A G E N D A
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
PLANNING COMMISSION
OF
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
"Populus felix in urbe
felici"
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WEDNESDAY, February 20, 2002 |
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS |
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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. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
5-A. November 14, 2001
5-B. December 5, 2001
5-C. December 12, 2001
5-D. December 19, 2001
6.
PUBLIC
HEARINGS:
6-A. Appeal of Architectural
Review Board Approval of ARB 01-283 , 1522 Sixth Street. Appeal of the Architectural Review
Board’s approval of the design, colors, materials, landscaping and irrigation
plans for a new five-story, 26-unit, 100% affordable housing project. (Planner:
Laura Beck, AICP) Appellant: Eri Kroch. Applicant and Property Owner: JSM
Stressa, LLC, Craig D. Jones, Managing Member.
6-B. Conditional Use Permit
01-015, 3330 Ocean Park Boulevard, C5 (Special
Office Commercial) District. Application for a Conditional Use Permit to allow
the re-location of the Cutting Board Restaurant to an existing 653 square foot
space within the Santa Monica Business Park. The proposed operating hours are
7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The proposed restaurant will include 12 indoor and 12 outdoor seats for
dining. No alcohol service is proposed. (Planner: Patrick Clarke) Applicant:
The Cutting Board Restaurant.
6-C. Conditional Use Permit
01-020, 2201 Wilshire Boulevard. Application for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a Type 20
(Off-Sale Beer & Wine) alcohol license for a grocery store (Whole Foods
Market) located at 2201 Wilshire Boulevard.
The retail use contains approximately 26,354 square feet of floor area,
less than 1% of which will be utilized as display area for the proposed alcohol
sales. The proposed hours of operation
and alcohol sales are from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., seven days a week.
(Planner: Ariel Socarras) APPLICANT:
Whole Foods Market. PROPERTY
OWNER: Beverly Larner.
7. DISCUSSION:
Continued from
February 6, 2002 Agenda
Public Input Permitted
Note:
There are no staff reports associated with these discussion items.
7-A. Appointment to Third Street
Promenade Retail Moratorium Task Force.
7-B. Request to address issue of information
provided to Planning Commission by staff and request for staff to include all
pertinent facts in future staff reports.
Requested by Chair Olsen via e-mail on September 27, 2001.
7-C. Request to hear from staff about process
and interaction between Planning Department and Business License Department.
Requested by Chair Olsen via e-mail on September 27, 2001.
7-D. Request
to discuss asking the City Council to direct staff to revert to the past
standard practice of airing the entire Planning Commission meeting on CityTV
and to replay the meetings during the week. Requested by
Chair Olsen via e-mail October 23, 2001.
7-E. Request
for Zoning Administrator Interpretations of Section 9.04.18.040 and Section
9.04.20.020 of the Santa Monica Zoning Ordinance (Santa Monica Municipal Code).
Requested by Chair Olsen via e-mail on December 13, 2001.
7-F. Request
to initiate Permit Revocation process for Cellular Fantasy located at 2600
Wilshire Boulevard based on signage violations. Requested by Chair Olsen via e-mail on January 8, 2002.
7-G. Request to ask the City Council to revert
to the previous method of receiving communication and presentations from Boards
and Commissions. Requested by Chair Olsen via e-mail on January 9, 2002.
8. FUTURE
COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS
9. PUBLIC INPUT
10. ADJOURNMENT
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request, please contact (310) 458-8341, or TDD Number: (310) 458-8696 at least
72 hours prior to the meeting. All written materials are available
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CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
Barbara Brown, Commissioner
Darrell Clarke, Commissioner
Julie Lopez Dad, Commissioner
Arlene Hopkins, Commissioner
Jay P. Johnson, Commissioner
Geraldine Moyle, Commissioner
Kelly Olsen, Chairperson
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 fifteen
minutes presentation by the project applicant or applicant’s representative or
team, 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 to respond to the public or clarify issues raised by the public;
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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