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Home My WebLink About09-09-2020 PC AgendaCity of San Luis Obispo, Agenda, Planning Co mmission Agenda PLANNING COMMISSION Wednesday, September 9, 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/9037289998691607566 ➢ Webinar ID: 197-336-723 ➢ Telephone Attendee: (562) 247-8422; Audio Access Code: 165-161-434 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 September 9, 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 August 26, 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. Development review of a three-story condominium project consisting of 40 residential units throughout 14 separate buildings within Tract 3044 (South Morros), as part of the Orcutt Area Specific Plan. The project includes exceptions from the following specific development standards: fence height exception for a portion of a fence and retaining wall within the street yard of 13 feet in height, where normally limited to 3 feet, an exception to the side yard setback of 16 feet where normally a 23 foot setback is required, as well as minor exceptions to the open space requirements for common interest subdivisions. The project also includes an affordable housing alternative incentive request for relief of site development standards to allow a maximum height of 38 feet, where normally limited to 35 feet. The project is in consistent with previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration ER-137-11, City Council Resolution No 10462 (2013 Series); Project Address: 3700 Ranch House Road; Case #: ARCH-0825- 2019, AFFH-0406-2020 & SBDV-0826-2019; Zone: R-3-SP; WC Taylor Ranch, LLC, owner/applicant. (Kyle Bell – 20 minutes) Recommendation: 1. Adopt the Draft Resolution approving the development plan and associated affordable housing incentive request, based on findings and subject to conditions of approval; and 2. Adopt the Vesting Tentative Parcel Map (VTPM) as described in the Draft Resolution based on findings and subject to conditions of approval. Planning Commission Agenda for September 9, 2020 Page 3 3. Development Review of: the demolition of a multi-unit dwelling (four dwelling units); Minor Subdivision of one parcel into two lots, with an exception from the minimum lot area standard for one parcel, allowing creation of a 4.645 square-foot parcel where 5,000 square feet is the minimum lot area, and minor exceptions from minimum lot width standards, allowing creation of parcels that are 44.7 and 46.4 feet wide where 50 feet is the minimum lot width; and construction of two duplex buildings, each containing two four-bedroom dwellings (four total dwelling units), with associated site improvements. The applicant has requested Discretionary Exceptions to the side and rear setback standards allowing side and rear setbacks ranging between six and nine feet in depth along portions of the upper floor of the new buildings, where the setback standard ranges between seven and ten feet in depth. A Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental review (CEQA) is proposed; Project Address: 1230 Monte Vista; Case #: ARCH-0115-2020, SBDV-0182-2020 & EID-0199-2020; Zone: R-4; MVP, LLC, owner/applicant. (Walter Oetzell – 20 minutes) Recommendation: Adopt the Draft Resolution approving the project and Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental impact, subject to findings and conditions of approval. 4. Review of a new inclusionary housing development consisting of five, two-story structures containing a total of 38 low-income affordable units, community room, and leasing office, on a site designated for affordable housing. The project includes an 89% density bonus and a proposed reduction in setback requirements, a setback of four feet where five feet is the minimum required within the Planned Development (PD) overlay zone, requested as alternative incentives for affordable housing. This project is consistent with the Mitigated Negative Declaration approved with the PD rezone and Map No. 2428 (CEQA); Project Address: 3065 Lucca Lane, Toscano Development Inclusionary Housing Site; Case #: ARCH-0095-2020 & AFFH-0096-2020; Zone: R-2-SP-PD; Scott Smith, San Luis Obispo Non-Profit Housing Corporation, owner/applicant. (Kyle Van Leeuwen – 20 minutes) Recommendation: Adopt the Draft Resolution approving the new inclusionary housing development consisting of 38 low-income affordable units, a community room, and leasing office subject to findings and conditions of approval. COMMENT AND DISCUSSION 5. Staff Updates & Agenda Forecast ADJOURNMENT The next Regular Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, 2020, at 6:00 p.m., via teleconference. Planning Commission Agenda for September 9, 2020 Page 4 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