CITY OF MERCED
Site Plan Review Committee
MINUTES
Planning Conference Room
(via Teleconference)
October 7, 2021
Chairperson McBRIDE called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Committee Members Present: Chief Building Official Frazier, City Engineer Beltran, and Director of Development Services
McBride
Committee Members Absent: None
Staff Present: Planning Manager Espinosa, Principal Planner Hren, and Associate Planner/Recording
Secretary Mendoza-Gonzalez
MINUTES
M/S BELTRAN-FRAZIER, and carried by unanimous voice vote, to approve the Minutes of September 7, 2021, as submitted.
COMMUNICATIONS
None.
4. ITEMS
4.1 Site Plan Application #481, submitted by Chris Ward, applicant for Yosemite & G, LLC., property owner, to build a new 23,252-square- foot building (grocery store) at the northeast corner of Yosemite Avenue and G Street, with zoning of Planned Development (P-D) #72, with a Neighborhood Commercial (CN) General Plan
designation.
Principal Planner HREN reviewed the application. Refer to Draft Site Plan Resolution #481 for further information.
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The applicant and his designer were in attendance to answer questions from the Committee.
M/S FRAZIER - BELTRAN, and carried by the following vote, to approve Site Plan Application #481, subject to the Findings and twenty-nine (29) Conditions set forth in Draft Resolution #481:
AYES: Committee Members Beltran, Frazier, and Chairperson McBride
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
[Secretary's Note: Planning Manager ESPINOSA left the Site Plan Review Meeting to attend a Development Review Meeting.]
4.2 Site Plan Application #482, submitted by Athoula Group, property owners, to allow a banquet hall for social gatherings at 443 W. 18th Street, within a Central Commercial (C-C) Zone.
Associate Planner MENDOZA-GONZALEZ reviewed the
application. Refer to Draft Site Plan Resolution #482 for further information.
The applicant was in attendance to answer questions from the Committee.
M/S FRAZIER - BELTRAN, and carried by the following vote, to approve Site Plan Application #482, subject to the Findings and twenty-nine (29) Conditions set forth in Draft Resolution #482:
AYES: Committee Members Beltran, Frazier, and Chairperson McBride
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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4.3 Two-year Extension of Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map (VTSM) #1311 ("Benny Hills Estates"), 12 single-family lots ranging in size from 4,946 square feet to 6,475 square feet, generally located at the southeast corner of N. Coffee Street and Merced Avenue.
Associate Planner MENDOZA-GONZALEZ reviewed the
application. Refer to the Memorandum for VTSM #1311 for further information.
The applicant was in attendance to answer questions from the Committee.
M/S FRAZIER - BELTRAN, and carried by the following vote, to approve a two-year extension for VTSM #1311 (Benny Hills Estates) until November 6, 2023:
AYES: Committee Members Beltran, Frazier, and Chairperson McBride
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
INFORMATION ITEMS
5.1 Calendar of Meetings/Events
There was no discussion regarding the calendar of meetings/events.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairperson McBride adjourned the meeting at 2:22 p.m.
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Respectfully submitted,
Kim Espinosa, Secretary
Merced City Site Plan Review Committee
APPROVED:
Scott McBride, Chairperson/
Director of Development Services
Merced City Site Plan Review Committee