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Arcadia Planning Commission
Regular Meeting Agenda
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 7:00 p.m.
Location: City Council Chambers, 240 W. Huntington Dr., Arcadia
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CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL:
Ed Beranek, Chairman
Bill Baerg, Commission Member
Ching Chiao, Commission Member
Sam Falzone, Commission Member
Tony Parrille, Commission Member
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM STAFF REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS
PUBLIC COMMENTS (5 minute time limit per person)
Each speaker is limited to five(5)minutes per person, unless waived by the Planning Commission. Under the Brown
Act, the Members are prohibited from discussing or taking action on any items not listed on the posted agenda. The
matter will be referred to staff for an appropriate response,or will be placed on the agenda of a future meeting.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
All interested persons are invited to appear at a public hearing and to provide evidence or testimony concerning any of
the proposed items set forth below for consideration. Separate and apart from the applicant(who may speak longer in
the discretion of the Commission) speakers shall be limited to five (5) minutes per person. The applicant may
additionally submit rebuttal comments, at the discretion of the Commission.
You are hereby advised that should you desire to legally challenge in court any action taken by the Planning
Commission regarding any Public Hearing item, you may be limited to raising only those issues and objections you or
someone else raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or
prior to,the public hearing.
1. Specific Plan No. SP 13-02, General Plan Amendment No. GPA 14-01 and Zone
Change No. ZC 14-01 with a Mitigated Negative Declaration for two new hotels
and a hotel/condominium tower at 130 W. Huntington Drive.
Recommended action: Continue to the February 25, 2014, meeting
2. Resolution No. 1894 - Tentative Parcel Map No. TPM 11-06 (71733), Multiple-
Family Architectural Design Review No. MFADR 11-23, Modification Application
No. MP 13-13 and Oak Tree Encroachment Permit Application No. THE 13-70 for
the following requests with a Categorical Exemption from the California
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Planning Commission regarding any item on this agenda will
be made available for public inspection in the City's Planning Services Office located at 240 W Huntington Drive,
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to develop and subdivide the subject property
with four residential condominium units at 703 S. Second Avenue:
a. A 10-foot, street-side yard setback along Genoa Street in lieu of the 25-
foot requirement;
b. A landscape buffer of 0 to 24 inches between the driveway and west
property line in lieu of the 36-inch requirement, and no landscape buffer
between the driveway and the building in lieu of the 24-inch requirement;
c. Four new 15-gallon trees to be planted in the landscape area along Genoa
Street in lieu of the requirement of five new 36-inch box trees; and,
d. Encroachment into the protected zones of two oak trees.
Applicant: Wallace Fu, Architect and Manoj Jain, Property Owner
Recommended action: Find that this project is exempt from CEQA, and
conditionally approve Tentative Parcel Map No. TPM 11-06 (71733), Multiple-
Family Architectural Design Review No. MFADR 11-23, Modification No. MP 13-
13 and Oak Tree Encroachment Permit No. THE 13-70, and adopt Resolution No.
1894.
There is a five (5) working-day appeal period after the adoption of the Resolution.
Appeals are to be filed by 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2014.
3. Resolution No. 1895 — Tentative Tract Map No. TTM 72514 and Multiple-Family
Architectural Design Review No. MFADR 13-31, with a Categorical Exemption
from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to develop and subdivide
the subject property with 18 residential condominium units at 825 Arcadia Avenue.
Applicant: Jasen Grohs, Developer
Recommended action: Find that this project is exempt from CEQA, conditionally
approve Tentative Tract Map No. TTM 72514 and Multiple-Family Architectural
Design Review No. MFADR 13-31, and adopt Resolution No. 1895.
There is a five (5) working-day appeal period after the adoption of the Resolution.
Appeals are to be filed by 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2014.
4. Resolution No. 1896 - Tentative Tract Map No. TTM 72533 and Multiple-Family
Architectural Design Review No. MFADR 13-21, with a Categorical Exemption
from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to develop and subdivide
the subject property with six residential condominium units at 328 Genoa Street.
Applicant: Sidney Chang, Designer
Recommended action: Find that this project is exempt from CEQA, conditionally
approve Tentative Tract Map No. TTM 72533 and Multiple-Family Architectural
Design Review No. MFADR 13-21, and adopt Resolution No. 1896.
There is a five (5) working-day appeal period after the adoption of the Resolution.
Appeals are to be filed by 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2014.
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Planning Commission regarding any item on this agenda will
be made available for public inspection in the City's Planning Services Office located at 240 W. Huntington Drive,
CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and can be acted on by one roll call vote.
There will be no separate discussion of these items unless members of the Commission, staff, or the public request
that specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion and action.
5. Minutes of the January 14, 2014, Regular Meeting of the Planning Commission
Recommended action: Approve
MATTERS FROM CITY COUNCIL LIAISON
MATTERS FROM PLANNING COMMISSIONERS
MATTERS FROM MODIFICATION COMMITTEE
MATTERS FROM STAFF INCLUDING UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS
ADJOURNMENT
The Planning Commission will adjourn this meeting to February 11, 2014, at 7:00 p.m., in the
City Council Chamber at 240 W. Huntington Dr., Arcadia.
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Planning Commission regarding any item on this agenda will
be made available for public inspection in the City's Planning Services Office located at 240 W. Huntington Drive,