AGENDA

1. ROLL CALL

2. OATH OF OFFICE

A. City Clerk Kern to administer the oath of office to Madeline Petersen

3. AGENDA STUDY SESSION

4. AGENDA AMENDMENTS

5. 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.

6. CONSENT CALENDAR

A. Action Minutes of March 8, 2000

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS

A. Continued Public Hearing - 2594, 2596, and 2598 Coronet Blvd.

To consider a setback variance for three (3) single-family homes to allow setbacks of 14' where a 45' setback is required from the middle of a private easement (Appl. No. 99-1087)

APN: 044-260-170, -210, -220; Zoned: R-1B

CEQA Status: Exempt

Fred Voskoboynikov (Applicant/Owner)

Project Planner: Carlos de Melo, 650/595-7440

B. Continued Public Hearing - 2594 Coronet Blvd.

To consider design review for a new 3,000 sq. ft. home (Appl. No. 99-1088)

APN: 044-260-170; Zoned: R-1B

CEQA Status: Exempt

Fred Voskoboynikov (Applicant/Owner)

Project Planner: Carlos de Melo, 650/595-7440

C. Continued Public Hearing - 2596 Coronet Blvd.

To consider design review for a new 2,460 sq. ft. home (Appl. No. 99-1089)

APN: 044-260-210; Zoned: R-1B

CEQA Status: Exempt

Fred Voskoboynikov (Applicant/Owner)

Project Planner: Carlos de Melo, 650/595-7440

D. Design Review - 1000 block of El Camino Real and bordered by Ralston Av. and Emmett St.

To consider an amendment to the sign height of the master sign program for the Village Center (Appl. No. 98-1109)

APN: 045-182-250; Zoned: C-2

CEQA Status: Downtown Specific Plan EIR

Belmont Village Associates, LLC (Applicant/Owner)

Project Planner: Carlos de Melo, 650/595-7440

E. Public Hearing - 524 Vannier Dr.

To consider a floor area exception and single-family design review to construct a ground floor addition of approximately 493 sq. ft. to an existing 3,132.5 sq. ft. home. The total proposed floor area would be 3,625 sq. ft. where the maximum permitted is 3,500 sq. ft. Without the Ordinance cap, the permitted floor area would be 5,910 sq. ft. The existing floor area ratio (FAR) is 0.278 and the proposed is 0.322. The addition would also include extending and reconfiguring the garage to an interior dimension of 20.5' x 20.5' (currently the garage usable space is 18 ft. in width with a portion of the garage at 20 ft. in width but only 16 ft. in depth) (Appl. No. 00-1019)

APN: 044-193-040; Zoned: R-1A

CEQA Status: Exempt

Sharon Willson (Applicant)

Lucy and Greg Ballard (Owners)

Project Planner: Carlos de Melo, 650/595-7440

F. Continued Public Hearing - To consider an amendment to Ordinance No. 360, Section 8, the parking ordinance, to require the upgrade of one-car residential garage to two-car garages when one or more bedrooms is being added (Appl. No. 00-1014)

CEQA Status: Exempt

City of Belmont (Applicant)

Project Planner: Carlos de Melo, 650/595-7440

G. Continued Public Hearing - To consider public, Commission, and staff comments on the operation of the Single-Family Design Review Ordinance, and direction for any amendments to be considered at a future public hearing (Appl. No. 00-1015)

CEQA Status: Exempt

City of Belmont (Applicant)

Project Planner: Carlos de Melo, 650/595-7440

8. REPORTS, STUDIES, UPDATES, AND COMMENTS

9. PLANNING COMMISSION LIAISON TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF:

TUESDAY, April 11, 2000

LIAISON: Commissioner Parsons

ALTERNATE LIAISON: Commissioner Phillips

10. ADJOURNMENT: To TUESDAY, April 18, 2000, at 7:00 P.M. for a Regular Meeting at the Twin Pines Senior and Community Center 

Information on the applications to be considered at this meeting may be obtained from the City of Belmont Planning Division, 1070 Sixth Avenue, Suite 302, Belmont, CA 94002, 650/595-7416.