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Meeting Name: Planning Commission Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/9/2020 7:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, Merced Civic Center, 678 W. 18th Street, Merced, CA 95340
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20-695 1D.1. Consent ItemSUBJECT: Planning Commission Minutes of November 4, 2020, and November 18, 2020 (Cancellation) ACTION: Approving and filing the Planning Commission Minutes of November 4, 2020, and November 18, 2020   Not available Not available
20-722 1E.1. Consent ItemSUBJECT: Conditional Use Permit #1246, initiated by God’s Love Outreach Ministries, applicant for Usha and Kumar Arvind, property owners. This application involves a request to allow a State Licensed Adult Residential Care Facility with 10 beds at 1369 Derby Court, generally located on the north side of Derby Court, approximately 300 feet east of Alviso Drive, within Planned Development (P-D) #46 with a General Plan designation of Low Density (LD) Residential **PUBLIC HEARING** (Continued from meeting of November 4, 2020) ACTION: Approve/Disapprove/Modify Environmental Review #20-26 (Categorical Exemption) Conditional Use Permit #1246 SUMMARY God’s Love Outreach Ministry (G.L.O.M.) is requesting Conditional Use Permit approval for a large State licensed adult residential care facility with 10 beds at 1369 Derby Court. The care facility would assist adults dealing with mental illness or disorders and be used for dwelling purposes only. Counseling and treatment would take place offsite within approved medical or office locations. Small Residential Care Facilities (6 people or less   Not available Not available
20-643 1E.2. Public Hearing ItemSUBJECT: Conditional Use Permit #1249, initiated by Jasdeep Randhawa, on behalf of Shemoil Moradsazdeh, property owner. This application involves a request to sell beer, wine, and distilled spirits for off-site consumption for a new gas station (Chevron/Urban Market), generally located at the southwest corner of South Coffee Street and East Campus Parkway (809 S. Coffee Street), within a zoning classification of Planned Development (P-D) #35, and a General Plan designation of Thoroughfare Commercial (CT). *PUBLIC HEARING* ACTION Approve/Disapprove/Modify Environmental Review #20-30(Categorical Exemption) Conditional Use Permit #1249 SUMMARY Chevron/Urban Market is requesting approval to sell beer, wine, and distilled spirits for off-site consumption at 809 S. Coffee Street. The subject site is a vacant 8.2-acre parcel located at the southwest corner of Campus Parkway and Coffee Street (Attachment B). A conditional use permit is required for any business that wants to sell alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption in a building of 20,000 square feet or less. Staff is recommend   Not available Not available
20-701 1E.3. Public Hearing ItemSUBJECT: Conditional Use Permit #1250, initiated by Mayra Contreras on behalf of Mahinder Singh Kajla, property owner. This application involves a request to operate a food truck within the parking lot at 1619 I Street, generally located on the northwest corner of 16th Street and I Street, within a Central Commercial (C-C) Zone. *PUBLIC HEARING* ACTION: Approve/Disapprove/Modify Environmental Review #20-31(Categorical Exemption) Conditional Use Permit #1250 SUMMARY Mayra Contreras is requesting conditional use permit approval to operate a food truck within the parking lot located at 1619 I 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 northeastern 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   Not available Not available
20-702 1E.4. Public Hearing ItemSUBJECT: Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #1315 for Mission Ranch, Phase 2. This application involves the subdivision of approximately 7.78 acres into 70 small single-family residential lots ranging in size from 3,109 to 5,648 square feet and a deviation from City Standard ST-1. This deviation, if granted, would allow streets, other than cul-de-sacs, to deviate from the requirement to install park strips. This property is generally located on the southwest corner of G Street and Rancho Camino Drive. This property has a General Plan designation of Village Residential (VR) and is zoned Planned Development (P-D) #58. **PUBLIC HEARING**” ACTION Approve/Disapprove/Modify Environmental Review #20-35 (CEQA Section 15162 Findings) Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #1315 SUMMARY The project site is located at the southwest corner of G Street and Rancho Camino Drive (Attachment B). The proposed subdivision would subdivide 7.78 acres of land into 70 small single-family lots (Attachment C). The request for the subdivision also includes a request to deviate from City Standard ST-1 which   Not available Not available
20-728 1E.5. Public Hearing ItemSUBJECT: General Plan Amendment #20-03, initiated by the City of Merced. This application involves a request to amend Table 3.2, Standards of Population Density and Building Intensity, of the Land Use Element of the Merced Vision 2030 General Plan by adding standards for population density to the Regional/Community Commercial (RC), Neighborhood Commercial (CN), and Commercial/Professional Office (CO) land use categories for mixed use and residential developments. References to new Zoning Districts established after the 2012 adoption of the General Plan will also be added to the Table.**PUBLIC HEARING** ACTION PLANNING COMMISSION: Recommendation to City Council Environmental Review #20-38 (Categorical Exemption) General Plan Amendment #20-03 CITY COUNCIL: Approve/Disapprove/Modify Environmental Review #20-38 (Categorical Exemption) General Plan Amendment #20-03 SUMMARY General Plan Amendment #20-03 will provide standards for population density for mixed use and residential projects in commercial land use categories as well as adding references to several new Zoning Di   Not available Not available
20-764 1E.6. Consent ItemSUBJECT: Cancellation of Planning Commission Meeting of December 23, 2020, due to the holidays ACTION: Cancel the Planning Commission Meeting of December 23, 2020   Not available Not available
20-738 1F.1. Business ItemSUBJECT: Report by Planning Manager of Upcoming Agenda Items ACTION Information only.   Not available Not available
20-739 1F.2. Business ItemSUBJECT: Calendar of Meetings/Events Dec.|99|City Council, 6:00 p.m. (In person) 9 Planning Commission, 7:00 p.m. (By Teleconference) 15 Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Commission, 4:00 p.m. (By Teleconference) 21 City Council, 6:00 p.m. (May be by Teleconference) 23 Planning Commission, 7:00 p.m. (To be Cancelled) Jan. |99|City Council, 6:00 p.m. (May be by Teleconference) |99|Planning Commission, 7:00 p.m. (By Teleconference) 19 City Council, 6:00 p.m. (May be by Teleconference) 20 Planning Commission, 7:00 p.m. (By Teleconference)   Not available Not available