The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About07-22-2020 PC AgendaCity of San Luis Obispo, Agenda, Planning Co mmission Agenda PLANNING COMMISSION Wednesday, July 22, 2020 6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING TELECONFERENCE Broadcasted via Webinar Based on the threat of COVID-19 as reflected in the Proclamations of Emergency issued by both the Governor of the State of California, the San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services Director and the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo as well as the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 issued on March 17, 2020, relating to the convening of public meetings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of San Luis Obispo will be holding all public meetings via teleconference. There will be no physical location for the Public to view the meeting. Below are instructions on how to view the meeting remotely and how to leave public comment. Additionally, members of the Planning Commission (PC) are allowed to attend the meeting via teleconference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present. Using the most rapid means of communication available at this time, members of the public are encouraged to participate in PC meetings in the following ways: 1. Remote Viewing - Members of the public who wish to watch the meeting can view: • Televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20 • View a livestream of the meeting on the City’s YouTube channel: http://youtube.slo.city • View the Webinar (recommended for the best viewing quality): ➢ Registration URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8884104938197607951 ➢ Webinar ID: 182-009-147 ➢ Telephone Attendee: (415) 655-0060; Audio Access Code: 225-730-302 2. Public Comment - The PC will still be accepting public comment for items within their purview. Public comment can be submitted in the following ways: • Mail or Email Public Comment ➢ Received by 3:00 PM on the day of meeting - Can be submitted via email to advisorybodies@slocity.org or U.S. Mail to City Clerk at: 990 Palm St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 ➢ Emails sent after 3:00 PM – Can be submitted via email to advisorybodies@slocity.org and will be archived/distributed to members of the Advisory Body the day after the meeting. Emails will not be read aloud during the meeting • Verbal Public Comment ➢ Received by 3:00 PM on the day of the meeting - Call (805) 781-7164; state and spell your name, the agenda item number and leave your comment. The verbal comments must be limited to 3 minutes. All voicemails will be forwarded to Advisory Body Members and saved as Agenda Correspondence. Voicemails will not be played during the meeting. ➢ During the meeting – Members of the public who wish to provide public comment can join the webinar (instructions above). Once you have joined the webinar, please put your name and Item # in the questions box. Your mic will be unmuted once Public Comment is called for the Item and you will have 3 minutes to speak. Planning Commission Agenda for July 22, 2020 Page 2 CALL TO ORDER: Chair Hemalata Dandekar ROLL CALL : Commissioners Michael Hopkins, Steve Kahn, Nicholas Quincey, Michelle Shoresman, Mike Wulkan, Vice-Chair Robert Jorgensen, and Chair Hemalata Dandekar. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES 1. Minutes of the Planning Commission meeting of Ju ly 8, 2020. PUBLIC COMMENT: At this time, people may address the Commission about items not on the agenda. Comments are limited to three minutes per person. Items raised at this time are generally referred to staff and, if action by the Commission is necessary, may be scheduled for a future meeting. PUBLIC HEARINGS Note: Any court challenge to the action taken on public hearing items on this agenda may be limited to considering only those issues raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the City of San Luis Obispo at, or prior to, the public hearing. If you wish to speak, please give your name and address for the record. Please limit your comments to three minutes; consultant and project presentations limited to six minutes. 2. Review of a four-story, 200 room dual brand hotel in the San Luis Ranch Specific Plan area; The project is consistent with the previously certified FEIR and SEIR for the San Luis Ranch Specific Plan and no additional environmental review is required per CEQA; Project Address: 1035 Madonna Road; Case #: ARCH-0796-2019; Zone: Neighborhood-Commercial Zone (N-C) San Luis Ranch Specific Plan; Arris Studio, Thom Jess, applicant. (John Rickenbach – 20 minutes) Recommendation: Adopt the draft Resolution approving the development plan based on findings and subject to conditions of approval. 3. Review of five new two-bedroom, two-story single-family residences, each with an attached two-car garage. The project site is within the Mill Street Historic District and includes the retention of five, two-bedroom, single-story residences, which are on the Contributing List of Historic Properties. The project also includes a common-interest subdivision to create ten lots, each will contain one of the ten residences. The applicant has requested exceptions from development standards to allow interior side setbacks to be reduced (five feet where seven is the standard, six feet where eight feet is the standard, seven feet where nine feet is the standard, and eight feet where eleven feet is the standard) and to allow required parking to be provided in tandem. A Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental review (CEQA) is proposed; Project address: 1137 Peach Street; Case #: ARCH-0568-2019, SBDV-0571-2019, EID- 0800-2019; Zone: R-2-H; Levi Seligman, owner/applicant. (Kyle Van Leeuwen – 20 minutes) Planning Commission Agenda for July 22, 2020 Page 3 Recommendation: Adopt the draft Resolution recommending the City Council approve Vesting Tentative Tract Map (VTTM) No. 3140, the project design, and adopt the associated Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration. 4. Review of the 6th Cycle Draft Housing Element and Negative Declaration of Environmental Review; Project Address: Citywide; Case #: GENP-0217-2020 & EID-0218-2020; City of San Luis Obispo, owner/applicant. (Rachel Cohen – 20 minutes) Recommendation: Adopt the draft Resolution which recommends that the City Council amend the Housing Element for updates associated with the 6th Cycle Housing Element Update and adopt the Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact. COMMENT AND DISCUSSION 5. Staff Updates & Agenda Forecast ADJOURNMENT The next Regular Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 12, 2020, at 6:00 p.m., via teleconference. APPEALS Any decision of the Planning Commission is final unless appealed to City Council within 10 days of the action (Recommendations to City Council cannot be appealed since they are not a final action). Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Commission may file an appeal with the City Clerk. Appeal forms are available at the Community Development Department office, City Clerk’s office, or on the City’s website (www.slocity.org). The appropriate appeal fee must accompany the appeal documentation. LISTENING ASSISTIVE DEVICES are available for the hearing impaired--please see the Clerk The City of San Luis Obispo wishes to make all of its public meetings accessible to the public. Upon request, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities. Any person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should direct such request to the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 781-7100 at least 48 hours before the meeting, if possible. Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (805) 781-7410. Planning Commission regular meetings are televised live on Charter Channel 20. Agenda related writings or documents provided to the Planning Commission are available for public inspection on the City’s website: http://www.slocity.org/government/advisory-bodies. Meeting video recordings can be found on the City’s website: http://www.slocity.org/government/department- directory/city-clerk/on-demand-meeting-videos