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[Call To Order]
REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL, CITY OF MARCH 18TH, 2024 AT 6:00 PM TO ORDER A LIVE WEBCAST OF THIS MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT HTT S SLASH SLASH WWW NATIONAL CITY.CA/WEBCAST.THE NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY'S WEBSITE INFORM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
FIRST, BY EMAIL AT P CPU B, COMMENT@NATIONALCDC.GOV NO LESS THAN TWO HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING, SECOND VIA ZOOM BY PRE-REGISTERING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, NO LATER THAN TWO HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING AT HTTPS SLASH SLASH WWW NATIONAL C DCA.GOV/PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIRD, THE PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE COMMENTS IN PERSON AT THE MEETING.
ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS APPROPRIATE PRIOR TO THEIR RESPECTIVE MEETINGS AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE, I REQUEST THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SECRETARY, NOW PROCEED WITH ROLL CALL VICE CHAIR CASTLE CASTLE.
WE WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS OR MATTERS THAT ARE NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA UNDER STATE LAW.
WE CANNOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ITEMS REQUIRING PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION.
THESE ITEMS MUST BE BROUGHT BACK ON A SUBSEQUENT AGENDA UNLESS THEY ARE OF A DI DEMONSTRATED EMERGENCY OR URGENT NATURE.
MADAM SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT RELATED TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? NOT TONIGHT.
WE NEED TO SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I SEE THAT I WILL NOW HAVE COMMISSIONER SENT LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
READY, BEGIN ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE WILL NOW BEGIN CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA.
[1. Approval of the Agenda for the Meeting on March 18, 2024.]
ONE IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF MARCH 18TH, 2024.IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, DO I HEAR A MOTION? SO MOVED.
ARE WE VOTING ELECTRONICALLY? YES, BUT I NEED A SECOND.
CAN, CAN, JONAS, IT'S NOT WORKING ON YOURS.
SHE HAS TO, TO, UM, YOURS ISN'T WORKING.
UH, THE MIC GOES ON AND OFF, BUT THE BUTTONS DON'T WORK.
YOURS AREN'T THAT AND THE WHOLE THING.
OH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIM, CAN YOU VOTE? ARE WE DOING COMMISSIONER? I SECOND IT.
NO, NO, BUT YOU NEED TO VOTE ON THE MACHINE.
UM, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, SO, OKAY.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE DECLARE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY BY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT.
[2. Approval of Minutes from the Meeting of December 18, 2023.]
TWO ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, MEETING OF DECEMBER 18TH.IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, DO I HAVE A MOTION?
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YOU KNOW WHAT, I'VE GOT A QUESTION.BECAUSE MY HERE HAS ITEM NUMBER TWO IN THE BODY.
MARCH 4TH, UH, PLANNING, COMMISSION MEETING.
AND THEN ITEM THREE IS MARCH 18TH, 2024.
UH, I NOTICED THERE, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, UM, PLACES WHERE IT SAYS MARCH 4TH, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE MARCH OR DECEMBER 18TH.
I SEE DECEMBER 4TH APPROVAL OF AGENDA MEETING FOR DECEMBER 4TH, 2023.
IT SAYS HERE DECEMBER 18TH AND MARCH 4TH.
AND THEN NEXT, WE'LL, WE WILL CONSIDER MARCH 4TH, 2024
BUT I DID NOTICE IN ONE PLACE WHERE IT SAID, UH, MARCH, MARCH 8TH, UH, THAT'S THE NEXT ONE.
WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING THAT ONE UP IN JUST A SECOND.
SO COMMISSIONER SENT, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE DATE? IS THE DATE INCORRECT ON THE MINUTES FOR ITEM TWO RIGHT THERE.
SO THE, BUT THERE'S ONE THERE IS MARCH 4TH, NOT WITH THESE COMMENTS AND VOTING AND EVERYTHING, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE, UM, SO, SO COMMISSIONER SENT IS CORRECT, THERE'S A TYPO ON THE, ON THE ITEM NUMBER? YEAH.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A TYPO IN THE DATE OF THE ACTUAL MINUTES ITSELF.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE CONSIDERING THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 18TH, 2023.
AND, AND IN THE ACTUAL MINUTES ITSELF, IT SAYS DECEMBER 4TH, IT SAYS DECEMBER 4TH, SO THE DATE'S WRONG.
THAT'S WHAT, AND THEN ALSO ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, IT SAYS THAT IT'S FROM MAR ITEM TWO FROM MARCH 4TH.
UM, THE ONLY TYPO THAT MATTERS IS THE TYPO FOR DECEMBER, THE MEETING DATE.
SO IF WE COULD JUST, IF YOU MAKE THE MOTION, MAKE THE MOTION WITH THE CORRECTION FOR DECEMBER 18TH, 2024.
SO I MAKE THE MOTION WITH THE CORRECTION FOR DECEMBER 18TH, 2024 TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
THE VOTE WASN'T YOU GETTING AHEAD OF YOU.
SO, UH, VICE CHAIR CASTLE, THE VOTE WASN'T READY YET.
SO IF WE'RE OKAY WITH WHAT WAS JUST, UM, SAID, LET'S GO AND DO THE, UH, VOTE ON THE SCREEN.
SO WE MOTION, BUT NOW WE'RE VOTING, WE CAN MOTION.
SO I THINK SHE, YOU NEED HER TO PUSH THE MOTION BUTTON? YES.
SO YOU CAN PUSH YOUR MOTION BUTTON FOR THAT MOTION.
AND THIS IS FOR DECEMBER 18TH WITH THE CORRECT? YES.
WITH THE CORRECTION OF THE DATE.
THIS IS THE CORRECTION OF THE, THIS IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 18TH WITH THE CORRECTION OF THE DATE.
DECEMBER 4TH, 2023 TO READ DECEMBER 18TH, 2023.
UM, SO WE WILL NOW CAST OUR VOTES.
SO, MADAM SECRETARY, COULD YOU PLEASE DECLARE THE VOTE MOTION TO APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY WITH COMMISSIONERS PRESENT.
[3. Approval of Minutes from the Meeting of March 4, 2024.]
ITEM THREE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF MARCH 4TH, 2024.IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO TYPICALLY IT'S THE PRACTICE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO ABSTAIN IF THEY'RE NOT AT THE MEETING.
SO WE ARE JUST GOING TO NOTE AND FILE THESE MINUTES FOR THAT MEETING.
SO NO IS A VOTE, NO MOTION? NO.
I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION ANY SECOND.
YOU JUST, WE'LL JUST, JUST MAKE A NOTE THAT IT'LL NOTE AND FILE.
[4. Public Hearing – Determination that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 3 of the CEQA guidelines Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) and Zone Variance to allow a new single-family home to deviate from requirements for minimum lot area, minimum yard setbacks, the location of parking spaces, and maximum height on East 4th Street.]
MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS TO CONSIDER.
ITEM FOUR, THE DETERMINATION, UH, THAT THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
CE A UNDER CLASS THREE OF THE CE A GUIDELINES SECTION 1 53 0 3, NEW CONSTRUCTION OR CONVERSION OF SMALL STRUCTURES AND ZONE VARIANCE TO ALLOW A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO DEVIATE FROM THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MINIMUM LOT AREA, MINIMUM YARD SETBACK, AND THE LOCATION OF PARKING SPACES AND MAXIMUM HEIGHT AT A VACANT PROPERTY LOCATED AT EAST FOURTH STREET.
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GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR.PLANNING, COMMISSIONERS, WAIT, HOLD ON.
UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY DISCLOSURES RELATING TO THIS HEARING? I HAVE DONE A SITE, UH, DRIVE BY AND, AND LOOK.
I ALSO, UH, DID A SITE SURVEY TODAY.
I WALKED AROUND DRIVE BY THERE PROBABLY EVERY DAY.
UH, I DID VIEW IT ON GOOGLE EARTH, SO.
UM, MADAM SECRETARY OF THE NOTICES AS REQUIRED BY LAW BEEN GIVEN.
AND DO WE HAVE, UH, COMPLETE FILE OF EXHIBITS, CORRESPONDENCE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS? YES, CHAIR.
WILL STAFF PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SUMMARIZE THE ITEM FOR US.
PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC APOLOGIZE FOR JUMPING THE GUN EARLIER.
UH, THIS IS, UH, MY NAME IS DAVID WELCH WITH THE PLANNING DIVISION.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A ZONE VARIANCE REQUEST FOR A PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO BE LOCATED AT A VACANT PROPERTY ON EAST FOURTH STREET.
THE, UH, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SITE, UM, THIS IS LOCATED ON EAST FOURTH STREET BETWEEN I 8 0 5 AND T AVENUE.
UM, IT IS IN THE RS TWO SMALL LOT RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
IT IS A, UH, 2,285 SQUARE FOOT VACANT PARCEL.
UM, IT HAS A TRIANGULAR SHAPE AND IT, UH, FOR ALL PURPOSES APPEARS TO BE A REMNANT PARCEL FROM WHEN THE HIGHWAY WAS CONSTRUCTED.
UH, THE LOT DOES HAVE 50 FEET OF STREET FRONTAGE AND, UM, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD IN SIZE AND SHAPE AND HAS A, UH, ESSENTIALLY A CONSTRAINED BUILDABLE AREA, UH, SURROUNDING THE SITE.
IT, IT IS MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE, UH, WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UH, TO THE NORTH ACROSS THE STREET IS EL TOUM PARK, AND THIS SITE IS ALSO ABUTTING NEXT TO THE FREEWAY RIGHT AWAY.
HERE'S THE OVERHEAD WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE, KIND OF THE SIZE AND SHAPE AND SETTING OF THE LOT.
AGAIN, AS YOU SEE THIS, IT'S MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE AREA.
THE PARK IS ACROSS THE STREET, AND YOU CAN SEE THE FREEWAY RIGHT AWAY AS WELL.
UM, UH, THERE IS AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY CURB CUT THERE.
UH, THERE PERHAPS MAY HAVE BEEN A HOUSE TORN DOWN MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
UM, BUT THAT IS THE CURRENT CONDITION AT THE MOMENT.
THERE'S ALSO A, A VERY SHORT RETAINING WALL IN THE FRONT TOO.
SO THE PROPOSAL IS, UH, REQUESTING ESSENTIALLY SEVERAL VARIANCES TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
UH, THE SIZE OF THE PROPOSED RESIDENCE IS 1,757 SQUARE FEET.
IT WOULD INCLUDE ONE, UH, OR AN ATTACHED ONE CAR GARAGE.
IT WOULD BE THREE STORIES IN HEIGHT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL BEING 534 SQUARE FEET.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A COUPLE REDUCED SETBACKS, UH, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO PARK WITHIN THE FRONT YARD SETBACK.
THERE IS NO REQUEST FOR EITHER AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT OR ADDITIONAL UNIT UNDER SENATE BILL NINE, UH, BEFORE YOU TODAY AS WELL.
HERE'S, UH, THE SITE PLAN, AS YOU CAN SEE THE SHAPE AND KIND OF HOW THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO LOCATE THE HOME.
AND I KIND OF DREW THE DIFFERENT VARIANTS, UH, PER PROPOSALS INTO THE PLANT.
SO YOU CAN TAKE A BETTER LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO FIRST OF ALL, IT IS BELOW THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE.
SO THE LOT AREA IS 2,285 SQUARE FEET.
UH, SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE ZONE VARIANCE REQUESTS TODAY.
SECOND, UM, WHERE THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO BUILD DOES NOT MEET, UH, THE EASTERN SIDE YARD SETBACK, WHICH IS FIVE FEET SHOWN ON THE LEFT, THE REAR YARD SETBACK, WHICH IS 25 FEET SHOWN NEAR THE TOP.
AND THEN WHILE THE STRUCTURE WOULD MEET THE 20 FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACK, PARKING IS TYPICALLY NOT PERMITTED WITHIN A FRONT YARD OR A STREET FACING SETBACK AREA.
SO THEY'RE ASKING TO ALLOW FOR PARKING SPACES WITHIN THAT 20 YARD FRONT YARD SETBACK.
UM, IN THE STAFF REPORT I REFERENCED THE, UH, EXHIBIT A REVISED EXHIBIT A.
THE APPLICANT DIDN'T QUITE SHOW THE REAR LOT LINE CORRECT ON THIS.
SO THE 25 FOOT REAR YARD SETBACK WASN'T QUITE WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE.
SO THIS IS WHAT'S BEING ASKED FOR.
SO ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING A ZERO FOOT PARKING SETBACK AT THE BOTTOM THERE TO HAVE VEHICLES PARKED IN WHAT WOULD BE THE DRIVEWAY, UH,
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FOUR FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK ON THE LEFT, AND THEN, UH, REAR YARD SETBACK REDUCED TO 14 FEET.UM, REAR YARD SETBACKS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT ON A TRIANGULAR OR NON RECTANGULAR SHAPED LOT.
THE REAR LOT LINE IS ACTUALLY CREATED VIA, UM, A DEFINITION IN WHICH A 10 FOOT, ESSENTIALLY I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS A 10 FOOT POLE IS SETBACK AS FAR AS POSSIBLE ON THE LOT.
AND THAT IS CONSIDERED WHERE THE REAR REAR SETBACK LINE WOULD BE MEASURED FROM.
UM, SO IT'S UP A LITTLE CLOSER THAN THE BACK END OF THE TRIANGLE.
UH, HERE ARE THE APPLICANT'S FLOOR PLANS WITH ALL THREE FLOORS.
AND THEN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU HAVE THAT THIRD FLOOR.
UM, THERE ARE DECKS, AND SO THE ACTUAL HABITABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS LIMITED TO THIS 534 SQUARE FOOT AREA.
UM, HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS, UH, HAS ESSENTIALLY A KIND OF A CUSTOM TOWNHOUSE STYLE.
UM, AND AGAIN, OUR, OUR ZONING CODE IN THE RS TWO ZONE DOESN'T ALLOW A THIRD STORY.
SO THE RED AREAS WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY WHAT WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE PERMITTED.
UM, HOWEVER, IN THE ZONING DISTRICT, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS 35 FEET.
THEY WOULD BE MEETING THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT AS FAR AS FEET ARE CONCERNED.
SO AS FAR AS STAFF ANALYSIS, THE PROPOSAL IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN.
UH, INFILL DEVELOPMENT IS ENCOURAGED BY THE GENERAL PLAN.
WE HAVE A POLICY TO PROMOTE INFILL DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT, REUSE EFFORTS WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, THIS WOULD BE A SITE THAT WOULD ORDINARILY NOT BE ABLE TO BE BUILT UNDER THE CURRENT OR UNDER ALL THE ZONING RULES.
UM, AND BECAUSE IT'S A, A HOMEOWNER PROPOSING THIS, IT ALSO PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY, WHICH IS TALKED ABOUT IN OUR HOUSING AT HELMET AS WELL.
UM, WE DO HAVE GENERAL PLAN DENSITIES, UM, FOR THE, I THINK IT'S LOW DENSITY, UH, GENERAL PLAN DESIGN DESIGNATION BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE LOT, THIS WOULD EXCEED, UH, TRADITIONALLY WHAT GENERAL PLAN DENSITY WOULD BE REQUIRED OF THIS AREA.
HOWEVER, UNDER THE ZONING, UH, IT ALLOWS FOR AT LEAST ONE UNIT PER LOT.
SO IT'S MEETING THAT AND AT, AT A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE.
UM, THE OVERALL DENSITY IS LIMITED BY THE AVERAGE SIZES OF THE LOTS AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY, UH, AS WELL AS THE ABUTTING FREEWAY AND EVEN THE PARK.
THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE THAT ISN'T AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA THAT LIMITS THE DENSITY.
LOOKING FURTHER INTO OUR CODE, SOME OF THIS I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, BUT IN UNDER THE RS TWO ZONE WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AND WITHIN OUR GE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL SECTIONS THAT AREN'T BEING MET BY THE PROPOSAL.
UH, SO AGAIN, THE 5,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM LOT AREA REQUIREMENT, UM, IT'S LESS THAN HALF OF THAT.
AGAIN, SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE CURRENT LOT IS FROM BASICALLY THE FREEWAY CONSTRUCTION DAYS.
UM, THE 20 FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACK IN THIS CASE, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT IT IN RELATION TO PARKING.
IN OUR CODE, IT SAYS NO PARKING WITHIN STREET FACING SETBACKS, EXCUSE ME.
UH, SO ZERO FOOT IS REQUESTED FOR THE PARKING.
OUR CODE ALSO SAYS NO TANDEM PARKING IS ALLOWED OUTSIDE OF THE WEST SIDE SPECIFIC PLAN.
UM, IN THIS CASE, THEY'LL BE PARKING A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE, WHICH WOULD ESSENTIALLY RESULT IN TANDEM PARKING AS WELL.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS THEY ARE ASKING FOR THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT OF THE VARIANCE IS THAT OUR CODE REQUIRES TWO PARKING SPACES FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, ONE UNCOVERED AND ONE UNCOVERED.
UH, SO THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO MEET THAT PARKING REQUIREMENT IN THE CODE.
UM, THE REQUIREMENT FOR INTERIOR YARD SIDE YARD SETBACK IS FIVE FEET.
UM, ON THE EAST SIDE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING FOUR FEET.
UM, 25 FEET IS REQUESTED OR REQUIRED FOR THE REAR GUARD SETBACK.
ULTIMATELY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING 14, AS WE SAW EARLIER.
AND I MENTIONED THE DEFINITION OF, UH, REAR LOT LINE IS MODIFIED BY THE SHAPE OF THE LOT.
UM, AND LASTLY, THE TWO STORY MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS REQUESTED TO BE EXCEEDED TO HAVE A THREE STORY, UH, STRUCTURE.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT AND AMOUNT OF FEET IS BEING MET WITH BY THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL.
CONTINUING ON WHEN A VARIANCE IS REQUESTED, OUR CODE REQUIRES THAT THREE FINDINGS ARE MET.
UM, SO THE FIRST OF THOSE THREE FINDINGS IS THAT THE VARIANCE SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY WHEN BECAUSE OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES APPLICABLE TO THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING SIZE, SHAPE, TOPOGRAPHY, LOCATION, SURROUNDINGS, THAT STRICT, STRICT APPLICATION OF THE RULES DEPRIVE THE PROPERTY OF PRIVILEGES, PRIVILEGES ENJOYED BY OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE VICINITY IN THE SAME ZONE.
SO IN THIS CASE, THE LOT IS LESS THAN HALF OF THE REQUIRED SIZE, WHICH HEAVILY RESTRICTS THE BUILDABLE AREA.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE TRIANGULAR SHAPE, WHICH ALSO HEAVILY MODIFIES THE AREA THAT CAN BE BUILT.
SO ON THIS LOT, THERE IS NO ROOM TO
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CONSTRUCT A RESIDENCE OF A TYPICAL SIZE.UH, FURTHERMORE, TALKING ABOUT THE FRONT YARD SETBACK, UH, THERE IS NOT REALLY SPACE TO PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT OTHER TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WOULD ENJOY.
THE SECOND FINDING IS THAT THE SHALL BE GRANTED, UM, IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T AUTHORIZE A GRANT OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGES, UM, THAT OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE VICINITY ZONE, UH, ARE NOT ENJOYING.
UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, ARE THERE OTHER EXISTING PROPERTIES THAT HAVE THE SAME CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE TODAY? UM, AND BASED ON STAFF RESEARCH, THERE ARE OTHER DEVELOPED LOTS IN NATIONAL CITY, MUCH LESS THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE OTHER LOTS, UH, ALONG 8 0 5 FREEWAY AND, UM, DIVISION STREET WHERE OUR STREET GRIDS START TO BE MODIFIED, WHERE YOU GET MORE TRIANGULAR SHAPED LOTS IN LESS THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, SO THERE ARE OTHERS MORE LOTS IN THE CITY.
UM, THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAVE REDUCED SETBACKS AS APPLICANT IS REQUESTING.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, UH, YOU HAVE THE TRIANGULAR SHAPE LOTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, YOU HAVE REVERSE CORNER LOTS.
THOSE ARE LOTS WHERE THE HOME IS CONSTRUCTED IN A, IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION THAN, UH, UH, FACING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN THE WAY THE LOT WAS REALLY INTENDED.
UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE TOPOGRAPHIC, UH, ISSUES WITH SETBACKS IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE SOME ENTIRE SUBDIVISIONS WITH REDUCED REAR YARD SETBACKS, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, AS FAR AS THE HEIGHT GOING ABOVE TWO STORIES, NATIONAL CITY IS VERY OLD.
WE HAVE, UH, HISTORIC HOMES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, THAT ARE THREE STORY TALL.
THESE ARE OUR OLD HISTORIC VICTORIA MANSIONS.
IF YOU AREN'T AWARE THAT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THEM.
UM, AND THEN GOING INTO PARKING AND FRONT YARD SETBACK, UH, WE HAVE HOUSES CONSTRUCTED THROUGH ALL THE DECADES SINCE THE 1880S.
SO, UH, QUITE A FEW OF THE HOUSES IN THE CITY IN THE RS TWO ZONE, UH, WERE BUILT WHEN THERE WAS NO RESTRICTION ON PARKING IN THE FRONT YARD.
UM, SO THERE, THAT'S THE PREEXISTING CONDITION FOR A LOT OF HOMES IN THE CITY, AND PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY.
THE THIRD FINDING, I LEFT TWO UP THERE, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, IS THAT A VARIANCE SHALL NOT BE GRANTED, WHICH AUTHORIZES A USE THAT IS NOT ALLOWED EXPRESSLY ALLOWED WITHIN THAT ZONE.
UM, SO IN THIS CASE, THE PROPOSAL IS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, WHICH IS PERMITTED IN THE RS TWO ZONE.
AND THEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING IS CONSIDERED AN ACCESSORY USE TO THE PRIMARY USE, ALSO ALLOWED IN ALL ZONES.
AND FURTHERMORE, THEY'RE REQUESTING THE PARKING ABILITY TO MEET THE CONFORM WITH THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS MOVING FORWARD.
UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, UH, STAFF'S DETERMINATION IS THAT THE PROJECT WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM CQA UNDER CLASS THREE, WHICH IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF, UH, SMALL STRUCTURES.
UM, IT EXPLICITLY EXEMPTS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UM, THAT'S WHY THAT ONE WAS CHOSEN.
UM, AND THEN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, WE HAVE OUR STANDARD CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PROVIDED COMMENTS ON THIS PROJECT, UM, AND STAFF IS REQUESTING AN UPDATED SITE PLAN TO, UH, CORRECT THE REAR LOT LINE MISTAKE.
UM, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
THE RESIDENCE IS A PERMITTED USE.
AND, UH, TITLE 18 PERMITS ZONE VARIANCES WITH THE FINDINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED TODAY.
THE OPTIONS FOR THE CONDITION, OUR COMMISSION HERE TONIGHT ARE TO FIND THE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM CQA AND APPROVE THE ZONE VARIANCE BASED ON THE FINDINGS LISTED IN THE DRAFT RESOLUTION OR FINDINGS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION, OR TO FIND THE PROJECT NOT EXEMPT FROM CQA AND OR DENY THE ZONE VARIANCE BASED ON FINDINGS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION OR CONTINUE THE ITEM FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
UH, STEPH IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, UM, THERE WAS ONE MINOR DATE ISSUE WITH THE RESOLUTION.
UM, AND SHOULD IT BE APPROVED, A NOTICE OF DECISION, UH, WOULD BE FILED WITH CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN LAST OVERVIEW OF THE CHANGES, ESSENTIALLY THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING ON THIS SITE PLAN IF NO QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND THE, UM, IT'S PAGE A TWO OF THE PLANS AND IT SHOWS A TWO CAR GARAGE.
HAS THAT CHANGED TO A ONE CAR? THERE ARE SOME MINOR ERRORS ON THE PLAN THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIMENSIONS, IT'S
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CLEARLY A ONE CAR GARAGE.UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER TYPOS ON THE PLANS, AND THAT CAN BE CORRECTED IN THE BUILDING PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS.
I WOULD, I JUST WASN'T SURE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE TANDEM.
SO THE, THE TANDEM WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE THE ABILITY TO PARK A, A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE.
SO LIKE A SMALL DRIVEWAY? YES.
AND, UM, DOES THE OWNER OF THE LOT NEXT DOOR OWN THE SAME LOT? WHO'S PARKING THE VEHICLES THERE NOW? UM, NO STAFF IS UNAWARE OF THE, OF THE VEHICLES YOU SEE IN THE IMAGES, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE JUST STANDARD AERIAL IMAGES AND STREET VIEW FROM GOOGLE.
UM, I BELIEVE THE OWNERSHIP WITH THE LOT NEXT DOOR IS NOT COMMON.
THE APPLICANT MAY OWN A LOT FURTHER DOWN THE BLOCK.
AND DO YOU KNOW IF THEY PLAN TO BUILD, BUILD IT AND LIVE IN IT, OR DO THEY PLAN TO BUILD IT AND SELL IT? BASED ON MY INTERACTIONS WITH THE APPLICANT AND WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED IT, IT APPEARS THAT IT IS A HOME SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE APPLICANT.
I I, I KIND OF WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PARKING.
UM, IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL THE CLARIFICATION.
UH, I NEED IS THAT GREEN AREA THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED THERE, IS THAT THE PROPOSED PARKING AND HE'S, THE APPLICANT IS ASKING TO PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY? IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT'S GOING ON? 'CAUSE I'M HAVING A HARD TIME SEEING THE, WHEN YOU'RE CLEARING THAT UP, I'M, I'M ASSUMING HE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALSO PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PL MEANING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY OR NO, I'M, SO IF, IF WE, IF WE PICTURE A STANDARD 5,000 SQUARE FOOT RECTANGULAR LOT, TYPICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD SEE WOULD BE A, A TWO CAR GARAGE AND THEN, OR THEY COULD HAVE A ONE CAR GARAGE AND AN OPEN AIR PARKING SPACE.
UM, BUT IF, IF A SITE PLAN CAME IN FOR PLANNING REVIEW FOR A NEW CONSTRUCTION, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE BEYOND THE 20 FOOT SETBACK.
SO THAT'S A DEVIATION HE IS ASKING FOR TO BE ABLE TO, SO THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS, I'M REITERATING IT IS HE'S ASKING TO COUNT THE DRIVEWAY THAT'S WITHIN THE SETBACK AS A DEVIATION FOR PARKING? CORRECT.
AND WE WOULD, WE WOULD, IF IT CAME IN AS A BUILDING PERMIT, WE WOULD DENY IT FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE IS NO PARKING IN A STREET FACING SETBACK, AND THE SECOND WOULD BE NO TANDEM PARKING IS ALLOWED OUTSIDE THE WEST SIDE SPECIFIC PLAN.
SO TANDEM PARKING IS WHEN YOU HAVE A CAR STACKED IN, IN THIS SITUATION, THAT'S WHAT WOULD OCCUR, UM, BECAUSE THE CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY WOULD, WOULD ESSENTIALLY BLOCK THE CAR THAT'S INSIDE THE GARAGE.
MY OTHER, I GUESS, UH, THE OTHER NOTE THAT I, I WANTED TO, TO MAKE ON THIS, AND WE, OF WHAT'S GOING ON ON FOURTH STREET, THE, WE'RE PROPOSING THE CHANGES AND DOES THIS ONE MEET THOSE CHANGES AS FAR AS THE, THE CHANGE SET, BUT, WELL, NOT THAT PARTICULAR SETBACK, OR AM I OPENING A CAN OF WORMS?
WE'LL STICK JUST TO THIS PROPERTY.
I REALLY LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON.
WELL, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER THINGS GOING ON HERE.
SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE IS AT THE STATE LEVEL, UH, SENATE BILL NINE ALLOWS FOR PRIMARY UNITS WITH FOUR FOOT SETBACKS.
UH, SO ESSENTIALLY THE APPLICANT COULD HAVE BUILT WITH A FOUR FOOT SETBACK IN THIS CASE, UM, BUT THEY WOULD STILL BE IN THE SAME SCENARIO WITH THE PARKING AND THE SETBACK AND, AND NOT MEETING THAT PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, WHICH WILL BE TALKED ABOUT LATER TODAY, THERE IS A PROPOSED REZONING FOR THIS AREA, WHICH WOULD CONVERT THIS LOT TO A MIXED USE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED YET.
AND SO IF YOU'RE BUILDING A HOUSE, THE APPLICANT MAY NOT NECESSARILY WANT TO WAIT TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT FOR BUILDING PERMITS.
UM, AND THEN THEY WOULD STILL RUN INTO THE SAME ISSUE WITH PARKING.
OUR MIXED USE ZONE IS INTENDED TO BE WALKABLE, OR OUR MIXED USE ZONES ARE INTENDED TO BE WALKABLE, SO WE DON'T ALLOW OPEN PARKING WITHIN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION IF THEY WENT THROUGH THAT ANYWAYS.
UM, AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE PLANS, LOOKING AT THE FLOOR PLANS AT THE FIRST LEVEL, A ONE CAR GARAGE TAKES UP A DECENT AMOUNT OF THE BUILD HAD HABITABLE AREA, BUT IF THEY WERE TO PUT A TWO CAR GARAGE ON THIS SITE, IT WOULD REALLY TAKE UP A LOT OF SPACE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE INTENTION OF WHY THEY'RE DOING IT.
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SO JUST ONE LAST COMMENT.IT'S A, IT'S A, GONNA BE A, UH, THREE BEDROOM, RIGHT? LOOKING AT, UH, FOUR BEDROOMS. OH, THERE YOU GO.
FOUR BEDROOMS, TWO AND TWO AND TWO PARKING SPOTS.
ONE IN THE GARAGE AND ONE OUT, ONE IN THE DRIVEWAY.
SO ON THE, ON THE FLOOR PLANS, WE HAVE FOUR BEDROOMS AND A ONE CAR GARAGE, ONE CAR GARAGE DRIVE UP THERE AT THE MOMENT.
OKAY, MY QUESTION WAS ON THE REAR SETBACK.
UM, THE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR 14 FOOT SETBACK NOW, WHEN I WAS THERE EARLIER TODAY, I NOTICED THERE'S A LOT OF SHRUBBERY.
IS THAT WHAT I CALL IT FOR ON THE CALTRAN SIDE OF IT? IS, DOES THAT MEET LIKE MINIMUM STATE, UM, REQUIREMENTS TO BE AWAY FROM THE SHRUBBERY, LIKE THE, THE HOME? AM I WORDING IT CORRECTLY? UM, AS AS PLANNING STAFF, I, I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF, UM, CALTRAN CALTRANS RIGHT AWAY AND HOW THEY DEAL WITH THEIR LANDSCAPING AND, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UM, THERE ARE NO EASEMENTS THAT I, I AM AWARE OF ON THIS PROPERTY THAT IS, IS THE RESULT OF THE HIGHWAY.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A, A PRETTY MAJOR GRADE DIFFERENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY AND, AND WHERE THIS PROPERTY SITS.
UM, BUT ON THE HIGHWAY SIDE, THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY REDUCED SETBACK.
IT'S, THEY'RE MAINTAINING THE FIVE FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK THAT IS REQUIRED THROUGH OUR CODE.
SENT? YEAH, I'VE GOT A QUESTION.
UM, WHAT WAS I, I SEE NO DOCUMENTATION IN HERE CONCERNING THE MAILING TO PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE, THE AREA.
UH, WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THAT? BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DIRECTLY TO THE EAST OF THEM, UH, WITH THIS VARIANCE ON THE, THE SETBACKS, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY GOING TO HAVE A BUILDING THAT'S 30 SOME FEET HIGH RIGHT NEXT TO THEIR BUILDING, WHICH IS GONNA CUT OFF THEIR AIRFLOW, WHICH IS A HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERN.
UM, PLUS IT'S GONNA BE IN SHADE A LOT OF THE TIME.
SO THE MAILINGS, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED THERE? UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR IN, IN THE AGENDA PACKET, IT'S, UH, ATTACHMENT FOUR ON THIS ITEM IS THE MAILING THAT WENT OUT ON THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION DATE THAT WAS INTENDED FOR MARCH 4TH.
UM, THERE WAS ESSENTIALLY A MAIL ROOM MIX UP, AND THE LETTERS DID NOT GO OUT, UM, WITHOUT STAFF'S KNOWLEDGE.
UM, THAT IS WHY WE HAD TO, UM, CHANGE THE DATE TO TODAY TO MEET PROPER MAILING AND NOTICING REQUIREMENTS.
UM, LETTERS WENT OUT TO, UM, 18 PROPERTY OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS.
UM, THIS WAS A VERY SMALL MAILING AREA WITH NOT A LOT OF PROPERTY.
SO, UH, STAFF WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS CORRECT AS FAR AS WHICH PROPERTY OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS RECEIVED THE MAILING.
SO ESSENTIALLY I WENT THROUGH EVERY PROPERTY BY HAND TO MAKE SURE THE CORRECT PEOPLE GOT THE NOTICES.
UM, NO CORRESPONDENCE OR REACHING OUT OCCURRED FROM ANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS OR OCCUPANTS WITHIN THE AREA.
AND IS, UH, ESTELLA CLARK PRESENT OR HER REPRESENTATIVE? UH, THE APPLICANT WAS REMINDED OF THE MEETING ON THURSDAY, UM, BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CORRESPONDENCE FROM THEM ABOUT THEIR ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? I HAVE A OKAY.
YES, I JUST HAD A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.
UM, I KNOW WHEN I DID THE SITE SURVEY, IT'S A PRETTY SMALL LOT, UM, AND THERE IS A PRETTY STEEP GRADE THAT GOES DOWN.
UM, WAS THERE ANY, HAS THERE BEEN A SURVEY OF THE LOT, THE ACTUAL LOT LINE, UM, UH, WHERE IT GOES? SO WE KNOW IF THE, THAT FENCE IS THE CALTRANS
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BORDER OF WHERE IT GOES DOWN.AND THEN, UM, DO YOU KNOW IF THEY DID ANY EROSION OR SOILS REPORTS OR ANYTHING? BECAUSE THREE STORIES HIGH WOULD BE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD REQUIRE SOMETHING DIFFERENT WEIGHT-WISE.
UM, IF THE APPLICANT WERE TO, UH, SUBMIT FOR A BUILDING PERMIT, A SOILS REPORT IS GENERALLY REQUIRED.
UM, THERE ARE VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS TO THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE SURVEY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT PROVIDED THE FIGHT PLAN, I WASN'T PROVIDED ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
UH, GENERALLY IT WOULD BE BEST PRACTICE TO HAVE A SURVEY DONE BEFORE, UH, GETTING CONSTRUCTION SO YOU DON'T RUN INTO ISSUES LATER ON.
BUT I WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH A PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONALLY DONE SURVEY.
I INVITE THE APPLICANT OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GIVE THEIR 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION.
SO WE HAVE NO, THE APPLICANT OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVE OR NOT HERE TONIGHT.
WE WILL NOW HEAR LIVE FROM ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.
EACH PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A MAXIMUM TIME OF THREE MINUTES.
MADAM SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, EITHER IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM? WE DO NOT, NOT TONIGHT.
I REQUEST THE SECRETARY PROCEED WITH DISCLOSING IF ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED IN WRITING.
MADAM SECRETARY, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WOULD STAFF LIKE TO MAKE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? NO FURTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION? OKAY.
HAVING HEARD ALL COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE STAFF AND THE PUBLIC ON THIS ITEM, IS THERE A COMMISSIONER WISHING TO BRING A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING? WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIRMAN CASTLE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIN TO CLO, I'M SORRY, SANCHEZ, TO CLOSE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BEING THE MAKER OF THE MOTION.
VICE CHAIR CASTLE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION? NOTHING.
NO FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.
THE COMMISSION WILL NOW VOTE ELECTRONICALLY ON THE MOTION.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE DECLARE THE RESULT OF THE VOTE.
MOTION APPROVED WITH FIVE YESES.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
IS THERE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION THAT WOULD LIKE TO BRING A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? I APOLOGIZE.
UM, COMMISSIONER SENT, UH, DO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO GLITCH ON THE SYSTEM? WERE YOU MEANING TO, UH, VOTE? NO.
THAT WAS JUST FOR CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? THAT WAS FOR CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES.
SO NOW, UH, OKAY, IF WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, DO WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION TO EITHER, UM, CONTINUE THE ITEM TO ANOTHER MEETING OR FOR DENIAL? WE NEED A MOTION, FOLKS, UH, MR. CHAIR? YES.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED, SO WE CAN'T CONTINUE IT.
IT WOULD EITHER BE APPROVED OR DENY AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? OH, UH, NO CONTINUATION MOTION THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD'VE HAD TO BE IN THE FIRST MOTION, I BELIEVE.
WE CAN, THEY, WE CAN TAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE IF WE NEED TO, BUT IF WE DO WANNA DO A MOTION FOR DENIAL, WE'LL NEED TO MAKE FINDINGS.
SO YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME FINDINGS FOR DENIAL.
UH, IS THERE, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE, UM, AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE APPLICANT PRESENT, UM, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR CASTLE.
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TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION NEXT? OKAY.UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR CASTLE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SENT TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH WILL BE APRIL 1ST, 2024.
I, I MIGHT RECOMMEND WE JUST CONTINUE THE ITEM SINCE WE'RE NOT SURE IF THE APPLICANT WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE NEXT MEETING.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD JUST CONTINUE THE ITEM WHAT NOT TO DATE CERTAIN.
DOES STAFF HAVE A PREFERENCE? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S IF WE DO THAT, THEN, UH, IF IT'S NOT TIME SPECIFIC, WE'LL HAVE TO RE-NOTICE IT, WHICH IS FINE.
AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC ONE MORE TIME OKAY.
AS WELL AS GIVE THE APPLICANT, UH, THE OPTION TO BE HERE IN CASE FOR SOME REASON THEY'RE BUSY IN TWO WEEKS.
I'M SORRY, THERE'S ONLY 18 PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE NOTIFIED.
IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? CORRECT.
PLUS IT WOULD GO BACK IN THE NEWSPAPER AS WELL.
ARE, UH, BOTH THE MAKER OF THE MOTION AND THE PERSON WHO SECONDED ARE YOU GUYS, YOU'RE BOTH GOOD WITH THAT.
SO THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MO VOTE ON THAT MOTION.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE DECLARE THE RESULTS.
MOTION APPRO ANONYMOUSLY WITH COMMISSIONERS PRESENT.
[5. Recommendation for Adoption by the City Council of the City of National City Adopting Chapter 18.49 (Objective Design Standards) and Chapter 18.50 (Floor Area Ratio Bonus Regulations), Amendments to Chapter 18.29 (Overlay Zones) to Allow Residential Development on Certain Parcels Zone CL and CS, and Amending Chapter 18.10 (Understanding the Land Use Code), Chapter 18.12 (Permits and Applications), Chapter 18.22 (Commercial Zones), Chapter 18.24 (Mixed-Use Corridor and District Zones), Chapter 18.30 (Specific Use Regulations), Chapter 18.48 (Residential Density Bonus and Affordable Housing Incentives), and Chapter 18.60 (Glossary) as well as other Amendments to Revise Title 18; Receive and Filed the Addenda to the SPEIR, which includes: minor text changes to the Land Use Element, minor text and map changes to the Bicycle Master Plan, minor changes to the Climate Action Plan, and minor changes to the Transportation Element.]
NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR ADOPTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING CHAPTER 1849, OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS CHAPTER 1850, FLOOR AREA RATIO BONUS REGULATIONS, AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 1829, OVERLAY ZONES TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON CERTAIN PARCELS, ZONE, CL AND CS AND AMENDING CHAPTER 18 POINT 10, UNDERSTANDING THE LAND USE CODE CHAPTER 1812 PERMITS AND APPLICATIONS CHAPTER 1822, COMMERCIAL ZONES CHAPTER 1824, MIXED USE CORRIDOR AND DISTRICT ZONES CHAPTER 1830 SPECIFIC USE REGULATIONS CHAPTER 1848, RESIDENTIAL DENSITY BONUS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES IN CHAPTER 1860 GLOSSARY AS WELL AS A, AS OTHER AMENDMENTS TO REVISE TITLE 18, RECEIVE AND FILE THE AGENDA FOR THE SEIR, WHICH INCLUDES MINOR TEXT AND MAP CHANGES TO THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, MINOR CHANGES TO THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, AND MINOR CHANGES TO THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT.BEFORE WE BEGIN, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY DISCLOSURES RELATING TO THIS HEARING? COMMISSIONER ARMINTA? UM, I GENERALLY FREQUENT FOURTH AVENUE.
SO THIS, SORRY, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS DOESN'T, UH, INCLUDE THE ZONING MAP, SO I DON'T BELIEVE WE, WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH QUORUM, DO WE? NO, NO.
WE'RE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S GONNA NECESSITATE ANY, UH, STEPPING DOWN AT THIS, THIS LEVEL OF THE HEARING.
MADAM SECRETARY, HAVE THE NOTICE AS REQUIRED BY LAW BEEN GIVEN, AND DO WE HAVE A COMPLETE FILE OF EXHIBITS, CORRESPONDENCE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS? YES, CHAIR.
WILL STAFF PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SUMMARIZE THE ITEM FOR US.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF COMMISSION STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC MARTIN READER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND I'M JUST HERE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM AND TO PASS ALONG TO OUR CONSULTANT.
UH, YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY THIS IS COMING BACK, BUT, UH, AS YOU RECALL, WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION BACK IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND THE CORRESPONDING MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
UH, AND, UH, THE WEST SIDE SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENTS DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENTS AS WELL AS AMENDMENTS, TEXTUAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, THE ZONING CODE.
UM, SINCE THAT TIME, UH, WE DID GO TO THE COUNCIL.
AFTER THAT, THE COUNCIL HAD QUITE A
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BIT OF INPUT FOR STAFF, UH, WHICH NECESSITATED THE ITEM IN CONTINUED SO WE COULD ADDRESS THOSE COMMENTS AND DO SOME MORE RESEARCH HAS BEEN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MORE CHANGES IN STATE LAW SINCE THAT TIME, WHICH SEEMS TO HAPPEN QUITE FREQUENTLY.UM, WE DID, UH, AT THE BEHEST OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MAKE SOME MINOR AMENDMENTS TO THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TO TAKE DATA THAT WAS IN THE APPENDIX AND BRING IT FORWARD INTO THE ACTUAL PLAN ITSELF.
TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR, UH, WE DID SOME MINOR, UH, MINOR CHANGES TO THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN TO THE HOUSE, NATIONAL CITY ORDINANCE.
AND, UH, THERE WERE, UH, SOME VERY MINOR CHANGES TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AS WELL, WHICH WE'LL GO THROUGH IN THE PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, WE DID COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH, UH, TWO WORKSHOPS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR IN DECEMBER AND PRESENTED THOSE, UH, THAT INFORMATION TO THEM.
AND BASED ON THOSE MINOR AMENDMENTS, THE, THE BODY OF OF WORK OR THE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW INCLUDES ALL OF THE UPDATED ELEMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, CIRCULATION ELEMENT, UH, ET CETERA.
AND WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT SAME RECOMMENDATION TO BE MADE TO THE CITY COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT CITY COUNCIL AND HOPEFULLY, UH, FINISH UP THIS FOCUS, GENERAL PLAN UPDATE SOON.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S MY INTRODUCTION AND NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR, UH, FOR QUESTIONS LATER.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO TARA LAKE WITH WSP WHO'LL BE PRESENTING THE POWERPOINT.
GOOD EVENING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
SO WE'LL BE GOING OVER, UM, MARTIN WENT OVER THE FIRST COUPLE ITEMS HERE, AND THEN WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE, THE, GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, THE, THE CONCLUSIONS THAT WERE, UH, UH, COME UP WITH WHEN WE HAD THE COUNCIL BRIEFINGS, AS WELL AS THE WORKSHOPS.
UM, TALK ABOUT THE, THE UPDATES TO THE CAP THAT MARTIN MENTIONED.
UM, ALSO THE EROTA FOR THE S-P-E-I-R, UM, AND THE MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS, AND THEN AS WELL AS NEXT STEPS.
THANK YOU FOR READING THAT AT THE BEGINNING.
UM, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE, UH, ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING.
AND AS, UH, MARTIN REALLY JUST SUMMARIZED, UH, WHEN, WHEN WE WERE HERE BEFORE, UH, IN AUGUST, THAT THIS IS, THESE WERE THE ACTIONS THAT YOU TOOK AT THAT TIME WHEN WE WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THEY DID, UH, DIRECT US TO LOOK FURTHER INTO INCLUSIONARY PROGRAMS, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, UH, DISPLAY THE GOALS THAT ARE LINKED, UM, TO THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, AND THEN ALSO TO KIND OF DIVE DEEPER INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION COMPONENT OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
UM, AND SO, UM, THE CON KIND OF CONCLUSIONS FROM THAT WERE TO, YOU KNOW, UH, TARGET REDUCTIONS, UH, FROM THE CAP STRATEGIES, UH, IDENTIFY DETAILED PATHWAYS MEETING THE GOALS, UM, AND THAT THAT WILL BE DEFINED DURING THE NEXT PHASE.
UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HOUSE, NATIONAL CITY, UM, IS AN OPT-IN BONUS DENSITY PROGRAM.
AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROGRAM, UM, IS THE, IS THE RIGHT STEP AT THIS TIME, UM, THAT THE CITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
AND ALSO THAT THIS CITY, UH, SHOULD, WHEN ALLOWABLE AND APPROPRIATE WORK WITH DEVELOPERS, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S, UH, AMPLE OPEN SPACE, UH, FOR PEOPLE AND PETS, UM, IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
AND SO THOSE CAP, UH, STRATEGIES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, BRINGING THOSE TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, UH, OUT OF THE APPENDIX.
UM, SO THIS KIND OF SUMMARY OF THOSE YOU CAN SEE.
SO FOR VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED, UM, REDUCE THE VMT PER CAPITA FROM, UM, 11.1 IN 2012 TO 8.21 IN 2050.
UM, THE MODE SHARE THAT 30% REDUCTION, UM, IN, UH, SINGLE OCCUPIED VEHICLE TRIPS BY 2050.
UM, SO I MAYBE WON'T READ ALL OF THESE, BUT THIS REALLY KIND OF SUMMARIZES, UH, THOSE, UH, TARGET REDUCTIONS THAT WE DID BRING FORWARD INTO THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
AND SINCE WE SAW YOU LAST, UM, SOME KIND OF MINOR ADA THAT, UH, WE CAN GO OVER HERE.
SO IN THE LAND USE ELEMENT, UM, THERE WAS A CORRECTION MADE TO INCLUDE, UH, THREE VIEWSHED POLICIES THAT WERE IN THE 2011 GENERAL PLAN.
UH, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WE KINDA JUST WENT OVER OF BRINGING THOSE, UH, TABLE 18, UM, GOALS AND, UH, SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO THE, UH, THE, THE CAP ITSELF, UM, THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT, UH, THE, THE BICYCLE FIGURES LISTED THERE WERE UPDATED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
UM, AND THEN SOME LANGUAGE ADDED
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TO THE HOUSE NATIONAL CITY REGULATIONS, UM, THAT INCLUDES THOSE DISPLACED BY GOVERNMENTS, UH, DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCIES.AND TO GO INTO THE, UM, REVISIONS TO THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, UM, THAT ARE LISTED IN THE RADA, UH, REVISE THE TEXT TO EXTEND THE GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITS OF TWO CLASS THREE BICYCLE ROUTES, UPDATED TO REFLECT, UH, RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED BICYCLE FACILITIES, UH, UPDATED TO ALSO REFLECT, UM, APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES OF, OF NEW BICYCLE FACILITIES THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED.
UM, ALSO UPDATED TO BE CONSISTENT, UH, WITH REVISED FIGURES IN THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT.
UM, EXPANDED THE DISCUSSION OF HOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DEVELOPED, UM, AND ALSO EXPANDED THE DISCUSSION AROUND PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, INCLUDING ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY.
AND AS MARTIN MENTIONED THAT, UM, SOME OF THE, UH, LEGISLATION HAS CHANGED SINCE WE HAD ORIGINALLY REVISED, UH, THE TITLE 18.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THIS IS TO HELP, UH, FACILITATE, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UM, ENCOURAGING DEED RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, UM, ALLOWING FOR A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES TO KIND OF NAME A FEW.
AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS IS COMING TOMORROW TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR ACTION ADOPTION.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND READING IN APRIL 2ND, UH, BACK TO, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, WE ARE TARGETING APRIL 15TH.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BRING FORWARD THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.
UM, AND THEN TO CITY COUNCIL ON, UH, TARGETING APRIL 16TH AGAIN WITH THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.
AND THEN THE SECOND READING FOR THAT, UH, TARGETING MAY 6TH.
AND SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AGAIN, JUST, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, UP THERE FOR YOUR, UH, VIEWING.
AND WITH THAT, WE, UH, TURN IT OVER TO QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. LAKE.
WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, SEEING NOBODY.
UM, I REQUEST THE SECRETARY PROCEED WITH DISCLOSING AND DISCLOSING IF ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED.
UH, DO THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OF STAFF VICE CHAIR CASTLE? I DO.
UM, THE COLOR COORDINATION IN, UH, THE GENERAL PLAN THAT WAS SENT TO US.
UM, SO IF IT WAS RED AND IT HAD A STRIKE THROUGH, IT WAS REDACTED.
IF IT WAS ORANGE, WHAT DID THAT MEAN? AND IF IT WAS PURPLE, WHAT DID THAT MEAN? YES, YOU ARE CORRECT, UH, THROUGH THE CHAIR, ANYTHING WITH A STRIKE THROUGH IS, IS UM, REMOVED AND THE DIFFERENT COLORS ARE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT WENT THROUGH AND MADE CHANGES.
SO THERE'S, I THINK, THREE DIFFERENT COLORS IN THERE.
SO JUST ANYTHING THAT'S A SOLID COLOR THAT IS UNDERLINED IS AN ADDITION TO THE COAT, REGARDLESS OF THE COLOR IN THIS CASE.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
I WAS LIKE, I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE WAS WHICH.
CAN I GIVE THAT TO STAFF FOR? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
RATHER THAN GOING OVER EACH ONE HERE IS, DOES IT NEED, UH, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT NEEDS TO BE READ UNDER THE RECORD.
MY, ARE YOU, ARE YOU SUGGESTING CHANGES? WELL, TO THE STRIKE THROUGH UNDERLINE, YES.
I WOULD READ THEM FOR PUBLIC FOR COMMENT.
UH, I, YEAH, I'M LOOKING TO COUNSEL ON THAT BECAUSE I, I HAVE PROBABLY BETWEEN ONE AND TWO DOZEN.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SO YOU HAVE, YOU WANT TO MAKE CHANGES OR YOU JUST HAVE COMMENTS? UM, BOTH.
SO,
I KNOW
SO DO YOU WANNA WALK THROUGH? OKAY.
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THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ITEMS, UM, YOU, YOU MENTIONED ON PAGE TWO THAT THERE WILL BE CHANGES TO TITLE 13, UM, IN RELATION TO TITLE 18.ITEM NUMBER SIX, REF, UH, HAS A REFERENCE TO TITLE 13.
THAT'S THE FOOD VENDING INITIATION UNDER A NEW BUSINESS.
OKAY, THEN WE'LL TAKE IT UP AT THAT POINT.
IS THAT, IS THAT THE ONLY COMMENT? OKAY.
UM, I'M SORRY, I LOST MY PLACE IN MY SCRIPT HERE.
SO NO FURTHER, UM, CLARIFYING COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION, UH, HAVING HEARD ALL COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE STAFF AND THE PUBLIC ON THIS ITEM, IS THERE A COMMISSIONER WISHING TO BRING A MOTION TO, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? CARING? CAN I, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES.
FOR, UH, SPECIFIC USE, UM, LOOKING AT CHAPTER 18 POINT 30 ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESSES, IS THERE SOME KIND OF MAP OR ANY SPECIFIC, UM, LOCATIONS WHERE THIS IS GOING TO BE AT? IS THIS FOR ITEM, EXCUSE ME, CARLOS GUI, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT? IS THIS ON ITEM SIX OR ON ITEM FIVE? I THINK YOUR ITEM, YOU'RE, AM I ONE AHEAD? YEAH.
I, I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, THERE'S NO CHANGES TO THAT SECTION PROPOSED HERE.
THIS IS ANY, THE ONLY CHANGES IN THIS TITLE 18 ARE THE ONES THAT ARE EITHER STRICKEN OR, UH, IN COLOR, I BELIEVE.
YEAH, I, I THINK THE COMMENTS, UH, THAT ARE BEING REFERRED TO, REFERRED TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
NOT EVEN THAT OR, UH, WITH RESPECT, I'M LOOKING AT THIS NOW, I, BECAUSE ONE OF THE, UM, ATTACHMENTS IS NOW WHERE DID IT GO? NO, IS TITLE 18, DIVISION ONE.
UM, AND IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME IF THAT IS PART OF ITEM FIVE OR ITEM SIX, THE PRINTED OUT TITLE 18 THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE STRIKE THROUGH UNDERLINE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS FOR THE FOCUS, GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
UH, IN FACT, THE NUMBERS NUMBER SIX, THE STAFF REPORT FOR NUMBER SIX IS VERY MINOR.
AND I, I DIDN'T PROVIDE A, A GREAT DEAL OF CODE DETAIL IN THAT STAFF REPORT AS I WILL GET TO IN THAT ITEM.
SO, SO CAN COMMENTS BE MADE UNDER ITEM FIVE FOR THOSE COMMENTS? IT WOULD BE IN TITLE 18, NOT RELATED TO ITEM SIX.
THEY, THEY ARE A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT AMENDMENTS AND IN CONSIDERATIONS FOR REVISIONS OF TITLE 18.
SO THEY'RE SEPARATE ITEMS. THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CONCERNING THE SEPARATE.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT? UH, WELL, THEY ARE ON THE AGENDA, BUT THERE'S A SEPARATE ORDER, THERE'S SEPARATE CONSIDERATIONS FOR EACH, EACH, UM, EACH ITEM.
WHAT ITEM DO THEY FALL UNDER THEN? I THINK THE ONES YOU'RE REFERRING TO ARE FOR, UH, ITEM SIX.
AND, AND I, I, IS THERE, IS THERE ANY ANYMORE SEE THAT? BUT THE OTHER ONES, UM, HAVE TO DO WITH, UH, A LOT OF THE STRIKE THROUGH UNDERLINE THAT GOES THROUGH THIS WHOLE SECTION OF TITLE 18.
CAN YOU REFER TO A, UH, ANOTHER ONE? AND THIS, THIS ISN'T, IT IS NOT RELATED
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TO ANY FOOD VENDING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.SO THAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AT EACH ONE.
BUT WITH REGARD TO ADULT, UH, USES, THERE WAS NO CHANGE TO THAT SECTION THAT'S JUST, WE PRINTED OUT, WE HAD TO PRINT OUT THE ENTIRE CODE, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE ALL OF THE CHANGES.
'CAUSE IF WE JUST PUT THE STRIKE THROUGH UNDERLINE SECTIONS OR NEW SECTIONS IN A ROW, THERE WOULD BE NO CONTEXT.
OH, LET ME, YEAH, LET, LET ME GET THIS.
I, I REALLY NEED TO, TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THIS, 'CAUSE I'M, I'M CONFUSED ABOUT IT.
SO DIVISION ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS THAT WE GOT, UM, IS THAT ITEM FIVE OR ITEM SIX? ITEM FIVE.
THEN I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS ON THAT.
YEAH, MAYBE IT'D BE HELPFUL IF YOU HAVE LIKE A SPECIFIC CODE SECTION THAT WE CAN REFERENCE THE RED LINE.
UM, IN FACT, IN THAT DIVISION ONE, LET ME, UM, ON PAGE EIGHT OF 296, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, UM, UNDER ITEM TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE PAGE, ITEM TWO C SAYS, IN THE CASE OF A RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY, WHETHER THE REQUESTED ACCOMMODATION IS NECESSARY TO MAKE FACILITIES OF A SIMILAR NATURE OR OPERATION ECONOMICALLY VIABLE IN LIGHT OF THE, UH, PARTICULARITIES OF THE RELEVANT MARKET AND MARKET PARTICIPANTS.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT GIVES ANY KIND OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OR IS IT TO ADDRESS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE? WHAT DOES THAT, I I, IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME EXACTLY WHAT THAT SECTION MEANS.
WELL, THE WHOLE SECTION IS RELATED OR THE ENTIRE SECTION 18, 10 0 7 ALWAYS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS, WHICH IS BASED ON STATE LAW FOR ACCOMMODATION, FOR THOSE, UH, FOR, UM, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
TO, TO ACCESS ALL THE, ALL THE SAME SERVICES AS, AS ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE.
IT'S, YEAH, THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE STATE CODE CHANGES.
THIS IS, THIS IS ALSO TAKEN VERBATIM FROM STATE CODE, SO OH, IT IS? YEAH.
AND, AND STATE'S REQUIRING THAT IT BE, THAT IS CORRECT.
AND ON THE NEXT PAGE, UH, UNDER TIME EXTENSION, UH, ITEM TWO B, NOTICE, NOTICE OF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR'S DECISION ON A TIME EXTENSION SHALL BE VI PROVIDED IN WRITING.
BUT TO WHOM I THINK YOU NEED CLARIFICATION AS TO WHOM THIS IS BEING PROVIDED TO THE APPLICANT OR TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO THE CITY COUNCIL OR WHAT, WHO, WHO TO WHOM IS THIS BEING PROVIDED FOR WHOM? UM, IT'S GENERALLY TO WHOEVER'S PROPOSING THE PROJECT, BUT I UNDERSTAND.
AND THEN THE VERY NEXT ITEM, UH, IT SAYS APPEAL OF DETERMINATION, A TIME EXTENSION FOR A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION SHALL BE FINAL UNLESS APPEALED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO WHY WOULD IT GO STRAIGHT TO CITY COUNCIL AND NOT COME HERE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL BEFORE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL? ISN'T THAT THE PROPER, IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE LEVEL OF THE PERMIT.
SOME PERMITS GO TO COUNCIL, SOME COME TO, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION, SOME ONLY GO TO STAFF.
SO THERE, THERE IS A PRO, ANOTHER SECTION OF THE CODE WHICH TALKS ABOUT WHAT EACH, WHO APPROVES EACH PERMIT AT WHAT LEVEL.
IS THIS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE THE STATE IS MANDATED? THAT ENTIRE SECTION, THIS ENTIRE SECTION IS ADDED FROM STATE CODE.
UM, TOWARDS THE BOTTOM 18 12 0 0 5 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ITEM A THERE IT SAYS AN APPLICATION FOR A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT WILL REQUIRE A DEMOLITION OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS.
UH, I THINK YOU NEED TO INSERT THE WORD EXISTING
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SOMEWHERE IN THERE BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S BEING DEMOLISHED.IT'S AN EXISTING BILL, SO IT'S REDUNDANT YOU WERE SAYING.
ON THE NEXT PAGE, UM, UNDER ITEM, UM, DOWN TOWARDS THE MIDDLE ITEM C TWO SAYS IF THE PLANNING DIVISION DOES NOT PROVIDE THE ABOVE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WILL BE DEEMED COMPLIANT WITH APPLICABLE PLANS.
BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE A, A TIMEFRAME FOR THAT.
IS THAT, DOES IT NEED TO BE DONE WITHIN 30 DAYS? AGAIN, THAT'S ON THE NEXT PAGE.
SO THERE'S TWO PROCESSES BEFORE THAT DETERMINATION.
THERE'S A 30 DAY REVIEW IN THE 60 DAY REVIEW DETERMINATION.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT'S BASICALLY SAYING AFTER GOING THROUGH THAT, THEN YOU'RE, OH, SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR ANOTHER? THAT'S CORRECT.
JUMPING ALL THE WAY TO PAGE 1 56 OF 2 96, THIS IS JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE, UNDER ITEM SIX LANDSCAPING, IT SAYS 1 24 INCH BOX TREE SHALL BE PLANTED WITHIN THE REQUIRED 15 FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACK FOR ADU OR IN THE ABUTTING PARKWAY.
WOULD THAT REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO GET, UM, AN ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FROM ENGINEERING? UH, TO ANSWER, THE ANSWER IS NO, THEY WOULDN'T.
UH, I WILL SAY THAT THIS SECTION IS ACTUALLY ALREADY IN THE CODE.
UH, IT WAS OH REALLY? 'CAUSE IT'S UNDERLINED HERE IT IS.
WE HAVEN'T, WE PROCESS HAS TAKEN SOME TIME.
SO IN, IN THE MEANTIME OF STARTING THIS PROCESS WHERE WE HAD, WE HAD PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION TO OUR CONSULTANTS BECAUSE THEY HAD, UM, DONE THE TITLE 18 CHANGES.
AND WE HADN'T, AT THAT TIME, WE HAD JUST APPROVED THE A DU SECTION THREE, UH, THREE 70 AND THREE 80 OR 3 83 90.
UH, SO WE DID GIVE THAT TO THEM AND THEY PUT IT IN THE DOCUMENT.
BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED A DU AND JUNIOR RADIO.
SO THIS SECTION IS ALREADY ADOPTED, BUT THE ANSWER IS STILL NO, THEY DON'T NEED A ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FOR A TREE IN THE PARKWAY.
IN, IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
WE DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT TYPES OF TREES MAY BE PLANTED, BUT YEAH.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE PAGE, 10% OF THE TOTAL UNITS WHERE IT STARTS THERE.
UH, IN THE LAST SENTENCE, IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, THESE UNITS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A RECORDED AFFORDABILITY
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RESTRICTION OF 55 YEARS.UM, THERE'S A WHOLE SECTION ABOUT STUDENT HOUSING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY UNIVERSITIES IN NATIONAL CITY.
WHY DO WE IT'S, IT'S PULLED DIRECTLY FROM STATE LAW.
SO IT'S, IT'S INCLUDED IN STATE LAW, IT'S STATE LAW'S, LANGUAGE.
THIS IS A STATE LAW SECTION OR, OR I WAS THINKING, IS IT POTENTIALLY HOUSING FOR SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY BE HOMELESS? NO.
THE DENSITY BONUS, UH, LAW AND REGULATION HAS REFERENCES TO SENIOR HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, ANY FORM OF, UH, OF, UH, SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY NEED HELP WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INCLUDING STUDENTS.
SO YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY UNIVERSITIES RIGHT NOW, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE A SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE CAMPUS.
UM, AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, BUT THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT OF, UH, GOVERNMENT CODE 65 9 1 15, WHICH REFERS TO DENSITY BONUS PROJECTS.
UM, ON PAGE 2 42 OF 96 AND THROUGHOUT OTHER SECTIONS REMAINING IN HERE, UM, UNDER ITEM SEVEN B, UH, IT SAYS NO MAXIMUM DENSITY CONTROLS SHALL BE PLACED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OR IF THE DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED WITHIN ONE HALF MILE OF A MAJOR TRANSIT STOP.
SO, AND I LOOKED, AND THERE'S NO DEFINITION IN THE GLOSSARY FOR A MAJOR TRANSIT STOP, BUT HAVING A MAJOR TRANSIT STOP IMPLIES THAT THERE'S A MINOR TRANSIT STOP.
AND SO I WAS THINKING IS A MAJOR TRANSIT STOP LIKE THE 24TH STREET TROLLEY STATION AND A MINOR ONE WOULD BE, UH, A BUS STOP ALONG SWEETWATER ROAD.
UH, AGAIN, THIS WHOLE SECTION IS TAKEN STRAIGHT OUT OF GOVERNMENT CODE 65 9 1 5, AND THEY DO DEFINE IN A SEPARATE GOVERNMENT CODE WHAT A MAJOR TRANSIT STOP IS.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE A MINOR ONE.
UH, BUT A MAJOR TRANSIT STOP IS A TROLLEY STATION OR A BUS DEPOT OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
BUT IN THE CITY WE ONLY HAVE EIGHTH STREET AND, UH, 24TH STREET TROLLEYS.
SO, UH, THE REASON I'M ASKING IS THAT I KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO ADUS, YOU GET SOME KIND OF A BONUS IF YOU ARE WITHIN A TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM A TRANSIT CORRIDOR.
AND I WAS HOPING THAT THIS WOULD NOT INFLUENCE THAT.
AND, AND I WAS, AND I'M SUGGESTING THAT THE WORD MAJOR JUST BE DROPPED AND JUST HAVE TRANSIT STOP.
SO ANY TRANSIT STOP, UM, IF AN A DU IS LOCATED WITHIN THE, THE REQUISITE DISTANCE FROM A TRANSIT STOP, BECAUSE I COULD SEE SOMEBODY WHO MAY BE OPPOSED TO SOMETHING WOULD COME FORWARD AND SAY, OH, THIS IS NOT A MAJOR TRANSIT STOP HERE.
AND, AND COULD SOMEHOW MUCK UP THE WORKS, UH, FOR GOALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
THOSE, THOSE THINGS ARE NOT NECESSARILY RELATED.
AND AS FAR AS, WELL, THERE'S AB 2097, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE PARKING FOR ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT IS WITHIN HALF A MILE OF, OF A HIGH QUALITY TRANSIT CORRIDOR, WHICH IS CONSIDERED INTERSECTING BUS STOPS THAT BOTH HAVE AT LEAST 15 MINUTE, UM, INTERVALS.
AND WE, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE QUITE A BIT OF THE CITY, BUT AS FAR AS ADUS, THOSE ARE ALLOWED, UH, PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.
THERE WAS, UH, SOME HALF MILE LANGUAGE IN THERE SOME TIME AGO, BUT WE BASICALLY, OH, OKAY.
A BLANKET APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE CITY.
'CAUSE IT WAS A VERY SMALL AREA, UH, NORTH HIGH OR NORTH EUCLID.
I THINK THAT WAS JUST OUTSIDE OF WHATEVER THE HALF MILE WAS.
BUT WE, WE HAVE NOT REQUIRED, IT WAS TO DO WITH CONVERSION OF PARKING, I BELIEVE.
BUT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT HERE.
WE JUST ALLOW ADUS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, IF DEPUTY ER, UH, CITY ATTORNEY LUKIN, THIS SECTION, UH, UH, APPLIES TO THE STATE'S DENSITY PRO BONUS PROGRAM, CORRECT? YES.
THIS IS, SO TAKING LANGUAGE OUT WOULD BE CONFLICTING WITH WHAT'S UNDER STATE LAW, SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TAKE OUT WORDS.
AND WE MAKE REFERENCE IN THE BEGINNING, UNDER THE PURPOSE SECTION OF ALL THE STATE LAWS THAT THIS SECTION IS SUPPOSED TO REFERENCE.
AND SO THEORETICALLY THEY WOULD LOOK AT THOSE CODE SECTIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND THAT WOULD FURTHER EXPLAIN THE PROCESS AND THE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS AND WHATNOT.
ON THE VERY NEXT PAGE AT THE VERY TOP, ITEM TWO, UH, IT SAYS,
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OF THE CHILDREN WHO ATTEND THE CHILDCARE FACILITY, I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THAT WOULD BE ENFORCED.THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR THAT PARTICULAR SECTION.
UH, IS THAT PAGE TWO? I'M SORRY.
THE REFERENCE PAGE 2 44 OF 2 96.
IT'S THE VERY NEXT PAGE FROM WHERE WE WERE.
WHAT SECTION IS THAT? AND AT THE VERY TOP, ITEM NUMBER TWO, ALSO PART OF DENSITY BONUS.
TO BE HONEST, THE ENTIRE SECTION IS, IS LIFTED FROM THAT STATE LAW.
THE ENTIRE SECTION COMES FROM THE STATE LAW, INCLUDING THAT SECTION ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
UH, SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR THAT SECTION.
THE STATE, UH, THE STATE MAKES A LOT OF RULES AND LEAVES IT UP TO THE CITY TO DO THE REGULATION, UNFUNDED MANDATES AND SO FORTH.
BUT IT WOULD BE GENERALLY UP TO, TO US TO, TO ENSURE THAT WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO IS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME, BUT IT WOULD BE ON US.
WE MIGHT WANNA MAKE NOTE OF THAT.
UM, AND I THOUGHT THAT, UM, IN THE GLOSSARY ON PAGE 2 86 OF 2 96, UM, YOU NEED TO ADD DEFINITIONS FOR PLANNED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTED UNIT.
THAT'S THOSE, THOSE ARE TERMS OF ART THAT ARE USED EARLIER IN THE DOCUMENT AND I DIDN'T SEE DEFINITIONS FOR THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS THEM, WHICH THEY PROBABLY DO, IN WHICH CASE A CITATION SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE GLOSSARY OR IN THE TEXT ITSELF.
IF THERE IS A LEGAL DEFINITION FOR BOTH OF THOSE TERMS, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ADD IT TO THE FINAL FORM.
AND, UM, AND THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.
AND I'LL, LIKE I SAID, I HAVE, I'LL GIVE YOU MY, UH, DOCUMENT HERE AND YOU CAN LOOK IT OVER.
UM, MR. SANCHEZ, COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION HERE ON PAGE, UH, FOUR, AND IT KIND OF GOES OVER TO PAGE FIVE.
UNDER CAP 18 LINKS, EVERYTHING THAT WAS DENOTED HERE, THAT WAS ALSO JUST PULLED FROM, UH, FROM THE CAP APPENDIX, PRETTY MUCH YOU GUYS WERE USED AS EXAMPLES.
I'M SORRY, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PAGES FOUR OR FIVE OF THE, UH, AGENDA PACKET? YEAH.
OH, YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING WHERE THIS COMMUNITY OF CHOICE ENERGY CAME FROM.
AND PARTICIPATION BY 2025 AND 80% BY 2026.
SORRY, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE, THE MUNICIPAL CODE? THANK YOU.
PARDON? I DON'T HAVE A, IS IT THE STAFF REPORT OR? YEAH, STAFF REPORT.
BUT ON PAGE FOUR, IT KIND OF, I JUST WANT A CLARIFICATION WHERE IT'S BEING PULLED FROM.
THAT IS FROM THE APPENDIX, THE CAP 18 TABLE.
SO THAT WAS PULLED FROM THAT AND PUT INTO THE ACTUAL BODY OF THE, THE CAP.
SO THAT WAS PUBLISHED JUST TO UPDATE DOCUMENT MORE.
UM, AND THIS MIGHT BE, EXCUSE ME, FOR, UM, ASHLEY
WAS THIS ALSO PULLED STRAIGHT FROM? OKAY, IT'S PAGE, UH, 2 61 OF 2 96.
WAS THIS PULLED FROM THE STATE? OKAY.
IT'S PAGE 2 61 OF 2 96 AND IT'S 18 POINT 50.050.
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BENEFITS, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.IT'S UNDER, UM, THE REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING AFFORDABLE UNITS.
SO THAT IS A NEW PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL CITY, THE HOUSE, NATIONAL CITY DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.
AND IS THERE A QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO ANY OF THE POLICIES PRESENTED? YES.
SO I DID HAVE, UM, SO I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS SO THAT SPECIFIC FOR NATIONAL CITY, THAT'S NOT THIS, CORRECT.
THIS VERBIAGE IS NOT PULLED FROM, UM, NO, THIS IS OUR PROGRAM STATE.
UM, AND WHERE IT'S, UH, A RELOCATION PAYMENT OF THREE MONTHS RENT BASED ON THE CURRENT NATIONAL CITY FAIR MARKET RENT FOR APARTMENT SIZE AS ESTABLISHED BY HUD.
UM, WHERE IS THAT FOR ANYTHING THAT IS BEING LIKE REDEVELOPED OR IS THAT IF SOMEBODY IS OCCUPYING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT AND THEY NEED TO BE RELOCATED OR THEY'RE BEING EVICTED OR WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? UM, SO IF A SITE'S BEING REDEVELOPED AND THERE'S A, A, A PROTECTED UNIT, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO THAT RELOCATION ASSISTANCE BASED ON, UH, RELOCATION BENEFIT.
AND THEY WOULD ALSO, UH, RECEIVED THE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL, UM, ONCE THAT WAS, UH, REDEVELOPED.
IS IT C ANY EXISTING TENANTS IN THE PROJECT WILL BE ALLOWED TO OCCUPY THEIR EXISTING DWELLING UNITS UNTIL SIX MONTHS BEFORE START OF CONSTRUCTION? NO, THAT'S NOT IT.
IT WAS, WHERE IS IT? I KNOW IT'S, IT'S IN HERE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE DO, I SWEAR I REMEMBER SEEING IT.
YEAH, I JUST LOST IT AND I'M TRYING TO FOCUS ON IT.
SO IT IS THE SECTION IN REFERENCE C WHERE WE DO, UM, UH, STATE THAT ANY EXISTING TENANTS IN THE, IN THE PROJECT WILL BE ALLOWED TO OCCUPY THEIR EXISTING UNIT UNTIL SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE START OF THE ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN IT SAYS A PROPERTY OWNER SHALL DELIVER A WRITTEN NOTICE OF INTENT TO TERMINATE THE TENANCY.
DISPLACED RESIDENTS MAY RELOCATE TO A DWELLING UNIT, NATIONAL SEA OR OUTSIDE CITY JURISDICTION AND REMAIN ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WITHIN A 10 YEAR PERIOD OF VACATING THE AFFORDABLE DWELLING UNIT IN WHICH THE RESIDENT ESTABLISHED RESIDENCY FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST THREE MONTHS.
SO IT DOES ALLOW THEM TO HAVE PRIORITY FOR THE NEXT AFFORDABLE UNIT.
OKAY, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT WAS WHERE IT WAS A LITTLE UNCLEAR TO ME.
I WASN'T IF IT WOULD, IF, BECAUSE IT SAYS ONCE THEY'VE LEFT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT, SO WERE THEY ALREADY IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT AND COMING BACK OR, UH, FOR FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL? OR ARE THESE FOR, UM, JUST REGULAR LIKE FOURPLEXES THAT ARE GONNA BE NOW TURNED INTO AFFORDABLE UNITS AND THE LANDLORDS WANNA, UM, JUST PLACE THE TENANTS AND THEN REMODEL 'EM AND BRING THEM BACK IN AND GET SUBSIDIZED OFF HUD FOR 'EM? OR, OR, I MEAN, HOWEVER, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO WORK.
SO WE WOULD GIVE THEM A FIRST PRIORITY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE UNITS.
SO THEY WOULD BE THE FIRST GROUP.
SO WE DO HAVE A LOCAL PREFERENCE FOR, UH, AFFORDABLE UNITS CREATED THROUGH THE, UH, PROGRAM.
THEY ARE THE DISPLACED, UH, RESIDENTS ARE, UH, THE FIRST THAT ARE A GIVEN PRIORITY FOR THE UPCOMING UNITS.
I, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? VICE CHAIR OR PREFERENCE? THANK YOU.
LYN, DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE WE ADDED THE PREFERENCE LANGUAGE? THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING RIGHT NOW, BUT YES, I REMEMBER WE, WE ADDED IT, BUT I'M TRYING TO FIND WHERE WE ADDED TO.
YEAH, I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT IF THEY LIVED WITHIN ONE MILE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY HAD LIKE A 75%, THEY, THEY COULD GET LIKE IN THE FIRST 75% OF APPLICANT OR SOMETHING.
SO THERE'S, UH, ON PAGE 2 61, THERE IS A SECTION, UH, FOR HOUSEHOLDS
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THAT REMAIN IN PROTECTED UNIT THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE.AND THEN THERE'S RELOCATION BENEFIT FOR THAT PROTECTED UNIT, INCLUDING RESIDENTS LIVING WITHIN ONE MILE OF DEVELOPMENT AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION, SHALL WAS SEE PRIORITY FOR 75% OF THE DWELLING UNITS IN THE DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE RESERVED FOR VERY LOW INCOME FOR NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS WHO RESIDED IN THE CITY FOR A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS OR LONGER.
AND WHO MAY HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FOR RENTAL UNITS IN THE PRECEDING 10 YEARS TIMEFRAME CAN DEMONSTRATE PROOF OF NATIONAL CITY RESIDENT FOR 10 YEARS.
THOSE RESIDENTS, THOSE RESIDENTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE PRIORITY TO THE 75% OF THE NEW AFFORDABLE, UH, DWELLING UNITS.
BUT WE DO HAVE ANOTHER SECTION THAT STIPULATES THAT FIRST PREFERENCE IS PROVIDED.
SO IF YOU HAVE A GROUP OF NATIONAL CITY REFERENCE, BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING PREFERENCE TO 75% OF THE UNITS PRODUCED.
FIRST PREFERENCE IS TO THOSE THAT ARE DISPLACED.
SO WE'LL TAKE CARE OF ANY DISPLACED, UH, UH, RESIDENTS BEFORE WE TAKE CARE OF ANYONE ELSE WITH, WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES INTO THE FUTURE.
WE WROTE THAT, WE JUST WROTE THAT SECTION.
SOME DAYS AGO, I JUST, I WAS JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING, IT'S IN HERE AND IF IT'S NOT, IT WILL BE IN HERE, SO, OKAY.
YEAH, I JUST COULDN'T, IT'S, WE WROTE IT, WE PUT IT IN THERE.
I, I REMEMBER SEEING IT IN THERE AND THEN I WAS LIKE, I JUST CAN'T FIND IT RIGHT NOW.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY, BECAUSE FOR ME IT WAS A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR OF IF, IF THESE WERE NOT AFFORDABLE UNITS PRIOR AND THEN THE LANDLORDS ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE OR ARE OPTING INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, REDOING, REMOVING THE TENANTS, GIVING THEM THREE MONTHS RELOCATION, AND THEN GIVING THEM FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL TO, SO THEY HAVE TO GIVE THEM THREE MONTHS RELOCATION AND THEN ALSO FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL ONCE THEY MOVE BACK IN.
SO, UM, THERE'S RULES FOR THAT IF IT'S A PROTECTED UNIT.
SO THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE, THAT DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, IF IT'S NOT A PROTECTED UNIT, SO IF IT'S NOT AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT, BUT THEY QUALIFY FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT FOR JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN GENERAL, CREATED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THEY WILL BE FIRST, UH, PREFERENCE INTO THOSE.
UH, AND I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M SORRY FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PICK UP ON THAT SECTION WHERE WE DO PRIORITIZE THEM OVER EVERYONE ELSE.
THANK YOU FOR THE SHOULD BE HERE CLARIFICATION.
I JUST, IT'S SO SMALL ON MY PHONE RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE CHAIR IS GONNA CALL A FIVE MINUTE RECESS THE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
HOPEFULLY WE, WE DON'T NEED TO WAIT.
UM, WHAT, LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING.
I HEREBY, UH, RECONVENE THIS MEETING.
WERE THERE ANY FURTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OF STAFF FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY.
HAVING HEARD ALL COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE STAFF AND THE PUBLIC ON THIS ITEM, IS THERE A COMMISSIONER WISHING TO BRING A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR CASTLE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ARMINTA TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BEING THE MAKER OF THE MOTION.
VICE CHAIR CASTLE HAS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT? ANY FURTHER COMMENT? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS, UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AMONGST OURSELVES? IS THERE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION THAT WOULD LIKE TO BRING A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? AND THIS IS FOR ITEM FIVE.
I THINK WE STILL NEED TO VOTE ON THE CLOSING.
SO, UH, LET'S VOTE ON CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE DECLARE THE RESULTS OF THE VOTE MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY WITH ALL COMMISSIONERS PRESENT.
IS THERE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION THAT WOULD LIKE TO BRING A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION?
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WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SENT AND A SECOND BY VICE CHAIR CASTLE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 DASH TWO A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 1849 TO PROVIDE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ADOPTING CHAPTER 1850 TO PROVIDE A FLOOR AREA RATIO BONUS PROGRAM ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 1829 OVERLAY ZONE TO CREATE A MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONE TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON CERTAIN PARCELS ZONED CL AND CS AND AMENDING CHAPTER 1810, UNDERSTANDING THE LAND USE CODE.CHAPTER 1812 PERMITS AN APPLICATION CHAPTER 1822 COMMERCIAL ZONES CHAPTER 1824 MIXED USE CORRIDOR AND, AND DISTRICT ZONES CHAPTER 1830 SPECIFIC USE REGULATIONS CHAPTER 1848, RESIDENTIAL DENSITY BONUS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES AND CHAPTER 1860 GLOSSARY AS WELL AS OTHER AMENDMENTS TO REVISE.
TITLE 18, APPLICANT CITY INITIATED CASE FILE NUMBER 2021 DASH 14 GP A IS SO DO, OH, OKAY.
UM, BEING THE MAKER OF THE MOTION COMMISSIONER SENT, HAS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION.
WE WILL NOW VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE DECLARE THE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH COMMISSIONERS PRESENT.
[6. Request to Initiate a Code Amendment to Title 18 (Zoning) of the National City Municipal Code Related to Outdoor Food Vending.]
BUSINESS.ITEM SIX IS A REQUEST TO INITIATE A CODE AMENDMENT TO TITLE 18 ZONING OF THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO OUTDOOR FOOD VENDING.
WILL STAFF PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SUMMARIZE THE ITEM.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF COMMISSION, PUBLIC AND STAFF.
MARTIN READER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
I DON'T HAVE A FORMAL, UH, REPORT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE A MINOR REQUEST.
THIS IS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO A NON ZONING PORTION OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO FOOD, UH, OUTDOOR FOOD SALES.
THE REASON WHY WE'RE ASKING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO INITIATE A TITLE 18 AMENDMENT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME, UH, CROSS REFERENCES TO THE NEW SECTION OR THE AMENDED SECTION IN TITLE 13 RELATED TO FOOD SALES.
SO WE, THERE'S TWO SEPARATE INITIATION PROCESSES.
ONE A COUNCIL, ONE A PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, SO SHOULD THE COMMISSION INITIATE AND I'LL PROVIDE SOME MORE INFORMATION MOMENTARILY, UH, WE'LL COME BACK AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL AMENDS TITLE 13 OR ANY OTHER, UH, TITLES, NON ZONING TITLES THAT ARE AMENDED.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR YOU.
BUT THE LANGUAGE ENTITLED 18 IS, UM, THERE'S A SPECIFIC SECTION AT THE END OF EACH OF THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL MIXED USE ZONE CHAPTERS THAT SAY NO, UH, BASICALLY NO, UH, OUTDOOR USE OR USE OUTSIDE OF AN ENCLOSED BUILDING IS PERMITTED.
WE'LL HAVE A CAVEAT, UH, EXCEPT FOR REFERRING BACK TO THAT TITLE 13 SO THAT THAT TEXTUAL CHANGE WILL HAVE TO BE MADE.
BUT THE REASON WHY THIS IS COMING ABOUT IS WE'VE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE RELATED TO ALLOWANCES FOR OUTDOOR FOOD SALES.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY ALLOW FOR FOOD TRUCKS OR MOBILE FOOD VEHICLES.
UH, WE ALSO ALLOW FOR STREET VENDING PER STATE LAW CHANGES SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
UH, THERE ARE SOME OTHER PERMITS THAT ARE APPROVED THROUGH THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND, UH, ONE OF THOSE, OR A COUPLE OF THOSE ARE NOT YET ADDRESSED AT THE CITY.
SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO UPDATE TITLE 13 TO BASICALLY MAKE REFERENCE TO THOSE REQUIREMENTS AT THE, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
AND, UH, THAT WILL, UH, THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE WOULD BE FOR DIRECT SALES, UH, DIRECT SALES CATERING, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, NORMAL CATERING IS WHEN YOU HAVE A PRIVATE EVENT.
THIS WOULD BE, UH, SOMEONE THAT HAS A, A CONCESSION OR, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE, UM, A HOME KITCHEN IF THEY'RE PERMITTED UNDER THE COUNTY.
OR IT COULD BE IF THEY HAVE A COMMISSARY SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY COOK THE FOOD OR PREPARE THE FOOD AT LEAST.
AND THEN THEY WOULD BRING IT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC REALM
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TO SELL.THE DIFFERENCE BEING WITH STREET VENDING AND MOBILE FOOD VENDING, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR POTENTIALLY, IF IT'S APPROVED FOR PEOPLE TO SET UP, LET'S SAY IN PARKING LOTS OR AT OTHER SMALL EVENTS, NOT OTHERWISE COVERED BY OUR TEMPORARY USE PERMIT PROCESS.
SO, UH, THAT'S SORT OF AN OVERVIEW AT MOST OF THE INFORMATION RELATED TO TITLE 18.
AND ALL OF THE COUNTY STUFF IS GONNA BE, UH, I'M SORRY, TITLE 13.
AND THE COUNTY REGULATIONS THAT ARE HERE ARE GONNA BE IN TITLE 13, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST FOR REFERENCE.
SO THIS IS JUST A, WE HAD TO BIFURCATE THE PROCE THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING A TEXT CHANGE TO TITLE 18.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EITHER 18 OR TITLE 13.
BUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS SPECIFICALLY INVOLVED WITH THE REALM OF AMENDING TITLE 18.
UM, DO ANY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM SIX? VICE CHAIR CASTLE? JUST REAL QUICK, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE STILL GONNA REQUIRE PERMITS AND COMMISSARY AND EVERYTHING? ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE BASICALLY GONNA DEFER TO THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH QUA, UM, QUALITY, UH, TO THEIR, TO THEIR PERMIT PROCESS.
AND THAT WILL BE A REQUIREMENT.
THERE WILL BE OTHER ONES, FOR EXAMPLE, AND EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE WITH THE CITY AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ, THE, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, UH, 13 AND 18, IS THERE LANGUAGE, UM, LIMITING WHERE IT'S GONNA BE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AS AS, UH, WITHIN, UH, YEAH.
WILL IT BE ALLOWED IN POWER PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY? OR IS IT JUST GONNA BE IN COMMERCIAL USE AREA? THAT WAS MY ONLY CLARIFY.
IT WON'T APP, IT GENERALLY WON'T APPLY TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
'CAUSE THERE'S ALREADY A SECTION SPECIFICALLY DEVOTED TO THAT UNDER STREET VENDING, BOTH FOR, UH, AMBULATORY AND NON-AMBULATORY, UH, STREET VENDING OPERATIONS.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD COVER THAT.
'CAUSE THERE IS, WE DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS IN THERE FOR DISTANCE FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, CURB CUTS, CURB MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE, UH, WIDTH FOR PEDESTRIANS AND SO FORTH.
SO THAT WOULD, IT WOULD NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THAT.
AND THAT WILL BE SPECIFIED IN THAT CODE SECTION.
UM, ON PAGE THREE OF THE STAFF REPORT.
UM, ITEM TWO AND ITEM ONE DOWN LOWER UNDER LIMITED FOOD PREPARATION.
UH, IT TALKS ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD.
AND I DON'T SEE A DEFINITION FOR WHAT THE HECK IS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD.
UH, IS IT UNCOOKED FOOD OR THESE YEAH, THESE SECTIONS ARE TAKEN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND QUALITY, JUST FOR REFERENCE.
BUT, UH, YEAH, ANY, ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DEFINED WILL BE DEFINED IN, IN THE CODE.
BUT YES, IT'S SOMETHING, ANYTHING THAT WILL TRANSMIT BACTERIA OR DISEASE UNLESS TREATED APPROPRIATELY.
OH,
IS THERE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION THAT WOULD LIKE TO BRING A MOTION TO DIRECT CITY STAFF TO INITIATE THE CODE AMENDMENT? I NEED A SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR CASTLE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SENT TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO INITIATE CODE AMENDMENT TO TITLE 18 OF THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO OUTDOOR FOOD VENDING BEING THE MAKER OF THE MOTION.
VICE CHAIR CASTLE HAS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE, UH, PLEASE DECLARE THE VOTE.
MOTION APPRO A ANONYMOUSLY WITH ALL COMMISSIONERS PRESENT.
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OKAY.WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO STAFF REPORTS.
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MYSELF AS A NEW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
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SERVE, CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, ITS RESIDENTS, THE CITY COUNCIL AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, INCLUDING THIS PLANNING COMMISSION.IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AS A HOUSING DIRECTOR AND IT'LL CONTINUE TO BE A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, YEAH, WHAT HE SAID EXCEPT WITH THE WORD ASSISTANT AT THE BEGINNING.
UH, SO YEAH, WE'VE DONE A BIT OF RESTRUCTURING.
WE'VE ALL MOVED UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO NOW OH, SO THERE'S NO ASSISTANT ANYMORE.
THERE'S THE DIRECTOR AND I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
SO AS OPPOSED TO BEING PLANNING MANAGER, I'M NOW THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
SO WE'RE, SO I, UH, LOOK TO CONTINUING SERVICE TO THE CITY AND TO THE COMMISSIONER COUNCIL IN MY NEW ROLE.
ON THAT, I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, PLEASE NOT TO, NOT TO BRING US DOWN, BUT I DID GET A, AN EMAIL FROM THE CITY CLERK JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, UH, TO FILL OUT THEIR FPPC FORM 700 IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY.
THIS IS YOUR FRIENDLY REMINDER FROM THE CITY CLERK.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, PLEASE UH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
AND WHEN, WHEN IS THAT DUE, MR. MARK, MR. READER? UH, THEY'RE DUE APRIL 1ST.
UH, I'M JUST GOING BY THE, I'M JUST GOING BY THE EMAIL FROM THE CITY CLERK AND IT SAYS APRIL 1ST.
AND I DON'T PICK FIGHTS WITH THE CITY CLERK, SO NEITHER DO I.
UH, I CAN DOUBLE CHECK AND GET BACK TO YOU IF THAT'S ANY DIFFERENT, BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S APRIL 1ST, WHICH IS A MONDAY.
MS. MS. CHAPEL NAGGING, SO, ME TOO.
I THINK IT'S, THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER THOUGH.
ANY, ANYTHING ELSE, MR. READER? NO, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE COMMISSIONER'S, VICE CHAIR CASTLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER ARMENTA AND MYSELF, UH, ATTENDED THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMY IN LONG BEACH, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF BILLS THAT ARE COMING IN TO, UH, POSSIBLY GO THROUGH THAT THAT WE CAN SEE.
UM, AND JUST, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND, AND LETTING US GO AND, AND REPRESENT THIS BEAUTIFUL NATIONAL CITY.
UH, COMMISSIONER ARMINTA, UH, SAME THING.
JUST WANNA PIGGYBACK ON VICE CHAIR, UH, CASTLE.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY WAS A LOT OF LEARNING.
UH, A LOT OF, UH, LEGISLATORS AND POLICIES AND, UH, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO APPLY THAT HERE.
COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ IS JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY TO, FOR MAKING IT OUT AND, UH, LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT LAS PALMA'S LITTLE LEAGUE IS HAVING GAMES ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
UM, COMMISSIONER SENT, YEAH, JUST A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, FIRST, UH, BEING THAT THIS IS THE LAST MEETING IN MY TENURE, UH, I'LL BE HANGING UP MY, UH, MY ELIGIBILITY.
I'VE, I'VE BEEN SERVING THIS CITY, WHICH I, I THANK THE CITY FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER IN, IN DIFFERENT, UH, UH, CAPACITIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, I STARTED OUT WITH THE ORIGINAL CPRC, I BELIEVE BACK IN 1999, WAY BACK WHEN, AND THEN I WENT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND THEN ONTO HERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OGS LIKE, UH, MARTIN, HE'S HELPED OUT TREMENDOUSLY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND, AND OUR, OUR ASSISTANT SECRETARIES, UH, I THINK WE, I HAD THREE IN THE EIGHT YEARS THAT I WAS HERE, SO, UM, WE APPRECIATE IT.
BUT YEAH, IT'S BEEN, MY GOD, 23 YEARS OR SO, 24 YEARS OF SERVICE, AND IT'S ENOUGH FOR ME.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON THIS FOR EIGHT YEARS, LET SOMEBODY ELSE TAKE OVER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, AND I THINK I PROBABLY HAVE ONE OF THE BETTER RECORDS FOR ATTENDANCE.
THERE'S VERY FEW TIMES THAT I MISSED, UH, MEETINGS ON ANY ONE OF THOSE COMMISSIONS.
SO I IMPLORE THE, THE NEW COMMISSIONERS COMING IN ON ANY OF THESE, THESE, UH, COMMISSIONS AND HOURS TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY ENOUGH TO COME, UH, MAKE AS MANY MEETINGS AS YOU CAN BECAUSE, UH, THAT'S WHAT RUNS THIS ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S PARTICIPATION.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, YEAH, IT'S BEEN FUN.
I APPRECIATE IT AND GOOD LUCK TO THE BABY.
THIS IS YOUR ACTUAL LAST MEETING TONIGHT? YES.
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OKAY.WE HAD NO HEADS UP ABOUT THAT.
I, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS COMING UP THAT SOON, TO BE HONEST.
IT'S, THE PERSON WILL BE APPOINTED FOR THE APRIL MEETING BECAUSE MY TENURE ENDS THE END OF MARCH.
WELL, ON BEHALF OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, DEDICATED SERVICE, AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
UH, YOU'VE ADDED QUALITY OF LIFE TO THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY WITH YOUR SERVICE, AND THROUGH ALL THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES THAT HAVE GONE ON AND SITTING THROUGH ALL THESE MEETINGS, WE, WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I THINK I BROUGHT HERE OVER THOSE EIGHT YEARS WAS, UM, BEING A, A FORMER SAFETY OFFICER FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICER, UH, I HAD KNOWLEDGE THAT, THAT I, I THINK, HELPED OUT, ESPECIALLY IN THE SAFETY AREA, SOME OF THE PLANNING AND SOME OF THE, UH, UH, PROJECTS THAT, UH, SOME OF THESE DEVELOPERS PUT UP.
I, I MADE A POINT OF SAYING, YOU NEED THIS AS, AS A SAFETY YES.
PROTECT THE CHILDREN, THINGS LIKE THAT.
YES, I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT, BUT THANKS, I APPRECIATE IT.
WE SHOULD AT LEAST THAT NOW I CAN COME IN HERE NEXT MEETING.
I GET TO COME AND HECKLE YOU,
UM, I'M CALLING ON MYSELF NOW.
UM, I WOULD REQUEST THAT, UM, CITY PROVIDE HARD COPIES OF THE UPDATED ZONING ORDINANCE AND GENERAL PLAN ONCE IT'S GONE THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS TO EACH COMMISSION MEMBER AND TO EACH, UH, COMMITTEE, THE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WHO ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT, UM, UNLESS OTHERWISE DECLINED BY THAT SPECIFIC PERSON.
UM, I FIND IT VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE A COPY OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AVAILABLE.
WHEN I'M GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THESE THINGS, I CAN LOOK AT THE CONTEXT OF SECTIONS THAT ARE CITED OR GENERAL PLAN GOALS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, ONCE THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS, IS THROUGH, I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO GIVE EACH OF US HARD COPIES OF EACH OF THOSE DOCUMENTS, PLEASE.
UH, ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING IS, UH, ONCE WE DO FINALIZE THIS PROCESS WITH THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON AN INTERACTIVE ZONING MAP, SO IT, IT'LL BE A, A, A PRETTY USEFUL TOOL FROM EVERYONE, FROM DEVELOPERS TO RESIDENTS, TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IMPACTS A PARCEL.
UH, IT'LL, IT'LL JUST GIVE, PROVIDE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON EACH PARCEL, UM, UP TO DATE SO WE WON'T HAVE TO REPRINT IT AND VERY EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM OUR WEBSITE.
SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IMPLEMENT THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS ONCE WE'VE DONE WITH THIS PROCESS.
AND ALSO, LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, INFORM EVERYBODY OF THE BIRTH OF MY FIRST GRANDCHILD, MR. FREDDIE MILLER.
HE WAS
SO, UH, CHAMPION, WE HAD TO DROP EVERYTHING AND, AND, AND GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY WITH MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
AND, AND, UM, BUT EVERYTHING IS FINE.
SO I TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO OCEANSIDE WHERE HE HAPPENS TO LIVE WITH HIS PARENTS.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, I WILL, UH, CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS HERE BY ADJOURNED UNTIL THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF APRIL 1ST, 2024 AT 6:00 PM THE TIME IS 7:54 PM.