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Oakland City Planning Commission
AGENDA


Kenneth S. Katzoff, Chair

Clinton Killian, Vice Chair

Nicole Franklin

Viola Gonzales

Colland Jang

Glen Jarvis

Michael Lighty

DECEMBER 19, 2001

Regular Meeting

 

DESIGN REVIEW

COMMITTEE MEETING

4:00 P.M.

Dimond Conference Room, Third Floor, Room #3327

250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza

The Design Review Committee will convene at 4:00 p.m. Please see separate committee agenda.

 

BUSINESS MEETING 6:00 P.M.

 

Hearing room 1, City Hall, One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza

Persons wishing to address the Commission on any item on the agenda, including Open Forum and Director’s Report, should fill out a speaker card and give it to the Secretary prior to the convening of the meeting or prior to 8:30 p.m. for matters scheduled to be heard after 8:30 p.m. Speakers are generally limited to two minutes at the discretion of the Chair. Applicants and appellants are generally limited to five minutes.

Agenda items will be called at the discretion of the Chair and not necessarily in the order they are listed on the agenda. However, a matter identified as an 8:30 p.m. item shall not be called until 8:30 p.m. or later. The order of items will be determined under "Agenda Discussion" at the beginning of the meeting. With the exception of Open Forum, a new item will not be called after 10:15 p.m., and the meeting will adjourn no later than 10:30 p.m. unless the meeting is extended by the Chair with the consent of a majority of Commissioners present.

Staff reports for items listed on this agenda will be available by 3:00 p.m. the Wednesday, one week before the meeting, to any interested party, at the Community and Economic Development Agency, Planning and Zoning Division, 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California 94612. Reports are available at the Strategic Planning Division on the 3rd floor (Suite 3330), which closes at 5:00 p.m.

 

Staff reports are also available on-line at www.oaklandnet.com by clicking on "City Boards and Commissions" located on the City of Oakland Homepage under the City Resources heading. Click on Planning Commission, then Planning Commission Agenda. Staff reports are available by clicking on the highlighted case file number. For further information, please call 510-238-3941.

If you challenge a Commission decision in court, you may be limited to issues raised at the hearing or in correspondence delivered to the Zoning Division, Community and Economic Development Agency, at, or prior to, the hearing.

 

ROLL CALL

WELCOME BY THE CHAIR

COMMISSION BUSINESS

Approval of Minutes: December 5, 2001

Agenda Discussion

Correspondence

City Council Actions: December 11 and December 18, 2001

Director's Report

Committee Reports Report from Design Review committee on meeting of December 19, 2001.

Commission Matters Appointment of Alternate Members for Standing Committees

Appointment of Lake Merritt Master Plan Planning Commission liaison

City Attorney's Report

 

OPEN FORUM

At this time members of the public may speak on any item of interest within the Commission's jurisdiction. Speakers are generally limited to two minutes or less if there are six or less speakers on an item, and one minute or less if there are more than six speakers.

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS

The hearing provides opportunity for all concerned persons to speak; the hearing will normally be closed after all testimony has been heard. The Commission will then vote on the matter based on the staff report and recommendation. If you wish to be notified on the decision of an agenda item, please indicate the case number and submit a self-addressed stamped envelope, for each case. If you challenge a Commission decision in court, you may be limited to issues raised at the public hearing or in correspondence delivered to the Zoning Division, Community and Economic Development Agency, at, or prior to, the public hearing.

 

Interested parties are encouraged to submit written material on agenda items in advance of the meeting and prior to the close of the public hearing on the item. To allow for distribution to the Commissioners, staff, and the public, 20 copies of all material should be submitted. Material submitted at least ten days prior to the meeting may be included as part of the agenda packet; material submitted later will be distributed at or prior to the meeting the meeting. To ensure that material is distributed to Commissioners, it should be received by the Commission Secretary no later than 48 hours prior to the meeting, and preferably earlier.

 

1.

Location:

South of Horton Street/Yerba Buena Avenue intersection

Assessors Parcel Number:

007-0617-047-00

Proposal:

Construction of 45,000 square foot Best Buy retail store with 200 surface parking spaces.

Applicant:

MBH Architects

Owner:

WDS-VCI, L.L.C.

Case File Number:

CMV01-510, ER01-31

Planning Permits Required:

Major Conditional Use Permit for more than 3,000 square feet of retail space, and Minor Variance for height of freestanding sign.

General Plan:

Regional Commercial

Zoning:

M-40 Heavy Industrial Zone

Environmental Determination:

Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) released; public comment period ends December 7, 2001.

Historic Status:

Non-historic property (NHP); survey rating: N/A

Service Delivery District:

I – Downtown/West Oakland/Harbor

City Council District:

3

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report.

For further information:

Contact case planner Lynn Warner at 510-238-6168 or lwarner@oaklandnet.com

 

2.

Location:

23 Buena Vista Place

Assessors Parcel Number:

048A-7200-011-00

Proposal:

To condition an existing basement so as to provide a secondary unit on the property.

Applicant/Owner:

Boris Wu and Bill Wong

Case File Number:

CMD01-382

Planning Permits Required:

Major Conditional Use Permit and Design Review for a Secondary Unit.

General Plan:

Detached Unit Residential

Zoning:

R-30 / S-14, One Family Residential and Community Restoration Development Combining Zone

Environmental Determination:

Exempt 15303; State CEQA Guidelines; New Construction of Small Structures

Historic Status:

Potentially Designated Historic Property (PDHP), OCHS Rating: XC3?

Service Delivery District:

II – North Oakland

City Council District:

1

For further information:

Contact case planner Rodrigo Orduña at (510) 238-6809 or rorduna@oaklandnet.com

 

MEAL GATHERING 8:00 P.M.

Marica's, 5301 College Avenue.

Open to the public at no charge. (Members of the public must pay for their own meals if desired. Purchase of meal is not required to attend.)

 

SCOTT HARRIMAN

Secretary

 

NEXT REGULAR MEETING: JANUARY 9, 2002

 

 

Archive List

December 5, 2001
November 14, 2001
November 7, 2001
October 27, 2001
October 17, 2001
October 3, 2001
September 19, 2001
September 5, 2001
August 22, 2001
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July 25, 2001
July 11, 2001
June 20, 2001
June 6, 2001
May 16, 2001
May 2, 2001
April 18, 2001
April 4, 2001
March 7, 2001
January 3, 2001
December 13, 2000
December 6, 2000
November 15, 2000
November 1, 2000



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Zoning Update-May 16th

Design Review-December 19th

Policies & Procedures-December 5th

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