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Agenda
PLANNING COMMISSION
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
6:00 p.m. REGULAR MEETING Council Chamber
990 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE : Chair Wulkan
ROLL CALL : Commissioners Robert Jorgensen, Steve Kahn, John McKenzie, Nicholas
Quincey, Charles Stevenson, Vice-Chair Hemalata Dandekar, and Chair Mike
Wulkan.
ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA: Commissioners or staff may modify the order of items.
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
1. Minutes of the Special Planning Commission meeting of November 6, 2019.
PUBLIC COMMENT: At this time, people may address the Commission about items not on
the agenda. Persons wishing to speak should come forward and state their name and address.
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.
Planning Commission Agenda for January 8, 2020 Page 2
2. Review of a proposed four-story mixed-use project consisting of 5,241 square feet of ground-
floor retail, eight hotel suites, and 39 residential (apartment) units. The project includes a
request for a three-level mechanical parking lift serving 48 spaces, a fourth-floor roof deck,
and tree removals. The project includes a categorical exemption from environmental review.
Project Address: 545 Higuera and 486 Marsh; Case #: ARCH-0017-2019; Zone: C-
D; Marsh Higuera Mixed Use, LLC, owner/applicant. (Shawna Scott – 45 Minutes)
Recommendation: Adopt the draft Resolution approving the project based on findings and
subject to conditions.
3. Review of seven two-story structures consisting of approximately 160,000 square feet of
office and industrial space. The project is consistent with the Margarita Area Specific Plan
Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Supplemental Initial Study and Mitigated
Negative Declaration (MND) adopted for Vesting Tentative Tract Map #3011; Project
Address: 301 Prado; Case #: ARCH-0424-2019; Zone: B-P-SP, C/OS-SP; 301 Prado
Group, LLC, owner/applicant. (Kyle Bell – 45 Minutes)
Recommendation: Adopt the draft Resolution that approves the project, subject to findings,
and conditions of approval.
4. Review of a new two-story office development consisting of 37,508 square feet of office space
and associated site improvements including parking lots, site access upgrades, landscaping
upgrades, and minor improvements to the unnamed drainage tributary that daylights along the
north and west property lines. The project also includes a minor use permit request to allow a
medical office use with the Business Park zone within the Airport Area Specific Plan. Project
is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); Project Address: 862
Aerovista; Case #: ARCH-0430-2019 & USE-0522-2019; Zone: BP-SP; SLOQ
Properties LLC, owner and Quaglino Properties LLC, applicant. (Kyle Bell – 5 Minutes)
Recommendation: Continue the public hearing to a date uncertain to allow the applicant team
more time to revise the Biological Assessment Survey in order to provide greater clarification
regarding the on-site habitats.
5. Review of amendments to Title 17 (Zoning Regulations) of the Municipal Code associated
with provisions for Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units, with a
Categorical Exemption from Environmental Review; Case #: CODE-0821-2019.
(Kyle Van Leeuwen – 30 Minutes)
Recommendation: Adopt the draft Resolution, which recommends that the City Council
introduce and adopt an Ordinance amending Title 17 (Zoning Regulations) of the Municipal
Code regarding accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.
Planning Commission Agenda for January 8, 2020 Page 3
COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
6. Staff Updates & Agenda Forecast
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 22,
2020, at 6:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California.
APPEALS
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.
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