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City of Riverside 3900 Main St. Riverside, CA 92522 Planning Division (951) 826-5371 Planning Commission 2,128th Meeting Agenda Meeting Date: Thursday, April 7, 2016 9:00 AM Art Pick Council Chamber Publication Date: Friday, March 25, 2016 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 Planning Commission Agenda April 7, 2016 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. 9:00 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. City of Riverside Page 2 Planning Commission Agenda April 7, 2016 2 PLANNING CASES P14-0045, P14-0048, P15-0953 & P15-0954: Proposal by Darrin Olson of Mission Lofts, LLC to consider approval of the following requests to permit a mixed-use development consisting of 212 residential units, 1,221 square feet of commercial space and 315 surface parking spaces: 1) amend the General Plan land use designation from MU-V – Mixed Use-Village, B/OP – Business/Office Park, I – Industrial to MU-U – Mixed Use-Urban; 2) amend the zoning designation from I-SP-CR – Industrial Specific Plan (Marketplace Specific Plan) – Cultural Resources (Seventh Street East Historic District) Overlay Zones, BMP-SP-CR – Business and Manufacturing Park – Specific Plan (Marketplace Specific Plan) – Cultural Resources (Seventh Street East Historic District) Overlay Zones, BMP-SP – Business and Manufacturing – Specific Plan (Marketplace Specific Plan) Overlay Zone, CR-SP – Commercial Retail – Specific Plan (Market Plan Specific Plan) Overlay Zone, I-SP – Industrial – Specific Plan (Marketplace Specific Plan) Overlay Zone to MU-U-SP – Mixed Use Urban – Specific Plan (Marketplace Specific Plan) Overlay Zone and MU-U-SP-CR – Mixed Use – Urban – Specific Plan (Marketplace Specific Plan) – Cultural Resources (Seventh Street East Historic District), 3) amend the Marketplace Specific Plan, to remove the subject site from the Neighborhood Marketplace Sub-Area and Marketplace Urban Industrial Sub-Area and establish the Mixed-Use Marketplace Sub-Area for the subject site; 4) Site Plan review; 5) Variances to permit fewer parking spaces than required by Code and allow tandem parking spaces, on 4.69 vacant acres, located at 3008-3052 Mission Inn Avenue, 3770 Commerce Street, 2981 University Avenue, 3025-3035 Ninth Street, situated north of 9th Street, south of Mission Inn Avenue, east of Commerce Street, west of Park Avenue, and bisected by University Avenue, in Ward 2. The Planning Division of the Community and Economic Development Department has determined that the proposed project will not have a significant effect on the environment and is recommending that a Mitigated Negative Declaration be adopted. Contact Planner: Brian Norton, Senior Planner, (951) 826-2308 bnorton@riversideca.gov Attachments: Report Exhibits 3-11 Rpt Exhibits 12a Rpt Exhibits 12b Rpt Exhibits 12c City of Riverside Page 3 Planning Commission Agenda April 7, 2016 3 PLANNING CASE P15-1098: Proposal by Stuart Beck of GB Architecture to consider a Conditional Use Permit for the establishment of a Veterinary Clinic in a 2,010 square foot lease space within the Mission Grove Plaza, located at 141 East Alessandro Boulevard, Unit D, situated at the southeast corner of Alessandro Boulevard and Trautwein Road, in the CR-SP - Commercial Retail and Specific Plan (Mission Grove) Overlay Zones, in Ward 4. The Planning Division of the Community & Economic Development Department is recommending that the Planning Commission recommend that the City Council determine this project falls under the class of Existing Facility and is categorically exempt from further CEQA Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review pursuant to Section 15301, as this project will not have a significant effect on the environment. Contact Planner: Sean P. Kelleher, MBA, Associate Planner, (951) 826-5712 skelleher@riversideca.gov. Attachments: Report Exhibit 3 Aerial Photo Exhibit 4 General Plan Map Exhibit 5 Zoning Map Exhibit 6 Project Plans Presentation 4 PLANNING CASES P15-0133 & P16-0105: Proposal by Andrea Urbas of Cortel, Inc. to consider a Conditional Use Permit and Variance to permit a 68-foot high, co-locatable wireless telecommunications facility, camouflaged as a eucalyptus tree, that is higher than permitted by Code, on 34.98 acres developed with Arlington High School, located at 2951 Jackson Street, at the northwest corner of Jackson Street and Lincoln Avenue, in the R-1-7000 – Single Family Residential Zone, in Ward 5. The Planning Division of the Community and Economic Development Department has determined that the proposed project will not have a significant effect on the environment and is recommending that a Negative Declaration be adopted. Contact Planner: Brian Norton, Senior Planner, (951) 826-2308 bnorton@riversideca.gov Attachments: Report Exhibits Presentation City of Riverside Page 4 Planning Commission Agenda April 7, 2016 5 PLANNING CASES P15-0826 & P15-0827: Proposal by Sunnshine Schupp of Spectrum Services, on behalf of Verizon Wireless, to consider a Conditional Use Permit and Variance to permit a 55-foot high wireless telecommunications facility, camouflaged as a broadleaf tree, that is higher than permitted by Code, on 4.79 acres developed with First Free Methodist Church of Riverside, located at 8223 California Avenue, at the northeast corner of California Avenue and Adams Street, in the R-1-7000 – Single Family Residential Zone, in Ward 5. The Planning Division of the Community and Economic Development Department has determined that the proposed project will not have a significant effect on the environment and is recommending that a Negative Declaration be adopted. Contact Planner: Brian Norton, Senior Planner, (951) 826-2308 bnorton@riversideca.gov Attachments: Report Exhibits Presentation 6 PLANNING CASES P14-0887, P14-0888, P14-0889 & P14-0890: Proposal by Atman Kadakia of the Greens Group to consider a Conditional Use Permit and Design Review of a plot plan and building elevations for the construction of a 2,400 square foot drive-thru fast food restaurant, and Variances to allow fewer parking spaces than required by Code; and to locate a fast food drive-thru restaurant on collector streets, on 0.49 acres developed with an abandoned gas station, located at 1115 La Cadena Drive, on the northwest corner of La Cadena Drive and Interchange Street, in the CG – Commercial General Zone, in Ward 1. The Planning Division of the Community & Economic Development Department is recommending that the Planning Commission recommend that the City Council determine that this proposal is an In-Fill Development Project and is categorically exempt from further California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review pursuant to Section 15332, as this proposed project will not have a significant effect on the environment. Contact Planner: Brian Norton, Senior Planner, (951) 826-2308 bnorton@riversideca.gov Attachments: Report Exhibits Presentation MISCELLANEOUS PLANNING AND ZONING ITEMS 7 Items for future agendas and update from City Planner MINUTES City of Riverside Page 5 Planning Commission Agenda April 7, 2016 8 The minutes of March 17, 2016 to be presented for approval. Attachments: Minutes ADJOURNMENT Adjournment to the Thursday, April 21, 2016, 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