REGULAR MEETING OF

 PLANNINING COMMISSION

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2006 7:00 PM

ONE TWIN PINES LANE

 SECOND FLOOR

 BELMONT CITY HALL

AGENDA

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.    Action Minutes of:  1/17/06 and 9/6/05

5.    PUBLIC HEARINGS:

5A.   PUBLIC HEARING – 711 SOUTH ROAD   

To consider a Single Family Design Review to construct a 964 square foot addition to the existing 2,531 square foot single-family residence for a total of 3,495 square feet that is below the zoning district permitted 3,500 square feet for the site. (Appl. No. 2005-0058)

APN: 044-212-120; ZONING: R-1A (Single Family Residential)

CEQA Status: Categorical Exemption per Section 15303

Applicant/Owner: Louis Paycheck & Lucy Hurrell

5B.    PUBLIC HEARING - 525 KINGSTON STREET

To consider a Single Family Design Review and a Certificate of Appropriateness to construct a new 572 square foot detached two-car garage, and to reconstruct a 300 square foot potting shed, resulting in a total floor area of 3,489 square feet, that is below the maximum allowed 3,500 square feet for this site.

(Appl.NO.A2005-0051)
APN:044-195-010;ZONING:R-1A(SingleFamilyResidential)
CEQAStatus:CategoricalExemptionperSection15303(e)
Applicant/Owner: Sean Kent

5C.    PUBLIC HEARING – 1910 Ralston Avenue (CONTINUED FROM 1/17/06 MEETING)

To consider Design Review for the façade/remodel and expansion of the existing Vivace restaurant into the adjacent 890 square foot commercial space, a Conditional Use Permit for the enclosure of a recessed doorway, and a Variance from the requirement to provide additional parking spaces for the change in use. (Appl. No. 2005-0046)

APN: 044-303-190; Zoned: C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial)

CEQA Status: Recommended Categorical Exemption per Section 15303

Applicant: Martin Bernstein for business owner Michael Gundogdu.

Owner:  Thomas Ayoob

6.    OLD BUSINESS:

6B.  Final Landscape Plan for 1075 Old County Road

7.         REPORTS, STUDIES, UPDATES, AND COMMENTS

7A. Code Enforcement update on Charles Armstrong School – 1405 Solana Drive (Verbal      Update)

 PLANNING COMMISSION LIAISON TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF  TUESDAY,  MARCH 14,  2006.

Liaison:             Commissioner   Horton
Alternate Liaison:          Commissioner   Parsons

To Tuesday, March 7, 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.