Please note meeting location change for this meeting only.
The City Hall Council Chamber is being used as polling place today.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
(Consent Calendar items are considered 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 9, 2010 Regular Commission Meeting.
Recommendation: Approve.
b. 1061 Eastshore Avenue. Planning Application 10-030. Conditional Use Permit & Sign Permit.
The applicant is requesting a Conditional Use Permit to allow the establishment of “Lumber Liquidators” retail establishment in a portion of the existing two-story “Myer Crest” building. In addition, the applicant is requesting permission for installation of two 12 foot by 5 foot wall signs on the south and west sides of the building.
Eastshore, 1061 - Staff Report 4b-20100608
Recommendation: Approval.
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. City of Albany Public Art Master Plan.
To develop a reasonable and responsive guide for the implementation of the Art in Public Places Ordinance, the Albany Arts Committee retained consultants to draft a Public Art Master Plan. Comments and suggestions from the Planning and Zoning Commission regarding the draft Public Art Master Plan will be shared with the Arts Committee at the Arts Committee’s June 14 meeting.
City of Albany Public Art Master Plan - Staff Report 6a-20100608
Recommendation: Review and comment on the Public Art Master Plan.
b. 913 Carmel. Planning Application 10-028. Design Review, Conditional Use Permit and Front Yard Parking Exception.
The subject property is a 4,400 square foot lot with a 1,548 square foot single-family home. The applicant is requesting approval to allow a 632 square foot second story addition to the rear of the home. One parking space will be provided in the existing garage and a front yard parking exception is required to accommodate the required second off-street parking space.
Carmel, 913 - Staff Report 6b-20100608
Recommendation: Approval.
c. 1600 Solano Avenue. Planning Application 10-017. Design Review, Conditional Use Permit, & Parking Exception for New Commercial Building
The subject property is a 5,127 square foot lot with an existing 2,766 sq. ft. commercial building. The applicant is requesting Design Review approval to demolish the existing building and construct a new two-story 8,800 square foot commercial building.
Solano, 1600 - Staff Report 6c-20100608
Recommendation: for discussion only. No action to be taken at this time
d. 635 Spokane. Planning Application 10-033. Design Review Single-Story Addition to Home, Conditional Use Permit, Front Yard Parking Exception.
The subject property is a 5,000 square foot lot with an existing 1,596 sq. ft. split-level single-family home. The applicant is requesting approval to demolish an existing rear garden shed and construct a 514 sq. ft. single-story rear addition. The maximum height of the home, which is 18’-8”, will not change. A Front Yard Parking Exception is also requested to allow the second required parking space to be located in the driveway.
Spokane, 635 - Staff Report 6d-20100608
Recommendation: approval
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS/DISCUSSION
(Background materials to be provided electronically. Paper copies available upon request.)
a. Update on City Council agenda items related to Planning and Zoning activities.
8. FUTURE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ITEMS
a. Next Regular Planning and Zoning Commission hearing scheduled for June 22, 2010.
(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 1000 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.kljkl;jkl
PZ minutes-20100608
