A G E N D A
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF
Founded 1875
"Populus felix in urbe
felici"
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 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: Consent Calendar
6-A.
May
3, 2006
6-B.
July
5, 2006
7.
STATEMENT OF OFFICIAL ACTION: None
8.
FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS
Opportunity for suggestions from Commissioners regarding future
discussion items, speakers and requests for information
9.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
9-A.
Resolution of Intention to consider amending permitted
uses, conditionally permitted uses and property development standards sections
in the Zoning Ordinance to establish
specified affordable housing projects as permitted uses and to exempt those
projects from the established development review threshold in certain
districts.
10.
COMMUNICATIONS:
10-A.
Exposition Light Rail Project Update
10-B.
November
Newsletter of the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) Update
11.
DISCUSSION: (Public Input Permitted)
11-A.
Discussion
and presentation from Chamber of Commerce members and/or representatives
regarding the LUCE effort, including a discussion on potential land use and
circulation policies and how these policies may affect or otherwise impact the
business community. (Requested by Chair Pugh)
11-B.
Discussion
and presentation from
11-C.
Discussion
regarding the parking needs and design options, including angled parking, for
the City’s commercial areas and consideration of possible solutions to address
identified needs and maximize on-street parking resources. (Requested by
Commissioner Dad)
11-D.
Discussion
regarding parking needs on
11-E.
Discussion
regarding pedestrian safety, intersections, traffic signals and signage, and
traffic impacts on pedestrians. (Requested by Commissioner Dad)
11-F.
Discussion
and possible recommendation to the City Council to direct City staff to prepare
an amendment to the City’s Zoning Ordinance to reinstate the Design
Compatibility Permit application and process for residential condominium
developments. (Requested by Commissioner Dad)
11-G.
Discussion
to consider changes to the Planning Commission’s agenda structure to allow
review and action of development projects at meetings currently reserved for
long range policy discussion. (Requested by Commissioner Koning)
11-H.
Review
and discussion of a letter to the City
Council suggesting that
11-I.
Discussion
to consider minor administrative and discretionary adjustments to the objective
standards set forth in the Zoning Code. The discussion may include
consideration of specific code provisions in the Zoning Code; existing procedures
to grant modifications; and, consideration of reasonable standards or processes
to grant future modifications, if allowed. (Requested by Commissioners O’Day
and Pugh) Continued from September 6 and October 4, 2006.
11-J.
Discussion and possible recommendation
to the City Council regarding a Text Amendment to require Development Review of
large redevelopment/renovation projects above a specified square footage threshold
and whether or not new floor area has been added. (Requested by Commissioner
Dad, October 5, 2006)
11-K.
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.
12.
PUBLIC INPUT
13.
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
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. 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 at the City’s Home Page on the World
Wide Web using the following address:
http://santa-monica.org/planning/planningcomm/planningcomm.html
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