Zoning Administrator
Regular MeetingSanta Rosa, CA · August 19, 2021
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ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA AND
SUMMARY REPORT - FINAL
AUGUST 19, 2021
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10:30 A.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PUBLIC COMMENT
This is the time when any person may address matters not listed on this
agenda, but which are within the subject matter of the jurisdiction. The public
may comment on agenda items when the item is called. Each speaker is
allowed three minutes.
3. ZONING CODE INTERPRETATIONS
3.1 Zoning Code Interpretation 21-001- Zoning Code Section
20-30.080, Outdoor lighting
This clarifies that string lights including holiday lights (i.e., Christmas
lights, café or string lights) are a type of light fixture subject to the
Zoning Code Outdoor lighting regulation and that string lights shall
not produce an illumination level greater than one foot candle
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illumination level on any property line within a residential zoning
district.
Attachments: Zoning Code Interpretation 21-001- String Lights
3.2 Zoning Code Interpretation 21-002 - Zoning Code Section
20-70.030, Table 2-10, Allowed Land Uses and Permit
Requirements for Industrial Districts, Definitions of Specialized
Terms and Phrases, Cannabis Processing Facilities
This provides that cannabis processing and related activities,
subject to State Cannabis License Type “Cultivation (Processor)”
are a type of Cannabis Processing Facilities, as defined in Zoning
Code Section 20-70.030, Table 2-10, Allowed Land Uses and Permit
Requirements for Industrial Districts, Definitions of Specialized
Terms and Phrases, if the cannabis processing use is ancillary to a
cannabis cultivation or manufacturing.
Attachments: Zoning Code Interpretation 21-002 - Cannabis Processing
4. SCHEDULED ITEMS
4.1 PUBLIC HEARING - MINOR HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT - 3957
Rincon Ridge Dr
BACKGROUND: Minor Hillside Development Permit to revise plans
previously approved on 2/28/2020; incorporates the open porch into
the primary residence on the Northeast side, expanding the footprint
into an area with a slope greater than 10 percent; includes an
addition of 140 sf cantilevered porch; modifies pre-fire driveway
layout.
Project Planner: Monet Sheikhali
Attachments: Project Plans
Plot Plan
Slope Analysis
Staff Presentation
Resolution
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4.2 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND DESIGN REVIEW - 2558 Dakota
Ave
BACKGROUND: To allow minor modifications to the Courtney
Estates Planned Development (MJP04-029), by reallocating two of
the six residential units from Sub Area A to Sub Area B (allowing 60
total units), and consolidating the eight (8) affordable multi-family
rental units originally approved on Lots 21, 22, 28 & 38 onto Lots 21
& 22. The application has been filed by Jason Bernstein, City
Ventures. File No. PRJ21-001
Project Planner: Kristinae Toomians
Attachments: Project Plans
DAC Report
PD05-002 Policy Statement
City Ventures' Courtney Estates Memo 08-10-2021
Presentation
Resolution
4.3 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT - 122 TALBOT AVE
BACKGROUND: Request for six-foot fence in a side corner setback.
The project includes three feet of solid wood fencing on the base
and three feet of wire fencing above to comply with vision triangle
requirements and extending to the back of the property. The
remaining fence is proposed as six feet of solid wood, setback three
feet behind the sidewalk with landscaping. The project is
Categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
under Section 15303. File No. CUP20-058
Project Planner: Adam Ross
Attachments: Site Plan
Steel Wire Fence
Fence Photo Examples
Revised Fence Plan
Resolution
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4.4 DESIGN REVIEW - 1511 RANGE AVE
BACKGROUND: Installation of a new metal six-foot wrought iron or
tube steel fence, two new metal pedestrian gates and one double
vehicular gate at the entrance on Range Ave. The application has
been filed by Christopher Lee, Building California Corp. File No.
DR21-032
Project Planner: Adam Ross
Attachments: Project Plans
Resolution
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