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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission Minutes 2007/07/25 MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA 6:00 p.m. July 25, 2007 Council Chambers 276 Fourth Avenue Chula Vista, CA CALL TO ORDER: ROLL CALL / MOTIONS TO EXCUSE: Members Present: Felber, Vinson, Moctezuma, Bensoussan, Tripp, Clayton, Absent: Spethman MSC (Moctezuma/Clayton) to excuse Cmr. Spethman. Motion carried. 6:12:38 PM INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: Read into the record by Chair Tripp. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: June 13, 2007 MSC (Vinson/Clayton) (6-0-1-0) to approve minutes of June 13, 2007 as submitted. Motion carried. 6:14:20 PM ORAL COMMUNICATION: Steve Molski addressed the Commission inquiring who would be the proper staff to contact with questions regarding the proposed Mobilehome Closure Ordinance. Staff referred him to Mandy Mills in Community Development. 6:18:42 PM 1. Special Order of Business: Appointment of a Planning Commission Representative to serve on the selection panel for the consultant to facilitate Southwest Community Outreach Effort. Nancy Lytle reported that as part of the civic engagement effort, the City is looking for representatives to serve on a selection panel to interview and select an independent consultant to do community outreach that would include all sectors of the community. Minutes of the Planning Commission - 2 - July 25, 2007 Cmrs. Tripp and Bensoussan expressed an interest in servicing on the selection panel. MSC (Clayton/Bensoussan) that Bill Tripp be nominated as the Planning Commission representative to serve on the selection panel for the consultant to facilitate Southwest Community Outreach Effort. Motion carried. 2. Public Hearing: PCZ 06-06; Consideration of a zoning modification to change the existing zone classification from R-3 P-O, Apartment Residential/Precise Plan, nine dwelling units per acre to ILP, Limited Industrial/Precise Plan, for a 1.0-acre parcel located at 696 Naples street. Health Advances. 6:39:14 PM Rich Zumwalt reported that as part of the Montgomery Annexation, a 3.5 square mile territory annex to the City in December 1985, the one-acre parcel being considered tonight was rezoned to R-3 P-9 (Apartment Residential) to allow residential density in keeping with the density anticipated by the Montgomery Specific Plan. The site was used for many years as a packaging facility and then as a fertilizer business. The current occupant, Health Advances, uses the site to package vitamins. This rezoning request is in accordance with the recently-adopted General Plan to change the multi-family residential land use back to Limited Industrial. Staff Recommendation: That the Planning Commission adopt resolution recommending that the City Council approve an amendment to the Zoning Maps established by Section 19.18.010 of the Municipal Code, rezoning one acre at 696 Naples Street from Apartment Residential to Limited Industrial, based on the findings contained in the draft City Council Ordinance. The Commission asked general questions regarding the length of time this facility has been in operation, and other operational, traffic and environmental impacts to the surrounding area. Public Hearing Opened. 6:55: 15 PM Mr. Graham, representative, stated that there is minimal truck traffic generated at the site; at maximum three trucks per day. With regard to noise and environmental issues, i.e. odors emanating from within the facility, this is a "clean room facility", meaning it is an environmentally contain facility. The facility operates a state-of- the-art air filtrating system that outputs exhaust air that is cleaner than the air that comes in. Mr. Graham stated that the building has been in existence since the 1950's and the nutriceutical supplement manufacturing/bottling facility has been operating for nine years. Public Hearing Closed. Minutes of the Planning Commission - 3 - July 25,2007 MSC (Felber/Moctezuma) (6-0-1-0) that the Planning Commission adopt resolution recommending that the City Council approve an amendment to the Zoning Maps established by Section 19.18.010 of the Municipal Code, rezoning one acre at 696 Naples Street from Apartment Residential to Limited Industrial, based on the findings contained in the draft City Council Ordinance. Motion carried. 3. Information Item: Code Enforcement Overview. Staff has pulled this item indefinitely. Director's Report. Jim Hare reported that having confirmed quorums for both the City Council and GMOC, the Joint Planning Commission/City CouncillGMOC meeting is moving forward in the plans to be held on August 2nd. Recognizing that there is a conflict with a RAC meeting being held that same evening and some members of the Planning Commission serving on that Committee, Assistant Director Hare polled the Commission to ensure that there would be a quorum on August 2nd. ; the Commission confirmed a quorum. Commission Comments: Cmr. Bensoussan announced that on August 18, there will be a fund-raiser open-house and ice-cream social at a late 19th Century 18-room Victorian mansion located in National City that was the home of Colonel Dickenson. The proceeds will go toward the Comprehensive Survey of Historic Homes in Chula Vista and to kick-off the planning of Centennial celebrations. Cmr. Felber reported that the Rancho Del Rey K-Mart driveway entrance and parking lot is severely deteriorated with large pot-holes. He passed along this referral to have staff check into the tenant's responsibility to upkeep the property and/or to refer it to Code Enforcement. Cmr. Clayton, reported that in the 400 block of Third Avenue behind the Quilt Shop, there is a "mobile mini" (storage unit) in the alley way that is obstructing free-flow traffic in the alley area, and it has come to her attention that they are planning to situate a second unit on the premises; it is her understanding that these units are only allowed temporarily. Assistant Director Hare stated he would refer the matter to Code Enforcement. 7: 13:08 PM Meeting adjournment to a Joint Planning Commission! City Council! GMOC meeting on August 2,2007. cretary to the Planning Commission