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October 23, 2024 ·6:00 PM Final

City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, Merced Civic Center, 678 W. 18th Street, Merced, CA 95340

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Agenda — 23 items

  1. 1 NOTICE TO PUBLIC
  2. 2 WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF THE MERCED PLANNING COMMISSION
  3. 3 At least 72 hours prior to each regular Planning Commission meeting, a complete agenda packet is available for review on the City's website at www.cityofmerced.org or at the Planning Division Office, 678 W. 18th Street, Merced, CA 95340. All public records relating to an open session item that are distributed to a majority of the Commission will be available for public inspection at the Planning Division Office during regular business hours. The Planning Commission also serves as the Board of Zoning Adjustment and the Design Review/Historic Preservation Commission. Assisted hearing devices are available for meetings held in the Council Chamber.
  4. 4 PUBLIC COMMENT: OBTAIN SPEAKER CARD FROM THE CLERK
  5. 5 Members of the audience who wish to address the Planning Commission are requested to complete a speaker card available at the podium against the right-hand side of the Council Chamber. Please submit the completed card to the Clerk before the item is called, preferably before the meeting begins. Speakers will be called up, 3 to 5 at a time, in the order in which the forms are received. Please use the microphone and state your name and city of residence for the record. For permits, licenses, and other entitlements, the applicant will be allowed 15 minutes (including rebuttal), the appellant/leader of the opposition will be allowed 15 minutes (including rebuttal), and all other speakers shall have 3 minutes each, unless the number of speakers is over 10, which in that case, comments shall be limited to 2 minutes each. For all other issues, for 3 or less speakers, 3 minutes each and for over 10 speakers, 2 minutes each shall be allotted. A timer clock is located above the City Council dais illuminating the remaining time. Once the buzzer sounds, please be courteous and conclude your remarks. Material may be emailed to planningweb@cityofmerced.org no later than 1 PM on the day of the meeting. Please specify which portion of the agenda you are commenting on, for example, Item # or Oral Communications. Your comments will be presented to the Planning Commission at the appropriate time. Any correspondence received after 1 PM will be distributed to the Planning Commission and retained for the official record.
  6. A. CALL TO ORDER ▶ jump to 0:04
  7. A.1. Moment of Silence ▶ jump to 0:11
  8. A.2. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag ▶ jump to 0:24
  9. B. ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 0:47
  10. C. PUBLIC COMMENT ▶ jump to 3:45
  11. 11 Members of the public who wish to speak on any matter not listed on the agenda may speak during this portion of the meeting and will be allotted 3 minutes. The Chairperson may, at their discretion, reduce the time to 2 minutes if there are more than 10 speakers, in order to accommodate as many speakers as possible. State law prohibits the Planning Commission from acting at this meeting on any matter raised during the public comment period. Members of the public who wish to speak on a matter that is listed on the agenda will be called upon to speak during discussion of that item. Please submit a Request to Speak card prior to the item being called.
  12. D. CONSENT CALENDAR
  13. 13 Adoption of the Consent Calendar may be made with one motion of the Planning Commission provided that any Planning Commission member, individual, or organization may request removal of an item from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration. If a request for removal of an item from the Consent Calendar has been received, the item will be discussed and voted on separately. With Consent items, there is generally no staff presentation but staff is available for questions.
  14. D.1 SUBJECT: Planning Commission Minutes of October 9, 2024 ACTION: Approving and filing the Planning Commission Minutes of October 9, 2024 24-1055 approved Pass ▶ jump to 4:20
  15. E. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS
  16. 16 Members of the public who wish to speak on public hearings listed on the agenda will be heard when the Public Hearing is opened, except on Public Hearing items previously heard and closed to public comment. After the public has commented, the item is closed to further public comment and brought to the Commission for discussion and action. Further comment will not be received unless requested by the Commission.
  17. E.1 SUBJECT: Conditional Use Permit #1282, initiated by Maria Aguilar, on behalf of Antonio and Laura Sanchez, property owners. This application involves a request to operate a food truck within the parking lot at 301 West 16th Street, generally located on the northwest corner of Martin Luther King Jr Way and West 16th Street, within a Central Commercial (C-C) Zone. *PUBLIC HEARING* ACTION: Approve/Disapprove/Modify 1) Environmental Review #24-27 (Categorical Exemption) 2) Conditional Use Permit #1282 SUMMARY Maria Aguilar is requesting conditional use permit approval to operate a food truck within the parking lot located at 301 West 16th Street (Attachment B). Mobile Food Vendors are considered a conditional use within a Central Commercial (C-C) Zone. The proposed food truck would be located within a parking lot near the southern corner portion of the parcel (Attachment C). The Planning Commission will be reviewing this proposal to ensure that the new site plan is designed in a manner that minimizes negative impacts to the existing site and promotes compatible and orderly development. Staff is recommending approval of this request subject to conditions. RECOMMENDATION Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Environmental Review #24-27 (Categorical Exemption) and Conditional Use Permit #1282 (including the adoption of the Resolution at Attachment A). 24-941 approved Pass ▶ jump to 4:50
  18. E.2 SUBJECT: General Plan Amendment #24-01, Northeast Yosemite Specific Plan Amendment #6, Zone Change #433, Establishment of Planned (P-D) Development #82, and Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #1329 (“Paulson Ranch”), initiated by Stonefield Home, Inc., property owner. The General Plan Amendment would amend the Merced General Plan Transportation and Circulation Element by modifying the City of Merced Circulation Plan (Figure 4.1) and all associated maps and descriptions throughout the General Plan, to eliminate Destiny Drive (a collector road) from going through the subject site to Paulson Road (extension). The Northeast Yosemite Specific Plan Amendment would modify the design, layout, and circulation of the residential subdivision previously approved for this site. The Zone Change would be a change in zoning from Medium Density Residential (R-3-2) for a 1.08-acre portion of the project site for the Establishment of Planned Development (P-D) #82 to allow for 16 of the 113 lots to be small lots between 2,200 square feet and 3,700 square feet (with a zero-lot-line development). The Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map would subdivide approximately 39.12 acres into 113 single family lots (mostly between 6,000 and 7,000 square feet). The subject site is generally located on the south side of E. Cardella Road, 1,900 feet east of G Street. *PUBLIC HEARING* ACTION: Table (withdraw) this item (at the applicant’s request). SUMMARY The developer is revising its proposal. The developer requests that this item be tabled to allow them to make modifications to its site plan and land use requests. After submission of the new proposal, staff will set a new public hearing date and prepare new notices of the hearing date and time. RECOMMENDATION Planning staff recommends that this item be tabled to allow the developer to make changes to its proposal. 24-980 tabled ▶ jump to 22:36
  19. E.3 SUBJECT: Cancellation of November 6, 2024, Planning Commission Meeting due to a lack of items and November 20, 2024, and December 18, 2024, Planning Commission Meetings due to the holidays ACTION: Cancel the Planning Commission Meetings of November 6, 2024, November 20, 2024, and December 18, 2024 24-1061 approved Pass ▶ jump to 24:20
  20. F. INFORMATION ITEMS
  21. F.1 SUBJECT: Report by Temporary Director of Development Services of Upcoming Agenda Items ACTION Information only. ▶ jump to 24:25
  22. F.2 SUBJECT: Calendar of Meetings/Events Oct. 21 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 22 Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, 4:00 p.m. 23 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. Nov. 4 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 6 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. (To be Cancelled) 18 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 20 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. (To be Cancelled) Dec. 2 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 4 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. 10 Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, 4:00 p.m. 16 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 18 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. (To be Cancelled) 24-1057 ▶ jump to 27:24
  23. G. ADJOURNMENT adjourned Pass ▶ jump to 27:40