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 December 17, 2013

5.    PUBLIC HEARINGS:

5A. PUBLIC HEARING – 1816 Fernwood Way 

To consider a Single Family Design Review to construct a 902 square foot addition to the existing 2,345 square foot split-level single-family residence. The proposal will bring the total square footage of the residence to 3,247 square feet where the zoning district maximum permitted is 3,500 square feet for this site.  The project would also include a parking Variance to allow the existing non-conforming size driveway to maintain 16 feet in length where 18 feet is required.(Appl. No. PA2013-0033) 

APN: 045-111-240; Zoned: R-1B Single Family Residential

CEQA Status: Section 15301, Class 1(e)(1)

Applicant/Owner: Sirinee Tippakorn

Project Planner: Rob Gill, (650) 598-4204

5B.  PUBLIC HEARING – Vacant lot on Lower Lock Avenue

To consider a Single Family Design Review to construct a new 4,458 sq. ft. single-family home on a vacant ten-acre lot, which is below the maximum 4,500 square feet permitted for the zoning district.  (Appl. No. 2013-0055)

APN(s): 043-042-750, 043-192-210 & 043-192-220; Zoned: HRO-1 - Hillside Residential and Open Space - un-subdivided.

CEQA Status: Categorical Exemption per Section 15303

Applicant/Owner: Scott and Mary Piazza

Project Planner: Damon DiDonato, (650) 637-2908

6.         REPORTS, STUDIES AND UPDATES:

6A.      Caltrain Modernization Program/High Speed Rail

6B.      Ralston/US-101 Landscape Project

7.         City Council Meeting of Tuesday, February 11, 2014 – 7:30 PM

            Liaison: Vice Chair Herbach

            Alternate Liaison: Commissioner Hold

8.       ADJOURNMENT:

Adjournment To: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 7:00 PM for a 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.  This meeting will be televised and webstreamed.  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.