 Project planner McKay, can you test your audio and video for me please? Testing, can you hear me? Yes, you are good to go, thank you. Mr. Zoning Administrator, can you please test your audio and video for me please? Hey, good morning Mrs. Andrew, testing audio and video. You are good to go, thank you. Project planner Tumyans, can you please test your audio and video for me please? Good morning, Goni. I hear you, you're good to go. All right, good morning everybody. My name is Andrew Triple and I'm the city of Santa Rosa Zoning Administrator. Staff, if we're ready, I would like to go ahead and call this meeting to order. Thank you. So welcome everyone to the February 3rd, 2022 city of Santa Rosa Zoning Administrator meeting which is scheduled to begin at or after 10 30 a.m. Pursuant to government code section 54953 subsection E and the recommendation of the health officer of the County of Sonoma, the Zoning Administrator will be participating in this meeting via Zoom webinar. Members of the public can participate virtually at zoom.us forward slash join or by calling toll free 877-853-5257. The meeting ID is 824-3894-8597. This meeting will also be live streamed today at youtube.com forward slash city of Santa Rosa. So today's zoning administrator meeting is a regular session meeting. The zoning administrator typically holds two meetings per month on the first and third Thursdays of the month. This is the first regular session zoning administrator meeting in February and a second regular session meeting will be held on February 17th. Members of the public can access the meeting through Zoom and can provide comments during the public comment periods. Additional information related to meeting participation is available at srcity.org forward slash zoning admin. And so at this time then I'd like to move on to meeting agenda item number two, general public comment. And the purpose of this section of the meeting agenda is to provide the opportunity for the public to make comments about items that are not on the agenda. And so staff to, sure, go ahead. Mr. Zoning administrator, please note that there are six attendees in this meeting today. Great, thank you. Can you provide them instructions for how to make a general public comment if they would like to do so? Yes, so if anyone wishes to make a comment, please raise your hand. And you can do so by pressing the icon at the bottom of your screen. If you are phoning in and you would like to make a comment, please press star nine and that will raise your hand. Great, thank you. So we'll give everyone a few minutes if anyone would like to make a general public comment. Mr. Zoning administrator, there are no hands raised at this time. Great, thank you. So I'll go ahead and close that general public comment and we'll move on to meeting item number three, zoning administrator business. So the zoning administrator is appointed by the planning and economic development director and has the responsibility and authority to conduct public hearings and to take actions on applications for all administrative permits and approvals issued by the department. A determination or decision by the zoning administrator may be appealed to the design review board, cultural heritage board, plan and commission or city council as applicable to the decision. There are no zoning administrator reports today. And so then we'll move on to meeting agenda item number four scheduled items. We have two meeting items today. For each item, I will ask the project planner for a staff presentation and an applicant presentation or comments. Following these presentations, I may ask clarifying questions of the project planner or applicant. I will then open the meeting for public comment about the item under review. Members of the public are invited to provide comment about the project being reviewed. These comments should be limited to approximately three minutes. After the public comment opportunity is completed, I may ask additional questions of staff or applicant as part of my review. I will then issue a decision to approve, deny or continue the project for further review. The decisions of the zoning administrator are appealable to the planning commission design review board or cultural heritage board. Pursuant to zoning code section 20-62.030, appeal shall be submitted in writing and filed with the planning department on a city application form within 10 calendar days after the date of the decision. For today's decisions then, that calendar due date will be at the close of business on Monday, February 14th. And so moving on then to meeting item 4.1, this is a public hearing for good onward ink mezzanine request for minor conditional use permit. The project is located at 3192 Juniper Road and a CEQA exemption is recommended for this project. The project's file number is CUP 21073 and the project planner is Connor McKay. So Connor, if you would like to offer your staff presentation and applicant presentation if there is any, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Zoning Administrator. Can everybody see my screen? Great, thank you so much. Yeah, so thank you. My name is Connor McKay, city planner and I'm pleased to be here this morning to present the good onward ink cannabis facility modification proposed for 3192 Juniper Road. So last year, the planning commission and design review board approved the Juniper, the good onward ink cannabis facility project. The applicant has since requested a minor modification of this approval to expand an approved mezzanine for use of storage to support the manufacturing level one non-volatile land use. Because this modification is minor and the operation of a manufacturing level one non-volatile cannabis land use requires a zoning clearance or a minor conditional use permit when proposed to be located adjacent to residential land uses. The project is located in the southwest quadrant of the city of Santa Rosa along Juniper Avenue near Bellevue. Here's some neighborhood context. So that residential land uses to the south and across Juniper Avenue. And then there are industrial uses to the north and the east. The general plan and zoning code for the surrounding site. The general plan is general industry which supports cannabis land uses as well as general industrial zoning district also supports the operation of cannabis land uses. Staff can make all the required findings. The proposed modification is not substantial increase in land use. The project does qualify for an exemption in that MND was prepared for the approved project and this expansion does not necessitate additional analysis or introduce substantial new impacts that were not analyzed with the previously approved and adopted mitigated negative declaration. The overall site plan of the site is shown here. Building F is the proposed modification and this is the previously approved warehouse or building F floor plan. With this expansion, the second floor would increase its mezzanine space by almost 5,000 square feet. We have not received any public comments and this project was noticed as a public hearing in accordance with the zoning code. And with that, the Planning and Economic Development Department recommends that the zoning administrator by resolution approve this minor condition use permit request to allow the interior mezzanine expansion of 4,950 square feet for storage and so early to the approved cannabis manufacturing level one non-volatile land use for the property located at 3192 Juniper Road file number CUP 21073. And the applicant does not have a presentation but is available for questions and I'm not sure if they wanna make any comments to supplement my presentation but I don't believe that is the case. Thank you. Great, thank you for that thorough presentation. I don't have any questions for the applicant team. Before we go to, before I open a public hearing on this item, I do want to provide an ex parte disclosure because it is a public hearing. And so I am the zoning administrator of the review authority for this minor conditional use permit. I was a project planner for this project when the approved project was submitted and then I was supervising review of the project by Planning Commission and Design Review Board at the time that the project was approved. So in my role as project planner, I don't believe that represents a conflict and I am able to provide an objective and fair review of this project. So having said that, then I would like to open a public hearing for this item and staff, if you would like to take our members of the public through the public comment process for the public hearing. So if anyone wishes to make a comment, please raise your hand. Again, the icon is located at the bottom of your screen. If you are phoning in and you would like to make a comment, please press star nine to raise your hand. Mr. Zoning Administrator, there are no hands raised. Okay, great, thank you. And so at this time, then I will go ahead and close this item's public hearing. I appreciate the work that staff did to work with the applicant to accommodate this expansion of square footage within the existing approved project. And I also appreciate the details in the resolution which describe the expanded space of approximately 4,950 square feet for the purpose of storage, that it would not increase the intensity of the manufacturing, the cannabis manufacturing use that was approved. And I just have a question for the applicant and if the applicant could please just confirm that they understand that should they want to increase the intensity of the use and use this for something other than storage for the designated cannabis use that they would have to return to have a modification to this resolution reviewed. So just so we could get some confirmation, please. Mr. Zoning Administrator, applicant Tau has his hand raised as well as applicant Stanley. Sure, so please go ahead. Mr. Tau or Mr. Stanley, would one of you like to speak? Yeah, this is Peter Stanley, applicant represented. Tau is on the line as well. He is with a good onward ink and we are aware of that condition and are ready to follow it should any changes to the resolution that's before you this morning. Great, wonderful. Thank you so much for that confirmation. So then in review of this project, I do find that the expansion of the square footage for an ancillary use for storage really does not have any potential for impacts beyond those already reviewed as part of the approved project that it is a modification of the use to ensure compliance with zoning code requirements for cannabis uses. I am able to make all of the findings to approve this project, including the finding that pursuant to section 15162 of CEQA guidelines that the initial study MND that was adopted for the good onward in cannabis facility project and was certified does provide adequate environmental review for this project and that the proposed storage area and ancillary storage use would not substantially change the approved operations and would be within the scope of the previously adopted MND. So with that, I do see that we do have some conditions of this conditions of approval on this resolution, the applicant is required to comply with all of those conditions of approval. And so with that understanding and with having completed my review, I am approving this minor conditional use permit. Please be advised that this approval of this minor conditional use permit is subject to appeal within 10 days and that appeal deadline is close of business on February 14, 2022. So thank you to the applicant as well as to Connor for today's presentation and the work that you've done. So then we'll move on to meeting item 4.2. And meeting item 4.2 is a public meeting for the Slater Hillside permit for a pool. The project is located at 3935 Hansford Court. The CEQA exemption is recommended for this project and the project's file number is CUP 21-012. The project planner is Christiane Thumians and Christiane, we are looking forward to your staff presentation. Thank you, Mr. Triple. This is a Slater Hillside permit for a pool. It's a minor hillside development permit at 3935 Hansford Court. And the request includes the construction of a swing pool deck and retaining wall in the hillside development area. This is a aerial of the project site from 2017. As you can see the project site in the surrounding areas were devastated by the fires in 2017. The house was reconstructed and now the applicant is requesting a pool of behind the residence. This is the site plan showing where the pool is proposed along with retaining walls surrounding the pool and pool decking. The pool would not be readily visible from the public right of way. And as you can see from this topo map, there are some areas with areas of slope in excess of 25%. However, the proposed pool would still be in compliance with section 20-32.020B in that the existing slopes in excess of 25% are from the reconstruction of the existing residents in areas that are not visible to the public due to screening by existing fencing and the primary residence. The applicant is also proposing on retaining any surviving healthy trees on the property that will also aid in screening the pool area. And here's that code section that I was referencing, it's highlighted. With that the Planning and Economic Development Department recommends that the Zoning Administrator by resolution improve a minor health site development permit for a new swimming pool and deck area in areas of 10% slope or greater. Looking at 3935 Hansford Court, file number HDP 21-012. And also important to note there has been no inquiries or interest in the, regarding this project from surrounding neighbors. The applicant's representatives and the applicant is present. We'll not make a presentation but are available for any questions or comments. Thanks. Great, thank you for that presentation. I just have one question that I think more is to clarify for members of the public. Parker Hill Road is actually a private access easement, correct? That's correct. So even though it appears in GIS and in maps as a road that makes it seem like it would be a public right of way. In fact, it's not. Right, that's correct. Right, great. And so then I believe the code says with regard to setbacks from private easements or private rights of way that it just does not need to encroach within the setback. So in other words, there's no required minimum setback from a private road easement. Yes, and pools are treated differently than any other accessory structure. Right, because they don't emerge out of the ground. Great, thank you. I don't have any other questions. At this time, I would like to open public comment for this meeting item. Again, if anyone wishes to make a comment, please raise your hand and you can do so by pressing that icon at the bottom of your screen. If you are phoning in and you'd like to make a comment, please press star nine to raise your hand. Mr. Zoning Administrator, please note, the only attendees at this moment is just the applicant team. There are no members of the public here, so I think we might be good to move on. Sure, great, thank you. I'll go ahead and close public comment for this item. I appreciate the work that's gone into both. The middle of the application to comply with the ordinance requirements, as well as the review that's been done by the project planner by other staff at the city and the coordination to ensure that not only are there no visual impacts from the proposed pool, but also that we're ensuring that the existing slope will remain stable as construction is ensues. And so with that and with the information presented today, as well as the project plans dated received September 14, 2021 that I've reviewed, I am able to make all of the findings to approve this project, including the finding that the project has been reviewed in compliance with CEQA guidelines and qualifies for a class three exemption in that it's construction of an accessory residential structure in a residential zone. And so with that, I do approve this minor hillside development permit for the construction of a swimming pool that can retaining walls at the, let's see, 3935 Hansburg court property. Please be advised that today's approval is subject to attend a appeal period. That appeal period will end at the close of business on February 14, 2022. Thank you for your presentation, Kristine. And with that, then we'll move to our last item on today's agenda, which is adjournment and seeing no other business. I am adjourning the February 3rd, 2022 zoning administrator meeting. Thank you everyone for your work to produce a successful meeting.