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City of Riverside 3900 Main St. Riverside, CA 92522 Planning Division (951) 826-5371 Planning Commission 2,099th Meeting Agenda Thursday, October 23, 2014 9:00 AM Art Pick Council Chamber MISSION STATEMENT The City of Riverside is committed to providing high quality municipal services to ensure a safe, inclusive and livable community PLEASE NOTE: The scheduled hearing times are approximate. No item will be heard before its scheduled time, but may be heard later in the meeting. City Planning Commission action on all items may be appealed to the City Council within ten calendar days for zoning and map cases. Contact the Planning Division for further information. State law restricts the City Planning Commission from taking action on an item unless it has been included on an agenda and posted at least 72 hours in advance of a meeting, or unless the matter falls within one of the narrow exceptions. 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Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the City Planning Commission after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the Planning Division office during normal business hours. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE City of Riverside Page 1 Printed on 10/17/2014 Planning Commission Agenda October 23, 2014 PLANNING/ZONING MATTERS FROM THE AUDIENCE This is the portion of the meeting specifically set aside to invite your comments on matters of interest to the Commission, including items on the Consent Calendar. 1 Public Comments: This portion of the agenda will be limited to a cumulative total of 15 minutes, with individual speakers limited to a maximum time limit of 3 minutes. Further discussion of any matter beyond 15 minutes will be continued to following the public hearing calendar or scheduled for a later agenda. If there is no one from the audience wishing to speak, the Commission will move to the next order of business. 9 A.M.--PUBLIC HEARINGS This portion of the Planning Commission Agenda is for all matters where staff and public participation is anticipated. Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes. 2 PLANNING CASES P12-0393, P12-0394, P14-0640 (Continued from October 9, 2014): Proposal by John Pitchford and Emily Lawson to consider a Parcel Map to subdivide an approximately 14.63 acre, two-parcel site into three parcels ranging in size from 1.02 to 11.61 acres; a variance for a flag lot, parcel 2, and to allow the existing parcel, located at 6260 Hawarden Drive, to increase from 0.63 acres to 1.02 acres in size, where the Hawarden Drive Special Design Area requires a minimum of 2.0 acres; a Certificate of Appropriateness for the proposed removal or significant alteration to the existing barn, reservoir and irrigation trough, as well as the removal of a significant area of land on which the home and these features are placed, located at 6240 and 6260 Hawarden Drive, situated on the easterly side of Hawarden Drive, mid-block between Horace Street and Rolling Ridge Road, in the RC – Residential Conservation Zone, in Ward 3. It is recommended that the Planning Commission adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration in conjunction with these cases. Contact Planner: Brian Norton, Associate Planner, (951) 826-2308 bnorton@riversideca.gov (Applicant requests further continuance to November 6, 2014 and staff concurs.) Attachments: Continuance Request City of Riverside Page 2 Printed on 10/17/2014 Planning Commission Agenda October 23, 2014 3 PLANNING CASES P12-0698, P12-0697 AND P12-0601 (Continued from August 7, 2014): Proposal by Hank Jong of EGL Associates, Inc. to consider: 1) a General Plan Amendment to amend the General Plan land use designation for approximately 0.27 acres of an existing 5.08-acre parcel from VLDR - Very Low Density Residential to HR - Hillside Residential; 2) a Zoning Code Map Amendment to amend the zoning designation of approximately 0.27 acres of an existing 5.08-acre parcel from the R-1-1/2 Acre – Single-family Residential Zone to the RC – Residential Conservation Zone; and 3) a Tentative Tract Map (TM-36370) to facilitate the subdivision of two contiguous undeveloped parcels totaling approximately 9 acres into 10 lots, located at 14601 Dauchy Avenue, situated on the westerly side of Dauchy Avenue, between Ferrari Drive and Cactus Avenue, in Ward 4. It is recommended that the City Planning Commission recommend to the City Council adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration in conjunction with these cases. Contact Planner: Brian Norton, Associate Planner, (951) 826-2308 bnorton@riversideca.gov (Applicant requests further continuance to November 6, 2014 and staff concurs.) Attachments: Continuance Request 4 PLANNING CASE P14-0177: Proposal by Smartlink, LLC, on behalf of AT&T, for consideration of a Minor Conditional Use Permit to modify an existing office building to allow a telecommunications wireless facility to locate within the tower elements of the building; related variances may also be considered. The project site is located at 6690 Alessandro Boulevard, situated on the northerly corner of Alessandro Boulevard, between Hawkley Drive and Via Vista Drive, in the O-S-1-X – Office, Building Stories (one story), and Building Setback Overlay Zones Zone in Ward 4. It is recommended that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council adoption of a Negative Declaration in conjunction with this case. Contact Planner: Kyle Smith, AICP, Associate Planner, (951) 826-5220 kjsmith@riversideca.gov Attachments: report exhibits City of Riverside Page 3 Printed on 10/17/2014 Planning Commission Agenda October 23, 2014 5 PLANNING CASES P11-0767, P11-0768, P11-0769, AND P12-0138: A proposal by Jerry Kohutek of Exclusive Recovery for consideration of an Amendment to the General Plan to change the General Plan land use designation of approximately 1.0 acre of the project site from the B/OP – Business and Office Park to the I-Industrial designation; an Amendment to Municipal Code (Title 19) to rezone the entire site from the BMP – Business and Manufacturing Park Zone to the I – Industrial Zone; a Conditional Use Permit to establish a vehicle impound yard, Design Review of plot plan and building elevations to renovate an existing 5,058 square-foot single-story office building with two garage bays; variances related to landscape setbacks and separation from adjacent uses are requested. The proposed project site is located on an approximately 2.08 acre parcel developed with an abandoned contractor storage yard at 9920 Arlington Avenue, situated on the southeast corner of Arlington Avenue and Crest Avenue, in the BMP – Business and Manufacturing Park Zone, in Ward 6. It is recommended that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration in conjunction with the approval of this case. Contact Planner: Kyle Smith, AICP, Associate Planner, (951) 826-5220 kjsmith@riversideca.gov Attachments: report exhibits 6 PLANNING CASE P13-1020 (Continued from October 9, 2014): Proposal by Shanna Reyes of Smartlink, LLC, on behalf of Verizon Wireless to consider a Conditional Use Permit to construct a 60-foot high wireless telecommunications facility camouflaged as a pine tree, on an approximately 4.02 acre site developed with a commercial self-storage facility, located at 4011 Fairgrounds Street, situated on the northerly side of Fairgrounds Street, mid-block between Fairmount Boulevard and Keats Drive, in the BMP – Business and Manufacturing Park Zone, in Ward 1. It is recommended that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council adoption of a Negative Declaration in conjunction with this case. Contact Planner: Brian Norton, Associate Planner, (951) 826-2308 bnorton@riversideca.gov Attachments: Report exhibits City of Riverside Page 4 Printed on 10/17/2014 Planning Commission Agenda October 23, 2014 7 PLANNING CASE P14-0678: To consider a Conditional Use Permit to expand an existing vocational/technical school that currently occupies 22,870 square feet of a 92,410 square-foot, two story office building. The proposal will add 8,245 square feet to the building area occupied by the vocational school on the first floor of the building located on an 8.02 acre site at 6465 Sycamore Canyon Boulevard and situated at the westerly corner of Sycamore Boulevard and Sierra Ridge Drive in the BMP – Business and Manufacturing Park Zone and in Zone #2. It has been determined that this proposal is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review pursuant to Section 15301 as the project constitutes occupancy of an existing building. Contact Planner: Candice Doyle, Contract Planner (951) 826-5667. cdoyle@riversideca.gov. Attachments: Report Exhibits City of Riverside Page 5 Printed on 10/17/2014 Planning Commission Agenda October 23, 2014 MISCELLANEOUS PLANNING AND ZONING ITEMS 8 Brief report on recent City Council actions and major development projects 9 Long Range Projects: a. Office of Economic Development b. Update from Deputy Director 10 Items for future agendas. MINUTES 11 The minutes of September 18, 2014 and October 9, 2014 to be presented for approval. Attachments: Minutes 9-18-14 minutes 10-9-14 ADJOURNMENT Adjournment to the Thursday, November 6, 2014, meeting at 9:00 a.m. in the Art Pick Council Chamber. ********* Art Pick Council Chamber 3900 Main Street Riverside, CA 92522 Planning Division 951-826-5371 City of Riverside Page 6 Printed on 10/17/2014