Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

schedule for Thursday, August 7, 2025. This meeting will come to order at 6:00 p.m. Just need a little quick housekeeping. Uh the public may view the meeting from home on the city's website, Spectrum channel 10, Frontier channel 35, or on the city's YouTube website. To participate in the meeting, the public may provide comments to the planning commission via email at planning oxnard.org no later than 300 pm on the day of the meeting. Or you can go to our website oxnard.org/city-me or call the planning division office at 8 at 8053857878. Additionally, those wishing to speak can dial the phone number listed on the bottom of the screen, follow the instructions to access the meeting, and press star 9 to raise your hand indicating an intent to speak on the agenda item being discussed. Uh, Madame Secretary, can we have roll call, please?

Vice Chair, Dr. Stewart, present. Commissioner Dr. Lopez, here. Commissioner Nash, present. Commissioner Schuli present. Commissioner Barca present. We have a quorum.

Thank you. And now we'll move on to item B, pledge of allegiance. And I will lead it. If everybody will please rise and put your left hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. You may be seated. Okay, we're going to move to uh public comments. All right, public comments are items not on the agenda. At this time, a person may address the planning commission on matters within the jurisdiction of the planning commission, including information, consent items, and any item not appearing on the agenda. The planning commission cannot take action on any item presented during public comments that is not on the agenda. Such items may only be referred to the commission secretary. Persons wishing to speak on public hearing items should do so at this time of the public hearing. Madam Secretary, is there anyone that wants to make uh public comments?

No. Or online? Okay. Thank you. All right. Let's move on to item D, the consent agenda. I see that we have uh two items there. We have uh approval of the minutes from the June 5th, 2025 meeting and approval of the minutes from the July 17th, 2025 meeting. We can take these all since it's the consent uh agenda all together or we if there's any concerns, we can take them one at a time. So hearing no comments, I assume the pleasure of the commission is to take them together. So at this time, I will entertain a motion. Miss Commissioner Nash,

I will move to approve both sets of minutes. Second. All right. I have a motion that has been made and properly. Second. Can we get a roll call on that? Commissioner Nash. I. Commissioner Dr. Lopez. I. Commissioner Schuli. I. Commissioner Barcetta. I. Vice Chair Dr. Stewart. I. This motion passes. Thank you. Now we'll move on to item E exparte uh direct declarations and public on the public hearing items before us. And so I will move uh across the Ros from my left to my right. Uh Commissioner Nash.

None. Thank you, Dr. Lopez. Dr. Lopez. All right. Commissioner Shoki. Uh none. Thank you. And let me get this right for our our newest commissioner Barisa. Barcenna. Barca, I'm sorry. None. Thank you.

Thank you so much. And now we're moving on to item F, which is the public hearing. All right. So, we have item F1, project name, industrial code matrix text amendment, planning and zoning permit number 25-580-1, a request to amend the Oxnard city code chapter 16, which is a zoning code to include agricultural and construction vehicle sales with incidental repair and service use to the Oxnard City Code, chapter 16, article 3, section 16-163 industrial land use by zone industrial land use matrix for areas zoned heavy manufacturing M2 as a permitted use within the city of Oxnard. The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, SQUA, pursuant to sections 1560, subsection two, subsection C, subsection 2 and three, and 1561, subsection B and subsection 3. Uh, common sense exemption of SQA guidelines followed by the designated agent, Holly King Wine. Uh, Sites Pacific Incorporated uh 7584 uh Eisenhower Street, Ventura, California 9303. On behalf of Todd Industry Park, uh 5755 Valentine Road, sweet 203 Ventura, California 9303. And our uh city staff is going to be Juan Carlos Torres. And with that, do you have any comments or anything to make?

Not at this moment. Okay. Anything from city staff? All right. Well, we'll just move along. Uh let me just make this uh some more housekeeping. Per measure M, a staff presentation has been pre-recorded and the link has been posted to YouTube. Uh per previously approved standing rule, staff can provide a brief summary of the pre-recorded presentation in addition to other analysis at this time. And knowing that we have none, we will move on. Uh the applicant is here. Anything any presentation that you want to make? Okay, we have about 15 minutes.

Thank you, Commissioner Der. Uh, I represent I'm Holly Lint Wker, sorry. And I represent the applicant Todd Industries and Julie um McCassen is here as well if you need to speak to her. But um, we have no issues with the staff report and um, the recommended approval. So, thank you. Thank you so much. Okay. At this time, uh, commissioners, if you have any questions, now's the time to ask them. Commissioner Nash,

thank you. And this is for our staff. And it's not so much as a question as as just a a general comment, but in reviewing the permitted uses of the M2 zone and also, you know, potential uses with a SUP or a zone text amendment in this case. It seems like the like like the M2 designation is has sort of lost its original intent and meaning. And I'm I'm just wondering if if there's any necessity or plan to maybe make it more inclusive to say that well, you can pretty much do anything you want in an M in an M2 zone. Uh thank you, Commissioner. Um the MT zone, uh you know, over the years there will be amendments to your zoning code. Um the intent is to keep it heavy industrial with different types of uses. There is an extensive list of industrial uses currently in our zoning code. Um in the upcoming years, we will be going through a general plan um update. So, we will reassess and look at all of our land uses. Um, and following that would also include going through our zoning code to make sure it's consistent with our general plan. So that will be happening within the next five years um where we can analyze and and look at what types of uses are currently existing, what we can improve upon and further um analyze and look at what we want for the future of that zone,

right? because in in reviewing it, it seems like we've allowed churches and farmworker housing and it just seems like like I like I say, everything under the sun at this point, you know, so I I know that we can't do anything about it tonight, but it's something to consider moving forward, especially with with the uh general plan update. maybe, you know, I don't know, find another designation for it rather than heavy industrial because it's much much more than that at this point. So, anyway, that's all. Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Nash. Commissioners, anyone else? All right, seeing nobody else, why don't we move on with the public comments? Uh, Madam Secretary, do we have anybody wishing to make comments on this agenda item?

No, vice chair. Okay, then I will close the public comments. Normally I would give the applicant and staff a chance to uh respond, but since there is no comments, there's nothing to respond to. Okay. Now that the public hearing is closed, we will move on to deliberation. Commissioners, anybody? Anything? Well, seeing that, I guess I will entertain a motion. Commissioner Nash,

thank you. Um, this is pretty straightforward. Um, I didn't I don't have any problem with the staff report. So, I am here tonight to move the recommended action. All right. Thank you. I uh second the motion. Okay. We've had a motion that's made and properly second. Uh roll call vote. Madam Secretary, please. Commissioner Nash, I. Commissioner Barca, I. Commissioner Dr. Lopez, I. Commissioner Schuli, I. Vice Chair, Dr. Stewart, I. This motion passes.

Thank you so much. Okay. Now, we're on item G, which is study sessions and reports. Uh, seeing that we have none, uh, planning commission business, uh, any commissioners have anything they want to say? Commissioner Nash,

thank you. Um, I have one comment concern in going through my social media feeds on on Next Door. There uh are a group of residents in Ventura who've been impacted by the uh erection of solar canopy on a on a school parking lot where it's so where it's so close to their uh lot line that their uh in this case their fruit trees have been um impacted negative negatively by the by the loss of sunlight during the today. So, I don't know what exactly we have here in Oxnar concerning, you know, setbacks for solar canopy, but I think, you know, it is a potential issue that that both the both the commission and and the staff should be aware of uh moving forward because I would have I would have hoped that the school district reached out to its neighbors, but it didn't sound like like they did. They just went ahead and and and built this without without consideration of of their neighbors. and I would hope to avoid that here in Oxnard. So that's all. Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Ash. Anyone else? Okay, why don't we move on to uh item I, Community Development Staff updates? No updates for you. Okay. Well, seeing that there isn't anything else, uh I will adjourn the meeting. Meeting is adjourned. 6:13.