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. Meeting Minutes from January 24, 2012 Planning & Zoning Commission meeting
Recommendation: Approve
B. PA 12-014: Table Tennis Club at 533 San Pablo Parking Exception- The applicant is seeking approval of a parking exception for eleven (11) parking spaces for a new table tennis club at 533 San Pablo Ave. The club will provide table tennis lessons as well as facilities for players to practice. The building is approximately 3,500 sq. ft. and requires eleven (11) parking spaces pursuant to the Albany Municipal Code. Currently, the building has no off-street parking. The business will have two employees and approximately ten students at a time. The business will be open 3:30pm-10pm Monday-Friday, and 10am-6pm on Saturdays & Sundays. Participants are primarily school age children who will be dropped off by a parent or walk to the facility.
Recommendation: Approve
2012-4-10 PZ SR 533 San Pablo
2012-4-10 PZ Attach 533 San Pablo
C. PA 12-015: Dermatologist Office at 625 San Pablo Parking Exception & Design Review- The applicant is seeking approval of a parking exception for two (2) parking spaces and design review approval for a dermatologist office at 625 San Pablo Ave. The parking lot is proposed to be upgraded to satisfy ADA accessibility requirements and will include seven (7) off-street parking spaces with one (1) ADA accessible space. Nine (9) off-street parking spaces are required pursuant to the Albany Municipal Code. The building is approximately 2,110 sq. ft. A 320 sq. ft. addition is proposed and will create a new waiting room area, creating a 2,430 sq. ft. building. The addition will be located on the east side of the building facing San Pablo Ave. where there is an existing carport located under the building.
Recommendation: Approve
2012-4-10 PZ SR 625 San Pablo
2012-4-10 PZ Attach 625 San Pablo
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. PA11-055- Study Session for Conditional Use Permit, Design Review and Signage for a new boutique auto salon at 1035 Eastshore Freeway -The applicant is seeking review and feedback for a proposed boutique auto salon at 1035 Eastshore Freeway (next to Target). The applicant filed an application for a Conditional Use Permit and Design Review and made a formal Design Review submittal to the City in January 2012. The operation is proposed to be a new 7,850 sq. ft. building which will house an auto sales operation. An environmental review pursuant to CEQA has been prepared and will be circulated for public review in the near future. This is a study session and no action will be taken. Feedback will be provided to the applicant and the project will be re-noticed for formal action at a later date.
Recommendation: Review and provide feedback to the applicant
2012-4-10 PZ SR Toyota of Berkeley
Attachment 1 Project Plans
Atatchment 2 Application letter 11.23.11
B. Bay Friendly Landscaping – In order to continue receiving Waste Import Mitigation Funding, StopWaste.Org requires that its member agencies adopt requirements that all new construction and rehabilitation of public and private landscapes of 2,500 square feet of irrigated area or greater adhere to the “Bay Friendly Basics” protocols. As a participating agency, the City of Albany is required to adopt the Bay Friendly Basics Landscape Checklist best practices document in order to secure on-going funding from StopWaste. The City has been provided a draft checklist which is being adopted by jurisdictions throughout Alameda County. Pursuant to Chapter 20.68.030, the Planning & Zoning Commission shall make a recommendation to the City Council for adoption of a resolution adopting Bay Friendly policies in the City of Albany.
Recommendation: The Planning & Zoning Commission forward a recommendation to the City Council to adopt a resolution supporting the new Bay Friendly Landscaping requirements.
2012-4-10 PZ SR Bay Friendly Landscaping
7. NEW BUSINESS
A. Permanent Changes to the Planning & Zoning Commission Calendar-Previously, the Planning & Zoning Commission discussed potential hearing date changes for 2013. The Albany Unified School District has requested that the City Council amend the Albany Municipal Code to change the Planning & Zoning Commission hearing dates from the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month.
2012-4-10 PZ SR Hearing Schedule Change Permanent
8. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS/DISCUSSION
a. City of Albany Planning and Zoning Update “E-Notification”
b. Update on City Council agenda items related to Planning and Zoning activities.
c. Review of status of major projects and scheduling of upcoming agenda items.
9. FUTURE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ITEMS
a. Next Planning and Zoning Commission hearing scheduled for Tuesday, April 24, 2012.
(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).
10. ADJOURNMENT
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 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 - 2012-04-10
