Please Note: Meeting to be held in the Edith Stone Room
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 March 24, 2009 and April 14, 2009 meetings.
Staff recommendation: approve.
b. 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 - 4b Staff Report-20090428
Staff recommendation: approve.
c. 664 Key Route. Planning Application 09-018. Design Review. Request for Design Review approval to allow a 152 sq.ft. second-story addition to the rear of an existing single-family home.
Key Route, 664 - 4c Staff Report-20090428
Staff recommendation: approve.
d. 957 Madison. Planning Application 09-017. Design Review. Parking Exception. Request for Design Review approval to allow a 515 sq. ft. single-story addition to the rear of an existing single-family home. A parking exception is requested to allow no off-street parking where two spaces are typically required.
Madison, 957 - 4d Staff Report-20080428
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. Presentation by Janet Smith-Heimer, Sustainability Committee Co-Chair Regarding Liaison Relationship Between the Sustainability Committee and Planning and Zoning Commission
Liason Sustainability to PZ - 6a Staff Report-20090428
Staff recommendation: For discussion and provide direction to staff on how best to facilitate collaboration.
b. 1249 Marin. Planning Application 09-021. Design Review. Request for Design Review
approval to allow improvements to an existing public facilities building.
Marin, 1249 - 6b Staff Report-20090428
Staff recommendation: Provide design direction to staff and continue public hearing to an administrative design review hearing.
c. 949-953 San Pablo. Planning Application 09-022. Design Review. Parking Exception. Request for Design Review approval to allow remodeling and improvements to the existing buildings, which would include new awnings, market stalls, solar panels, seating areas and walk ways to create a community market area. a Parking Exception to allow nine parking spaces where 12 are required for the change in uses.
San Pablo, 949.953 - 6c Staff Report-20090428
Staff recommendation: For discussion only. Provide direction to staff and the applicant on appropriate
revisions.
d. 904 Santa Fe. Planning Application 07-087. Design Review. Request for Design Review approval to allow an existing building to be demolished and construction of a new 4,300sq.ft, two-story, mixed use building.
Santa Fe, 904 - 6d Staff Report-20090428
Staff recommendation: approve.
e. 1301 Solano. Planning Application 08-078. Design Review. Parking Exception. Demolition of an existing 1,583 sq. ft. commercial/office building and construction of a new 3,660sq.ft., two-story commercial/office building. A Parking Exception is requested to allow five spaces where 15 are required.
Solano, 1301 - 6e Staff Report-20090428
Staff recommendation: approve.
f. Recommendation to the City Council on Proposed Amendments to the Planning and Zoning Code to Correct and Clarify Development Regulations.asdfjl;kasjdfkl;sjdfa
Amendment PZ Code - 6f Staff Report-20090428
Staff recommendation: That the Commission recommend that the City Council approve the draft ordinance containing proposed amendments to the Planning and Zoning Code.
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS/DISCUSSION
a. Update on City Council actions related to Planning and Zoning
b. Next Planning and Zoning Commission meeting is scheduled for May 12, 2009
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.
The Commission/Committee/Board packet is available for public inspection at the Albany Community Center/Library, Fire Department and at Community Development Department offices at 979 San Pablo Avenue. The agenda and supporting staff reports can be found on our web page at www.albanyca.org.
Please note that if you provide your name and address when speaking before the Commission/Committee/Board it will become part of the official public record, which will be posted on the Internet. Agenda related writings or documents provided to a majority of the Planning & Zoning Commission regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the Community Development Department.
PZ Minutes - 20090428
