One Claire wishes she could be here, but uh we had to shuffle assignments to make sure that all of our clients were covered.

Happy to join you and actually uh get to you know sit in a meeting with all of you since I haven't had that chance over the last couple of years.

Appreciate it.

All right, let's see.

We're just waiting on Commissioner Deposit Fernandez.

You've got the updated script, uh Chair.

Yes.

Give uh give one more minute.

Recording in progress.

All right, why don't we get started?

You ready to go?

Welcome to the Thursday, October 21st regular meeting of the South San Francisco Planning Commission.

This meeting is being held in accordance with the Brown Act as currently in effect under the provisions of Assembly Bill three six one, which allows attendance by members of the planning commission city staff and the public to participate and conduct the meeting by teleconference.

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The South San Francisco Planning Commission is hereby called to order.

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Commissioner Funes here.

And Commissioner Depaz Fernandez appears to be absent at the moment.

Okay.

Does any member of the public wish to address the commission on an item that is not on the agenda tonight at this time?

Please use the raise hand feature to indicate you would like to provide a comment.

This time I will ask the clerk if any members of the public would like to provide comments.

And if there are any comments received by email or voicemail.

indicate you would like to provide a comment this time I will ask the clerk if any members of the public would like to provide comments and if there are any comments received by email or voicemail uh no comments um but it does look like we have a hand raised by commissioner funes and it looks like commissioner deposit fernandez um just needs to be upgraded from guests to panelists i'll do that right now thank you okay that's good um next on the agenda is the disclosure of ex parte communications if any community commissioner has had any communication with applicants did any site or project visits had interactions with third parties or has any conflicts regarding any item on the agenda you may disclose them at this time if you would like to recuse yourself for an item you may also do it at this time no the chair i would like to recruit myself from the hometown bowl item two okay thank you vice chair um next on the agenda is the consent calendar do we have a listing of the consent calendar items we do i'd be happy to read them for the commission uh twin item tonight approval of the september 16th 2021 planning commission hearing minutes okay does any commissioner wish to pull this item from consent calendar does any member of the public wish to address the commission on an item on the consent calendar at this time please use the raised hand feature to indicate you would like to provide a comment be none um at this time I would like to ask the clerk if any members of the public would like to provide comments or have we received comments by email or voicemail on the consent calendar item thank you chair no uh phone calls received up to the this moment uh no emails received and no hands raised okay hearing no speakers I will entertain a motion to on the consent calendar i'd like to make a motion that we accept the consent calendar item all second thank you okay next on the agenda is um item number two and will the clerk before we move on chair um i can do a roll call vote for the consultant oh sorry if you'd like yes please do no problem uh chair evans yes vice chair shiani yes commissioner murphy yes commissioner zang yes commissioner free yes commissioner funes yes commissioner de paz fernandez yes motion passes thank you okay next up the agenda is item number two and will the clerk please read that item absolutely item two report regarding consideration of a design review permit for the construction of a new four unit live work building on a vacant parcel at El Communal Real and Hickey Boulevard APN 010171210 in the community commercial zoning district in accordance with title 20 of the South San Francisco Municipal code and determination that the project is categorically exempt from CECA CEQA Christopher Spiritu Senior Planner okay I will now open the public hearing and call for a staff report make sure we actually have Chris up as a panelist there we go Chris you'll just need to share your screen for the presentation when you're ready yes good evening everyone let me just get started uh sorry technology oh that was my fault sorry for not getting you in earlier all right everyone see my screen now yes you look terrific all right let's let's do this all right good evening uh oh actually let me turn on my beautiful face there we go uh good evening chair vice chair uh commissioners thank you for your time tonight uh again Chris aspiratu senior planner with the planning division here to present the proposed live work project at El Camino Real and Hickey Boulevard uh so the project site is located near the northwest corner of el Camino Real and Hickey Boulevard uh this site uh frontage is entirely on El Camino and other adjacent uses to the site include a a motel the travelers in uh

Thank you for your time tonight.

Uh again, Chris Espiritu, senior planner with the planning division here to present the proposed live work project at El Camino Royale and Hickey Boulevard.

Uh so the project site is located near the northwest corner of El Camino Royale and Hickey Boulevard.

Uh, this site uh frontage is entirely on El Camino, and other adjacent uses to the site include a motel, the travelers in, uh gas station, car wash, and other commercial uses and retail uses as well.

So the site is currently a vacant lot, uh, as you can see there, and there is no established address uh for the project site.

Um there we only have an assessor's parcel number, uh 010 171-210.

And the lot itself is a uniquely shaped lot uh with a single frontage on El Camino.

Uh so before we dive into the project, I would actually want to read into the record and acknowledge uh an updated plan set that was submitted by the applicants on October 15, uh, 2021.

Now the uh revised plans reflect minor changes to the civil engineering plans, uh, but would not alter the project substantially, and the a minor correction to the calculation of open space on the cover page from 1447 square feet to the actual calculation of 1620 square feet.

Um, so with that, uh the project before you tonight uh proposes to construct a new three-story live work building.

Uh the city has not had many of these types of projects before, and I will defer to the applicants' team to walk you through the project details in their presentation after this.

But in general, uh the project would include four live work units, seven vehicular parking spaces, including an ADA accessible space, four bicycle parking spaces, uh landscaping and open space, um, and provisions for bicycle and pedestrian access to the site through a walkway and a new sidewalk along El Camino Royale.

So the project is located in the community commercial or CC zoning district, and per the municipal code, um, there are a variety of commercial and employment type uses that are allowed here, either by right or with the approval of a use permit.

Now, the project is actually specifically identified in the CC zoning district as live work units and is principally permitted as a commercial use in the CC zoning district.

So, as proposed, uh, the project actually complies with all applicable development standards uh as defined in the zoning district.

Um, and the project generally meets all specific development standards concerning the lot, such as lot size or density, building form and location standards, such as maximum heights, let lot coverage and minimum yards, and as well as any other additional development standards like open space and landscaping, which in this case, the project is aiming to provide uh greater than the minimum required.

Um, and in addition to the general standards of the zoning district, uh the municipal code also has additional development standards specific to live work units.

Um, as defined under section 20, 350 25.

Uh any new live work projects are required to comply with floor area requirements, in which 50% of the live work unit shall be designated for work activities.

In this case, the project allocates about 55% of each unit for work activities.

Also, uh open space shall be provided at about 150 square feet per uh live work unit.

And here the project provides about 176 square feet of open space, as well as an additional uh common ground floor open space area.

And also uh parking for the for each unit shall be provided at a 1.5 ratio.

So again, four units.

So the project will be providing seven spaces for four units, uh, one for each unit and three spaces for visitors or commercial patrons.

And overall, the project does comply with those specific live work requirements of the code.

So the tonight the project is not requesting any exceptions to the code, conditional use permits or any other entitlements.

As far as the only entitlement, the project is requesting approval of the design review permit, DR20-uh 0015, based on recommendations for approval from the July 29th meeting of the design review board or DRB.

And speaking of the DRB, the project was reviewed twice, first on in uh September 2020, where the DRB expressed significant concerns regarding design, site access, drainage, and it ultimately required a redesign and subsequent review review by the DRB.

And then on July of this year, July 29th of this year, the project was again reviewed by the DRB, and they were very supportive of the applicants' design revisions, which is what you saw earlier.