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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, April 06, 2011 Page 2 5. Communications and Recognitions: 45 a. From the Public (Public Comment on items not on the agenda) 46 No one from the public spoke at this time. 47 b. From the Commission or Staff 48 Mr. Paschke announced the annual joint meeting of the City Council and Planning 49 Commission scheduled for May 9, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. and encouraged all members to 50 attend. 51 Mr. Paschke announced the periodic Ethics Training for the City of Roseville elected and 52 appointed officials, as well as staff, scheduled for April 14, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. at City Hall, 53 and requested that all Planning Commissioners to attend. 54 6. Public Hearings 55 Chair Boerigter reviewed the purpose and process for public hearings before the Planning 56 Commission. Chair Boerigter amended the Agenda to address Item 6e as the first order of 57 business. 58 e. PLANNING FILE 11-006 59 Request by Charles Jungmann for approval of a MINOR SUBDIVISION creating one 60 (1) additional residential parcel at 2220 Acorn Road 61 Chair Boerigter opened the Public Hearing at 5:47 p.m. and City Planner Paschke 62 explained that this item had been included on tonight’s Planning Commission agenda in 63 error, that no public comment would be taken at this time, and that new published and 64 mailed post card notices would be reissued for a Public Hearing to be heard before the 65 City Council at a later date. Chair Boerigter closed the Public Hearing at 5:47 p.m. 66 a. PLANNING FILE 11-007 67 Request by Derek Thorson for approval of an ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (ADU) 68 as a CONDITIONAL USE at 3091 Fairview Avenue 69 Chair Boerigter opened the Public Hearing at 5:47 p.m. 70 Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd reviewed the request of Mr. Thorson, as detailed in the 71 Request for Planning Commission Action (RPCA) dated April 6, 2011, to finish the space 72 above an attached garage for use as a master suite and, initially, as an ADU, if approved 73 as a CONDITIONAL USE. Mr. Lloyd noted that even though the applicant’s immediate 74 plans are to finish the space above the garage and rent it to a college student relative, 75 the space was eventually intended to become the “master suite” for the residence. 76 Staff recommended approval of the proposed ADU as a CONDITIONAL USE at 3091 77 Fairview Avenue; based on the comments and findings of Sections 4-6, and the 78 recommendation of Section 7 of the RPCA dated April 6, 2011. 79 Discussion among Commissioners and staff included the requirement for a unique 80 address identifier for this and similar ADU’s and how such units would be identified by 81 emergency and 9-1-1 dispatch personnel; rationale of the Development Review 82 Committee (DRC) for their recommendations based on the rental or occupied status of an 83 ADU; Project File 0017 to be heard next related to this issue and the proposed TEXT 84 AMENDMENT addressing unique addresses for ADU’s; tracking of ADU’s for the City’s 85 rental registration data; residency limits; and size limit of 600 square feet. 86 The applicant was not present at tonight’s meeting. 87 Public Comment 88 Chair Boerigter closed the Public Hearing at 5:57 p.m.; no one spoke for or against 89 Member Gisselquist spoke in support of this request. 90 MOTION 91 Member Gisselquist moved, seconded by Member Cook to RECOMMEND 92 APPROVAL of the proposed accessory dwelling unit as a CONDITIONAL USE at 93