REGULAR MEETING OF 

PLANNING COMMISSION 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2005 7:00 PM 

 ONE TWIN PINES LANE 

SECOND FLOOR 

BELMONT CITY HALL

1.         ROLL CALL                                 

2.         AGENDA AMENDMENTS   

3.            COMMUNITY FORUM (Public Comments)

This agenda category is limited to 15 minutes to be allocated as determined by the Planning Commission Chair.  If you wish to address the hearing body, please complete a speaker's card and give it to the Secretary.  If your subject is not on the agenda, the Planning Commission Chair will recognize you at this time.

 4.            CONSENT CALENDAR

Consent Calendar items are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussion on these items unless members of the Commission, staff or public request specific items to be removed for separate action.

 4A.    Minutes of: 9/20/05

 5.      PUBLIC HEARING:

  5A.   PUBLIC HEARING – 910 Chevy Street 

 To consider Single Family Design Review to add 596 square feet to the rear of an existing single family residence and to remodel an existing accessory building in the rear yard. (Appl. No. 2005-0059)

 APN: 044-324-110; Zoned: R-1C (Single Family Residential)

 CEQA Status: Recommended Categorical Exemption per Section 15301

 Applicant/Owner(s):  Courtney and Chris Carreras

 5B.    PUBLIC HEARING – 1505 Solana Avenue

To consider Single Family Design Review to add 1,384 square feet on three levels to the existing single family residence, including a new second story. (Appl. No. 2005-0057)

APN: 045-134-060; Zoned: R-1B (Single Family Residential)

CEQA Status: Recommended Categorical Exemption per Section 15301

 Applicant/Owner(s):  Mathew and Eileen Cramer

5C.   PUBLIC HEARING - 3858 West Naughton Avenue

To consider a Single Family Design Review to construct a new 917 square foot single-family residence that is below the zoning district permitted 920 square feet for this site. (Appl. No. 2005-0030)

APN: 043-072-220; Zoned: HRO-2 (Hillside Residential and Open Space)

CEQA Status: Recommended Categorical Exemption per Section 15303

Applicant: Randy Grange, TRG Architects

Owner: Otto Miller

 5D.    PUBLIC HEARING – 2800 block of Monte Cresta Drive (Hillside Road Improvement Plan)

 To consider a Hillside Road Improvement Plan extending Monte Cresta Drive by 104 feet from its existing paved terminus at the 2800 block of this street. The roadway extension is proposed to provide vehicular and pedestrian access to three parcels.  An Initial Study, draft Mitigated Negative Declaration, Arborist Report and geotechnical reports have been prepared and an analysis of the proposed road extension and its consistency with Section 7-13 of the Belmont Municipal Code, applicable sections of the San Juan Hills Area Plan and Belmont General Plan will be presented. 

 CEQA Status:  Mitigated Negative Declaration.  Applicant: Damon Campbell. (Application No. 2000-1085).

 6.        NEW BUSINESS

 6A.      Planning Commission Appointment – Ralston Fence Subcommittee

6B.      Nomination/Selection of Planning Commission Vice Chair

 7.         REPORTS, STUDIES, UPDATES

      PLANNING COMMISSION LIAISON TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF TUESDAY,      JANUARY 10,  2006

Liaison:                       Commissioner   Parsons           

Alternate Liaison:            Commissioner   Wozniak

 ADJOURNMENT:

 PLEASE NOTE:  The January 3, 2006 Planning Commission Meeting has been cancelled.

Adjournment to Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at 7:00 pm for a Regular Meeting at Belmont City Hall.

 Information on the applications to be considered at this meeting may be obtained from the City of Belmont Planning Division, One Twin Pines Lane, Suite # 110, CA 94002, 650/595-7417. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact: 650-637-2999.  Notification in advance of the meeting will enable the city to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.