PC Agenda-2024-02-28
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AGENDA
PLANNING COMMISSION
Regular Meeting February 28, 2024
A. ORGANIZATION: 1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:00 p.m. – City Council Chamber at the Nydegger Building - 31421 La Matanza Street, San Juan Capistrano.
2. ROLL CALL: Chair Matt Gaffney, Vice-Chair Darren Fancher, Commissioners
Stan Braden, Ted Rosenfeldt, and Tami Wilhelm. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
B. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
Persons wishing to address the Governing Body on city business that is not listed
on the agenda may do so in person by attending the meeting, by email or telephone. If you would prefer to submit correspondence or speak by telephone,
please submit your correspondence or request to the Secretary at least an hour
prior to the meeting at jrojas@sanjuancapistrano.org or (949) 234-4410. The
public may also call the agenda public comment line at (949) 493-1172 at the
beginning of the meeting. The Secretary will call persons wishing to speak and/or receive calls in the order received.
Please limit all comments to 3 minutes. C. CONSENT CALENDAR:
Items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items.
If discussion is desired, that item may be removed from the Consent Calendar and
will be considered separately. 1. Draft January 24, 2024, Planning Commission Minutes.
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D. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
None.
E. NEW BUSINESS:
None.
F. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. Continued Consideration of Architectural Control (AC) 23-007 and
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) 23-002, Capistrano Boxing Gym; A request
to establish an 11,173 square foot boxing gym and to modify the existing parking lot to provide additional off-street parking spaces in support of the use proposed at 33081 Camino Capistrano (APN: 668-291-14); and a Finding That Said Action is Categorically Exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Per CEQA Guidelines Section 15301,
Class 1, Existing Facilities. (Applicant: Peter Carey, Capistrano Boxing Gym) (Project Manager: Justin R. Poley, Associate Planner) CONTINUED FROM THE JANUARY 24, 2024 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
2. Consideration of Code Amendment (CA) 18-005, Kinoshita Farm Specific
Plan Amendment for The Ecology Center: A request to amend the Kinoshita Farm Specific Plan (SP) 85-01, to clarify that all the current farm operations, activities and structures associated with The Ecology Center are permitted by the Specific Plan governing the 28-acre City-owned Kinoshita Farm
property located at 32701 Alipaz Street (APN 121-190-57); and a finding that
said action is Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) and, in the alternative, State CEQA per State Guidelines Section 15303 (New Construction)(Applicant: Andrew Sieger, The Ecology Center)(Project
Manager: Laura Stokes, Principal Planner).
3. Consideration of Grading Plan Modification (GPM) 23-011; Widgerow Residence: A request to modify the grade on an undeveloped lot to accommodate a new single-family residence with a detached garage
located at 26922 Paseo Cardero (APN 650-161-14) and a finding that said
action is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures). The proposed grading involves 2,250 cubic yards of cut and 240 cubic yards of fill, resulting in
1,980 cubic yards of soil export, with retaining walls up to 10’ in height.
(Applicant: Kennedy Year)(Project Manager, Jeffrey Graham, Contract Planner). 4. Consideration of Code Amendment (CA) 23-002, Consideration of an
Amendment to the Los Rios Specific Plan to allow eating establishments
with beer and wine service between 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. no larger than 1,000 square feet as accessory uses in the Historic Commercial District and
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clarify the boundary line between the Historic Commercial District and the
Historic Residential District that traverses the property located at 31791 Los
Rios Street (APN 121-160-17) that contains Hidden House Coffee and Zoomar’s at River Street; and a finding that said action is categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15311 and 15303 (Applicant: 31791 Los Rios Street, LLC)(Project Manager:
Laura Stokes, Principal Planner).
G. INFORMATION ITEM:
None. H. COMMISSION/STAFF COMMENTS:
I. ADJOURNMENT: to Wednesday, March 13, 2024, a t 5:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber at the Nydegger Building - 31421 La Matanza Street, San Juan Capistrano.
J. CERTIFICATION: The foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall’s lobby, the Community Center, and the San Juan Capistrano Library. Approved:
______________________________________ Joel Rojas, Development Services Director Planning Commission Secretary