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, March 19, 2003 |
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. February 12, 2003
5-B. February 19, 2003
6. STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL
ACTION: Consent
Calendar
6-B. Conditional
Use Permit 02-010, 1663 Twentieth Street
7.
PUBLIC
HEARINGS:
7-A. Appeal 02-024, 2121 Ocean Avenue. Appeal of Architectural Review
Board approval of exterior renovations, including building design, colors,
materials, for an existing two-story apartment building. [Planner: Marika
Modugno] APPLICANT: 2121 Ocean Associates, LLC. PROPERTY OWNER: Jonathan Drucker.
7-B. Appeal
02-028, 145-147
Bay Street. Appeal of the Zoning Administrator’s denial
of a parking variance for the conversion of two residential buildings to ground
floor retail and second floor office uses. In addition to the existing
residential buildings on the parcel, the site also contains a legal
non-conforming production studio use. No parking is provided on-site. Pursuant
to Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Section 9.04.10.08.030(e)(2), any new
commercial use of an existing residential building requires the entire site to
provide Code required parking. The change in use requires 20 parking spaces;
the existing production studio use requires 32 spaces. The applicant requests a
variance from 52 required on-site parking spaces to accommodate the proposed
project. Consistent with the provisions of SMMC 9.04.20.10.030 (b), an
applicant may request a modification to the required number of parking spaces. [Planner: Elizabeth Bar-El] APPLICANT/APPELLANT/
PROPERTY OWNER: Manhar Patel.
7-C. Appeal
02-029, 2525 Main Street.
Appeal of the Zoning Administrator’s denial of a parking variance to allow a
reduction of 8 parking spaces for the property located at 2525 Main
Street. Santa Monica Municipal Code
(SMMC) section 9.04.10.08.040 requires 8 parking spaces for the conversion of
2,337 square feet of residential space to commercial office space, which is
located on the third floor of the subject building. Pursuant to SMMC Section 9.04.20.10.030(b) an applicant may
request a variance to allow for the modification of the number and dimensions
of automobile parking spaces, loading spaces and driveway requirements.
[Planner: Elizabeth Bar-El] APPLICANT/APPELLANT/Property Owner: Fred DiMaio.
8. FUTURE
COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS
9. PUBLIC INPUT
10. ADJOURNMENT
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and #8 serve City Hall.
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City Hall.
CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
Barbara Brown, Commissioner
Darrell Clarke, Chairperson
Julie Lopez Dad, Commissioner
Arlene Hopkins, Commissioner
Jay P. Johnson, Commissioner
Geraldine Moyle, Commissioner
Kelly Olsen, 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 fifteen
minutes presentation by the project applicant or applicant’s representative or
team, if any; Commission questions of the applicant; four 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 in advance of the meeting will be given to
the Commission on the night of the public hearing.
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, nine 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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