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6A- 23 <br />MINUTES Council Chambers' <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES City Hall <br />May 6, 2003 1017 Middlefield Rd <br />7:30 p.m. Redwood City, CA <br />Ph: 650 - 780 -7233 <br />DRAFT Accessible to Disabled <br />E- X- C- E -R -P -T <br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairman Foust, Commissioner Garcia, Commissioner <br />Radcliffe, Commissioner Seybert, Commissioner Paulson, and Commissioner Piulle. <br />COMMISSIONER ABSENT: Commissioner McCoy <br />STAFF PRESENT: Principal Planner Passanisi, Assistant City Attorney Brower, Principal <br />Planner Jany, Public Works Services Director Ingram, Planning Manager Church, Senior <br />Planner Ekas, Assistant Planner Mehra, Associate Planner Bonte, Senior Planner Riordan, and <br />Planning Secretary Shaw. <br />ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT - PUBLIC HEARING <br />Proposed Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance related to: <br />1. The Construction of Arbors and Trellises in Setback Areas. <br />2. Definitions, Land Use Classifications, and Parking Standards for Medical Offices, <br />Medical Clinics, and Research and Development Uses. <br />3. Definitions and Standards for Measurement of Residential Height. <br />4. Definitions and Allowances for "Theater" Uses in the Central Business Retail (CBR) <br />District. <br />5. Provisions to Accommodate Child Care Facilities. <br />Chair Foust asked Tom Passinisi, Principal Planner, to give an overview. <br />Mr. Passanisi said the purpose of these five Zoning Text Amendments is to essentially <br />clean up the Zoning Ordinance, bring it to conformance with common and acceptable <br />development practice, and also to clarify some of the Planning language. He said the <br />Amendments are pretty straight forward, but he wanted to elaborate on the Large Family <br />Child Care Ordinance Amendment. <br />He said the published Zoning Ordinance as it relates to Large Family Child Care simply <br />needs to be changed. Per an opinion by the City Attorney's office, the current wording in <br />the Zoning Ordinance does not conform to State law, and does not meet the intent of <br />Page 1 of 26 <br />