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Home My WebLink AboutPC Min 1977-11-02 . . Mlnutes of the Plannlnq Commlsslon Meetlng of November 2 1977 . THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2 1977 IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE CITY ADMINIS TRATION BUILDING THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN KNAPP AT 7 30 P M AND THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG WAS LED BY VICE CHAIRMAN COOK Present Absent Lannlng Knapp Rlpperdan Cook Covlngton None The Mlnutes of October 19 1977 were approved as corrected 1 Polley Dete mlnatlon on Parklng Requlrements for Apartment Converslons to Condomlnlums . The Plannlng Commlsslon dlscussed varlOUS polley optlons from re qUlrlng all proposed converSlons to meet the current park ng standards to not requlrlng any addltlonal parklng The Commlsslon was of the oplnlon that the requlred two spaces for each unlt should be provlded Secretary noted that only 10 15/ of eXlstlng apa tment complexes would meet the present parklng standards The Commlsslon requested that Staff look lnto some type of resldentlal ln l1eu parklng fee for those propertles WhlCh cannot- meet current standards The fees could be used to provlde centrallzed parklng In some convenlent locatlon Knapp moved to make a d~~mln!!l9~at~p-ar~nts beJng conv~d to condomlnlums meet the~C ty s standa d of two covered park ng ~ spaces fo! each unlt Seconded bylCamnlng ana~n'mQY$ly apPIoved 1 '; Res 1103 2 PubllC Hearlngs II ...- A John R Jensen kP 14 7Z Appllcant lS requestlng a Condltlonal Use Permlt for converSlon of an eXlstlng 12 unlt apartment bUlldlng In the R 3 zone lnto a 12 unlt condom nlum Publ1C Hea lng Opened Ed Ross of Russell Mangum Co stated that the appllcant would agree wlth proposed condltlons No 2 8 In Staff Report Wlth regard to parklng Mr Ross was of the oplnlon that to lncrease parklng would cost approxlmatley $25 000 remove ex st ng landscaped area and posslbly degrade the overall proJect He noted that In Huntlngton Beach only one apartment proJect has been converted due to thelr parklng requlrements The Plannl 9 Commlsslon dlscussed the posslbl1 ty of comblnlng two of the one bedroom unlts lnto one 1200 square foot u lt and add a four car~ . . 3 e . tandem carport area By concensus of the Comm1ss1on the matter of CP 14 77 and Tentat1ve Tract Map 10127 was held over unt1l November 16 1977 to glve the appl1cant an opportun1ty to reV1se the plans Oral Commun1cat1ons 4 W 1tten Commun1cat1ons There we e no 0 al commun1cat1ons AllIWr1tten commun1cat1ons were w1th spec1f1c Agenda 1tems 5 Unf1n1shed Bus1ness . . A Recons1derat1on of Recommendat1ons to C1ty Counc1l on Increas~ng Lot Coverage 1n College Park East and College Park West Sec etary reported that the C1ty Attorney had ruled that the Plann1ng Comm1ss1on s recommendat1ons for allow1ng 5/ of lot Slze for open pat10 cove s for Models 15 and 19 Wh1Ch or1g1nally exceeded 45/ lot coverage was not legal and any recommendat1on must not d1scr1m1nate e1ther for or aga1nst any property 1n an area It was suggested that the Plann1ng Comm1SS on make recommendat1ons to C1ty Counc1l for pat10s 1n all of the College Park East area The Plann1ng Comm1ss1on d1scussed va 10US opt1ons 1nclud1ng recommendat1ons for no pat10 covers through recommend1ng 5/ pat10 covers 1n both College Pa k East and College Park West Knapp stated that he was ph1losoph1cally opposed to 1ncreased lot coverage However 1t was apparent that the C1ty Counc1l 1n response to res1dent deslres would llke to see 1ncreased lot cove age Knapp moved to amend the Plann1ng Commlss1ons prev10us recommend at10ns to C1ty Counc1l to recommend lncreas1ng perm1tted lot coverage for enclosed structures 1n College Park East and College Park West to 45/ and to recommend that an open patlo cover not to exceed 5/ of the lot area be perm1tted 1n the College Park East area Seconded by R1pperdan and approved by the followlng Vote t t Ayes Knapp R1pperdan Cook Cov1ngton Noes Lann ng Res 1102 In response to a quest10n Secretary noted that the lot Slze 1n College Park West was 5200 square foot m1n1mum and 5500 squa e foot average throughout In College Park East the easterly port1on also had a 5200 square foot mlnlmum and 5500~squa-e feet average In the westerly port1ons of College Park East the lot S1ze seemed to be close to a 5200 square foot average Slze due to the 1nclus1on of park land 1n the overall tract area when comput1ng the averaqe lot Slze e e 6 New Buslness . A Letter from Goodyear Tlre Center Secretary presented a Staff Report on a request from Goodyear T1re Center to hold a tent sale p omotlon 1n the Rossmoor Buslness Center on November 18 lq and 20th Everett Mart1n and John Eager represent1ng Goodyear Tlre Center stated that the1r promot10n would be conducted 1n good taste and would not adver~y affect adJacent bus1nesses 1n the Center The Plann1ng Comm1ss10n d1scussed the concept Knapp moved to approve the promot10n seconded by Lann1ng and unam10usly approved M1nute 0 der Cov1ngton requested that Staff take photographs of the tent sale promot10n Knapp suggested and the Comm1ss10n concurred that the Plann1ng Comm1SS10n reV1ew a promot on request on an nd1v1dual baS1S M1nute Order Act10n B D1ScusS10n of Procedure for Development of the Ed1son Tr1ang1e Sec etary presented an overall Staff Report outl1nlng var10US steps to be followed for development of the Edlson Trlangle The Plann1ng Commlss10n d1scussed var10US evolut10nary changes 1n the slte plan w1th J1m Watson and Tom Lew1s The Comm1ss10n had no quest10ns or problems w1th the proposed development schedule . C D1Scuss10n of Dete m1nat10n of Use and Park1ng Requ1rements for "Lumber Ya d/Home Improvement Center Secretary presented a report recommend1ng that a Lumbe Yard/Home Imp ovement Center be f1rst perm1tted 1n the C 2 zone subJect to the lssuance of a Cond1t1onal Use Perm1t Slnce some act1v1t1es would be conducted outs1de of a bU1ld1ng The suggested park1ng requ1rements are 1 One space for each 500 square feet of bU1ld1ng area plus 2 One space for each 1000 square feet of outs1de storage The Plann1ng Comm1ss10n concurred w1th the recommendat1ons A Publ1C Hear1ng 1S scheduled for November 16 1977 to cons1der amend1ng the Zon1ng Ord1nance as recommended 7 Report from Secretary A Secretary presented conceptual plans for a proposed remodel1ng of the commerc1al property at the south west corner of Ma1n Street and Electr c Avenue Meet1ng was adJourned at 9 50 P M . ~~ Record1ng Sec etary