HomeMy WebLinkAbout0. Agenda - August 20, 2014PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
AUGUST 20TH, 2014
REGULAR MEETING – 6:30 PM
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
11111 BROOKSHIRE AVE., DOWNEY, CA
I. CALL TO ORDER: A REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING - 6:30 P.M.
II. ROLL CALL: Commissioners Morales, Flores, Rodriguez, Vice Chairman Lujan and
Chairman Kiefer
III. PLANNING COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS; REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA
ITEMS; AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS:
IV. PRESENTATIONS:
V. REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
VI. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. PLN-13-00236 (Conditional Use Permit)
Location 9566 Firestone Blvd Approve
Request: A request to construct a new showroom and business offices for
Champion Dodge, on property zoned C-2 (General
Commercial).
CEQA: Categorical Exemption – Section 15332 (Class 32, In-Fill
Development Projects)
Staff: David Blumenthal
2. PLN-14-00051 (Conditional Use Permit) cont’d from July 16, 2014
Location 8206 Firestone Blvd Approve
Request: A request for Revision ‘D’ to PLN-11-00105 (Conditional Use
Permit), to allow performers (go-go dancers) at Club DB
Lounge, on property zoned Downtown Downey Specific Plan.
CEQA: Categorical Exemption – Section 15301 (Class 1, Existing
Facilities)
Staff: William Davis
3. PLN-14-000146 (Variance)
Location 12452 Rose Ave Deny
Request: A request to deviate from Municipal Code Sections
9312.08(b)(8), 9710.02(b), and 9710.02(g), to maintain a 209
square foot unpermitted concrete pad, to be used as parking in
the front yard of a single-family, on property zoned R-3 (Multi-
Family Residential).
CEQA: Categorical Exemption – Section 15305 (Class 5, Minor
Alterations in Land Use Limitations)
Staff: William Davis
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
AUGUST 20TH, 2014
VII. NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS:
VIII. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS: Items in this section will be voted on in one motion unless
a commissioner or citizen requests separate actions. Anyone wishing to discuss a consent
calendar item should be recognized by the chairman, state name, address and agenda item
number. Further, any consent calendar items removed from the agenda will be considered
by the commission following the public hearing items.
IX.
X. OTHER BUSINESS:
XI. STAFF MEMBER COMMENTS:
XII. ADJOURNMENT: To Wednesday, September 3, 2014, 6:30 pm, at Downey City Hall,
11111 Brookshire Avenue, Downey, CA. 90241.
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 and on the City’s
website at http://www.downeyca.org.
I, Mary Cavanagh, Secretary to the Planning Commission, City of Downey, do hereby certify, under
penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing notice was posted
pursuant to Government Code Section 54950 Et. Seq. and City of Downey Ordinance at the following
locations: Downey City Hall, Downey City Library, and Barbara J. Riley Senior Center.
Dated this 15th day of August, 2014 Mary Cavanagh
Mary Cavanagh
Secretary, Planning Commission
4. Approval of the Minutes from August 6, 2014
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 Planner a written notice of appeal there from 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