1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL

4. CONSENT CALENDAR
(Consent Calendar items are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. By approval of the Consent Calendar, the staff recommendations will be adopted unless otherwise modified by the Commission. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a Commission Member or a member of the audience requests removal of the items from the Consent Calendar.)

a. Minutes from the February 24, 2009 meeting.
Staff recommendation: approve.

b. 804 Curtis. Planning Application 09-006. Design Review. Parking Exception. Request for Design Review approval to allow a 134 sq. ft., two-story addition to the rear of an existing single-family home and to convert 255 sq. ft. of existing crawl space into habitable space. A parking exception is also required to allow one off street parking space where two are required.

Curtis, 804 - 4b Staff Report-20090324
Staff recommendation: approve.

c. 1245 Solano. Planning Application 09-013. Conditional Use Permit. Request for Conditional Use Permit approval to allow a self-contained coffee cart to be operated at a vacant site on Solano Avenue.

Solano, 1245 - 4c Staff Report-20090324
Staff recommendation: approve.

d. 1013 Ordway. Planning Application 09-010. Design Review. Parking Exception. Request for design review approval to allow conversion of 395sq.ft. of existing crawl space into habitable space of an existing single-family home. A parking exception is requested to allow one off-street parking spaces where two are required.

Ordway, 1013 - 4d Staff Report-20090324 
Staff recommendation: approve.

5. PUBLIC COMMENT
For persons desiring to address the Commission on an item that is not on the agenda please note that each speaker is limited to three (3) minutes. The Brown Act limits the Commission ability to take and/or discuss items that are not on the agenda; therefore, such items are normally referred to staff for comment or to a future agenda.

6. DISCUSSIONS & POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS

a. 1051 Ventura. Planning Application 08-045. Conditional Use Permit. Parking Exception. Design Review. Request for Design Review approval to allow an existing home to be raised up to create habitable space from existing crawl space and to construct a 372sq.ft., two-story addition to the eastern side of the home. A Conditional Use Permit is requested to allow the extension of a nonconforming front yard setback and a Parking Exception is requested to allow one off-street parking space where two are required.

Ventura, 1051 - 6a Staff Report-20090324
Staff recommendation: Staff recommends that the Planning and Zoning Commission open the public hearing, receive public comment, provide direction to the applicant, and continue the meeting to a future meeting date for action.

b. 701 Hillside. Status Report on Planning Application 05-025. Discussion of implementation of project originally approved in 2004 to construct two single-family homes.

Hillside, 701 - 6b Staff Report-20090324
Staff recommendation: Open the public hearing, discuss the project and provide direction to staff on any appropriate future actions.

c. Review of Draft procedures for Implementation of Administrative Citation Ordinance. Discussion of implementation of project originally approved in 2004 to construct two single-family homes.

Implementation of Adm Citation Ord - 6c Staff Report-20090324
Staff recommendation: Open the public hearing, discuss the project and provide direction to staff on any appropriate future actions.

d. Recommendation to the City Council on Proposed to Initiate Amendments to the Planning and Zoning Code to Correct and Clarify Development Regulations. 

Zoning Amendment - 6d Staff Report-20090324
Zoning Amendment - 6d Draft Ordinance-20090324
Zoning Amendment - 6d Mitigated Neg Dec-20090324
Staff recommendation: That the Commission recommend that the City Council approve the draft ordinance containing proposed amendments to the Planning and Zoning Code.

e. Review of Preparations for Housing Element Workshop on March 31, 2009.

Housing Element - 6e 20090331 Public Notice -20090324
Staff recommendation: Provide direction to staff.

7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS/DISCUSSION

a. Update on City Council actions related to Planning and Zoning

8. FUTURE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ITEMS

(Staff discussion and Commission member announcement of status of previous agenda items and requests for future agenda items. No public comment will be taken on requests for future agenda items).

9. ADJOURNMENT

Note: As a general policy, the Commission will not begin discussion or consideration of an agenda item after 11:00 pm.

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PZ Minutes - 20090324