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ATTACHMENT A Draft Minutes Excerpt- J 2/14/06 Planning Commission Meeting I lItem 6: Public Hearing (a) Matter of consideration of amendments to the Zoning Code including: · Article 5, adding new Section 2-537 Daylight Plane . Article 5, adding new Section 2-539 Maximum Floor Area Ratio (F AR); · Article 5, amending Section 2-574 for consistency; · Article 5, amending Section 2-580 for consistency; . Article 5, amending Section 2-582 to provide additional height restrictions in RS- VP Sub-District; . Article 5, amending Section 2-584 applicable to RO and RS Districts; . Article 17, amending Section 4-1704 related to off-street parking and loading space requirements; and . Article 24, amending Section 5~2424 to allow condominium conversions for four residential units or fewer to be approved administratively by the Zoning Enforcement Official (ZED). [Pollart] The proposed ordinance for the adoption of Zoning code amendments related to residential development standards is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065. This is based on the finding that this Ordinance is not a "project" within the meaning of Section 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change in the environment, directly or ultimately. This Ordinance does not, in itself, allow the construction of any projects and therefore has no potential for resulting in physical changes in the environment, directly or ultimately. Secretary Pollart began by pointing out that the Commissioners' packets included excerpts from yet-to-be-approved minutes from an informal Board of Zoning Adjustments' hearing on the proposal a week earlier. Her PowerPoint presentation began with background information, explaining that the impetus for the proposals stemmed from an application for a large Bay-O- Vista home on Darius Court. Under the current process, the application required Major Site Plan Review and Height Exception. The BZA approved the application, which was subsequently appealed but upheld by the City Council on December 4, 2005. Then, on October 19, the BZA and Planning Commission held a joint worksession to discuss the topics that went into the proposal. She then addressed each proposed change individually. . Article 5, Section 2-537 The Zoning Code currently contains a general definition of a Daylight Plane; the concept now generally applies to commercial buildings being constructed next to residential districts. It causes the commercial structure to step back so that it docs not loom over the adjacent residences. However, the current language cloes not embrace house-to-house issues of