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Oakland City Planning Commission
AGENDA


Kenneth S. Katzoff, Chair

Clinton Killian, Vice Chair

Nicole Franklin

Colland Jang

Glen Jarvis

Michael Lighty

OCTOBER 16, 2002

Regular Meeting

 

ZONING UPDATE COMMITTEE MEETING:

3:30 P.M.

Hearing Room 1, City Hall,

One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza

 

The Zoning Update Committee will convene at 3:30 p.m. Please see separate committee agenda.

 

 

MEAL GATHERING 5:45 P.M.

Hearing Room 4, City Hall, One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza

Open to the public. (Food is not provided for members of the public.)

 

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, generally one week prior to each meeting, at www.oaklandnet.com by searching "Frequently visited pages:" and clicking on "Planning Commission Meetings". 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:

Agenda Discussion

Correspondence

City Council Actions: September 24 and October 1, 2002

Director's Report Follow-up report on an existing concrete processing facility at Wood and 20th Streets in the West Oakland Community Development District.

Commission Matters

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.

 

 

CONSENT CALENDAR

The Commission will take a single roll call vote on all of the items listed below in this section. The vote will be on approval of the staff report in each case. Members of the Commission may request that any item on the Consent Calendar be singled out for separate discussion and vote.

 

 

1.

Location:

6400 Gwin Rd

Proposal:

Proposal to construct a detached secondary unit on a property containing an existing single family dwelling. The existing single family dwelling will also be expanded as a part of this proposal.

Applicant/Owner:

Natalie Stephens/Christine Guichoud

Case File Number:

CMDV02-272

Planning Permits Required:

Major Conditional Use Permit for a secondary unit and a minor variance to allow the length of the principal building to exceed 35 feet.

General Plan:

Hillside Residential

Zoning:

R-30 One-Family Residential Zone, S-14 Community Restoration Development Combining Zone, and S-18 Mediated Design Review Combining Zone.

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15303, State CEQ Guidelines, new construction of small structures.

Historic Status:

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

Service Delivery District:

II – North Hills

City Council District:

1

Status:

Continued from meeting of October 2, 2002

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report

For further information:

Contact case planner Robert D. Merkamp at 510-238-6283 or rmerkamp@oaklandnet.com.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

2.

Location:

300 Harrison Street (APN 001-0153-016)

Proposal:

Construction of a 91 unit residential project with 117 parking spaces, in a 5-story (plus mezzanines) building.

Applicant/Owner:

300 Harrison Street Associates, Jeff Hand

Case File Number:

ER00-0039, CMDV00-366

Planning Permits Required:

Major Conditional Use Permit for the location of off-street parking, loading, or driveways within 75 feet of the front property line (Section 17.56.090); Design Review for the S-4 Zone (Section 17.80); and a Variance for the percentage of compact parking spaces and the parking space width when adjacent to a wall or other similar obstruction (Section 17.116.200), and a Tentative Parcel Map to create condominiums.

General Plan:

Waterfront Warehouse District (WWD) – Estuary Policy Plan

Zoning:

C-45, Community Shopping Commercial and S-4, Design Review Combining Zone

Environmental Determination:

Draft Environmental Impact Report has been released for a 45-day comment period, until 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2002.

Historic Status:

The site is vacant and within the National Register Waterfront Warehouse Historic District

Service Delivery District:

I-Downtown

City Council District:

3

Status:

Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board review scheduled for October 14, 2002. Design Review Committee review scheduled for October 23, 2002.

Action to be Taken:

Hold a public hearing and receive testimony on the Draft EIR and the project.

For further information:

Contact case planner Scott Miller at (510) 238-2235 or smiller@oaklandnet.com.

 

3.

Location:

6501 San Pablo Avenue (016-1506-004-00)

Proposal:

To construct a 24 unit residential structure with approximately 2,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space.

Owner/Applicant:

Tri-City Lofts, LLC; Paul Parkman, James Branch, and Paul Germain

Case File Number:

CMDV02-341

Planning Permits Required:

Design review for residential projects with three or more units on a lot; Minor Variances for rear yard setback (10’-0" required, none proposed) and reduction of Open Space and courtyard dimension.

General Plan:

Community Commercial

Zoning:

C-30, District Thoroughfare Commercial Zone

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15332, State CEQA Guidelines; Infill development

Historic Status:

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

Service Delivery District:

II – North Oakland

City Council District:

1

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report

For further information:

Contact case planner Neil Gray at (510) 238-3878 or by e-mail at ngray@oaklandnet.com.

 

4.

Location:

557 Merrimac

Proposal:

Rezoning of a property that is within the R-80 and C-45 Zoning Districts to C-45 for the entire property, to allow Automotive Sales, Rental, and Delivery Commercial Activities retail auto sales (no service or repair activity).

Applicant:

Eugene Sim, AIA

Owner:

Achievement Enterprise

Case File Number:

RZ02-295

Planning Permits Required:

Rezoning application to rezone property from C-45/R-80 ro C-45 for entirety. Consideration of future General Plan Amendment for Community Commercial for frontage along 27th Street.

General Plan:

Urban Residential

Zoning:

C-45 (Community Shopping Commercial Zone) and R-80 (High Rise Apartment Residential Zone).

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15303, State CEQ Guidelines, new construction of small structures

Historic Status:

Non-historic Property (NHP), survey rating: F3

Service Delivery District:

II, North 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 at 510-238-6766 or by e-mail at mprado@oaklandnet.com.

 

5.

Location:

5509 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (APN 140 –1198-004-02)

Proposal:

To establish a convenience market within an existing service station

Applicant:

Michael Trimble, Petroleum Sales, Inc.

Owner:

Ben Shimek

Case File Number:

CM02-175

Planning Permits Required:

Major Conditional Use Permit for a convenience market

General Plan:

Neighborhood Commercial

Zoning:

C-10, Local Retail Commercial Zone

Environmental Determination:

Exempt; Section 15301, CEQA Guidelines; Minor Alterations

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 Chris Candell at 510 238-6986 or by email at ccandell@oaklandnet.com

 

6.

Location:

7809 Michigan Avenue (APN: 029-1077-032-01)

Proposal:

To add a detached three car garage with an upper-story secondary dwelling unit on a property containing a existing single family dwelling

Applicant:

Charles Lewis

Owner:

Sharon Flin

Case File Number:

CMD02-234

Planning Permits Required:

Major Conditional Use Permit for secondary unit and a Minor Conditional Use Permit to allow for a height of 36 feet for the secondary unit (30’ height limit).

General Plan:

Detached Unit Residential

Zoning:

R-30 One-Family Residential Zone

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15303, State CEQ Guidelines, new construction of small structures

Historic Status:

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

Service Delivery District:

V – Central East Oakland

City Council District:

6

Status:

Continued from meeting of September 18, 2002.

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report

For further information:

Contact case planner Robert D. Merkamp at 510-238-6283 or rmerkamp@oaklandnet.com.

 

7.

Location:

14170 Skyline Boulevard

Proposal:

Reconsideration of staff interpretation of Planning Commission Conditions of Approval for C78-3A.

Applicant:

Marjory F. Gibson

Owner:

Bruce and Anita Thompson

Case File Number:

REV02-004

Planning Permits Required:

Revision of Conditions of Approval

General Plan:

Hillside Residential

Zoning:

R-1 One Acre Estate Residential Zone

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15301, State CEQA Guidelines; existing facility

Historic Status:

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

Service Delivery District:

IV – Lower Hills

City Council District:

6

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report.

For further information:

Contact case planner Robert D. Merkamp at 510-238-6283 or Rmerkamp@oaklantnet.com

 

 

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

 

 

 

SCOTT HARRIMAN

Secretary

 

 

NEXT MEETING: OCTOBER 23, 2002