Attachment 2 - August 14, 2019 Planning Commission Verbatim MinutesLOS GATOS PLANNING COMMISSION 8/14/2019
Item #3, Town Code Amendment Application A-19-004,
Parking Lot Improvement Regulations
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A P P E A R A N C E S:
Los Gatos Planning
Commissioners:
Matthew Hudes, Chair
Mary Badame
Kendra Burch
Kathryn Janoff
Tom O'Donnell
Reza Tavana
Town Manager:Laurel Prevetti
Community Development
Director:
Joel Paulson
Town Attorney:Robert Schultz
Transcribed by: Vicki L. Blandin
(619) 541-3405
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P R O C E E D I N G S:
CHAIR HUDES: We move to Item 3, which is Town
Code Amendment Application A-19-004, again Town Wide, and
this is amendments to Chapter 29 regarding parking lot
improvement regulations. Ms. Shoopman.
JOCELYN SHOOPMAN: Good evening. The item in
front of you is consideration of an amendment to Chapter 29
of the Zoning Code regarding parking lot improvement
regulations as recommended by the Town Council Policy
Committee and forwarded to you for your recommendation to
the Council.
The recommendation from the Policy Committee
proposed to modify the deciding body for Building Permits
for parking lot improvements such as restriping or
reconfigurations from the Development Review Committee to
the Director of Community Development.
This concludes Staff's presentation and we are
happy to answer any questions.
CHAIR HUDES: Question I had was, and I think
this may have been stated elsewhere, but the folks who are
on the DRC today represent different departments. Will they
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still have a review before it goes to the Community
Development Director?
JOCELYN SHOOPMAN: The DRC is composed of a Staff
member from Planning, Fire, Engineer, and Building. Those
same individuals reviewing at the DRC level would also be
reviewing at the Building Permit as well.
JOEL PAULSON: Then just for additional
clarification for the Commission before your discussion,
currently what happens is you submit a Building Permit for
parking lot improvements, and that Building Permit is
actually what goes to the DRC, so it's kind of an extra
layer. You basically get comments that we would otherwise
do during the Building Permit review process; just the way
the code is written it requires that to go to DRC to give
them those comments. So, that is the proposal.
CHAIR HUDES: Okay. Great, thank you. Questions?
Okay, then we'll close that portion. Discussion?
Commissioner O'Donnell.
COMMISSIONER O'DONNELL: I don't have a problem
with that, so if we're going to do this… Are you going to
do it item by item or are we going to…
CHAIR HUDES: Yeah, I think we have to repeat
this for each item, but we can do it quickly.
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COMMISSIONER O'DONNELL: Okay. I would say I
don't have a problem with the recommendation that is being
made here.
CHAIR HUDES: Okay. Any other comments? Okay. I
would just add a comment that this one does sound like
streamlining, so… Okay, Commissioner Badame.
COMMISSIONER BADAME: And I believe there are no
associated costs, so I'd be ready to make a motion.
I move to forward a recommendation of approval
for Town Code Amendment Application A-19-004, Amendments to
Chapter 29, Zoning Regulations, of the Town Code regarding
parking lot improvement regulations. I can make the
required findings for CEQA and the required findings for
the General Plan.
CHAIR HUDES: Okay, and a second? Commissioner
Burch.
COMMISSIONER BURCH: I second that.
CHAIR HUDES: Okay. I just wanted to note before
we vote that there were no public comments on this item.
So, all in favor? Opposed? Six-zero.