A G E N D A
REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF
Founded 1875
"Populus felix in urbe
felici"
WEDNESDAY, February 15, 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. November 16, 2006
6-B. January 18, 2006
7. STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL
ACTION: Consent
Calendar
7-A. Tract Map
04-035,
7-B. Tract Map
05-020,
7-C. Tract Map
05-025,
* Continued
since November 16, 2005.
8. PUBLIC HEARINGS: Continued
Items from January 18, 2006
8-A. Tract
Map 05-027 (Vesting
Tentative Parcel Map 062808),
8-B. Appeal 05-012 of the Zoning Administrator’s
Denial of Use Permit 05-001,
8-C. Text Amendment 05-005, City-wide. Text Amendment 05-005 to add Section
9.04.08.02.080(g) to the Santa Monica Municipal Code to allow the modification
of a side yard set back requirement in the R-1 district with Architectural
Review Board approval for an existing building in such cases where the
combination of contiguous parcels creates additional parcel width and requires
a proportionately greater side yard setback. The text amendment applies to
existing buildings which would be affected by this condition. [Planner: Sarah Lejeune, AICP] APPLICANT: Dan Palmer.
9. PUBLIC
HEARINGS: Consent Calendar
9-A. Conditional Use Permit
06-001,
9-B. Tract Map 05-024,
9-C. Tract Map 05-026,
9-D. Tract Map 05-028,
10.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
10-A. Tract Map 04-001,
10-B. Text Amendment 05-004. Text Amendment 05-004 to modify
Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Section 9.04.18.040 by adding text to
paragraph (b) and
a new paragraph (i) that allows for the continuation of existing hotel and
motel uses located in residential districts within the Coastal Zone which have
been continuously operated since prior to the adoption of the SMMC section
9.04.18.040(b) which requires the amortization of commercial uses in
residential zones. [Planner: Sarah Lejeune, AICP] APPLICANT: Darius
Nourafchen. PROPERTY OWNER: They Amini Trust and Darius Nourafchen.
11. DISCUSSION:
11-A. 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. WRITTEN
COMMUNICATIONS:
12-A. Planning Commission
Caselist
12-B. Cumulative Projects List
13. FUTURE
COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS
14. PUBLIC INPUT
15. 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, Chairperson
Hank Koning, FAIA, Commissioner
Terry O’Day, Commissioner
Gwynne Pugh, AIA, Vice Chairperson
Pam O’Connor, City Council Liaison
Amanda Schachter, Planning Manager
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.
The appeal period is generally ten to fourteen days from the date of the
Commission’s action 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 on the City’s Home Page on the World Wide Web using the following
address: www.santa-monica.org
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