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City of Arts &Innovation PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2022, 9:00 A.M. PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON /TELEPHONE ART PICK COUNCIL CHAMBER 3900 MAIN STREET PUBLIC HEARINGS PLANNING CASE - PLANNING CASE PR -2020-000519 GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT, REZONING, VARIANCE, GRADING EXCEPTION AND DESIGN REVIEW - 2610 ALESSANDRO BOULEVARD, WARD 2 Proposal by Yong Nam to consider a the following entitlements to facilitate the construction of a 1 15,526 warehouse: 1) General Plan Amendment to change the land use designation from C - Commercial to B/OP - Business/Office Park; 2) Specific Plan Amendment to amend the Sycamore Canyon Business Park Specific Plan to change the land use subarea of the project site from Industrial Support to Industrial; 3) Zoning Code Map Amendment to change the zone of the project site from CR -SP - Commercial Retail and Specific Plan (Sycamore Canyon Business Park) Overlay Zones to BMP -SP - Business and Manufacturing Park and Specific Plan (Sycamore Canyon Business Park) Overlay Zones; 4) Variance to allow walls higher than allowed by the Specific Plan; 5) Grading Exception to allow retaining walls higher than allowed by the Grading Code; and 4) Design Review of project plans. Candice Assadzadeh, Senior Planner, presented the staff report. She announced a correction to the project description on the agenda incorrectly indicated the project was west of the Interstate 215. The project is located east of Interstate 215. Yong Nam, applicant, gave a brief history of the project. There were no public comments, the public hearing was closed. Following discussion it was moved by Commissioner Wilder and seconded by Commissioner Ridgway to recommend that the City Council: 1) Determine that the project information provided in the Addendum will not result in significant effects on the environment, and is therefore consistent with the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation and Monitoring Reporting Program prepared for Planning Cases P14-0841, P14-0842, P14-0843, P14-0844, P14-0846, and P14-0847, and adopt the Addendum and Mitigation and Monitoring Reporting Program; and 2) Approve PR -2020-000519 (General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan Amendment, Zoning Code Map Amendment, Variance, Grading Exception, and Design Review) based on the findings outlined in the staff report and subject to the recommended conditions with the addition that City staff work with the applicant regarding ingress and egress to the property prior to the City Council hearing. Chair Pro Tem Rush advised of the appeal period. A City Council public hearing is required for final approval. APPROVED Planning Commission Minutes - October 27, 2022 2