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MOTION: Cribb SECONDED: Doughty AYES: Mondo, Nalle, Doughty, Verino, Cribb, and Richardson NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTENTION: None 3. Filed by Ms. Pamela Sapetto to amend the General Plan designation from Professional and Administrative Office (PAO) to General Commercial (GC), to change the zoning district from Professional (P) to Community Commercial (C1) in order to establish a lodge at an existing structure with a reduction in parking requirements located at 1421 East Seventeenth Street. (Continued by the Planning Commission November 27, 2000 to November 27, 2000) PUBLISHED IN THE REGISTER: LEGALLY NOTICED: RECOMMENDATION: Recommend that the City Council: November 3, 2000 October 29, 2000 1. Deny General Plan Amendment No. 00-06. 2. Deny Amendment Application No. 00-13. 3. Adopt a resolution denying Variance No. 00-23 as conditioned. 4. Adopt a resolution denying Conditional Use Permit No. 00-10 as conditioned. Mr. Jeffry Rice, Principal Planner, informed the Commission that the proposed lodge was continued at the previous meeting in order to allow the applicant and the neighborhood to have a meeting and discuss concerns regarding the project. Chairman Mondo informed the public chat the public hearing had been opened, conducted, and closed at the previous meeting. He would receive comments from the applicant and the neighborhood representative. Ms. Pamela Sapetto, representing the applicant, confirmed that a meeting occurred; informed the Commission that she did not attend the meeting. However, she believed the general community supported the request with the proposed conditions of approval. In addition, she informed the Commission that concerns had been raised regarding the proposed zone change. Mr. Winston Covington, President of Portola Park Neighborhood Association, confirmed that a meeting occurred; indicated that the two representatives for the project did not attend the meeting; the neighborhood was against the proposal. However, if the zoning was not amended, the neighborhood may consider the request with conditions of approval. Mr. Harvel Tasch, local resident, expressed his concerns regarding: 1) the proposed zoning amendment; 2) the negative impacts that could result to the neighborhood due to the parking demands; and 3) enforcement of parking. Mr. John Lear, local resident, requested clarification of the hours of operation of the lodge; inquired as to the permits for the proposed project with the outstanding issues; and expressed concerns regarding the parking limitations. Several Commissioners inquired as to the allowed uses under the area's current zoning. 6