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Home My WebLink About2024-08-20 CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION Regular Meeting Agenda Tuesday, August 20, 2024 7:00 PM Council Chambers 1315 Valley Drive Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 COMMISSIONERS David Pedersen, Chairperson Kate Hirsh, Vice Chairperson Stephen Izant, Commissioner Michael Flaherty, Commissioner Peter Hoffman, Commissioner Carrie Tai, Community Development Director AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 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. PARTICIPATION AND 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=OUNTRDNvd2I6TzBpTDIjc2x6bGFwdz09 •Phone: Toll Free: (833) 548 0276; Meeting ID: 825 3974 2028, then #; Passcode: 207860 •eComment: Submit an eComment no later than three (3) hours before the meeting start time. •Supplemental Email: Supplemental emails are available for agenda items only and must be sent to planning@hermosabeach.gov. Supplemental emails should indicate the agenda item and meeting date in the subject line and must be received no later than three (3) hours before the meeting start time. Emails received after the deadline but before the meeting ends will be posted to the agenda the next business day. 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 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/agenda 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/agenda. Page 2 of 5 1.CALL TO ORDER 2.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3.ROLL CALL 4.APPROVAL OF AGENDA This is the time for Planning Commission to discuss any changes to the order of agenda items. Recommendation: To approve the order of the agenda. 5.PUBLIC COMMENT 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 (Director's Report, Commission Comments, Consent Calendar items not pulled for separate consideration, and Future Agenda Items). 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 City 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. The time allotment may be modified due to time constraints at the discretion of the Chairperson or the Planning Commission. Another period is also reserved for general comment in the meeting for those who could not be heard at this time. No action will be taken on matters raised during public comment, except that the 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 to the Community Development Director or City Manager. Members of the audience will have a future opportunity to speak on items pulled from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion and Public Hearings when those items are heard. 6.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 for separate discussion will be provided a separate public comment period. Recommendation: To approve the consent calendar. 6.a ACTION MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 16, 2024 - 24-CDD-037 (Administrative Assistant Melanie Hurtado) Page 3 of 5 Recommendation: Staff recommends Planning Commission receive and file the action minutes of the Planning Commission regular meeting of July 16, 2024. 7.PUBLIC HEARING 7.a REQUEST FOR CUP 23-13 TO ALLOW A 7,214-SQUARE-FOOT PRESCHOOL WITH OUTDOOR PLAY AREA AT 210 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY IN THE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA 7 ZONE (continued from 5/21/24) - 24-CDD-043 CEQA: Determine that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). (Planning Manager Alexis Oropeza) Recommendation: Staff recommends the Planning Commission consider and provide direction on the request for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP 23-13) to operate a preschool and daycare with an outdoor playground at 210 Pacific Coast Highway. 7.b REQUEST FOR A PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PDP) 24-10 TO ALLOW THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AN EXISTING CITY-OWNED SURFACE PARKING LOT LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 14TH STREET AND MANHATTAN AVENUE IN THE DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL ZONE (C-2). - 24-CDD-038 CEQA: Determine that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). (Contract Planner Kaneca Pompey) Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Planning Commission: 1.Determine the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and 2.Adopt Resolution No. 24-16 approving a Precise Development Plan (PDP 24-10) for the reconstruction of an existing city-owned surface parking lot located at the southwest corner of 14th street and Manhattan Avenue, subject to conditions. 7.c REQUEST FOR A CUP AMENDMENT (APE) 24-01 TO EXPAND ALCOHOL TASTINGS TO FULL-SERVICE AT 302 PIER AVENUE; EXPAND ON-SALE ALCOHOL TO OUTDOORS. - 24-CDD-044 CEQA: Determine that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). (Planning Manager Alexis Oropeza) Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Planning Commission: 1) Determine that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Action (CEQA); and 2)Adopt Resolution No. 24-15 approving Conditional Use Permit Amendment (APE) 24-001 to expand the on-sale beer and wine service in conjunction with an existing Page 4 of 5 market at 302 Pier Avenue and to expand the use to operate at 1326-1328 Monterey Boulevard for on-sale service subject to conditions. 8.STAFF ITEMS 8.a COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REPORT 9.PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS 10.FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 10.a PLANNING COMMISSION TENTATIVE FUTURE AGENDA - 24-CDD-035 (Administrative Assistant Melanie Hurtado) Recommendation: Staff recommends Planning Commission receive and file the September 17, 2024 Planning Commission tentative future agenda. 11.PUBLIC COMMENT This time is set aside for the public to address the Commission on any item of interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission that could not be heard under the first public comment opportunity because there were too many prior public speakers and the thirty-minute maximum time limit was exhausted. 12.ADJOURNMENT Page 5 of 5