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Town of Atherton 
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA 
 August 24, 2022
 6:00 p.m.
REGULAR MEETING
 

This is meeting is held virtually and in-person at the Council Chambers

80 Fair Oaks Lane

Atherton, CA 94027




This meeting is compliant with the Governors Executive Order N-08-21 issued on June 11, 2021 allowing for deviation of teleconference rules required by the Brown Act. The purpose of this is to provide the safest environment for staff and the public while allowing for public participation. The meeting will be held by tele or video conferencing and in-person. The public may participate in the Planning Commission Meeting via Zoom Meeting or by attending in-person in the Council Chambers at 80 Fair Oaks Lane, Atherton, CA 94027.



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Remote Public Comments:

 

Meeting participants are encouraged to submit public comments in writing in advance of the meeting. The following email will be monitored during the meeting and public comments received will be read into the record.

 

Email Ralph Robinson:

rrobinson@ci.atherton.ca.us  




 
 
1.        ROLL CALL  
 
Planning Commissioners: Eric Lane, Randy Lamb, Nancy Lerner, Perry Narancic, Gabia Konce

Staff: Stephanie Bertollo-Davis (Principal Planner), Ralph Robinson (Associate Planner), Sally Bentz-Dalton (Town Arborist)

2.        PUBLIC COMMENTS (only for items, which are not on the agenda - limit of 3 minutes per person)

3.        APPROVAL OF MINUTES 

a. July 27, 2022 Planning Commission Meeting

4.        PUBLIC HEARING

a. Tree Protection Zone (TPZ) Exception – 173 Hawthorne Drive, Atherton (Assessor’s Parcel Number 061-161-020) - Tree Protection Zone (TPZ) Exception to allow for reduced TPZ distances for four heritage trees; one Deodar Cedar tree and three heritage Redwood trees. Atherton Municipal Code Chapter 8.10.

Recommendation: Approve the TPZ Exception.

 

b. Heritage Tree Removal (HTR) – 268 Catalpa Drive, Atherton (APN 061-032-130) - Request for a Heritage Tree Removal (HTR) to allow for the removal for one heritage Coast Live Oak tree. Atherton Municipal Code Chapter 8.10.

Recommendation: Deny the HTR.


5.        STAFF REPORTS

6.        COMMISSIONERS’ REPORTS

7.        ADJOURN

If you challenge a Town zoning, planning, or any other decision in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this agenda, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.  Judicial review of any Town administrative decision may be had only if a petition is filed with the court not later than the 90th day following the date upon which the decision becomes final.  Judicial review of environmental determinations may be subject to a shorter time period.


Copies of all staff reports and documents subject to disclosure that relate to each item of business referred to on the agenda are available for public inspection by 5:00 p.m. the Friday before each regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting at the Atherton Library, 2 Dinklespiel, Station Lane, and the Town Administrative Offices, 80 Fair Oaks Lane, Atherton, CA 94027.


In compliance with SB 343, materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Planning Commission after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the Town Administrative Offices, 80 Fair Oaks Lane, during normal business hours.


Planning Commission decisions are appealable by any aggrieved person to the City Council within 10 days of the date of the decision.


Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (650) 752-0500.  Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.  (29 CRF 35.104 ADA Title II)