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Planning
Commission Meeting Update
April
13, 2005
Wednesday
7:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL:
Commissioners Carlyn Christianson, Jim Aiken, Alice Loh, Andrea
Miller, Orval Osborne, Vice-Chair Michael Boswell, and Andrew Carter.
Commissioner Christianson was absent.
SWEARING IN:
Andrew Carter was sworn in as the new Planning Commissioner and joined
the Commission for the remainder of the meeting.
ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA:
The Agenda was accepted without change.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Jodee Bennett representing ECOSLO requested that the Planning
Commission defer the April 27th hearing on the COSE to May
11th and also to defer the discussion of Natural
Communities in the COSE to the same meeting as the discussion of open
space.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
1. 12398
Los Osos Valley Road.
GP/R and ER 19-05: Request to amend the General Plan and zoning map
from C-T to C-S-S, and environmental review; C-T zone; John S. Frangie,
applicant.
(Phil Dunsmore)
Following a brief staff presentation and presentation by the project
applicant, the Commission voted 6-0 to recommend the City Council
approve the General Plan Amendment and rezone the property from C-T to
C-S-S. No members of the public spoke about the project.
Commissioners briefly discussed the proposed mitigated Negative
Declaration and recommended a minor clarification of the mitigation
measures that require removal of the gas station infrastructure. The
applicant also stated that they would like to ask to store vehicles on
the property prior to completing the project to removing all gas
station related architecture and infrastructure. The Commission did
not discuss the applicants request and deferred the matter to the City
Council.
2. Airport
Area.
SP 116-98: Review of the draft Airport Area Specific Plan, a planning
document that would establish policies and standards for development,
conservation, utilities and public facilities financing for 1000 acres
of land along the City's southern limits; City of San Luis Obispo,
applicant. (Michael Codron) (Continued
from
March 9, 2005)
On
a 5-1 vote (Osborne), the Planning Commission recommended that the
City Council approve the Airport Area Specific Plan. The main issues
that were discussed included zoning adjustments requested by property
owners, changes to the matrix of allowed uses to reduce the level of
discretionary review where appropriate, parking lot size limits,
proposed development on the Avila Ranch and annexation of the Unocal
property. The Planning Commission made several revisions to the plan,
which will incorporated into a Planning Commission Draft. The City
Council will take up review of the AASP early this summer.
3. City-wide.
2004 General Plan Annual Report. (Michael
Draze/Michael Codron)
The Planning Commission unanimously accepted the General Plan Annual
Report, and forwarded the report to the City Council for review.
Discussion focused on residential growth management issues. The
Commission followed up their motion to accept the Annual Report with a
motion to recommend that the City Council include funding for a Land
Use Element update in the 2005-2007 budget. The Commission also asked
staff to put the growth management issue on an agenda for discussion
within three months time.
COMMENT AND DISCUSSION:
4. Staff
A. Agenda Forecast:
Michael
Draze explained the expected agendas for April and May and told the
Commission that staff would look for the first available agenda to
include discussion of the City’s growth management program.
5. Commission
The meeting
ADJOURNED
to the regular meeting of the Planning Commission scheduled for
Wednesday April 27, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber of City
Hall, 990 Palm Street. |
