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Home My WebLink About2024-06-18Tuesday, June 18, 2024 7:00 PM City of Hermosa Beach City Hall 1315 Valley Drive Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 Council Chambers Planning Commission Chair Peter Hoffman Vice Chair Marie Rice Commissioners David Pedersen Kate Hirsh Stephen Izant Regular Meeting Agenda Executive Team Angela Crespi, Deputy City Manager Viki Copeland, Finance Director Myra Maravilla, City Clerk Paul LeBaron, Chief of Police Joe SanClemente, Public Works Director Carrie Tai, Community Development Director Vanessa Godinez, Human Resources Manager Lisa Nichols, Community Resources Manager City Treasurer Karen Nowicki City Attorney Patrick Donegan Suja Lowenthal, City Manager June 18, 2024Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda PUBLIC MEETING VIEWING OPTIONS Hermosa Beach Planning Commission meetings are open to the public and are being held in person in the City Hall Council Chambers located at 1315 Valley Drive, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. Public comment is only guaranteed to be taken in person at City Hall during the meeting or prior to the meeting by submitting an eComment for an item on the agenda. As a courtesy only, the public may view and participate on action items listed on the agenda via the following: * ZOOM - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82539742028?pwd=OUNTRDNvd2l6TzBpTDljc2x6bGFwdz09 Meeting ID: 825 3974 2028, then #; Passcode: 207860 * PHONE - Toll Free: (833) 548 0276 Meeting ID: 825 3974 2028, then #; Passcode: 207860 Please be advised that while the City will endeavor to ensure these remote participation methods are available, the City does not guarantee that they will be technically feasible or work all the time. Further, the City reserves the right to terminate these remote participation methods (subject to Brown Act restrictions) at any time and for whatever reason. Please attend in person or by submitting an eComment to ensure your public participation. Similarly, as a courtesy, the City will also plan to broadcast the meeting via the following listed mediums. However, these are done as a courtesy only and are not guaranteed to be technically feasible. Thus, in order to guarantee live time viewing and/or public participation, members of the public shall attend in Council Chambers. * CABLE TV - Spectrum Channel 8 and Frontier Channel 31 in Hermosa Beach * YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/c/CityofHermosaBeach90254 * LIVE STREAM - www.hermosabeach.gov and visit the Agendas/Minutes/Videos page If you experience technical difficulties while viewing a meeting on any of our digital platforms, please try another viewing option. View staff reports and attachments at www.hermosabeach.gov and visit the Agendas/Minutes/Video page. Council Chambers WiFi Network ID: CHB Guest Password: chbguest To comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Assistive Listening Devices (ALD) are available for check out at the meeting. If you require special assistance to participate in this meeting, you must call or submit your request in writing to the Office of the City Clerk at (310) 318-0204 or at cityclerk@hermosabeach.gov at least 48 hours before the meeting. Submit Supplemental eComments Page 2 City of Hermosa Beach Printed on 6/18/2024 June 18, 2024Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda Submit an eComment via Speak Up Hermosa at hermosabeach.granicusideas.com by 12:00 p.m. on the meeting date. For items on the agenda, supplemental communications may be submitted via eComment or emailed to planning@hermosabeach.gov. Supplemental emails should indicate the agenda item and meeting date in the subject line and must be received by 12:00 p.m. on the date of the meeting to be posted to the corresponding agenda item before the meeting begins. Supplemental communications submitted after 12:00 p.m. on the date of the meeting but before the meeting ends will be posted to the agenda packet the next business day. _________________________________________________________________________________ 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL 4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION -- ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS This is the time for members of the public to address the Planning Commission on any items within the Commission's jurisdiction and on items where public comment will not be taken. The public is invited to attend and provide public comment. Public comments are limited to two minutes per speaker and shall only be taken from those present in the Council Chambers. No remote public comment will be taken during this time unless required by the Brown Act. A total of thirty minutes will be allocated to this initial public participation item. This time allotment may be modified due to time constraints at the discretion of the Chair. No action will be taken on matters raised during public comment, except that the Planning Commission may take action to schedule issues raised during public comment for a future agenda. Speakers with comments regarding City management or departmental operations are encouraged to submit those comments directly to the Community Development Director or City Manager's Office. 5. CONSENT CALENDAR The following matters will be acted upon collectively with a single motion and vote to approve with the majority consent of the Planning Commission. Planning Commission members may orally register a negative vote on any consent calendar item without pulling the item for separate consideration prior to the vote on the consent calendar. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Commission member removes an item from the Consent Calendar prior to the vote on the consent calendar item. Items removed will be considered under a latter agenda item, with only in-person public comment permitted at that time in the Chambers. The title is deemed to be read and further reading waived of any resolution or ordinance listed on the consent calendar for introduction or adoption. a.REPORT 24-0232 ACTION MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 21, 2024 (Administrative Assistant Melanie Hurtado) Recommendation:Staff recommends Planning Commission receive and file the action minutes of the Planning Commission regular meeting of May 21, 2024. b.REPORT 24-0300 TRI-ANNUAL REPORT FOR ON-SALE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS REPORTING PERIOD OF Page 3 City of Hermosa Beach Printed on 6/18/2024 June 18, 2024Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda NOVEMBER 1, 2023 TO APRIL 30, 2024 (Assistant Planner Jake Whitney) Recommendation:Staff recommends Planning Commission receive and file the tri-annual Conditional Use Permit report. c.REPORT 24-0302 ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT (ZA24-01) PERTAINING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, A PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CODE UPDATE (Alexis Oropeza, Planning Manager & Maricela Guillean, Associate Planner) Recommendation:Staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt a resolution reflecting Planning Commission's May 21, 2024 action recommending that City Council approve Zoning Text Amendment with revisions (TA24-01). 6. PUBLIC HEARING a.REPORT 24-0278 REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP 24-06) AND PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PDP 24-07) TO ALLOW THE OPERATION OF A NEW 2,444-SQUARE-FOOT MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT AT 703 PIER AVENUE, SUITE D IN THE SPA-8 ZONE AND TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) (Assistant Planner Jake Whitney) Recommendation:Staff recommends that the Planning Commission: 1. Determine that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and 2. Adopt Resolution 24-11 approving Conditional Use Permit 24-06 and Precise Development Plan 24-07 to allow for a new massage establishment at 703 Pier Avenue, Suite D in the SPA-8 zone, subject to conditions. 7. STAFF ITEMS a.REPORT 24-0312 STUDY SESSION ON THE COMMERCIAL USES COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CODE UPDATE (ZONE TEXT AMENDMENT (ZA 24-01) (Alexis Oropeza, Planning Manager & Maricela Guillean, Associate Planner) Recommendation:Staff recommends that the Planning Commission: 1. Receive a staff presentation; 2. Solicit public comments; and 3. Conduct discussion and provide guidance as appropriate on the upcoming Zoning updates. No formal Planning Commission actions or decisions are required at this meeting. Page 4 City of Hermosa Beach Printed on 6/18/2024 June 18, 2024Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda b. DIRECTOR'S REPORT c. VERBAL REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS d.REPORT 24-0237 PLANNING COMMISSION TENTATIVE FUTURE AGENDA (Administrative Assistant Melanie Hurtado) Recommendation:Staff recommends Planning Commission receive and file the July 16, 2024 Planning Commission tentative future agenda. 8. COMMISSIONER ITEMS a. PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS Planning Commission members may briefly respond to public comments, may ask a question for clarification, or make a brief announcement or report on his or her own activities or meetings attended. b. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Requests from the Planning Commission for possible future agenda items and questions from Planning Commission members regarding the status of future agenda items. No discussion or debate of these requests shall be undertaken; the sole action is whether to schedule the item for consideration on a future agenda. No public comment will be taken. Planning Commission members should consider the City's work plan when considering new items. 9. ADJOURNMENT ______________________________________________________________________________ CITY OFFICES CLOSED FRIDAY - SUNDAY AND ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS: • Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - Juneteenth • Thursday, July 4, 2024 - Independence Day • Monday, September 2, 2024 - Labor Day • Monday, November 11, 2024 - Veterans' Day • Thursday, November 28, 2024 - Thanksgiving Day • Wednesday, December 25, 2024 - Christmas Day • Wednesday, January 1, 2025 - New Year's Day PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS: • Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Tuesday, July 16, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Tuesday, August 20, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Monday, November 18, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Monday, December 16, 2024 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting Page 5 City of Hermosa Beach Printed on 6/18/2024