GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TODAY'S PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. [1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:04] I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND WE'LL START BY DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 23RD MEETING, ROLL CALL. AND YOU SEE, SO I'VE ALREADY SKIPPED SOMETHING. ROLL CALL OF COMMISSIONERS. EXCUSE ME. GOOD MORNING [INAUDIBLE] COMMISSIONER AGUILERA, HERE. COMMISSIONER ACHESON, HERE. COMMISSIONER MOBLEY, HERE. COMMISSIONER ERRECA, HERE. CHAIR SPYCHER, BARELY. YES. HERE. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 23RD MEETING. [4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] I SO MOVE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. CHAIR VOTES. ALL OPPOSED NAY, IT VOTES. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS. SO THIS PART OF THE MEETING, ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA NOW WOULD BE YOUR TIME TO DO SO. SEEING NONE, WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION AND MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARING A [6.I. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT No. CUP21-007 / SITE PLAN DESIGN REVIEW No. SPR21-002] CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER CUP21-007. THANK YOU, CHAIR SPYCHER. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS SYDNEY AND I AM A PROJECT PLANNER WITH THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF PRESENTING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER CUP21-007 AND THE SITE PLAN DESIGN REVIEW NUMBER SPR21-002. FOR THE APPLICANT, BALTAZAR MENDOZA. THE REQUEST IS TO ESTABLISH A USED CAR DEALERSHIP WHICH INVOLVES THE STORAGE AND SALE OF CARS, TRUCKS, MOTORCYCLES AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. THE PROJECT ALSO INVOLVES SOME MINOR IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING, AS WELL AS NEW TRASH ENCLOSURE. HERE IS THE VICINITY MAP WITH THE PROJECT SITE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ASHBY ROAD, 500 FEET WEST OF FERN STREET. THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITH AN URBAN COMMUNITY OF FRANKLIN-BEACHWOOD, AND MOST NOTABLY IS ADJACENT TO THE MERCED MOBILE HOME ESTATES, AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 99. HERE IS AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE PROJECT SITE. I'VE HIGHLIGHTED SOME, YOU KNOW, EXISTING FEATURES FOR YOU TO SEE. THERE'S A CARPORT ON SITE, AS WELL AS A COMMERCIAL COACH OFFICE, KIND OF CLUSTERED TO THE NORTHWEST EASTERN SIDE OF THE SITE. THE REAR HAS NO PAVING OR LANDSCAPING BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH TREES AND LANDSCAPING KIND OF MESSING UP THE MOBILE HOMES, PIPING SYSTEMS. AND THEN THERE'S AN EXISTING POOL SITE TO THE SOUTHERN WESTERN PART OF THE SITE, AS WELL AS A DRAINAGE DITCH JUST OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT SETBACKS. HERE IS A SITE PHOTO OF THE PROJECT SITE THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A BIT MORE DEPTH TO THE PROJECT SITE. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE CARPORT IS OPEN AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE COMMERCIAL COACH OFFICE. AND THAT SITE IS COMPLETELY PAVED WITH SOME FENCING AROUND THE SITE. HERE IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS HOW THE VEHICLES WILL BE ARRANGED ON THE SITE. THERE'S TWO ROWS FOR THE VEHICLES [INAUDIBLE] PARKED AS WELL AS CUSTOMER PARKING RIGHT OUTSIDE THE MOBILE HOME OFFICE. HERE IS THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE. THERE IS GOING TO BE BUSHES RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT SETBACK OR RIGHT ON THE FRONT, SET BACK, PLANTED SIX FEET APART. THAT WOULD GIVE THE SITE KIND OF MORE OF A VISUAL ENHANCING ASPECT. THERE PREVIOUSLY WAS A PROPOSAL TO PUT TREES IN THE BACK. BUT AS MENTIONED, BECAUSE THE MOBILE HOME PARK HAD SOME ISSUES WITH PLUMBING AND LANDSCAPING BEFORE THEY REQUESTED THAT THE SITE DOES NOT HAVE PLANTED TREES THERE. SO WE WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT TO RATHER THAN HAVE TREES, HAVE BUSHES THAT WOULD HAVE LESS INVASIVE ROOTS AND THEN SEVEN FOOT TALL FENCE ALL ALONG THE REAR IN THAT EASTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY LINES TO PROVIDE SOME SPATIAL SEPARATION FROM THE COMMERCIAL USE TO THE RESIDENTIAL USE OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK. THE PROJECT SITE IS DESIGNATED GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND ZONED C2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL. IT WAS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN, WHICH KIND OF DIRECT URBAN USES AND URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN AS FAR AS APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE ZONING CODE, IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE [00:05:01] LOT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, LANDSCAPING STANDARDS, PARKING STANDARDS. ALL THE SIGNS ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE. THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN URBAN COMMUNITY OF FRANKLIN-BEACHWOOD AND WAS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE URBAN COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY PLAN, INCLUDING SIGNAGE, ACCESS AND LOADING FACILITIES, LANDSCAPING AND TRASH ENCLOSURES. THERE IS A SLIGHT DEVIATION FOR THE LANDSCAPING BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY PLAN DOES RECOMMEND THAT THE SITE HAS 10 PERCENT OF LANDSCAPING. BUT BECAUSE THE SITE WAS ALREADY EXISTING, IT'S MOSTLY PAVED. WE ALLOWED ALLEVIATION FOR AS MUCH AS, YOU KNOW, AS FEASIBLE FOR PLANTS THEY CAN DO. FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW STAFF FOUND TO BE EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE FIVE THREE ZERO ONE EXISTING FACILITIES AND SECTION ONE FIVE THREE ZERO FOUR MINOR ALTERATIONS TO LAND. THIS IS BECAUSE THE PROJECT SITE IS AN URBANIZED AREA. IT'S AN EXISTING FACILITY WITH NO NEW STRUCTURES PROPOSED EXCEPT FOR SOME MINOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND ATTRACTION CLOSURE. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED AS A DRIVING SCHOOL IN 2014 AND THEN EVEN BEFORE THAT IN 1988, IT WAS ANOTHER USED CAR SALES LOT. SO IT DOESN'T IT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH DENSITY USES IN THE PAST. IT DOESN'T INVOLVE ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR STORAGE OF MATERIALS. IT HAS FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO THE SITE AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING AND GENERAL PLAN. FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE PROJECT SITE, AS WELL AS PUBLISHED IN THE MERCED SUN-STAR ON JULY 16TH, 2021. AND AS OF TODAY, NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. GIVEN THE INFORMATION SUMMARIZED TODAY IN THE PRESENTATION AND DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT. STAFF HAS TWO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMMISSION STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE [INAUDIBLE] DETERMINE THAT THE PROJECT CAN BE [INAUDIBLE] EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE FIVE THREE ZERO ONE AND SECTION ONE FIVE THREE ZERO FOUR. AND SECOND, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE COMMISSION APPROVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER CUP21-007 AND THE [INAUDIBLE] SITE PLAN AND DESIGN REVIEW SPR21-002. THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS STAFF CAN ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS POINT WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK ON THIS, ASK QUESTIONS. NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO SO. SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK COMMISSION, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A CEQA DETERMINATION MOTION? I WILL MOVE THAT WE DETERMINE THE PROJECT CAN BE FOUND EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 301 EXISTING FACILITIES AND SECTION 15 304 MINOR ALTERATIONS TO LAND OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. CHAIR VOTES AYE, ALL OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW MOVING ON TO THE PROJECT [INAUDIBLE]. OK, I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER CUP21-007 AND SITE PLAN AND DESIGN REVIEW NUMBER SPR21-002 BASED ON THE FINDINGS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND SUBJECT TO THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE, CHAIR VOTES AYE. ALL OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. MOVING ON NOW, B MINOR SUBDIVISION APPLICATION NUMBER MS21-009. [6.II. MINOR SUBDIVISION APPLICATION No. MS21-009] GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TODAY, I WILL PRESENT THE PRESENTING ON A MINOR SUBDIVISION MS21-009 ON BEHALF OF MARGIE LEE BIRDSELL. THIS IS A REQUEST TO SUBDIVIDE A 14 ACRE PARCEL INTO THREE PARCELS, RESULTING IN PARCEL SIZES OF 1.21 ACRES, 5.55 ACRES AND 6.76 ACRES. THE PROJECT IS SITE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH END OF HIGHWAY 33,1300 FEET SOUTH OF CAMELLIA ROAD AND IS DESIGNATED LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE IN THE GENERAL PLAN AND ZONED R1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. HERE WE HAVE A VICINITY MAP OF THE PROJECT SITE, THE PROJECT SITE AND SURROUNDING AREA IS CHARACTERIZED BY VACANT LAND AND RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS WITH THE DOS PALOS CITY LIMITS [00:10:06] TO THE NORTH, WEST AND EAST OR SORRY, SOUTH. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER IMAGE OF THE PROJECT SITE HERE. THIS IS THE TENTATIVE MAP FOR THE SUBDIVISION WITH THE PROPOSED PARCEL INDICATED BY THE BLUE ARROW, THE FIRST PARCEL THERE AND PROPOSED PARCEL TWO IS INDICATED BY THE RED ARROW AND OUTLINED AND PARCEL THREES INDICATED BY GREEN PARCELS. ONE AND TWO HAVE EXISTING RESIDENCES AND PARCEL THREE IS VACANT LAND AT THIS TIME. AND IT'S A BUDDING THE FIR AVENUE AND DOS PALOS CITY LIMITS. THE CITY OF DOS PALOS WILL BE COORDINATING WITH THE APPLICANT ON ACCESS AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THIS PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH GENERAL PLAN GOALS AND POLICIES REGARDING RESIDENTIAL ZONE PARCELS AND IS CONSISTENT WITH PROVISIONS OF THE SUBDIVISION MAP ACT AND TITLE 17. THE PROJECT IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH CALIFORNIA STATE LAW EXEMPTIONS AND APPLICABLE ZONING CODE REQUIREMENTS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE RELATED TO NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS, MINIMUM PARCEL SIZES, ACCESS AND APPROVAL OF PROJECTS ADJACENT TO INCORPORATED CITY JURISDICTIONS. STAFF HAS FOUND THE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 315 MINOR LAND DIVISIONS OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES. NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WAS MAILED OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET ON JULY 16TH AND PUBLISHED IN THE MERCED'S SUN-STAR ON THE SAME DATE AND AS OF TODAY, NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED. AND WITH THAT, THE STAFF HAS TWO RECOMMENDATIONS, MOTION TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND MOTION TO APPROVE SUBDIVISION NUMBER MS21-009. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MARK. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK ON THIS OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO SO. SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THIS BODY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A CEQA DETERMINATION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE COMMISSION FIND THAT THE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE FIVE THREE ONE FIVE MINOR LAND DIVISIONS, SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE, CHAIR VOTES AYE. ALL OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW, MOVING ON TO THE PROJECT DETERMINATION. MAKE A MOTION THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVES MINOR SUBDIVISION NUMBER MS21-009 BASED ON THE FINDINGS IDENTIFIED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND SUBJECT TO THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE, CHAIR VOTES AYE. ALL OPPOSE? ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER ACTION ITEMS. SIR, YOU HAVE NOTHING ADDITIONAL FOR THIS MEETING. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR'S REPORT. NOTHING AT THIS TIME. ANY COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. WE'LL ADJOURN. THANK YOU ALL. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.