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Home My WebLink About02/14/2023MINUTES OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 14, 2023 Consistent with State Assembly Bill 361, members of Lite Planning Commission and staff were present or participated telephonically. Members of the public were encouraged to participate and address the Planning Commission during the public comment portion of the meeting either in person or via teleconference and for those attending in person, face coverings were recommended. CALL TO ORDER: Chair/Wolfe called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Vice Chair Mok led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL: Commissioners present: Naila Barlas, Mahendra Garg (telephonically), William Rawlings (telephonically), Vice - Chair Kenneth Mok and Chair Raymond Wolfe Staff Present : Greg Gubman, Community Development Director; James Eggert, Assistant City Attorney (telephonically); Grace Lee, Senior Planner; Mayuko (May) Nakajima, Associate Planner; Dat Tran, Associate Planner; Stella Marquez, Administrative Coordinator. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Chair/Wolfe 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS: None Offered 4. CONSENT CALENDAR: 4.1 Minutes of the December 13, 2022, Regular Planning Commission Meeting — com nued to February 28, 2023. 4.2 Minutes of the January 10, 2023, Regular Planning Commission Meeting. 4.3 Minutes of the January 24, 2023, Special Joint City Council /Planning Commission Meeting. 4.4 Minutes of the February 2, 2023, Regular Planning Commission Meeting. VC/Mok, moved, C/Barlas seconded, to approve Consent Calendar Items 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 as presented. Motion carried by the following Roll Call Vote: FEBRUARY 14, 2023 AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 5. OLD BUSINESS: 6. NEW BUSINESS 2 COMMISSIONERS: COMMISSIONERS: COMMISSIONERS: None None PUBLIC HEARING(S): PLANNING COMMISSION Banas, Garg, Rawlings, VC/Mok, Chair/Wolfe None None 7.i Development Review and Tree Permit Planning Case No. PL2022-62 — Under the authority of Diamond Bar Municipal Code Sections 22,48 and 22.38, the applicant and property owner requested Development Review approval to construct a new single-family residence consisting of 10,885 square feet of living space, a 942 square foot garage, 694 square feet of patio/balcony areas, and a 115 square foot accessory structure on a 1.25-acre undeveloped parcel. A Tree Permit was requested to remove on protected Coast Live Oak tree and replace it with three (3) Coast Live Oak trees onsite. The subject property is zoned Rural Residential (RR) with an underlying General Plan land use designation of Rural Residential. PROJECT ADDRESS PROPERTY OWNER: APPLICANT: 2626 Wagon Train Lane Diamond Bar, CA 91765 Sumer Vardhan 2127 Derringer Lane Diamond Bar, CA 91765 Pete Volbeda 215 N. 2"d Avenue #B Upland, CA 91786 AP/Nakajima presented the staff report and recommended Planning Commission approval of Development Review and Tree Permit Planning Case No. PL2022-62 based on the findings of Fact, and subject to the conditions of approval as listed within the Resolution. Chair/Wolfe opened the public hearing. Pete Volbeda, Applicant Architect, thanked staff. ChairlWolfe closed the public hearing. FEBRUARY 14, 2023 3 PLANNING COMMISSION C/Barlas moved, C/Rawlings seconded, to approve Development Review and Tree Permit Planning Case No. PL2022-62 based on the findings of Fact, and subject to the conditions of approval as listed within the Resolution. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Barlas, Garg, Rawlings, VC/Mok, Chair/Wolfe NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: None 7.2 Development Review — Planning Case No. PL2022-115 — Under the authority of Diamond Bar Municipal Code Section 22.46, the applicant/property owner requested Development Review approval to add an 890 square -foot two-story addition and an 84 square -foot porch to an existing 1,306 square - foot, to an existing one-story single-family residence located at 20849 East Cliffside Lane. The subject property is zoned Low Density Residential (RL) with an underlying General Plan land use designation of Low Density Residential, PROJECT ADDRESS: 20849 East Cliffside Lane Diamond Bar, CA 91765 PROPERTY OWNER/ Xinqin Lai APPLICANT: 20849 East Cliffside one Diamond Bar, CA 91765 AP/Tran presented the staff report and recommended Planning Commission approval of Development Review, Planning Case No. PL2022-115 based on the Findings of Fact, and subject to the conditions of approval as listed within the Resolution. C/Garg asked if the square footage (890 square feet) referenced in the presentation includes both the first floor and the second floor. Chair/Wolfe responded to C/Garg, clarifying that the 890 square feet includes both the first and second floor. AP/Tran responded that the first floor is 645 square feet and the second floor is 245 square feet. Chair/Wolfe opened the public hearing. FEBRUARY 14, 2023 4 PLANNING COMMISSION With no one wishing to speak on this item, Chair/Wolfe closed the public hearing. C/Garg moved, C/Rawlings seconded, to approve Development Review — Planning Case No. PL2022-115 based on the Findings of Fact, and subject to the conditions of approval as listed within the Resolution. Motion carried by the following Roll call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: Barlas, Garg, Rawlings, VC/Mok, Chair/Wolfe None None PLANNING COMMISSION COMMENTS/INFORMATION ITEMS: C/Barlas wanted to share an event that happened to her a couple of weeks ago. She was visited by an unknown person at her residence After a brief discussion, C/Barlas discovered her residence was incorrectly listed on a website as an Airbnb. The listing was corrected to the property next door to her home. C/Garg congratulated the two property owners on approval of their beautiful properties. C/Rawlings commended staff on the tremendous amount of work they and others put into these projects on behalf of the property owners which adds a significant value to the City. VC IRA ok asked everyone to be safe and keep Turkey and Syria in their thoughts. Chair/Wolfe wished everyone a Happy Valentine's Day, 9. STAFF COMMENTS/INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: CDD/Gubman stated that there are two items on the February 28�" agenda, a public hearing for a custom home in The Country and the annual General Plan Status report. The governor is expected to rescind the Emergency Declaration pertaining to COVID- 19 at the end of February and if that happens, AB 361 will expire and future meeting participation will take place in-house with Commissioners being required to physically attend at the scheduled location. Any Commissioner(s) wishing to participate remotely after the expiration of AB 361 will do so under the Brown Act requirements for posting the individual Commissioner's physical location, details of which are available through the City Clerk's office or by contacting CDD/Gubman. FEBRUARY 14, 2023 5 PLANNING COMMISSION 10. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS: As listed in the agenda. ADJOURNMENT: With no further business before the Planning Commission, Chair/Wolfe adjourned the Regular Planning Commission meeting at 6:57 p.m. The foregoing minutes are hereby approved this 28th Day of March, 2023. Attest: Respectfully Submitted, zr_- r Greg Gubman, tSmmiunity Development Director