A detailed Commission packet is available for review in the Library and City Clerk's Office.

 
 

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CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
455 N. Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90210
Commission Meeting Room 280A

PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING

AGENDA

Thursday, October 22, 2015
01:30 p.m.




PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING

OPEN MEETING

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE



GUIDE FOR PERSONS INTENDING TO SPEAK

This guide has been prepared as an aid so that you will be able to express you opinions briefly and clearly before the Commission and thus increase the effectiveness of your presentation. Unless extended by the Chair, applicant presentations are limited to fifteen (15) minutes, and public remarks are limited to three (3) minutes.

1. State your Name and Address.

2. Organization you represent if any.

3. Your Statement should include all pertinent facts within your knowledge. It is important to discuss only those matters relating to the hearing and to tie your discussion of the facts directly to the decision you wish the Commission to reach.

Written Testimony
In order to have written material included in the Planning Commissioner’s mailed Agenda Packet, 10 copies of the material must be delivered to the Planning office no later than 8 calendar days before the date of the Planning Commission Hearing.
Written material (10 copies) that is presented to the Planning Commission after this date and up to 1:00 p.m. the day of the Planning Commission Hearing, will be included in the Commissioners’ Agenda folder, but may not be reviewed by individual Commissioners due to the amount of material that the Commissioners have to review for the Agenda.



APPROVAL OF AGENDA

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

1. Approval of Minutes from the Planning Commission Regular Meeting of October 8, 2015.

Tab 1 - October 8, 2015 Minutes

PLANNING COMMISSION / BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS / PLANNING AGENCY PUBLIC HEARINGS

2. Regulation of Discontinued Legally Nonconforming and Conditionally Permitted Uses  Consider a resolution recommending to the City Council an ordinance amending the Beverly Hills Municipal Code for the establishment of time limits for legally nonconforming and conditionally permitted uses once they have been discontinued for more than two years. Pursuant to the provisions set forth in the California Environmental Quality Act, the Commission will also consider adoption of a Categorical Exemption for the amendment.  (Associate Planner Timothea Tway)

Tab 2 - Discontinued Uses

STUDY SESSION

3. Planning Commission Priorities  Discuss the Planning Commission’s desired priorities for fiscal year 2016-17

Tab 3 - Planning Commission Priorities

COMMITTEE REPORTS * Zoning Code Reorganization Task Force * Planning Commission / Cultural Heritage Commission Joint Subcommittee * Rooftop Lunchroom Subcommittee * City Council/Planning Commission Liaison Committee

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE COMMISSION

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE CITY PLANNER

4. Upcoming Projects List

Tab 4 - Upcoming Projects List

5. Building Permit Activity Report – 9/1/15 thru 9/30/15

Tab 5 - Building Permit Activity Report

6. 2015 Meeting Schedule

Tab 6 - 2015 Meeting Schedule

7. Commissioner Training Workshop

ADJOURNMENT