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Oakland City Planning Commission
REVISED AGENDA


Kenneth S. Katzoff, Chair

Clinton Killian, Vice Chair

Nicole Franklin

Viola Gonzales

Colland Jang

Glen Jarvis

Michael Lighty

FEBRUARY 6, 2001

Regular Meeting

 

COMMITTEE MEETING

The Policies and Procedures Committee will convene at 4:00 p.m. Please see separate agenda.

 

 

MEAL GATHERING 5:00 P.M.

Le Cheval Restaurant, 1007 Clay Street

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.)

 

BUSINESS MEETING 6:30 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: January 23, 2002

Agenda Discussion

Correspondence

City Council Actions: January 29, and February 5, 2002

Director's Report

Committee Reports .

Commission Matters Establish Zoning Update Committee Meeting Schedule.

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:

Citywide

Proposal:

Consider revisions to the Small Project Design Guidelines and associated text amendments to the Oakland Planning Code (Section 17.136).

Applicant:

Planning Commission

Case File Number:

ZT02-021

Planning Permits Required:

Planning Code Text Amendment

Environmental Determination:

Exempt; Section 15061(b)(3), State CEQA Guidelines, "a general rule," no possibility of significant effect on the environment.

For further information:

Contact case planner David Ralston at 510-238-2970 or dralston@oaklandnet.com.

 

 

 

2.

Location:

2633 Telegraph Avenue

Proposal:

Request to revise conditions of approval to eliminate requirements to meet Secretary of Interior standards for the restoration and new construction.

Applicant/Owner:

Madison Park, REIT, John Protopapas

Case File Number:

REV02-01 (REV00-02, CMVM98-068)

Planning Permits Required:

Revision of Conditions of Approval

General Plan:

Community Commercial

Zoning:

C-45 Community Shopping Commercial

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15301, State CEQA Guidelines; existing facility

Historic Status:

Potentially Designated Historic Property (PDHP); survey rating: Ea2

Service Delivery District:

II – North Oakland

City Council District:

3

Status:

Conversion of the former Sears building to live/work with ground floor retail and self-storage in basement approved by Planning Commission on April 5, 2000.

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report

For further information:

Contact case planner Scott Harriman at 510-238-6935. or sharriman@oaklandnet.com.

 

3.

Location:

3250 Helen Street

Proposal:

To create a living unit in the raised basement of an existing single family dwelling for a total of two units on a lot.

Applicant:

Nadja Kuhner

Owner:

Todd Seversen and Bill Gance

Case File Number:

VMD01-502

Planning Permits Required:

Major Variance to exceed the allowed density in the R-36 zone, Minor variance for reduction of parking and side setback, and Design Review.

General Plan:

Mixed Housing Type Residential

Zoning:

R-36 Small Lot Residential Zoning District

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15301, State CEQ Guidelines, minor alteration of an existing facility.

Historic Status:

Potential Designated Historic Property (PDHP); survey rating: D3+

Service Delivery District:

I – West Oakland

City Council District:

3

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report

For further information:

Contact case planner Margot Lederer Prado (510) 238-6766 or mprado@oaklandnet.com

 

4.

Location:

1062 – 67th Street

Proposal:

To legalize a secondary unit on the second floor of an existing single family dwelling for a total of two units located on a 3,822 square-foot lot and to expand the ground floor unit.

Owner/Applicant:

Aldo Valle

Case File Number:

CM01-511

Planning Permits Required:

Major Conditional Use Permit to legalize a secondary unit

General Plan:

Mixed Housing Type Residential

Zoning:

R-40, Garden Apartment Residential Zone

Environmental Determination:

Exempt 15301; State CEQA Guidelines, minor alterations to existing facility

Historic Status:

Non Historic Property (NHP); survey rating: N/A

Service Delivery District:

II – North Oakland

City Council District:

1

For further information:

Contact case planner Maurice Brenyah-Addow at 510-238-6342 or mbrenyah@oaklandnet.com

 

ADJOURNMENT By 10:30 P.M. unless a later time is agreed upon by a majority of Commissioners present.

 

SCOTT HARRIMAN

Secretary

 

 

NEXT REGULAR MEETING: FEBRUARY 20, 2002

 

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