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Home My WebLink AboutPC Min 1974-09-04 . . . e e MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 4, 1974 The P1annlng Commlsslon of the Clty of Seal Beach met In regular seSSlon on Wednesday, September 4, 1974, In the Councl1 Chamber of the Clty Admlnlstratlon BU11dlng. The meetlng was called to order by Chalrman Lannlng and Vlce Chalrman Rlpperdan led the the Pledge to the Flag. Present. Knapp, Lannlng, Rlpperdan, Schmltt Absent. Cook The mlnutes of the meetlng of August 21, 1974 were approved as presented 1. Contlnued Actlon for Votlng The Use Varlance requested by the N.S.B. Corporatlon, authorlzed representatlves Wl1l1am and Thomas Thurston, to permlt electronlc and optlcal assembly wlth occaslonal use of l1ght machlne tools, and furnlture storage In the C-2 zone at 500 Marlna Drlve was contlnued from the last meetlng to allow the lessee to ascertaln from the owner whether he would agree to the lnstallatlon of a block wall between the commerclal property and resldentlal property. Secretary Neprud revlewed the motlon on the floor and recommended an amendment to the motlon establlshlng a tlme l1mlt for the lnstallatlon of the block wall. Mrs Lannlng moved to amend the motlon to establlsh a tlme l1mlt for lnstallatlon of the block wall of 60 days after 1ssuance of the occupancy permlt. Seconded by Mr. Schmltt. Mr. Knapp advlsed that he would abstaln from any actlon S1nce he had not been present at the publlC hearlng. AYES: NOES. ABSENT ABSTAIN: Lannlng, Rlpperdan, SChmltt None Cook Knapp Motlon carrled. The orlglnal motlon, as amended, by Mr. Rlpperdan and seconded by Mrs. Lannlng was voted upon as follows: AYES. NOES: ABSENT. ABSTAIN. Lannlng, Rlpperdan, Schmltt None Cook Knapp Motlon carrled. Resolutlon No. 860. 2. PubllC Hearlngs A. Nlcholas Smlth, Gregory & Sherry Fl"" and John 6hlswell (Charles Krlss), V-30-74, V-3l-74 and V-32-74 Concurrent publlC hearlngs were hela'for three appllcatlons by the above for a lot Spllt to create two 37~1 lots, and the constructlon of two trlplexes wlth tandem parklng. Secretary revlewed recommended condltlons. Hearlng open. Mr. Krlss spoke explalnlng that three small duplexes would be less pleaslng than two trlplexes for the area. He felt that s1mllar conslderatlon had been granted In the past. No other comments, pro or con. Hearlng closed. Mr. Schmltt moved to approve V-30-74 for the lot Spllt subJect to condltlon that a parcel map be prepared for the approval of the Clty Englneer and recommend ltS approval by the Clty Councll. Seconded by ~1r. Rlpperdan and passed unanlmously by the members present. Resolutlon No. 861. e e . Mr. Knapp moved to approve V-31-74 for a tr1plex w1th tandem park1ng sub;e~t to approval by the C1ty Counc1l of the parcel map, execut10n of a land use agreement, and landscap1ng plans to the sat1sfact1on of the staff. Seconded by Mr. R1pperdan and passed unan1mously by the members present. Resolut1on No. 862. Mr. Knap-~moved to approve V-32-74 for a tr1plex w1th tandem park1ng subJect to approval by the C1ty Counc1l of the parcel map, execut10n of a land use agreement, and landscap1ng plans to the sat1sfact1on of the staff. Seconded by Mr. R1pperdan and passed unan1mously by the members present. Resolut1on No. 863. B. Ralph L. Hansen, V-26-74 (cont1nued) A proposal for construct1on of a four-un1t apartment w1th tandem park1ng was cont1nued from August 7. Appl1cant was not the property owner nor the author-1zed agent. Letter rece1ved from Mr. Hansen \J1thdraw1ng the appl1cat1on. Hear1ng open, no comments rece1ved, and hear1ng closed. Mr. Schm1tt moved to deny the var1ance due to 1nappropr1ate appl1cat1on w1thout preJud1ce. Seconded by Mr. Knapp and passed unan1mously by the members present. Resolut1on No. 864 3. Oral Commun1cat1ons There were no oral commun1cat1ons. 4. Wr1tten Commun1cat1ons Wr1tten commun1cat1ons rece1ved were 1n conJunct1on w1th speclflc agenda 1tems. . 5. New Bus1ness A. Appeal, A-2-74 f1led by Surfs1de Colony, Ltd. An appeal was f1led wlth the C1ty Counc1l opposlng the approval of Var1ance V-13-74 for Mr. Sosnowskl. Clty Councll held a publ1C hearlng on August 26, 1974, and referred the matter back to the Commlsslon for a further reV1ew and report It was felt tha~ 1nsufflclent grounds eX1sted for the approval and more ~pec1flc flndlngs should be prov1ded. Mrs. Gav1n of the SurfSlde Board of D1rectors spoke expresslng concern about two entrles and the posslble converS1on to two unlts. She d1d not feel conf1dent that the land use agreement would control. D1SCUSS1on of proper descrlptlon of f1rst llv1ng area, and c~ar1f1catlon of elevated walkway regulatlon. Ke1th Peterson, plann1ng consultant for Surfslde Colony, felt the staff proposed f1ndlngs were lnsufflclent and p01nted out a court case that requlred each varlance stand on 1tS own merlt~ and hardshlp mu~t be proven. He c1ted a bUlldlng code deflnltlon of a habltable un1t and debate followed on thlS pOlnt. The slldlng glass door to the beach was a contested pOlnt, and Mr. Sosnowskl advlsed that he had rev1sed the plans to lnclude a wlndow only and no beach access. D1Scusslon followed. Mr. Schmltt recommended that an add1tlonal Plann1ng Comm1sslon flnd1ng would be the determlnat10n that the f1rst hab1table or 11v1ng area would be the second level and the other Comm1SS1oners concurred. Mr. Knapp moved to reafflrM pdSt f1ndlngs, new flndlngs and recommend den1al of the appeal by the Clty Councll. Seconded by Mr. Schm1tt and passed unan1mously by the members present. Resolutlon No. 865. . . . . e e B. Appeal, A-3-74 fl1ed by Les Stukaloff On August 7, the Planmng Commlsslon held a publlC hearlng to conslder a varlance to permlt a rear yard encroachment of a newly constructed bUl1dlng. Appllcant was Les Stukaloff and the bUl1dlng was located at 112 2nd St. The varlance was denled because the bUl1dlng was constructed In vl01atlon of the zonlng ordlnance. On August 26, the Clty Councl1 conducted a publlC hearlng to conslder an appeal to the denlal of Varlance V-20-74. The Clty Councl1 referred the matter back to the COrmTllSS10n recOmJTJendlng the bUl1dlng be modlfled to comply \'Hth the requlred rear yard setback and that eXlstlng steel posts be moved closer to the bUl1dlng to allow a larger turnlng radlus. At thelr meetlng of September 4, the Plannlng CommlSSlon reconsldered thelr actlon. It \'Ias felt the bUl1dlng must be modlfled to provlde the 9-foot setback, but that requlrlng maJor modlflcatlons to provlde the 20-foot parklng spaces would create extreme and unnecessary hardsll1p. The steel protectlVe posts \'Iere felt to be hazardous and could be replaced wlth p~otectlon on the bUlldlng ltselt. In addltlon, the appllcan~ requested that conslderatlon be glven to allowlng occupancy of two of the unlts whlle modlflcatlons were belng nlade. Mr. e.eters spo.~ In OPP9s1tlon statlng the owner-bullder was negllgent.ln hl s -fallure to confo~m. After addltlonal dlScusslon Mr Rlpperdan moved to reconmend to the Clty Councll the approval of Appeal A-3-74 subJect to the provlslons that the 9-foot rear setback be provlded, plpe columns (steel posts) be removed on the rear, dnd allow occupancy of two umts. Seconded( by ~lr. Schnl1tt. Hr. Knapp spoke 1n Opposltlon to the motlon statlng 11e opposed any lllegal bUlldlng, that negllgence by the bUl1der was no Justlflcatlon that the bUlldlng should be 1 ega llZed . AYES: NOES ABSENT' Lannlng, Rlpperdan, Schmltt Knapp Cook Motlon carrled. Resolutlon No 866 6. Report from Secretary The secretary relmnded the CommlSSlon of the necesslty to flle personal flnanclal reports thlS month. Mr. Neprud revlewed the status of the Paclflc Electrlc rlght-of-way plan and the fact that only three Councllmen were present so votlng was deferred untll the full Councll could be present. He also revlewed the Plannlng Commlsslon recommendatlons and reports from the Pollce Chlef, Flre Chlef and Dlrector of PubllC Wor~s opposlng the narrowlng of the street rlghts-of-way. The matter should be resolved at the next Councll meetlng. No further buslness, the meetlng was adJourned at 9:15 p.m. ~ '~6 to"f) ~ L lS Arnold Recordlng Secretary