SAN BENITO COUNTY

PLANNING COMMISSION

Eduardo Navarro

District No. 1

Valerie Egland

District No. 2

Robert Eggers

District No. 3

 

Robert Gibson

District No. 4

 

Robert Rodriguez

District No. 5

County Administration Building - Board of Supervisors Chambers, 481 Fourth Street, Hollister, California

 

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

December 18, 2019

6:00 PM

6:00 PM ~ CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
PLANNING COMMISSION ANNOUNCEMENTS
DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
PUBLIC COMMENT

The San Benito County Planning Commission welcomes you to this meeting and encourages your participation. 

  • If you wish to speak on a matter which does NOT appear on the agenda, you may do so during the Public Comment period at the beginning of the meeting.  Please complete a Speaker Card and provide to the Clerk prior to the meeting.  Except as otherwise provided by law; no action shall be taken on any item NOT appearing on the Agenda or items that have been continued to a future public hearing date.  When addressing the Commission, please state your name for the record.  Please address the Commission as a whole through the Chair.  This open forum period is provided to allow members of the public an opportunity to address the Planning Commission on general issues of land use planning and community development.  It is not intended for comments on items on the current agenda, any pending items. 
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CONSENT AGENDA
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
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ADOPTION OF ACTION MINUTES
1.Draft Meeting Minutes from May 2019
2.Draft Meeting Minutes from November 2019
REGULAR AGENDA
PUBLIC HEARING
3.

PLN180004 (Use Permit and Grading Permit):  OWNER:  Moonflower Company LLC.  APPLICANT:  Nader Javid.  LOCATION:  3586 Airline Highway.  APN:  020-330-010.  REQUEST:  Construction of assisted care facility for 195 senior adults in 173 rooms with 30 daily employees in three 10-employee shifts in building space of approximately 136,000 ft², following demolition of existing residence and outbuildings with removal of 17 trees, with realignment and extension of existing driveway, retaining wall along loop drive, earthmoving of 18,700 yd³ cut material and 7,100 yd³ fill, 141 new trees, sewer lift station and force wastewater main, and storm water drainage.  GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION:  Residential Mixed (RM).  ZONING DISTRICT:  Residential Multiple (RM).  ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:  Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration.  Planner: Michael Kelly (mkelly@cosb.us)

4.

PLN180035 (Use Permit):  OWNER:  Sunnyslope Christian Center Assembly of God.  APPLICANT:  Mike Zangara.  LOCATION:  1520 Sunnyslope Road.  APN:  020-442-015.  REQUEST:  Construction of a 12,437-ft² church sanctuary building and a 12,827-ft² parking area (with new site total 187 parking spaces) on the northern portion of a 4-acre site currently including an existing church and related support buildings, with use shifting toward the new sanctuary, plus grading of approximately 350 to 400 cubic yards across approximately 1 acre and widening/improvement of Sunnyslope Road frontage to City of Hollister standards and new underground utilities to connect with Sunnyslope County Water District water services and the City of Hollister wastewater services.  GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION:  Residential Mixed (RM).  ZONING DISTRICT:  Rural Residential (RR).  ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:  Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration.  Planner: Michael Kelly (mkelly@cosb.us)

5.

PLN190027 (Zone Change and Use Permit):  OWNER:  EH Ridgemark Family LP.  APPLICANT:  Geary Coats, Coats Consulting.  LOCATION:  151 Ridgemark Drive, approximately 800 feet south of Airline Highway.  APN:  020-330-042.  REQUEST:  Construction of a second phase of the 151 Ridgemark Drive commercial development (first phase currently unconstructed) to add 9,990 square feet of building and 178 parking spaces plus 87 overflow golf parking spaces, with a zoning map amendment to rezone approximately two acres from Single-Family Residential (R1) to Neighborhood Commercial (C2).  GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION:  Residential Mixed (RM)/Commercial Neighborhood (CN).  ZONING DISTRICT:  Single-Family Residential (R1).  ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:  Addendum to San Benito County 2035 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report.  Planner: Michael Kelly (mkelly@cosb.us)

DISCUSSION
6.

Receive a Presentation from Stephen Blum, President of Tellus Venture Associates regarding the Broadband Consortium. 

7.Discussion of Planning Division Staffing and General Plan Implementation
ADJOURN

NOTE:  A copy of this Agenda is published on the County's Web site by the Friday preceding each Commission meeting and may be viewed at www.cosb.us.  All proposed agenda items with supportive documents are available for viewing at the San Benito County Administration Building, 481 Fourth Street, Hollister, CA between the hours of 8:00 a.m. & 5:00  p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays.)  This is the same packet that the Planning Commission reviews and discusses at the Commission meeting.  The project planner's name and email address has been added at the end of each project description.  As required by Government Code Section 54957.5 any public record distributed to the Planning Commission less than 72 hours prior to this meeting in connection with any agenda item shall be made available for public inspection at the Planning Department, 2301 Technology Parkway, Hollister, CA  95023.  Public records distributed during the meeting will be available for public inspection at the meeting if prepared by the County.  If the public record is prepared by some other person and distributed at the meeting it will be made available for public inspection following the meeting at the Planning Department. 

APPEAL NOTICE:  Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Planning Commission may appeal the decision within ten (10) calendar days to the Board of Supervisors.  The notice of appeal must be in writing and shall set forth specifically wherein the Planning Commission's decision was inappropriate or unjustified.  Appeal forms are available from the Clerk of the Board at the San Benito County Administration Office, 481 Fourth Street, Hollister and the San Benito County Planning Department, 2301 Technology Parkway, Hollister. 

NOTE:  In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) the Board of Supervisors meeting facility is accessible to persons with disabilities.  If you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board's office at (831) 636-4000 at least 48 hours before the meeting to enable the County to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility.