REGULAR MEETING OF
CITY OF BELMONT
PLANNING COMMISSION

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 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. Minutes of 8/1/06

5. NEW BUSINESS
5A. Review of Landscape Plan – 2207 Coronet Boulvard

6. PUBLIC HEARINGS:

6A. PUBLIC HEARING – 1920 Hillman Avenue
To consider a 599 square foot addition to an existing 1,295 square foot single family residence, resulting in a total of 1,894 square feet that is below the zoning district permitted 2,622 square feet for this site. APPL. NO. 2006-0046; Zoned: R-1B (Single Family Residential)
APN: 044-062-120
CEQA Status: Categorical Exemption per Section 15301, Class 1
Applicant/Owner: Allison and David Orenstein


ITEM (6B) HAS BEEN CONTINUED TO THE 9/15/06 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.

6B. PUBLIC HEARING – 873-877 Ralston Avenue
To consider a Conditional Use Permit and Design Review to renovate two existing commercial/office buildings through significant architectural updating, including a new roof, realignment of store frontages, construction of a covered breezeway over an existing walkway between the two buildings, replacing and upgrading the exterior building material and window treatments to better meet the intent of the Downtown Specific Plan guidelines. In addition, the parking and landscaping behind the buildings will be upgraded. The project will result in an overall reduction of square footage from 8,633 to 8,313 square feet. APPL. No. 2006-0086
APN: 045-182-050, -060, -180, and -190; Zoned: C-2/D-1 (General Commercial/Design Control Combining District)
CEQA Status: Categorical Exemption per Section 15303(b)
Applicant/Owner: Ralston Associates

6C. PUBLIC HEARING – General Plan and Zoning Ordinance Amendments – Slope/Density Regulations – R-1A, R-1B, and R-1C Single Family Residential Zoning Districts
To consider amendments to Sections 2008 (Residential Land Use Categories – Description) and 2011 (Low Density Residential) of the City of Belmont General Plan, and amendments to Section 4.2.3 (Site Area, Dimension, and Density Limitations – R-1 Districts) of the City of Belmont Zoning Code. The amendments will consider establishing a slope/density requirement for new subdivisions in the R-1A, R-1B, and R-1C Single Family Residential Zoning Districts. Planning Commission recommendations will be forwarded to City Council for final action. (Appl. No. 2006-0067) CEQA Status: Categorical Exemption per Section 15308 & Exemption per Section 15183(g); Applicant: City of Belmont

7. REPORTS, STUDIES AND UPDATES
None

CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2006.

Liaison: Commissioner Horton
Alternate Liaison: Commissioner McKenzie

8. ADJOURNMENT:

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 - 7:00 pm for a Regular Planning Commission 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.