HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-15-10 PC AgendaAGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
DOWNEY CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, 11111 BROOKSHIRE AVENUE
DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA
6:30 P.M.
I. CALL TO ORDER A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT 6:30 P.M.
II. COMMISSIONERS: Fernando Vasquez, District 5
Terry Lambros, District 4
Michael Murray, District 1
Robert Kiefer, District 2, Vice Chairman
Louis Morales, District 3, Chairman
III. MINUTES: September 1, 2010
IV. AGENDA CHANGES:
V. REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
VI. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS:
VII. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS: RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. PLN -10 -08053 (CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 99 -58, REVISION "B ") Approve
Location: 10910 Paramount Boulevard
Owner /Applicant: Mike Capalbo
Authorized Agent: Same
Staff: Jessica Flores
CEQA: As required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this
request has been found to be Categorically Exempt from CEQA, per
CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301 (Class 1, Existing Facilities).
Request: A request by Creative Beginning to reduce the maximum number of
children permitted at the existing daycare /nursery from 150 to 100 and
to limit the daycare /nursery activity to Unit "B" of the subject site, zoned
C -1 (Neighborhood Commercial).
2. PLN -10 -08058 (CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT) Approve
Location: 8036 Third Street
Owner /Applicant: Maria Johnson /Winning Image
Authorized Agent: Persico Intervivous Trust
Staff: David Blumenthal
CEQA: As required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this
request has been found to be Categorically Exempt from CEQA, per
CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301 (Class 1, Existing Facilities).
Request: A request for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a combination fitness
studio and beauty salon, with a single tanning bed, on property
zoned C -3 /DP (Central Business District/Downtown Plan Overlay).
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VII. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS:
RECOMMENDED ACTION
3. PLN -10 -08074 - DOWNTOWN DOWNEY SPECIFIC PLAN
Location: The boundaries of the downtown overlay are roughly bounded by
the Union Pacific railroad right of way to the south, Civic Center
Drive /Dolan Avenue to the east (extending to Brookshire Ave on the
south side of Firestone Blvd, Myrtle Street to the west (including
Myrtle Plaza on the west side of Myrtle between Second and Third),
and an irregular north boundary that extends to Fifth Street to the
north. The proposed Specific Plan will extend these boundaries to
Brookshire Avenue to the east, the Union Pacific railroad right -of-
way to the south, Paramount Boulevard to the west, and an irregular
northern boundary along Fourth Street, extending to Fifth Street in
areas and including the former Gallatin Medical site. The Rives
Mansion, located at the northwest corner of Third Street and
Paramount Boulevard, has also been included in the project area.
Owner /Applicant: City of Downey
Authorized Agent: City of Downey
Staff: David Blumenthal /Mark Sellheim
CEQA: As required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), an
Environmental Impact Report has been prepared for this application
and was previously circulated for review.
A request to recommend that the City Council: 1) Certify the Final Recommend
Environmental Impact Report; 2) Amend the Land Use Element of Approval to
General Plan; 3) Adopt the Downtown Downey Specific Plan; City Council
and 4) Repeal Section 9326 of Article IX of the Downey Municipal
Code, thereby revoking the "Downtown Plan for Downey's Historical
Downtown District ".
Request:
VIII. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
IX. OTHER BUSINESS:
X. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDA:
XI. ADJOURNMENT: To October 6, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. at Downey City Hall, 11111 Brookshire
Avenue, Downey, Ca.,
September 15, 2010
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this
meeting, you should contact the Planning Division office at (562) 904 -7154 (voice) or the California Relay
Service. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to
assure accessibility to this meeting. Supporting data for items included in this agenda is available for public
review and inspection in the office of the Planning Division during regular workday hours between 8:00 a.m.
and 5:00 p.m., and in the City Library during regular hours.
NOTICE: SECTION 9806 - APPEALS.
Any person aggrieved or affected by any final determinations of the Commission concerning an application for action of
an administrative nature, including a variance or a permit, or any condition or requirement thereon, or upon the failure of
the Commission to make its findings and determinations within thirty (30)days after the closure of the hearing thereon,
no later than fifteen (15) calendar days, (Exception: subdivisions. no later than ten (10) calendar days) after the date of
the decision or of the Commission's failure to make a determination, may file with the City Clerk a written notice of
appeal therefrom to the Council. Such appeal shall set forth specifically wherein it is claimed the Commission's findings
were in error, and wherein the decision of the Commission is not supported by the evidence in the matter, and wherein
the public necessity, convenience, and welfare require the Commission's decision to be reversed or modified.
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