance (06VAR012) to allow the addition of 7 guest rooms at the Hotel Oceana without providing additional on-site parking spaces. [Planner: Jing Yeo] Applicant:  CH Partners Limited Partnership. Property Owner:  JRK Asset Management.

 

Staff Report

 

10.       DISCUSSION:

 

10-A.   Input, discussion and possible action on policies, process, materials, timeline, participation strategies and related issues pertaining to the Shape the Future 2025 and Motion by the Ocean projects.

 

11.       WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:

 

11-A.   Planning Commission Caselist

 

12.       FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS:

 

13.       PUBLIC INPUT:  

 

14.       ADJOURNMENT

 

Please note that this agenda is subject to change up to 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting. We encourage you to check the agenda 72 hours prior to the meeting.

 

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CITY PLANNING COMMISSION

 

Barbara Brown, Commissioner

Darrell Clarke, Commissioner

Julie Lopez Dad, Commissioner

Jay P. Johnson, Commissioner

Hank Koning, FAIA, Commissioner

Terry O’Day, Vice-Chairperson

Gwynne Pugh, AIA, ASCE, Chairperson

 

Pam O’Connor, City Council Liaison

 

Amanda Schachter, Planning Manager

 Barry Rosenbaum, Senior Land Use Attorney

 Kyle Ferstead, Commission Secretary

 

AGENDA POLICIES

 

The Planning Commission considers a range of requests for development permits, appeals, and planning policy matters, and conducts public hearings on many of its agenda items. Due to the number, complexity and public interest associated with many agenda items, meetings of the Commission are generally lengthy. The Commission makes every effort to proceed as expeditiously as possible; your patience and understanding is appreciated.

 

PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES on each public hearing item include ex parte communication disclosure by the Commissioners; presentation of a staff report; Commission questions of staff; a fifteen (15) minute presentation by the project applicant or applicant’s representative or team, if any; Commission questions of the applicant; three (3) minutes for each member of the public wishing to speak to the item; three (3) minutes for project applicant to respond to the public or clarify issues raised by the public; Commission deliberations and decision. For an appeal, the appellant, if not also the applicant, has fifteen (15) minutes to address the Commission prior to the applicant speaking and three (3) minutes to respond to public comment.

 

SPECIAL TIME LIMITATIONS. The Commission may limit the time of individual speakers or the total time on a particular issue. If there are more than seven (7) speakers requesting to speak on an agenda item, or if twenty (20) or more persons have requested to speak on any combination of items, the project applicant or appellant on any agenda item shall be limited to ten (10) minutes initially and three (3) minutes in rebuttal. Members of the public are permitted three (3) minutes to address the Commission except as follows: if a member of the public requests to speak on more than one agenda item, the time will be three (3) minutes for the first item and two (2) minutes for any other item unless the Commission grants by a majority vote additional time.

 

REQUESTS TO SPEAK on an agenda item must be submitted on a speaker's request form (“chit”) and submit it to the Commission secretary. All requests to address the Commission on public hearing items must be submitted prior to the Commission's consideration of the item.

 

ASSIGNING OF TIME for members of the public wishing to speak to an item is permissible within specified limits.  A "representative speaker" may be allowed one additional minute of speaking time, to a maximum of five (5) additional minutes [hence, eight (8) minutes total] for each person actually in attendance who assigns his or her right to speak via a request to speak form to the "representative speaker." The project applicant, applicant’s representative or team of representatives (which may include the project architect, attorney, facilitator and all other representatives of the applicant), shall be allowed a total of fifteen (15) minutes initially and three (3) minutes in rebuttal.

 

PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC should begin with the speaker stating his or her name and address for the public record followed by a statement regarding the item under consideration.  Please speak to the Commission as a whole. 

 

PROFESSIONALS APPEARING BEFORE THE COMMISSION should clearly identify their status, such as "attorney", "paralegal", "architect", "designer", or "landscape architect".  Instances of misrepresentation of professional status may be referred to the City Attorney for possible prosecution.

 

WRITTEN MATERIALS, LETTERS AND E-MAILS regarding agenda items should be submitted to the City Planning Division staff prior to the Commission meeting. All written materials, including e-mails, will be forwarded the Commission Secretary for inclusion in the public record and, if received by noon on the Monday prior to the Wednesday public hearing, shall be forwarded to the Commission in advance of the meeting. Late submissions will be place on the dais on the night of the public hearing, but might not be reviewed by the Commission..

 

EX PARTE COMMUNICATION DISCLOSURES.  During the pendency of any quasi-judicial proceeding, no member of the Planning Commission may engage in ex parte communications with applicants, appellants or members of the public with respect to the matter which is the subject of the proceeding unless that member of the Commission discloses such communication. Prior to each quasi-judicial agenda item each Commissioner must place on the record the subject and substance of any written or oral ex parte communication including the identity of the person, group or entity with whom the communication took place.

 

TIME LIMITATION ON CONSIDERATION OF NEW ITEMS. The Commission shall not commence consideration of a new item on its agenda after 11:00 p.m. unless otherwise required by State or local law or unless otherwise determined by a majority vote of those Commissioners present.

 

CONSENT CALENDAR items will be acted upon by the Commission at one time without discussion unless a Commissioner requests discussion on an item or a member of the public has submitted a request to speak on an item.  If such a request is made, the item will be heard after the balance of the Consent Calendar has been voted upon.

 

ACTION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION on most matters occurs with the affirmative votes of at least four Commissioners.

 

DESIGN ASPECTS OF PROJECTS considered by the Planning Commission must also be approved by the Architectural Review Board.  For more information on this process, contact the City Planning Division.

 

APPEALS of certain actions of the Commission are appealable to the City Council.  The appeal period is generally ten to fourteen days from the date of the Commission’s action For specific information on appeals, please contact the City Planning Division.

 

For more information regarding the Planning Commission  agenda or development permit procedures and standards,  please contact the  City Planning Division at (310) 458-8341.

 

Copies of agendas and staff reports are available on the City’s Home Page on the World Wide Web using the following address: www.santa-monica.org

 

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