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Planning Commission
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the San Luis Obispo Planning Commission was called to order on
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 6:00 p.m., via teleconference, by Chair Hemalata Dandekar.
ROLL CALL
Present: Commissioners Michael Hopkins, Steve Kahn, Nicholas Quincey, Michelle
Shoresman, Mike Wulkan, Vice-Chair Robert Jorgensen, and Chair Hemalata
Dandekar
Absent: None
Staff: Principal Planner Tyler Corey, Assistant City Attorney Markie Jorgensen,
Deputy City Clerk Kevin Christian, and City Clerk Teresa Purrington
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
None
1. CONSENT AGENDA – CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KAHN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
QUINCEY, CARRIED 7-0-0 to approve the Planning Commission Minutes of February 10,
2021.
PUBLIC HEARING
2. Public scoping meeting to discuss the scope of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) being
prepared for the Los Angeles – San Diego - San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency
Central Coast Layover Facility (CCLF). The project site is located on approximately 8.3 acres
south of the existing San Luis Obispo Amtrak Station (1011 Railroad Avenue) to Francis
Street, and between the Union Pacific Main Tracks and existing commercial and residential
development to the west with the southern extent of the project terminating west of McMillan
Avenue (Roundhouse site). The project consists of the construction of a new rail yard, storage
and servicing tracks, operations and maintenance buildings, landscape improvements, and
pedestrian improvements. Zoning: Service-Commercial with Special Considerations and
Historic Overlay (C-S-S-H); LEAD AGENCY: LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency.
Review of this item has been continued to the next Regular Meeting of the Planning
Commission scheduled for March 10, 2021.
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PUBLIC HEARING
3. Request to establish a new sorority use (Delta Gamma) on a property with three existing
dwelling units in the High-Density Residential zone. The project includes a request to establish
four parking spaces in a tandem arrangement. This project is categorically exempt from
environmental review; Project address: 1328 Foothill Boulevard; Case #: USE-0803-2019;
Zone: R-4; Delta Gamma, applicant.
Assistant Planner Kyle Van Leeuwen presented the staff report and responded to Commission
inquiries.
Applicant representative, Jon Olsen, provided a brief overview of current use and property
management practices for the property.
Chair Dandekar opened the public hearing.
Public Comment:
None
Chair Dandekar closed the public hearing.
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SHORESMAN, SECOND BY
COMMISSIONER HOPKINS, CARRIED 7-0-0 to adopt a resolution entitled:
“A RESOLUTION OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO PLANNING COMMISSION
APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A NEW SORORITY USE
(DELTA GAMMA) ON A PROPERTY WITH THREE EXISTING DWELLING
UNITS IN THE HIGH-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE, INCLUDING A REQUEST
TO ESTABLISH FOUR PARKING SPACES IN A TANDEM ARRANGEMENT WITH
A CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AS
REPRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND ATTACHMENTS DATED
FEBRUARY 24, 2021 (1328 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD, USE-0803-2019),” with the
following new condition #14:
14. Prior to the establishment of the use, all parking spaces identified on plans shall be
inspected to verify compliance with engineering standards, including parking stall
dimensions and surface material used.
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4. Review of a mixed-use project consisting of 9 residential units and approximately 10,400
square feet of commercial space, as a part of the Jones Subdivision Tract No. 3066. The project
includes a request for a 40 percent parking reduction for the commercial use. The project is
consistent with the previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration for SBDV-0067-2014
(Tract No. 3066), City Council Resolution No. 10620 (2015 Series); Project address: 3806
Ranch House; Case #: ARCH-0256-2020; Zone: C-C-MU; Travis Fuentez,
owner/applicant.
Review of this item has been continued to the next Regular Meeting of the Planning
Commission scheduled for March 10, 2021.
COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
5. Agenda Forecast – Principal Planner Tyler Corey provided an update of upcoming projects.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:50 p.m. The next Regular Meeting of the Planning Commission
meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., via teleconference.
APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION: 03/10/2021