A G E N D A

REGULAR MEETING OF THE

PLANNING COMMISSION

OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA

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WEDNESDAY, November 3, 1999	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 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. PUBLIC HEARINGS: Consent Calendar

Public Input Permitted

5-A. Approval of Resolution Establishing Guidelines for Staff Review and Approval of Signage to Replace or Modify Nonconforming Signs Affected by Section 9.52.210(d) of the Santa Monica Municipal Code. (Planner: Susan Healy Keene)

5-B. Development Review Permit 99-002, Conditional Use Permit 99-016, and Tentative Tract Map 52681, 401 Montana Avenue; Application for a Development Review Permit, Conditional Use Permit and Tentative Tract Map 52681 (TM99-009) to allow the construction of a three-story, 26,279 square foot, nine-unit condominium development with twenty-one subterranean parking spaces accessed from Montana Place North Alley. (Planner: Paul Foley) Applicant: Wilshire Pacific Equities; Owner: Frederick Dellagatta.

6. PUBLIC HEARINGS:

Public Input Permitted

6-A. Conditional Use Permit 99-039, 401 Santa Monica Pier, RVC District, Application for a Conditional Use Permit to modify CUP 92-018 and permit the enclosure of deck area at the western end of the Pier for an existing 318-seat restaurant. Existing seating area on the first floor of the restaurant's exterior deck will be vacated and made available for general public use. As a result, the enclosure does not result in added floor area or additional restaurant seats. (Planner: Donna Jerex) Applicant: Pacific Faire, Inc. d/b/a Mariasol.

7. FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS

8. PUBLIC INPUT

9. ADJOURNMENT

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CITY PLANNING COMMISSION

Kenneth Breisch, Chairperson

Darrell Clarke, Commissioner

Matt Kanny, Vice-Chairperson

Kelly Olsen, Commissioner

Eric Charles Parlee, Commissioner

Susan M. White, Commissioner

John S. Zinner, Commissioner

Kevin McKeown, City Council Liaison

Suzanne Frick, Director of

Planning & Community Development Department

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.

REQUESTS TO SPEAK on an item must be submitted on a speaker's request form 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.

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.

PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES on each public hearing item include presentation of a staff report; Commission questions of staff; a five-minute presentation by the project applicant, if any; Commission questions of the applicant; three minutes for each member of the public wishing to speak to the item; three minutes for project applicant rebuttal; Commission deliberations and decision.

PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC should begin with the speaker stating his or her name and address 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.

LETTERS OR WRITTEN MATERIALS regarding agenda items may be submitted to the City Planning Division staff prior to or at the Commission meeting; written materials submitted at least eight days in advance of the meeting will be included in the Commission's meeting packet. Materials submitted after the deadline may be difficult for the Commission to adequately review.

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 additional minutes (hence, eight 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."

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 our Planning Counter,

Room 111 of City Hall, and through the City's Home Page on the World Wide Web using the following address: http://www.smgov.net or

www.santa-monica.org

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