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<br />Planning Commission Regular Meeting <br />City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Draft Minutes - Wednesday, October 2, 2013 <br /> <br />1. Call to Order <br />1 <br />Vice Chair Boguszewski called to order the regular meeting of the Planning Commission meeting <br />2 <br />at approximately 6:32 p.m. and reviewed the role and purpose of the Planning Commission. <br />3 <br />2. Roll Call & Introduction <br />4 <br />At the request of Vice Chair Boguszewski, City Planner Thomas Paschke called the Roll. <br />5 <br />Members Present: <br /> Commissioners James Daire; Shannon Cunningham; Mohamed Keynan; <br />6 <br />David Stellmach; and Robert Murphy <br />7 <br />Members Excused: <br />Chair John Gisselquist <br />8 <br />Staff Present: <br /> City Planner Thomas Paschke; Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd <br />9 <br />3. Review of Minutes <br />10 <br />August 7, 2013 Regular Meeting Minutes <br />11 <br />Corrections: <br />12 <br />Pages 4 and 5, lines 165 – 202 (Cunningham) <br />13 <br />Correct all references to Mr. “Cunningham” rather than Mr. “Eldridge,” whose address is Eldridge <br />14 <br />Avenue. <br />15 <br />MOTION <br />16 <br />Member Murphy moved, seconded by Member Cunningham to approve the August 7, 2013 <br />17 <br />meeting minutes as amended. <br />18 <br />Ayes: 5 <br />19 <br />Nays: 0 <br />20 <br />Abstentions: 1 (Boguszewski) <br />21 <br />Motion carried. <br />22 <br />4. Communications and Recognitions: <br />23 <br />a. From the Public (Public Comment on items not on the agenda) <br />24 <br />No one appeared to speak at this time. <br />25 <br />b. From the Commission or Staff <br />26 <br />None. <br />27 <br />5. Public Hearings <br />28 <br />Vice Chair Boguszewski reviewed the protocol for Public Hearings and subsequent process. <br />29 <br />PLANNING FILE 13-015 <br />30 <br />Request by The Woof Room, in conjunction with the owner of the commercial property at <br />31 <br />2025 Rice Street, for approval of a ZONING TEXT CHANGE and CONDITIONAL USE to <br />32 <br />allow a dog daycare/boarding facility with an outdoor component. <br />33 <br />Vice Chair Boguszewski opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 13-015 at 6:30 p.m. <br />34 <br />Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd summarized the request as detailed in the staff report dated <br />35 <br />October 2, 2013, defining the Zoning Text Changes and Conditional Use and the specifics of <br />36 <br />each. Mr. Lloyd advised that the Planning Division staff recommending approval of the Zoning <br />37 <br />Text Change and Conditional Use. <br />38 <br />Zoning Text Amendment <br />39 <br />Specific to this portion of the request, Mr. Lloyd reviewed staff report, Section 5.1.D.b regarding <br />40 <br />City Code language for screening by a solid fence, hedge or similar plant material not to exceed <br />41 <br />six feet (6’) in height. Based on staff’s analysis, and the Comprehensive Land Use designation of <br />42 <br /> <br />