Planning Commission

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Agenda — 23 items

1. 1 *IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MEETING PARTICIPATION*
2. 2 NOTICE:
3. 3 PUBLIC COMMENTS:
4. 4 • WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT: Public comments may also be submitted via email to Pcommission@SanPabloCA.gov. Each email must contain in the subject line "PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT ON THE AGENDA" [or] "PUBLIC COMMENTS AGENDA ITEM No.__”. Written comments received by 12:00 noon on the day of the meeting will be provided in advance to the Planning Commission and posted online with the agenda materials. During the meeting, the public may provide written public comments via email to Pcommission@SanPabloCA.gov. All written comments received after noon the day of the meeting will be read into the record before Planning Commission consideration of the item and will be limited to the same time allowed for other public comments. Comments that do not conform to the Planning Commission's rules of decorum may be summarized rather than read verbatim. Please note that all information provided in public comments, email addresses and any other personal information written or stated is subject to disclosure on the broadcast of the video- or tele-conferenced meeting.
5. 5 PAGE BREAK
6. 6 AGENDA MATERIALS:
7. 7 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT:
8. 8 CALL TO ORDER ▶ jump to 2:27
9. 9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 2:35
10. 10 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 2:51
11. 11 STAFF INTRODUCTIONS ▶ jump to 3:33
12. 12 PUBLIC COMMENT ▶ jump to 3:46
13. 13 APPROVAL OF MINUTES ▶ jump to 4:45
14. 14 CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MAY 27, 2025 CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA PC25-12 ▶ jump to 4:49
15. 15 APPEAL DATE ▶ jump to 5:29
16. 16 page break
17. 17 PUBLIC HEARINGS
18. 18 RESOLUTION APPROVING A MINOR DESIGN REVIEW FOR A NEW TWO-STORY, FOUR UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; AN ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT FOR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 50 FEET OF A CREEK; AND A VARIANCE TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING WITHIN THE 15-FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACK AND A CARPORT AND TRASH ENCLOSURE WITHIN THE 25-FOOT CREEK SETBACK AT 2834 EL PORTAL DRIVE, SAN PABLO, APN: 416-041-014 CEQA: This project is categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15332, In-Fill Development Projects. PC25-13 ▶ jump to 5:38
19. 19 RESOLUTION APPROVING A PERMIT EXTENSION REQUEST FOR A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED MAJOR DESIGN REVIEW AND DENSITY BONUS WITH CONCESSIONS/INCENTIVES TO ALLOW AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS, AN INCREASE IN FLOOR AREA RATIO, A DECREASE IN COMMERCIAL FLOOR AREA RATIO, A DECREASE IN MINIMUM OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS, AND A DECREASE IN COMMON OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS; AND WITH WAIVERS TO ALLOW AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STORIES AND TO ALLOW NO COMMERCIAL FLOOR AREA, FOR A PROJECT CONTAINING 40 AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING UNITS AND 1,470 SQUARE FEET OF COMMUNITY/AMENITY SPACE, TO BE LOCATED ON A 21,750-SQUARE-FOOT PARCEL AT 1820 RUMRILL BOULEVARD, IN THE COMMERCIAL MIXED USE (CMU) ZONING DISTRICT WITH A PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREA (PDA) OVERLAY, SAN PABLO, APN: 411-041-009. CEQA: This project was determined to be categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act, Section 15332, In-Fill Development Projects. The proposed extension is not a project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378. PC25-14 ▶ jump to 40:13
20. 20 AMENDMENT TO THE SAN PABLO ZONING CODE CHAPTER 17.32, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, ALLOWED USES, AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, CHAPTER 17.34, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, ALLOWED USES, AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND CHAPTER 17.38, OVERLAY AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS, SECTION 17.38.080, SPECIFIC PLAN DISTRICTS; AMENDMENTS TO THE SAN PABLO ZONING MAP TO REDESIGNATE 139 LAND PARCELS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS OF THE SAN PABLO GENERAL PLAN UPDATE 2035; AND AMENDMENTS TO THE SAN PABLO AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN FIGURE 2-4, LAND USE DIAGRAM, TO REDESIGNATE 18 PARCELS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS OF THE SAN PABLO GENERAL PLAN 2035. CEQA: The proposed zoning text amendments, zoning map amendments, and San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan amendments implement the updated land use map and policies of the San Pablo General Plan Update 2035. An Addendum to the General Plan 2030 EIR (certified on April 18, 2011) has been prepared for the proposed San Pablo General Plan Update 2035, which found that there would not be any new or additional significant environmental impacts that have not been previously evaluated. ▶ jump to 53:31
21. 21 STAFF UPDATES ▶ jump to 94:30
22. 22 COMMISSIONER UPDATES ▶ jump to 95:51
23. 23 ADJOURNMENT ▶ jump to 99:22