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Home My WebLink About2023-02-21 PC AGENDATuesday, February 21, 2023 6:00 PM City of Hermosa Beach City Hall 1315 Valley Drive Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 Council Chambers (In-Person/Virtual) Planning Commission Chair Stephen Izant Vice Chair Peter Hoffman Commissioners Marie Rice David Pedersen Regular Meeting Agenda THIS HYBRID MEETING IS HELD PURSUANT TO AB 361 (CHAPTER 165, STATUTES OF 2021) ISSUED BY GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2021. 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 February 21, 2023Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda VIEWING OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS Public meetings are broadcast live on Spectrum Channel 8 and Frontier Channel 31 in Hermosa Beach. Additional viewing options are provided as a courtesy. ZOOM: Join the meeting link if available or participate by phone YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityofHermosaBeach90254 CITY WEBSITE: www.hermosabeach.gov and visit the Agendas/Minutes/Videos page ***PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU EXPERIENCE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WHILE VIEWING THE MEETING ON ONE OF THESE PLATFORMS, PLEASE TRY ONE OF THE OTHER VIEWING OPTIONS*** All Planning Commission meetings are open to the public. Please attend. Currently, meetings are being held in-person in the City Hall Council Chambers and virtually via Zoom. The Planning Commission receives a packet with detailed information for every agenda item. Planning Commission agenda packets are available for your review on the City's website located at www.hermosabeach.gov. Complete agenda packets are also available for public inspection in the Community Development office at City Hall. Community Development hours are Monday through Thursday from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM. During live meetings, a packet is also available in the Council Chambers foyer, or you can access the packet at our website, www.hermosabeach.gov, on your laptop, tablet, or smartphone through the wireless signal available in the City Council chambers - Network ID: CHB-Guest, Password: chbguest To comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Assistive Listening Devices (ALD) will be 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 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. CERTIFICATION OF MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA POSTING I, Melanie Bristow, Community Development Administrative Assistant for the City of Hermosa Beach, California, state under penalty of perjury that this notice/agenda was posted on Thursday, February 16, 2023, at 5:30 PM on the bulletin board located at Hermosa Beach City Hall and on the City's website at https://www.hermosabeach.gov/our-community/agendas-minutes-video. Page 2 City of Hermosa Beach Printed on 2/21/2023 February 21, 2023Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda Hybrid in-person/virtual meetings are held pursuant to AB361. State and local officials recommend measures to promote social distancing. Members of the public may email comments to communitydevelopment@hermosabeach.gov or submit eComments until 12:00 PM on the meeting date. ATTEND IN-PERSON: Hermosa Beach Council Chambers: 1315 Valley Drive, Hermosa Beach CA 90254 JOIN VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82539742028?pwd=OUNTRDNvd2l6TzBpTDljc2x6bGFwdz09 PARTICIPATE BY PHONE: • Toll Free: 888-475-4499 • Meeting ID: 825 3974 2028, then # • Passcode: 207860 ATTENDEES WILL BE MUTED UNTIL THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERIOD IS OPENED. If you are joining by phone, press * 9 to raise your virtual hand and * 6 to unmute your line when asked to do so. Comments from the public are limited to 3 minutes per speaker. ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION Persons who wish to have written materials included in the agenda packet at the time the agenda is published on the City's website must submit the written materials to the Community Development office by email (communitydevelopment@hermosabeach.gov) or in person by noon of the Tuesday, one week before the meeting date. Written materials pertaining to matters listed on the posted agenda received after the agenda has been posted will be added as supplemental materials under the relevant agenda item on the City's website at the same time as they are distributed to the Planning Commission by email. Supplemental materials may be submitted via eComment (instructions below) or emailed to Community Development: communitydevelopment@hermosabeach.gov. Supplemental materials must be received before 12:00 PM on the date of the meeting to ensure the Planning Commission and staff have the ability to review materials prior to the meeting. Supplemental materials submitted after 12:00 PM on the date of the meeting or submitted during the meeting will not be posted. SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL E-COMMENTS IN THREE EASY STEPS: Page 3 City of Hermosa Beach Printed on 2/21/2023 February 21, 2023Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda Note: Your comments will become part of the official meeting record. You must provide your full name, but please do not provide any other personal information (phone number, email, addresses, etc.) that you do not want to be published. 1. Go to the Agendas/Minutes/Video webpage and find the meeting you’d like to submit comments on. Click on the eComment button for your selected meeting. 2. Find the agenda item for which you would like to provide a comment and select the comment button. 3. Sign in to your SpeakUp Hermosa Account or as a guest, enter your name and comment in the fields provided. If you have an account, you may attach files before submitting your comment. ______________________________________________________________________________ I. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ROLL CALL IV. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION -- ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS This is the time for members of the public to address the Planning Commission on items within the Commission's jurisdiction not on this agenda; on items on this agenda as to which public comment will not be taken (Verbal Reports, Staff Items, Commissioner items, Consent Calendar items and Future Agenda Items); on written communications; and to request the removal of an item from the consent calendar. Public comments on the agenda items called Verbal Reports, Staff Items, Commissioner items, Consent Calendar items that are not pulled for separate consideration and Future Agenda Items will only be heard at this time. Further, comments on public hearing items are heard only during the public hearing. Members of the audience may also speak during discussion of items removed from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration and during Public Hearings. All comments from the public under this agenda item are limited to three minutes per speaker, but this time allotment may be reduced due to time constraints. The Planning Commission acknowledges receipt of the written communications listed below. No action will be taken on matters raised in oral and written communications, except that the Commission may take action to schedule issues raised in oral and written communications for a future agenda. Speakers with comments regarding City management or departmental operations are encouraged to submit those comments directly to the Community Development Department Director or to the City Manager. V. 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 public comment permitted at that time. 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. Page 4 City of Hermosa Beach Printed on 2/21/2023 February 21, 2023Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda a.REPORT 23-0083 ACTION MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 17, 2023 (Administrative Assistant Melanie Bristow) Recommendation:Staff recommends Planning Commission receive and file the action minutes of the Planning Commission regular meeting of January 17, 2023. VI. STAFF ITEM -- TRI-ANNUAL REPORT The following agenda item has been moved to the start of the meeting in order to accommodate participating Staff members from the Hermosa Beach Police Department. a.REPORT 23-0085 TRI-ANNUAL REPORT FOR ON-SALE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS REPORTING PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2022 TO DECEMBER 31, 2022 (Community Development Director Carrie Tai) Recommendation:Staff recommends Planning Commission receive and file the tri-annual report. VII. PUBLIC HEARING a.REPORT 23-0107 PDP 22-04 - PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST TO ALLOW A 218-SQUARE-FOOT ADDITION TO AN EXISTING CONDOMINIUM UNIT LOCATED AT 1723 GOLDEN AVENUE, AND TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (Assistant Planner Johnathon Masi) Recommendation:Staff recommends the Planning Commission adopt the attached resolution approving a Precise Development Plan amendment (PDP 22-04) for a 218-square-foot addition to one of two existing condominium units at 1723 Golden Avenue, and determine the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). b.REPORT 23-0115 PDP 22-03 REQUEST FOR A PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A TWO-UNIT ATTACHED DUPLEX PROJECT AT 414 MONTEREY BOULEVARD AND DETERMINE THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) (Associate Planner Maricela Guillean) Recommendation:Staff recommends Planning Commission adopt Resolution No. 23-02 approving the Precise Development Plan (PDP 22-03) for a two-unit attached duplex project located at 414 Monterey Boulevard, subject to conditions and determine the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). c.REPORT 23-0109 CON 23-01, PDP 23-01, VTPM #83937 - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND VESTING TENTATIVE Page 5 City of Hermosa Beach Printed on 2/21/2023 February 21, 2023Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda PARCEL MAP NO. 83937 REQUEST FOR A TWO-UNIT DETACHED CONDOMINIUM PROJECT AT 705 2ND STREET AND TO DETERMINE THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (Assistant Planner Johnathon Masi) Recommendation:Staff recommends the Planning Commission adopt the attached resolution approving a Conditional Use Permit (CON 23-01), Precise Development Plan (PDP 23-01) and Tentative Parcel Map No. 83937 for a two-unit detached condominium project at 705 2nd Street, subject to conditions, and determine the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). VIII. STAFF ITEMS a.REPORT 23-0093 DISCUSSION OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING START TIME (Community Development Director Carrie Tai) Recommendation:Staff recommends that the Planning Commission discuss and provide direction on the meeting start times for regularly-scheduled meetings after the end of the COVID-19 State of Emergency. Discuss returning to the regular Planning Commission meeting time of 7:00 PM starting March 2023. b. VERBAL REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS c. STATUS REPORT ON MAJOR PLANNING PROJECTS d.REPORT 23-0105 PLANNING COMMISSION TENTATIVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS (Administrative Assistant Melanie Bristow) Recommendation:Staff recommends Planning Commission receive and file the February 21, 2023 Planning Commission tentative future agenda. IX. 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. Page 6 City of Hermosa Beach Printed on 2/21/2023 February 21, 2023Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda X. ADJOURNMENT ___________________________________________________________________________ CITY OFFICES CLOSED FRIDAY-SUNDAY AND ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS: • Monday, February 20, 2023 - President's Day • Monday, May 29, 2023 - Memorial Day • Monday, June 19, 2023 - Juneteenth National Independence Day • Tuesday, July 4, 2023 - Independence Day • Monday, September 4, 2023 - Labor Day • Thursday, November 23, 2023 - Thanksgiving Day • Monday, December 25, 2023 - Christmas Day PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS: • Tuesday, February 21, 2023 - 6:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Thursday, March 9, 2023 - 7:00 PM Planning Commission Special Meeting • Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - 6:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 6:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Tuesday, May 16, 2023 - 6:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - 6:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Tuesday, July 18, 2023 - 6:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Tuesday, August 15, 2023 - 6:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Tuesday, September 19, 2023 - 6:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - 6:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Monday, November 13, 2023 - 6:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting • Monday, December 11, 2023 - 6:00 PM Planning Commission Regular Meeting Page 7 City of Hermosa Beach Printed on 2/21/2023