Planning Commission - Regular Meeting
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- Government Body
- Planning Commission
- Meeting Type
- Planning Commission
- Location
- Ventura, CA
- Meeting Date
- October 22, 2025
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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Start free trialApproval of the August 27, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes
Recommendation: Approve the draft minutes as presented. Materials: draft minutes
Approval of the September 24, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes
Recommendation: Approve the draft minutes as presented. Materials: draft minutes
PROJ-25-0784 - HE 15 / By Right Approval
The purpose of this item is for the Planning Commission to make a recommendation on a proposed Ordinance Amendment authorized by SMBC Section 24.540, establishing a ministerial review process for residential projects meeting affordable unit requirements per AB 1397. This fulfills the City's 6th Cycle Housing Element Implementation Program Items 15.1 and 15.2. It creates Section 24.446 - Exempt Housing Projects and Section 24.501 - Administrative Permit under Title 24, and amends other code sections, including referral and appeal procedures, to streamline affordable housing development and comply with state law. Recommendation: Staff requests this item be continued to a date certain of November 19, 2025. Applicant: City of Ventura Staff: Valerie Darbouze, Principal Planner and Elsa Fraire, Management Analyst Materials: continuance memo
PROJ-25-0749 - Midtown Corridors Development Code Residential Overlay One Amendment
The purpose of this item is for the Planning Commission to make a recommendation on a proposed Ordinance Amendment to the Municipal Code Midtown Corridors Development Code Section 24.595.150, Residential Overlay One, to help achieve the "Infill First Strategy" in the 2005 General Plan. This fulfills the City's 6th Cycle Housing Element Implementation Program Items 14.8, 18.3, and 26.3 to allow three-story development within the Residential Overlay One. Recommendation: Staff requests this item be continued to a date certain of November 19, 2025. Applicant: City of Ventura Staff: Grant White, Associate Planner and Rachel Wess, Management Analyst Materials: continuance memo
PROJ-24-0564 - Coastal Development Permit and Administrative Variances located at 978 Brockton Lane
Request for a Coastal Development Permit for the construction of a two and one half story addition and ADU to an existing single-family residence and Administrative Variances to reduce the required front yard setback and increase the maximum allowed lot coverage. APN: 076-0-232-070. California Environmental Quality Act: Categorical Exemption 15301, Class 1 (Existing Facilities) Recommendation: Approve the Coastal Development Permit and Administrative Variances, as conditioned. Applicant: Stacey Fausset Staff: Grant White, Associate Planner Materials: staff report, vicinity map, 2023 ADU ordinance, resolution, project plans
PROJ-24-0722 - Coastal Development Permit and Variances located at 1057 Belfast Lane
Request for a Coastal Development Permit to expand the first and second story of a single-family residence and a Variance to reduce the front yard setback and increase the lot coverage. APN 076-0-233-215 California Environmental Quality Act: Categorical Exemption 15332 (In-Fill Development) Recommendation: Approve the Coastal Development Permit and Variances, as conditioned Applicant: Bernard Warshauer Staff: Brian Garvey, Associate Planner Materials: staff report, vicinity map, resolution, project plans, site photos
PROJ-25-0864 - Zoning Ordinance Amendment for Alcohol Use Permits
The purpose of this item is for the Planning Commission to make a recommendation to the City Council on a proposed Ordinance Amendment to the San Buenaventura Municipal Code (SBMC) Alcoholic Beverage Establishments - Use Permits Chapter 24.460 and Director's Permit Procedure Chapter 24.505. The amendments would allow a streamlined permit process and reduced permit process fee for certain alcohol use permit types. California Environmental Quality Act: 15601(b)(3), Common Sense Exemption Recommendation: Staff recommends the Planning Commission hold a public hearing and adopt the resolution entitled: RESOLUTION NO. CD-2025-_, A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN BUENAVENTURA THAT RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO THE SBMC CHAPTER 24.460 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENTS - USE PERMITS TO ALLOW A STREAMLINED PERMIT PROCESS AND REDUCED PERMIT PROCESS FEE FOR CERTAIN ALCOHOL USES AND SMBC CHAPTER 24.505 TO EXPAND DIRECTOR'S PERMIT PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN ALCOHOL USE PERMIT TYPES AND TO DETERMINE THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM CEQA. Applicant: City of Ventura Staff: Shanna Farley, Planning Manager Materials: staff report, draft resolution, draft ordinance, ABC license types, Ch. 24.460, Ch. 24.505
PROJ-25-0859 - Anti-Harassment Ordinance
The proposed Anti-Harassment Ordinance will clearly define harassment, protect tenants from several forms of harassment and meet the goal of Program No. 32 Tenant Protections of the Housing Element. California Environmental Quality Act: Not a Project (CEQA Guidelines 15378(b)(5)) Recommendation: Staff recommends the Planning Commission recommend that the City Council approve the proposed Anti-Harassment Ordinance and the Schedule of Civil Penalties imposed through administrative citations for violations of said ordinance. Staff: Maruja Clensay, Assistant Community Development Director Applicant: City of Ventura Materials: staff report, draft ordinance, draft resolution, subcommittee report, stakeholder comments