AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING 
AGOURA HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION
Civic Center – Council Chambers 
30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California  91301
Thursday, April 4, 2024
6:30 p.m.

   PC Agenda 04-04-24

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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (PUBLIC COMMENT)

Option A: To provide public comment in-person in the Council Chambers 

Members of the public have an opportunity to attend the meeting in-person in the Council Chambers and speak or submit a written comment on any item listed on the Agenda. If you wish to speak, complete a Speaker’s Card for each item and submit to the Recording Secretary prior to the public comment portion of the item. Public testimony is limited to three (3) minutes per speaker; a speaker’s time may not be transferred to another speaker. Written public comments submitted at the meeting are not read aloud by the Recording Secretary. 

Option B:  To submit written public comments prior to the meeting

Members of the public have an opportunity to submit email correspondence on any item listed on the Agenda by sending an email to: comments@agourahillscity.org. All public correspondence received by 4:00 p.m. on the meeting date will be provided to the Planning Commission prior to the meeting. Public comments are not read into the record. Any public comments received after 4:00 p.m. on the meeting day will not be considered as part of the Planning Commission’s deliberations or entered into the official record, but will be provided to the Planning Commission the next day. 

CALL TO ORDER 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

   Chair Kate Anderson
   Vice Chair Morgan Roth 
   Commissioner Jessica Reinhardt
   Commissioner Brit Sharon

EXCUSED ABSENCE

APPROVAL OF AGENDA 

PUBLIC COMMENTS

(This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items not listed on the Agenda that are under the subject matter jurisdiction of the Planning Commission. Please refer to “Public Participation” above for full details on how to submit written public comments or speak under this category.)

CONSENT CALENDAR 

(Items on the Consent Calendar may be approved by a single motion and vote. Unless pulled by the Planning Commission, there will be no separate discussion of these items. This section is reserved for persons wishing to address items on the Consent Calendar. Please refer to “Public Participation” above for full details on how to submit written public comments or speak under this category.)

1.    Approve Minutes of the Regular Planning Commission Meeting of February 1, 2024

        STAFF REFERENCE:   CITY CLERK/RECORDING SECRETARY RODRIGUES

         Item 01 Minutes 020124

PUBLIC HEARINGS

(Both the Applicant or the Appellant, should they be different parties, will be given 15 minutes to present their positions to the Planning Commission and five (5) minutes each for rebuttal time. All other public  testimony is limited to three (3) minutes. Please refer to “Public Participation” above for full details on how to submit written public comments or speak under this category. After the rebuttal, the Chair will close the Public Hearing and the Planning Commission will deliberate the matter. Except in rare instances where a Commissioner might have a question of someone in the audience, this discussion is only among the Commissioners and City Staff. No further public comments are permitted.)

2.        REQUEST: APPROVAL OF 1) A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A TYPE 47 LICENSE FOR ON-SITE CONSUMPTION
            OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT AN EXISTING RESTAURANT AND TO REVISE THE FACILITY’S HOURS OF OPERATION, AND
            2) TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OF EXEMPTION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT

            Item 02 040424
           
            APPLICANT:    Dave Foldes for Cronies Sports Grill

            CASE NO: CUP-2023-0026

            LOCATION: 5687 Kanan Road (AIN: 2053-007-030)

            ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per §15061(b)(3)

            ZONING DESIGNATION: Commercial Shopping Center – Mixed Use- Affordable Housing Overlay (CS-MU-AH)

            GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION: Commercial Shopping Center – Mixed Use (CS-MU)

            RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the Planning Commission approve Conditional Use Permit, Case No. CUP-2023-0026,
            subject to conditions, based on the findings of the attached Draft Resolution.

3.        REQUEST: CONSIDER A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL: 1) AMEND AND RESTATE THE AGOURA VILLAGE
            SPECIFIC PLAN, 2) AMEND THE GENERAL PLAN TYPICAL ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION CROSS-SECTION EXHIBIT (FIGURE M-2),
            3) AMEND SECTION A. MOBILITY (M), CHAPTER 3: INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE GENERAL PLAN,
            AND 4) ADOPT THE INITIAL STUDY AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE AGOURA VILLAGE SPECIFIC PLAN
            UPDATE AND THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT AND ADOPT AN
            AMENDED AND RESTATED MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM 

            Item 03 040424
            Revision - PW AVSPU MMRP Memo and Final ISMND 040124

            APPLICANT:  City of Agoura Hills 

            CASE NOS: SPA 2024-0004 and GPA 2024-0006

            LOCATION:  Agoura Village Specific Plan Area (in its entirety)

            ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: Mitigated Negative Declaration

            ZONING DESIGNATION: PD – Agoura Village Specific Plan and  AH – Affordable Housing Overlay (where identified)  

             GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION: PD – Planned Development

             RECOMMENDATION:  Staff recommends the Planning Commission consider and recommend the City Council approve Specific
             Plan Amendment Case No. SPA 2024-0004, General Plan Amendment Case No. GPA 2024-0006, and adopt the Initial Study/
             Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigated Monitoring and Reporting Program and make findings pursuant to the California
             Environmental Quality Act. 

PLANNING COMMISSION / STAFF COMMENTS

ADJOURNMENT  

The next Regular Meeting of the Planning Commission is scheduled for April 18, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center. Members of the public will have the opportunity to participate in-person in the Council Chambers.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in a Planning Commission meeting or other services offered by the City of Agoura Hills, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (818) 597-7300. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting or time when services are needed will assist the City staff in assuring that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the meeting or service.

Copies of reports or other written documentation relating to each item of business described above are posted to the City’s website at agourahillscity.org and are on file in the Planning Division of the Community Development Department, Agoura Hills City Hall, 30001 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills, California.

The telecast of the April 4, 2024, Regular Planning Commission Meeting will be shown on Channel 10 for Time Warner Cable subscribers, Channel 3 for Charter subscribers, and Channel 99 for AT&T U-Verse subscribers, at a later date, and run daily until the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting. The broadcast schedule is as follows: Sa-10am; Su-3pm; M-7pm; T-10am; W-3pm; Th-10am; and F-7pm.