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1315 Valley Drive
Hermosa Beach, CA
90254
City of Hermosa Beach
Action Minutes - Final
Planning Commission
Chair
Peter Hoffman
Vice Chair
Michael Flaherty
Commissioners
Rob Saemann
Marie Rice
David Pedersen
7:00 PM Council ChambersMonday, June 22, 2020
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THIS MEETING IS HELD PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR
GAVIN NEWSOM ON MARCH 17, 2020. ANY OR ALL PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS MAY
ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE BY TELECONFERENCE/VIRTUAL MEETING. MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE BY TELECONFERENCE.
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1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call
Commissioner Rob Saemann, Chair Peter Hoffman, Vice Chair Michael Flaherty,
Commissioner Marie Rice, and Commissioner David Pedersen
Present:5 -
Absent:0
All Planning Commissioners attended remotely.
Also Present Remotely: Ken Robertson, Community Development Director
Patrick Donegan, Assistant City Attorney
David Blumenthal, AICP, Senior Planner
Christy Teague, Senior Planner
Nicole Ellis, Associate Planner
Yuritzy Randle, Assistant Planner
4. Oral / Written Communications
Section I
PUBLIC HEARING
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5.REPORT
20-0374
Information Only: Public Hearing Notices and Project Zoning Maps
1. Public Notices
2. Project Zoning Maps
Attachments:
6.REPORT
20-0368
Precise Development Plan (PDP20-2) and Parking Plan Amendment
(PARK20-2), a request to: 1) reduce the overall building size from 6,849
square feet to 6,732 square feet (71 square feet will be added to first floor
and 188 square feet will be removed from second floor), 2) remodel the
entire building to convert from a multi-tenant building to a single-tenant, 3)
add a new 2,212 square foot roof deck, 4) remodel all of the façades of the
office building, 5) amend a previously approved Parking Plan (PARK94-5)
to reduce the on-site parking from eight to seven spaces in order to
accommodate an ADA parking space, on property located at 1001
Hermosa Avenue; and determine that the project is categorically exempt
from the California Environmental Quality Act.
1. Supplemental - Draft Resolutions for Precise Development Plan and
Parking Plan, updated 6-22-20
2. Zoning Map and Aerial Photo
3. Legal Posters
4. Elevator Specifications and Code
5. P.C. Resolution 94-23, approving Parking Plan 94-5
6. Project Plans
7. Supplemental - eComment, added 6-22-20
8. Supplemental - Memorandum for Commissioner Questions, added
6-22-20
9. Supplemental - Email from May PC meeting to preserve mural,
added 6-22-20
Attachments:
Attending remotely to speak: Louie Tomaro.
ACTION: Motion by Commissioner Rice and seconded by Commissioner Flaherty
to adopt the resolution approving Precise Development Plan 20-2, as amended
below, and motion by Commissioner Rice and seconded by Commissioner
Pedersen to adopt the resolution approving Parking Plan Amendment 20-2, as
presented, to allow the overall reduction in structure size, a new roof deck,
reduction in parking, and remodel of the existing building located at 1001
Hermosa Avenue, and determining that the project is categorically exempt from
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Precise Development Plan Amendments:
-Condition of Approval (COA) #18: Add to the end of the sentence "...and for any
landscaping within the right of way."
-COA #20: Add a new sentence at the end that reads "Additionally the applicant
shall submit landscape plans to Public Works for all landscaping within the right
of way."
-Add a new COA #30: "The proposed Arbutus Marina trees on the roof deck shall
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be replaced with a different species. The new trees on the roof deck shall have a
mature height that does not exceed the height limit."
Both motions carried by the following vote:
Aye:Commissioner Saemann, Chair Hoffman, Vice Chair Flaherty, Commissioner Rice,
and Commissioner Pedersen
5 -
Absent:0
7.REPORT
20-0370
Precise Development Plan PDP 20-3 and Parking Plan PARK 20-1
request for conversion of an 11 unit non-conforming apartment building into
a 9 unit hotel, including removal of 2 ground floor units and provision of 2
new parking spaces and determination that the project is categorically
exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
1. Resolution of Approval for Proposed Precise Development Plan
2. Resolution of Approval for Proposed Parking Plan
3. Current Inventory of City-approved Parking In-Lieu Spaces
4. Project Plans and Site Photos
5. Business Narrative
6. Business Management Plan to Minimize Neighborhood Impacts
7. Parking and Traffic Study
8. Link to City's Downtown Rideshare Zones
https://www.hermosabeach.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1346/
28?arch=1&npage=6
9. Zoning Map
10. Public Notice Mailer for 66 11th Street
11. Public Notification Legal Posters
12. Supplemental - Memorandum for Commissioner Questions, added
and updated 6-22-20
Attachments:
Attending remotely to speak: Pablo Escutia, Walter Franco, and Greg McNally.
ACTION: Motion by Commissioner Rice and seconded by Commissioner Flaherty
to continue the public hearing to the July 21, 2020 Planning Commission
meeting. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye:Commissioner Saemann, Chair Hoffman, Vice Chair Flaherty, Commissioner Rice,
and Commissioner Pedersen
5 -
Absent:0
8.REPORT
20-0371
CUP 20-5- Conditional Use Permit request for a fitness studio (assembly
hall) at 200 Pier Avenue, Suite 221(Shad Hart Fitness) and determination
that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA).
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1. Proposed Approval Resolution for CUP
2. Applicant Submittal- Business Narrative. Floor Plan and Photos
3. Zoning Map and Aerial Photo
4. Legal Poster and Radius Map
5. Public Comments
6. Public Comments, added 6-16-20
7. Supplemental - Memorandum for Commissioner Questions, added
and updated 6-22-20
Attachments:
Commissioner Saemann recused himself.
Attending remotely to speak: Shad Swinehart.
ACTION: Motion by Commissioner Rice and seconded by Commissioner Flaherty
to adopt the resolution, as amended below, approving the Conditional Use
Permit for a fitness studio (assembly hall) use located at 200 Pier Avenue, Suite
221 (Shad Hart Fitness) and determine that the project is categorically exempt
from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Update Condition of Approval #3 to a maximum of 6 occupants.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye:Chair Hoffman, Vice Chair Flaherty, Commissioner Rice, and Commissioner
Pedersen
4 -
Absent:0
Recused:Commissioner Saemann1 -
Section II
9. Staff Items
10. Commissioner Items
11. Adjournment
Motion by Commissioner Flaherty and seconded by Commissioner Saemann to
adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 9:25 PM.
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