HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission 2013-10-15 Minutes
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL, October 15, 2013
Regular Meeting
San Rafael Planning Commission Minutes
For a complete video of this meeting, go to http://www.cityofsanrafael.org/meetings
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
RECORDING OF MEMBERS PRESENT AND ABSENT
Present: Larry Paul
Charlie Pick
Barrett Schaefer
Mark Lubamersky
Gerald Belletto
Absent: Viktoriya Wise
Jack Robertson
Also Present: Raffi Boloyan, Planning Manager
Kraig Tambornini, Senior Planner
Caron Parker, Associate Planner
APPROVAL OR REVISION OF ORDER OF AGENDA ITEMS
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF MEETING PROCEDURES
URGENT COMMUNICATION
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Minutes, July 23, 2013
Mark Lubamersky moved and Charlie Pick seconded to approve minutes as presented. The vote is as
follows:
AYES: Charlie Pick, Barrett Schaefer, Mark Lubamersky
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: Larry Paul, Chair, Gerald Belletto
ABSENT: Viktoriya Wise, Jack Robertson
PUBLIC HEARING
2. 118 Linden Lane: Appeal of Zoning Administrator approval (June 26, 2013) of
Environmental and Design Review Permit (ED13-024) and Exception (EX13-002) to allow a
1,241 square foot lower floor addition and a 1,462 square foot upper floor addition to the
existing one-story single family home. The existing carport structure would be re-
designed as a two-car garage. The Exception approved a portion of the new addition
toward the rear of the house to encroach 2 feet into the required 10 foot side yard setb ack;
APN: 015-061-15; Single Family Residential (R10) District; Alfred and Michelle Partridge,
owner/applicant; File No.: AP13-002. Project Planner: Caron Parker
Barrett Schaefer moved and Charlie Pick seconded to continue item with the requirements that the
applicant provide a professional landscape plan to include screening of the house and also set up story
poles at the project site. The vote is as follows:
AYES: Larry Paul, Chair, Charlie Pick, Barrett Schaefer, Mark Lubamersky, Gerald Belletto
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Viktoriya Wise, Jack Robertson
3. 999 3rd Street (Former PG&E San Rafael Manufactured Gas Plant Site) - Requests for a
Use Permit and an Environmental and Design Review Permit to allow excavation and off-
haul of approximately 35,000 cubic yards of "lampblack" contaminated soil and backfill of
approximately 42,000 cubic yards of ?clean' imported soil, compacted to the existing
finished grade and finished with an asphalt ?cap'. The three existing buildings on the site
are proposed to remain. Redevelopment of the site is not proposed at this t ime by the
project; APN: 011-265-01; Second/Third Street Mixed Use East (2/3 MUE) District Zone;
Patricia Sullivan for PG&E, Applicant; Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Owner; Case
Numbers: UP13-001; ED13-002. Project Planner: Steve Stafford
Barrett Schaefer moved and Gerald Belletto seconded to adopt resolution approving project with the
modification to paragraph #16 in the Conditions of Approval of the Use Permit as outlined by staff. The
vote is as follows:
AYES: Larry Paul, Chair, Charlie Pick, Barrett Schaefer, Mark Lubamersky, Gerald Belletto
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Viktoriya Wise, Jack Robertson
4. 5800 Northgate Mall Drive (Northgate Mall Renovation, Amendment) - Request for Use
Permit and Environmental and Design Review Permit approvals for renovation and re -use
of the existing 29,538 square foot vacant pad building at 6000 Northgate Mall Drive (former
occupied by "Rite Aid") and a parking modification to reduce number of spaces required
and dimensions, as an amendment to the prior renovation project approvals granted by
the City Council on April 21, 2008 by Resolution 12479 (under ED07-90, SR07-91, UP07-56
& DA07-01); APN: 175-060-61, 66, 67, 59, 40, & 12; General Commercial (GC) Zone;
Macerich, LLC, Owner; North San Rafael Neighborhood. Project Planner: Kraig
Tambornini
Mark Lubamersky moved and Charlie Pick seconded to adopt resolution approving project as presented.
AYES: Charlie Pick, Barrett Schaefer, Mark Lubamersky, Gerald Belletto
NOES: Larry Paul
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Viktoriya Wise, Jack Robertson
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
COMMISSION COMMUNICATION
ADJOURNMENT:
___________________________________
ANNE DERRICK, Administrative Assistant III
APPROVED THIS_____DAY____OF_______, 2012
_____________________________________
Larry Paul, Chair