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PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
Regular Meeting
CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS
300 Seminary Avenue
Ukiah, CA 95482
August 22, 2018
6:00 p.m.
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT COMMISSIONERS ABSENT
Mike Whetzel, Chair
Christopher Watt
Laura Christensen
Linda Sanders
Mark Hilliker
STAFF PRESENT OTHERS PRESENT
Craig Schlatter, Community Development Director Listed below, Respectively
Cathy Elawadly, Recording Secretary
1. CALL TO ORDER
The regular meeting of the City of Ukiah Planning Commission was called to order by
Chair Whetzel at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Ukiah Civic Center, 300
Seminary Avenue, Ukiah, California.
CHAIR WHETZEL PRESIDING.
2. ROLL CALL
Roll call was taken with attendance as listed above.
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Everyone recited.
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. The Minutes of August 8, 2018
Motion/Second: Hilliker/Christensen to approve the Minutes of August 8, 2018, as
submitted. Motion carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Commissioners
Sanders, Watt, Christensen, Hilliker, and Chair Whetzel. NOES: None.
ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None.
5. APPEAL PROCESS
6. COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
7. SITE VISIT VERIFICATION
8. VERIFICATION OF NOTICE
Confirmed by staff.
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Minutes of the Planning Commission, August 22, 2018, Continued:
9. PLANNING COMMISSIONERS�EPORT
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Presenter: Community Development Director Craig Schlatter.
11. CONSENT CALENDAR
No items on consent.
12. NEW BUSINESS
a. 5 I-ML��I CH�(�J�RP P�AR�ctober 11, 2017 decision to Approve a Major Site
Development Permit to allow the construction of a 5,700 +/- sf(as amended to be reduced
in size from +/- 7,500 sf) metal building to house support services for Garton Tractor at 285
Talmage Rd, APN 003-230-34, taking into consideration the consistency determination
made by the Mendocino County Airport Land Use Commission at their August 2, 2018
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October 11, 2017 decision to approve the project still stands in light of the Airport Land Use
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Presenters: Community Development Director Craig Schlatter, Airport Manager Greg
Owen, and City Attorney David Rapport
PUBLIC HEARING OPENED: 7:42 p.m.
Public Comment: Eric Crane, Brad Campbell, Joe Thomas
PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED: 7:54 p.m.
Motion/Second: Sanders/Hilliker to approve the recommended action(s):
1- recommendation to City Council to adopt motion to amend the Final Conditions of Approval
Project such that the proposed Garton Tractor building is reduced in size such that the entire
building is located outside the Runway Protection Zone of the Ukiah Municipal Airport, 2-
recommendation to City Council that since the City has not acquired title to the Garton Tractor
property or acquired an avigation easement that prohibits development on the property
outside the Runway Protection Zone, the City is not in a position to prohibit development as
required in the A or A* Zones, and 3- recommendation to City Council to approve the Garton
Tractor Project application, subject to the Findings in Attachment 1. Motion Carried by the
following roll call vote: AYES: Commissioner Hilliker, Watt, Christensen, Sanders. NOES:
None. ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Chair Whetzel.
Note: The Planning Commission additionally recommended to the City Council, not as part
of the motion, that a hold harmless clause be added as a condition of approval for the project
and that a standard condition of approval for projects located in compatibility zones of the
Ukiah Municipal Airport be considered for future projects.
13. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
14. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:26 p.m.
Cathy Elawadly, Recording Secretary
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