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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC_Minutes_1983_04_19MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF HERMOSA BEACH HELD ON APRIL 19, 1983 IN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Comms. Brown, Loosli, Peirce, Shapiro, Strohecker ABSENT: Comms. Izant, Smith ALSO PRESENT: Alfred Mercado, Planning Aide APPROVAL OF MINUTES -MEETING OF APRIL 5, 1983 The Commission noted the following corrections: Page 1, approval of minutes: Commissioner Strohecker should be listed as abstaining from voting. Page 5, correct Roy Shubert's address to read "553" rather than "5531". CHAIRMAN PEIRCE moved, seconded by COMMISSIONER SHAPIRO THAT THE MINUTES OF APRIL 5, 1983, BE APPROVED, AS CORRECTED. Ayes: Noes: Absent: Comm. Brown, Loosli, Peirce, Shapiro, Strohecker None Comm. Izant, Smith RESOLUTIONS P.C. 83-8 & P.C. 83-9 P.C. 83-8 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH AMENDING THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN BY CHANGING THE LAND USE DESIGNATION AT 1529 VALLEY DRIVE FROM OPEN SPACE TO COMMERCIAL, AND A ZONE CHANGE FROM MANUFACTURING TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL P.C. 83-9 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A 2-UNIT CONDOMINIUM, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND PARCEL MAP NO. 15562 LOCATED AT 732 MANHATTAN AVENUE CHAIRMAN PEIRCE moved, seconded by COMMISSIONER BROWN TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS P.C. 83-8 & P.C. 83-9, AS PRESENTED Ayes: Noes: Absent: Comm. Brown, Loosli, Peirce, Shapiro~ Strohecker None Comm. Izant, Smith -1- REVISED HOUSING ELEMENT CHAIRMAN PEIRCE said that the Commission has been working on the draft Housing Element for a number of months and the document before the Commission this evening is a compilation of all of the Commis~ sion's comments incorporated into the framework of the Housing Element plan which was set up about one year ago. Inasmuch as the document is 27 pages long and contains quite a bit of material, CHAIRMAN PEIRCE recommended that the Commission receive the report from staff and then continue the public hearing to the next meeting to give the Commission time to review the report. There being no objection, it was so ORDERED. Ralph Casteneda reviewed the draft Housing Element with the Commission. He agreed that final approval should be continued to the next meeting, since staff has just received the latest SCAG figures on projected growth in the community (regional share figures). He said he plans to prepare a separate memo on this t0pic alone since it is a v~ry critical issue with regards to the Housing Element as well as the Land Use Element. Mr. Casteneda highlighted the changes made since the last meeting which incorporates the commission's input from the last two to three meetings. Page 6, regaring "numbers" in the document, an attempt has been made to make clear that this is an estimate of 400-500 units rather than trying to imply that this is the actual figure. Staff feels this will address the Commission's concerns in terms of being too specific by qualifying it in terms of an estimate rather than a specific number. With regard to new housing construction, SCAG has revised their figures downward from 765 to 477, which is a substantial decline, for Hermosa Beach. This may reflect the work that the Commission started about a year ago directing staff to work with SCAG to reconcile some figures. Page 10, Housing Constraints, population density has been shown as compared to Los Angeles County. CHAIRMAN PEIRCE suggested that this figure might be deceiving since much of L.A. County is vacant land. He suggested comparing it to another city, rather than the county. Mr. Casteneda said he could compare it with the City of Los Angeles rather than the County, and the Commission agreed that this was a good idea. CHAIRMAN PEIRCE asked if there was documentation in the city files which reflect the interpretation of the Planning Commission (such as minutes) 0£ the density categories being 13.1-25 as medium density and 25.1-40 as high density. -2- Mr. Casteneda said that the Commission had discussed this at previous meetings and it should be in the minutes of the meetings. COMMISSIONER LOOSLI said there are several condominium approvals which would reflect this interpretation, and that he believed it was in the Local Coastal Plan. Page 13, Objectives, Mr. Castenada said it was desirable to stay away from using specific figures in the objective because the City does not have a track record on some of these programs and some of them had not started at all; therefore, it was really not possible for the Commission to establish a specific target to achieve over the next five years. The actual language of this section has been changed to delete specific numbers and it is explained that this was done intentionally. On page 16, specific figures have not been used, again because of the lack of a track record. He said there were no major changes in the Housing Program Section; it has been reorganized and made more brief. Under Implementation of SB 626, page 25, dealing with provision of low and moderate income housing in the coastal zone, rather than the previous extended discussion, we have indicated that during the next years the method of implementation will come out, but that this housing element does not necessarily establish that direction. A quote has been taken from that Bill that the housing element does not need to do that. The only level of commitment is to implementation of the law, as is interpreted at a certain point in time. The other programs have remained the same as in the previous document. With regard to using interest free loans in connection with bringing bootleg units up to standard, staff is still reviewing this and will have to contact the County and HUD, and hopes to have this information at the next meeting. CHAIRMAN PEIRCE asked if there would be an appendix to the Element which would include data to substantiate the statements made in the Element. Mr. Casteneda said that he could have this ready for review at the next meeting. PUBLIC HEARING OPENED AT 7:55 P.M. No one wished to speak. PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO THE MEETING OF MAY 3, 1983, at 7:55 P.M. CHAIRMAN PEIRCE suggested that the staff forward a copy of the proposed document to the City Council in their next information packet. THERE BEING NO OBJECTION, SO ORDERED. SIX MONTH TIME EXTENSION ON TRACT .MAP NO. 42255 AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR FIVE UNIT CONDOMINIUM AT 1442-48 MANHATTAN AVENUE This is a request for a six-month time extension on the validity of the tentative tract map and conditional use permit; both due to expire on April 27, 1983. A final map for this project is in the process of being recorded, but will not be completed before the arrival of time constraints. Staff recommends approval of the time extension, as requested. -3- CHAIRMAN PEIRCE moved, seconded by COMMISSIONER LOOSLI TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. P.C. 83-10 Ayes: Noes: A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF HERMOSA BEACK APPROVING A TIME EXTENSION FOR TENTATIVE TRACT MAP 42255 AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT LOCATED AT 1442-48 MANHATTAN AVENUE Comm. Brown, Loosli, Peirce, Shapiro, Strohecker None Absent: Comm. Izant, Smith TWELVE MONTH TIME EXTENSION ON TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 14366 AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A TWO UNIT CONDOMINIUM AT 651 FOURTH STREET This is a request for a twelve month time extension on the validity of the tentative map and conditional use permit; both due to expire on April 14, 1983. A final map for this project is in the process of being recorded but will take several months. Staff recommends approval of the time extension, as requested. CHAIRMAN PEIRCE moved, seconded by COMMISSIONER SHAPIRO TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. P.C. 83-11 Ayes: Noes: A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH APPROVING A TIME EXTENSION FOR TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 14366 AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT LOCATED AT 651 FOURTH STREET Comm. Brown, Loosli, Peirce, Shapiro, Strohecker None Absent: Comm. Izant, Smith AMENDMENTS TO THE C-POTENTIAL ZONE Al Mercardo gave the staff report. He stated that on March 22, 1983, the City Council adopted a resolution of intention requesting that the Commission identify ways that are more facilitory than presently under Section 1103 of the City Code, in transforming C-potential land to commercially zoned land. The rationale here is that the viability of the multi-use corridor requires strenghtening, that commercial development is best suited for Pacific Coast Highway, and that the existing mechanism by which C-potential property is transformed into commercial zoned property is not the most functional. Mr. Mercardo outlined five scenarios in the memorandum, four of which would amend the zoning code (Section 1103) by modifying the process by which C-potential property is transformed to C-zoned property. -4- Staff recommends that the Planning Commission reach agreement on proposal No. 1 as having the most viable attributes, and that a PEIR be prepared for proposal No. 1, to be forwarded to the Board of Zoning Adjustments for review. COMMISSIONER LOOSLI said that passing any one of these possible alternatives would mean that the C-potential property would become commercial whether or not they wanted to. He said that the highway studies should be completed prior to implementation of any of these alternatives, including No. 1., to determine if any of the currently C-potential zoned properties should not really be commercial and take them out of the C-potential zone, otherwise they will become commercial. Staff was requested to determine where the Commission is with their study on the Highway determining which areas should be C-potential and those that should not be. Public hearing opened at 8:05 p.m. Pat Rile, 725 -24th Place, asked if this would affest her area. She also urged the Commission to review the different projects on an individual basis. Wilma Burt, 1152 -7th Street, asked the difference between C-potential and Commercial. She asked if this would change the taxes. She said the City should be careful of the depth of the commercial zone on the east side of Pacific Coast Highway. She also said that this plan should prohibit allowing residentially zoned properties to be surrounded completely be commercial. Public hearing continued to the next meeting at 8:20 p.m. CHAIRMAN _PEIRCE requested that staff report on the past actions taken by the Planning Commission with regard to prior studies. So ordered. ACTIVITIES FOR FY 1982-83 AND PRIORITIES FOR FY 1983-84 The Commission reviewed the list of current priorities and proposed priorities for the coming fiscal year. Chairman Peirce suggested adding to the list of suggested priorities for this coming year, under #7 1 Transportation: Circulation Element/Parking. After further discussion and review ., the Commission agreed THAT THIS LIST OF PRIORITIES BE APPROVED 1 AS AMENDED. CHAIRMAN PEIRCE SO ORDERED. -5- LAND USE ELEMENT REVISIONS--UPDATE OF CITY CO UN CIL ACTIONS The Commission reviewed the update of Council actions with regard to a Request for Proposal (RFP) to hire an outside consultant for the purpose of rationalizing the discrepancies between the General Plan and Zoning. MISCELLANEOUS The Commission was reminded of the joint meeting with the City Council to be held May 5, 1983. ADJOURNMENT CHAIRMAN PEIRCE moved, seconded by COMMISSION SHAPI"RO THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED, THE TIME BEING 8:30 P.M. THERE BEING NO OBJECTION, IT WAS SO ORDERED BY CHAIRMAN PEIRCE. CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes were approved at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission held on the 3rd day of May, 1983. ~ES PEIRCE, CHAIRMAN JOEL SHAPIRO 7 SECRETARY DATE -6-