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, NOVEMBER 3, 2004 |
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. PLANNING
COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS:
6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Consent Calendar
6-A. September 22, 2004
6-B. October 6, 2004
7. STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL
ACTION: Consent
Calendar
7-A. Conditional
Use Permit 04-009, 3115 to 3125 Santa Monica Boulevard
7-B. Design
Compatibility Permit 04-011, Tract Map 04-024, 1237 Twenty-Fourth Street
8. PUBLIC
HEARINGS:
8-A. Appeal 04-008, 1777 Sunset Avenue. Appeal
of the Zoning Administrator’s determination approving Use Permit 04-001 to
construct a new 2,836 square foot, two-story single family residence with a
1,103 square foot basement that includes a 443 square foot subterranean two-car
garage. Pursuant to Interim Ordinance
No. 2067 (CCS) a Use Permit is required for any permitted use located on a
parcel with a grade differential of 12.5 feet or more and associated with the
construction of a new building, substantial remodel, or a 50% or greater square
foot addition to an existing home. [Planner: Reza Tabatabai] APPELLANTS:
Jordan and Alice Ellis. APPLICANT: Daniel Singh. PROPERTY OWNER:
Sarabjit Mangat.
8-B. Design
Compatibility Permit 04DCP-010 and Vesting Tentative Tract Map 04TM-023, 1105 Eighteenth
Street. A Design
Compatibility Permit and Vesting Tentative Tract Map (061236) to allow the
construction of a new two-story, five-unit townhouse style condominium building
with 11 subterranean parking spaces on an 8,000 square foot parcel in the R2
(Low Density Multiple Residential) zoning district. A Design Compatibility
Permit is required for condominium projects pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal
Code Section 9.04.16.01.020. [Planner: Ava M. Pecherzewski] APPLICANT: Homay Naraghi, Architect. PROPERTY
OWNER: Michael, Polina and Biana Coltun.
9. DISCUSSION:
9-A. Code
Enforcement Quarterly Update (Staff: Tim McCormick and Kathy Comparetto)
9-B. Discussion of “soft-story” retrofit property identification, compliance requirements and methods, potential escrow sign-offs, and possible improvements in additional earthquake preparedness requirements. Requested by Commission Johnson on October 6, 2004. Continued from October 20, 2004.
10. FUTURE
COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS
11. COMMUNICATIONS:
11-A. Planning Commission
Caselist
11-B. Cumulative Projects List
12. PUBLIC INPUT
13. ADJOURNMENT
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CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
Barbara Brown, Chairperson
Darrell Clarke, Commissioner
Julie Lopez Dad, Commission
Arlene Hopkins, Commissioner
Jay P. Johnson, Commissioner
Terry O’Day, Commissioner
Gwynne Pugh, 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 (15)
minutes 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.
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 (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."
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: www.santa-monica.org
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