PC Agenda-2024-04-24
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AGENDA PLANNING COMMISSION
Regular Meeting April 24, 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: 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 or by email. If you
would prefer to submit correspondence, please submit your correspondence or request to the Secretary at least two hours prior to the meeting at
jrojas@sanjuancapistrano.org.
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 April 10, 2024, Planning Commission Minutes.
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2. Consideration of a General Plan conformity determination for the
acceptance of an easement for public trail purposes between the City of San Juan Capistrano and the Petra and Avelina Community Association and a finding that said action was reviewed as part of the Final Environmental Impact Report for Tract 18148 and no further CEQA review
is required pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21166 and State
CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 (Project Manager: George Alvarez, Traffic Engineer). D. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
None. E. NEW BUSINESS:
1. Reorganization of the Planning Commission: Selection of Chair, Selection of Vice-Chair, and Appointment of two Commissioners to serve on the Design Review Committee (Project Manager: Joel Rojas, Development Services Director).
2. Consideration of Tree Removal Permit (TRP) 24-004, Mission Hills Drive Pavement Project; a request to remove 22 Melaleuca trees and one Canary Island Pine tree along Mission Hills Drive due to the tree roots conflicting with the City’s Local Streets Pavement Project for Tract 6427; and a finding
that said action is categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15301 (Co-applicants: City of San Juan Capistrano & Mission Hills Ranch Homeowners Association, c/o Erin Beyer) (Project Manager: Laura Stokes, Principal Planner).
F. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
1. Consideration of Conditional Use Permit (CUP) 23-007, Honey Bee Apiaries – Allen Residence: A request to allow four (4) honeybee hives (“apiaries”) for personal non-commercial use on platforms in the rear of a residential
property located at 27571 Silver Creek Drive (APN: 650-241-10) and a
finding that said action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) (Applicant: Ryan Allen) (Project Manager: Dominic Matias, Assistant Planner).
G. INFORMATION ITEM: None. H. COMMISSION/STAFF COMMENTS:
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I. ADJOURNMENT: to Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 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