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PC Minutes 2010-07-20 _ _ ._ . __ ___ MINUTES PLANIVING COMMISSION JULY 20, 2010 6:00 P.M. ��, CALL TO ORDER - The Arroyo Grande Planning Commission met in regular session with Vice Chair Brown presiding; also present were Commissioners Barneich, Keen, Martin and Ruth. Staff members in attendance were Community Development Director Teresa McClish, Associate Planner Kelly Heffernon and Assistant City Engineer Mike Linn. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Vice Chair welcomed new Planning Commissioner Jennifer Martin. AGENDA REVIEW: None APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Commissioner Keen made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Brown and unanimously carried to approve the minutes of June 1, 2010 as presented and June 15, 2010, with the following modification: • Page 1, under CALL TO ORDER, second line should read, "....also present were Commissioners Ruth and Keen." I. A. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None B. 1iVRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS AFTER AGENDA PREPARATION: None C. NOMINATION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR: Commissioner Barneich nominated Tim Brown as Chair, seconded by Commissioner Ruth. Hearing no furtfier nominations, the motion unanimously carried. Commissioner Ruth nominated John Keen as Vice Chair, secanded by Commissioner Martin. Hearing no further nominations, the motion unanimously carried. II. PUBLIC HEARING ITEM: A. VESTING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP 09-001 AND PLANNED UNIT DEVE��PMENT 09-001; 379 ALDER STREET; APPLICANT - KORNREICH ARCHITECTS Associate Planner Kelly Heffernon asked the Commission to continue t�e item to a date certain of August 3, 2010, at which time the affordable housing issue can be addressed. She then presented the staff report to consider a vesting tentative parcel map and planned unit development to subdivide a 0.40-acre parcel into four (4) lots, remove existing structures and construct four (4) single-family residential units in a planned unit development configuration. In answer to Commissioners questions, Associate Planner Heffernon indicated that Planned Unit Development Finding number 7 will reflect that apartments are located within the surrounding neighborhoad; affordable housing issues will be discussed at the August 3, 2Q10 meeting; the r�ar yard setback is five feet; all units can use the two guest parking spaces; there will be a maintenance agreement and not a homeowners association; and Fire Department is satisfied with the turn around. Community Development Director McClish reported that fire sprinklers will be conditioned for the proj��t. Chair Brown opened the meeting for public comments. Garth Kornreich of Kornreich Architects, applicant, gave a brief history of the project; indicated that reducing the number of units is not feasible; asked that this project be approved by the Commission and ' supportetl continuiny the itEm if the Commission could not approve now. Commissioners provided the following comments: Bring houses forward or make smaller to increase the rear yard setback; concerns raised about in-lieu fees; cannot support four units .. _ . . . PLANNING COMMISSION PAGE 2 MINUTES JULY 20, 2010 without meeting affordable housing; general need for affordable units; backing out of the garage would be tight and no place to park in front of the garage; windows in the second � story need to be addressed; suggestion to have three units along with a granny unit on three lots instead of four; support of smaller units and support of the landscape plan. It was moved by Chair Brown, seconded by Commissioner Barneich and unanimously carried to continue this item to August 3, 2010. III. NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEM: None IV. REFERRAL ITEMS FOR COMMISSION ACTION/NOTICES OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS SINCE JULY 6 2010: � , , � � � � � � . � ..� � �'� Case'No:���". � ;� � �� ;�pp:. � ���� � � � Address ��� � � ������ � ..�D'esaripttqn'��� �:= .�e�ion Plar�ner�� .� � 1. PPR 10-009 Tumkey Property 104 Traffic Way Conversion of second story A. D. Mimick Management office space to residential unit in the Village Mixed Use Zonin District. 2.TUP 10-012 Fr.Kenneth Brown 501 Fair Oaks Avenue Fiesta and fundraiser to be A D. Mimick held at St. Patrick's Church on ,�iugust c,, 2z'U from 1�'h�1 to I 8PM. -- -._„—_�!_�_� In answer to Chair Brown regarding TUP 10-0�2, �omm�ar�ity Qev�l��:a��;F;g�� �i�°���c�r McClish stated that TUP provides a review process on t�es� type� of events. In answer to Commissioner Barneich regarding PPR 10-009, Community L7evelopment Director McClish stated Mixed Use Zoning District allows converting office space to residential. V. DISCUSSION ITEMS: -- A. �econd utility connections for second residential dwellings - Community Development Director McClish stated, at the request of Dustin Pires, this matter is being continued to August 3, 2010. VI. PLANNING COMMISSION ITEMS AND COMMENTS: New Commissioner Jennifer Martin was again welcomed to the Planning Commission. VII. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR COMMENTS AND FOLLOW-UP: None VIII. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m. ATTEST: �����,�,�,c E,��`���'� � � n DEBBI '"WEICHING � TIM BRO , HAIR � SECRETARY TO THE COMMISSION AS TO CONTENT: ,�`�� +�� � � �-�-�° � T�ESA M�cCLISH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR � � � ('�Approved at the August 3,2010 meeting)