Planning Commission Meeting Update

August 10, 2005                         Wednesday                                7:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 

ROLL CALL:      Commissioners Carlyn Christianson, Alice Loh, Andrea Miller, Orval Osborne, Andrew Carter, Chairperson Michael Boswell and Vice-Chair Jim Aiken. 

Chairperson Carter was absent. 

ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA: The order of the agenda was not modified. 

PUBLIC COMMENT:  There was no public comment other than on regular agenda items.   

PUBLIC HEARINGS: 

1.        3071, 3075 & 3085 Higuera Street. U 12-05; Request to allow a mixed use project; C-S-M zone; Peoples Self Help Housing, applicant. (Tyler Corey) 

On a motion by Commissioner Aiken, seconded by Commissioner Christianson, the Commission voted 6-0 to approve a use permit allowing a mixed-use project with 28 dwellings and 3,036 square feet of commercial floor area at the site.  Discussion focused on project compatibility with adjacent residential uses, appropriate uses for the commercial space to ensure on-going compatibility between commercial and residential tenants, and noise mitigation requirements for the residential component of the project.  Ultimately, Condition No. 5 of the Draft Resolution was modified to provide some flexibility to the forced-air requirement included in the Noise Study provided by the applicant.  Public testimony was received from Dorris Cleverl.y, an adjacent neighbor, who expressed concern about potential noise impacts generated by the project.       

2.      City Wide . GPA, ER 149-98: Update and combine Conservation and Open Space Elements, and amend several other GP elements; and environmental review; City of San Luis Obispo, applicant. ( Continued from July 27, 2005 ) (Jeff Hook ) 

COMMENT AND DISCUSSION: 

3.   Staff 

A.    Agenda Forecast 

4.   Commission 

ADJOURNED to the regular meeting of the Planning Commission scheduled for Wednesday August 24, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber of City Hall, 990 Palm Street.