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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda No. OS-76 August 28, 2008 Page 3 of 11 station have less than 20,000 square feet, as currently written the density requirements would reduce the overall number of dwelling units that could be built in the core of the BART transit area. o New uses in industrial zones. Staff proposes that government offices (for a higher level of emergency services), and animal boarding, be allowed as conditional uses in IL, IG and IP zones, and certain large-collection recycling facilities be allowed as conditional uses in the IP Zone. o Parking requirements. The proposal would redefine the point at which an additional parking space is required. Currently, any fractional amount triggers a requirement for an additional parking space; under the proposal, a fractional amount equal to 0.5 or more would trigger the requirement. Thus, if the requirement for a commercial office building is one space per 300 square feet of office, under the proposed change, a 6,100-square-foot office building would require 20 parking spaces (6100/300=20.3) rather than 21. The number would be rounded up only when it equals or exceeds 0.5. Thus, a 6,800-square-foot office building would require 23 spaces (6800/300=22.6, rounded up to 23). o Site plan review. This proposal provides for new amenities and design criteria to be included in the Site Plan Review process for any new projects requiring a Conditional Use Permit in the DA zones. Under this proposal, certain projects that require Site Plan Review also would go to the Planning Commission instead of the Board of Zoning Adjustments. With this change, an applicant needing approvals beyond the Site Plan Review could go to one body (the Planning Commission) instead of both the Planning Commission and the BZA. For example, a Site Plan Review permit application traveling with a subdivision map application would go to the Planning Commission because the subdivision map requires Planning Commission approval. Vice Chair Dlugosh invited members of the public to come forward to make comments. There were none. Motion to Close Public Hearing Finberg /Abero; 5 Aye, 0 No, 2 Absent -Approved Vice Chair Dlugosh invited comments and questions from Commissioners. Commissioner Abero wondered why some of the proposed changes are coming about now, specifically "the 50 percent rule" in calculating parking spaces. She noted that during the TOD Strategy sessions, fractional numbers had already been discussed, and she thought, agreed upon. Planner Millenbah said that when looking at development projects, the current standard rounds up with 1.1 and above, resulting in a higher parking standard. He added that the proposed change represents the way most cities handle such issues the existing parking standard would result in "more parking at the margin" between 1.1 and 1.4 spaces. Commissioner Abero said that in the past if the fraction was 0.1, another space was required. She also asked about the proposal to provide for kennels for boarding animals with no outdoor space.