**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.)
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. 1045 Key Route. Planning Application 09-019. Design Review. Front Yard Parking Exception. Request for Design Review approval to allow a 540sq.ft., single-story addition to the rear of an existing single-family home. A front yard parking exception is requested to allow one required off-street parking space to be located in the front yard.
Key Route, 1045, 6a, SR, 20090414
Staff recommendation: approve.
b. 1060 Peralta. Planning Application 09-012. Design Review. Request for Design Review approval to allow an existing single-family home to be raised to create a two-story home. The project includes a request to construct a new 219 sq.ft. detached single-car garage at the rear of the property.
Peralta, 1060, 6b, SR, 20090414
Staff recommendation: approve.
c. Recommendation to the City Council on Proposed to Initiate Amendments to the Planning and Zoning Code to Correct and Clarify Development Regulations.
Zoning Amendments, 6c, SR 20090414
Staff recommendation: That the Commission recommend that the City Council approve the draft ordinance containing proposed amendments to the Planning and Zoning Code.
d. Review of Summary of Housing Element Workshop held on March 31, 2009.
Housing Element Summary, 6d, 20090414
Staff recommendation: Review and comment on summary of meeting.
e. Discussion of Projects Subject to Green Building Points Checklist.
Staff recommendation: for discussion only.
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS/DISCUSSION
a. Update on City Council actions related to Planning and Zoning
b. City of Albany Volunteer Appreciation Dinner is scheduled for April 23, 2009
c. Next Planning and Zoning Commission meeting is scheduled for April 28, 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 - 20090414
