HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission 2013-10-15 Agenda AGENDA
SAN RAFAEL PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, October 15, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 1400 FIFTH AVENUE
SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA
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URGENT COMMUNICATION
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CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Minutes, July 23, 2013
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 requ ired 10 foot side yard
setback;APN: 015-061-15; Single Family Residential (R10) District; Alfred and Michelle Partridge, owner/applicant; File No.: AP13-
002.Project Planner: Caron Parker
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 prop osed
at this time 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
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
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
COMMISSION COMMUNICATION
ADJOURNMENT:
I. Next Meeting: October 29, 2013
II. I, Anne Derrick, hereby certify that on October 11, 2013, I posted a notice of October 15, 2013 Planning
Commission meeting on the City of San Rafael Agenda Board.