Good afternoon. Um, I don't know if the mic's working, but I can hear myself. I
don't know if you hear me. Yes. Um,
thank you all for being here. The regular session of the Planning
Commission of the City of Lancaster will come to order. Tonight, our invocation
will be offered by a long time dear friend, Ron Guthrie.
Um, and the pledge will be led by um, Vice Chair Derryberry. So, if you'd all
please stand.
Mr. Chairman, Vice Chairman, Commissioners,
staff and guests, let's pray. Dearly Father, Father, we thank you for
this day. We thank you for the time that uh, we get together here. Father, I pray
that you would bring uh, just wisdom and uh,
grace to the decisions and discussions that we
make. I pray, Father, that you would touch our hearts to improve our city, to
keep our city growing, and to be the light on the hill. We thank you and we
pray in Jesus' name. Amen. You guys remain standing and face the
flag. Repeat with me.
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.
Thank you. Um So, we have a new venue tonight um or
this afternoon. Apparently uh
the city clerk is uh busy counting still counting ballots. I you know, whatever.
I kind of like this uh
venue. It's uh not quite as old as I am.
Um It's really nice, isn't it?
So, tonight um we have three action items.
Uh first thing we do typically is call the roll. So,
here we are.
Roll call. Chairman Voss.
Here. Vice Chair Derryberry. Here. Commissioner Burke. Absent. Commissioner
Corrieo. Here. Commissioner Hernandez. Here. Commissioner Latonzi. Here.
Commissioner Underwood. Absent. We have a quorum. Thank you.
Uh the first action item is a new public hearing
on tentative tract map 23-010.
Um Ms. is presenting on this. Yep.
All right. Thank you. Um I'll go ahead and get
started. So, good afternoon, Chairman Bowes, members of the Planning
Commission. My name is Shannon Edwin. I'm the case planner for this item,
tentative tract map number 23-010, map 83740,
and for variance number 25-002.
So, the proposed proposed project is located on the west side of 20th Street
West, south of Avenue H, and just east of SR-14 and Amargosa Creek. The project
site is zoned R-7000. The subject property is surrounded by
single-family homes and vacant land, including the Amargosa Creek drainage
channel and State Route 14 to the west, and commercially zoned property to the
north. The applicant is David Horn, represented
today by their engineer Brian Glidden.
Next, we have a plan of the subdivision. The project includes 47 single-family
lots and two lots for drainage. Lots range in size from 7,000 to 11,000
square feet. Access into the subdivision would be provided from 20th Street West
and from the neighborhood to the south off of Avenue H-6.
The street surrounding the subdivision would remain public,
and new construction for the production homes would require a separate
director's review review as referenced in condition 21.
And with the tentative map, the applicant is also requesting a variance.
Typically, we don't see many uh requests for variances. For context, a variance
allows for a modification to development standards under very unique
circumstances. These are typically limited to practical or physical
constraints that make it essentially infeasible to comply with the code as
written. In this case, the city's municipal code
allows subdivision perimeter walls at a maximum height of 6 ft.
The applicant requested a variance to allow for heights greater than 6 ft to
tie into the existing walls bordering the subdivision to the south of the
project site, and these are shown in the pictures on the slide.
This would also This would allow the height necessary to accommodate
retaining and drainage for the site while matching the existing design of
the adjacent subdivision. Therefore, as outlined in the staff
report, staff found that the project meets the findings necessary for a
variance.
An IS/MND was prepared for the proposed project and circulated for a 30-day
public review in accordance with this with CEQA.
One comment letter was received by the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management
Management District or AVAQMD. This letter reiterated AVAQMD standard
requirements. We also received a letter from uh,
Caltrans today, which included their general comments and did not warrant
change to the IS/MND. And a letter from CDFW was received um,
right before this meeting. Um, we reviewed it and it also included
standard comments and similarly did not necessitate changes to the IS/MND.
With that, staff recommends the Planning Commission adopt resolution 26-03
approving TTM 23-010, 83740,
and variance number 25-002, adopting the IS MND and MMRP, as well as
authorizing staff to execute and file the NOD.
This concludes staff's presentation. Myself and the applicant are available
for any questions.
Thank you very much. Um I forgot to mention
uh at the beginning, anyone wishing to
address us tonight relative to agenda items is offered an opportunity once um
the applicant, if they choose, has uh the chance to comment on their proposed
project. Um
I'm not sure where the speaker cards are.
They'd be uh the speaker cards in the front, Chair Bose, and then they can
deliver it here to me. They're on my left. You're right. Um so, if you'd like
to fill those out and um pass them over to Mr. Nuren, he will
then uh let us know when it's time for you to
address us. Um
I'm actually out of sync on the agenda. I should have asked
for the minute approval from the last meeting, but we'll do that at the end. I
mean, since we're in a new venue, I mean, it's going to turn everything
around.
All right, then. Thanks, Mr. Members, any questions regarding this?
Uh does the applicant here wish to speak to us?
You're not obliged to, but you're certainly welcome to.
All right.
Good afternoon, Chairman Bose. You can You can speak in your outside voice. I
know you have one.
All right, Mr. Good. Nice to have you here. Yes, thank you. So, I'm the civil
engineer and land surveyor on the project and with me today is David
Warren, the applicant, and we're available should you have any questions.
Thank you. I've kind of a unique um
drainage um concept on this. You're actually
draining backwards, south to north or north to south rather than south to
north. Um
pretty creative and considering the topography of the property, that's
the only way you could do it, I guess, but uh
interesting.
Do we have any public comments on this item?
There is one thing I wanted to clear at Chairvos. Um Ms. Edwin, you said that
the the two letters that were delivered at to us today have been addressed and
and we're comfortable with them. I believe that I am. I just wanted to hear
that from you as well. Yes, yeah, they were more general standard comments that
we receive on almost every project.
All right, thank you. Chairvos, uh besides the applicant
speaker cards, we do not have any speakers for this item.
All right, thank you.
Any further?
All right, then. I'll move to close the public hearing
without objection and consider a motion.
I'll move that we adopt resolution number 26-03 approving tentative tract
map number 23-010 and variance number 25-002
to allow for the subdivision of approximately 11 gross acres into 47
single family lots and two drainage lots and a variance increasing wall height in
the R-7000 zone south of Avenue H and 20th Street West on the west side of
20th Street West identified as at Excuse me, identified as assessor parcel number
3114012069,
adopting the initial study mitigated negative declaration, and approving the
mitigation monitoring and reporting program, and authorizing staff to
execute and file the notice of determination.
Thank you. I'll have the second, please.
I'll second. Thank you.
All right, then. Anything further? Uh we'll have a voice vote tonight. So,
all those in favor, please say I. I. I. I. Any opposed?
So, the motion passes 5-0 with two absent. We're going to do a verbal roll
call just to clarify all that. Pardon? We're going to do a verbal
voting call just to clarify each of each other's votes. Okay.
So, Chair votes?
Oh, you want You wanted to record? Yeah, just for the meeting.
Chair votes? Your vote? Your vote?
Yeah, the air conditioner not too cool in here, by the way.
Uh My vote is yes, and so is everybody
else. So,
Okay. The reason for that is under the Brown
Act, there were some changes made a few years ago that don't allow voice votes
anymore. So, I I know I know it's a little bit
cumbersome, but that's the reason why we're asking for for the roll call. I
hadn't read that in the Brown Act lately, but that's okay.
Go ahead. Chair Vos?
Yes. Yes. Commissioner Burke or sorry, Vice Chair
Derryberry? Uh my vote is yes as well. Commissioner Burke is absent.
Commissioner Curiel? Yes. Commissioner Hernandez?
Yes. Commissioner Latonzi? Yes.
Commissioner Underwood is absent.
So it did turn out 5-0, right? Oh, all right. Ready?
All right. Next public hearing um This is item number three, tentative
tract map number 22-003.
Ms. Alvarado is uh the presenter on this.
Good evening or good afternoon Chairman Vos and members of the Planning
Commission. My name is Mitzi Alvarado and I am the case planner on this
project. This is tentative tract map 22-003
for tract map 61573.
The proposed project is located on the southeast corner of Avenue H8 and 20th
Street West or sorry, 20th Street East. The project site is zoned R7000.
The subject property is surrounded by vacant land immediately north and south
of the site and has a mobile home park to the east and a single-family home
across 20th Street East to the west. The applicant is Radiocron Radiocron
Enterprises LLC represented by Chris Pinero.
Here's the site plan of the tentative tract map. The project proposal includes
a subdivision of 20 acres into 77 single-family residential lots in the
R7000 zone. Lots range in size from 7000 to 13000
square feet. Access into the subdivision would be provided from Avenue H8 and
20th Street East. All streets within the subdivision would be private. Meandering
sidewalks would also be provided along Avenue H8 and 20th Street East. Project
production homes for the subdivision would require a director's review.
An IS MND was prepared for the proposed project and circulated for a 30-day
public review period in accordance with CEQA guidelines. One comment letter was
received by Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District or AVAQMD. This
later This letter reiterated AVAQMD standard requirements. The second letter
was received today from CDFW requesting minor revisions to the mitigation
measure referring to the pre-construction surveys.
These draft changes were made and have been provided in your packets.
Public hearing notices were also mailed to all owners and occupants within a
500-ft radius and posted on on the subject property in compliance with the
Lancaster Municipal Code.
With that, staff recommends the Planning Commission adopt Resolution 26-004
approving Tentative Tract Map 22-003, which is 61573
adopting the IS MND and the MMRP with the noted changes to the
pre-construction surveys mitigation measure, as well as authorizing staff to
execute and file the NOD. This concludes staff's presentation. Myself and the
applicant are available for any questions you may have.
Thank you. Members have any questions of staff?
Well, there is a There was kind of a booklet handed to us
as we started this about this project. Um so, my concern is that the
environmental impacts that have been listed in this are being mitigated.
They are. They're reflected now in the minor revisions. Okay.
Thank you.
All right. Um
The applicant here and wish to address us.
Oh, there you are. You're hiding.
Ms. Panero, how are you? Great. Great to see you as a Always it's a pleasure to
be here. Uh Chris Panero with Rodeo Credit
Enterprises. If you have any questions, be happy to answer them this this
afternoon. Thank you. All right, thank you.
Any speakers on this item? Chair votes, there are no speaker cards.
Thank you. Um any further? No. No. All right, then
it's appropriate to close the public hearing
without objection and consider a motion.
Uh I'll make a motion. So, um that we adopt
resolution number 26-004 approving tentative tract map number 22003,
the subdivision of approximately 20 acres into 77 single-family lots located
at the southeast corner of Avenue H8 and 20th Street West identified as
assessor's parcel number 3154-002-094,
adopting the initial study mitigated negative declaration with the mitigated
monitoring reporting program and authorizing staff to execute and file
the notice of determination. Thank you.
Second, please. I'll second that. Thank you.
All right, then if there's nothing further.
I guess we'll vote. We shall vote. Chair votes. Yes.
Vice Chair Derryberry. Yes. Commissioner Burke is absent.
Commissioner Corriel. Yes. Commissioner Hernandez. Yes.
Commissioner Latonzi. Yes. Commissioner Underwood is absent.
That's Motion passes 5-0 with two absent.
All right. The next item we will call as a
public hearing item. Item number four, zone text amendment 23
26-002. Uh staff recommended that this item be
continued. Uh if there are any comments from the
public relative to this item, um we will hear them.
Uh this item, if it's approved to be continued by the
members, then it will stay open until this agenda item
again.
Good afternoon, Chair Bose, members of the Planning Commission. I'm Kendall
Brekke, Planning Manager for Community Development. Um I can reiterate the MART
Compliance Program, which includes amendments to Title 17 of the Lancaster
Municipal Code related to MART, Massage, Alcohol, Recycling, and Tobacco Uses, um
are currently being prepared in close collaboration with stakeholders and
leadership, and so staff recommends that the item be continued to the May 18th
Planning Commission meeting. MART Compliance, huh?
That's correct. >> Always have to have a name.
So, when do you think the city attorney and the um
peer review will be done so we can finally get this on the agenda?
As soon as possible. Um we are hoping to continue this to the May 18th Planning
Commission meeting so that we can hit the next meeting. Exciting. All right,
great. So,
the public hearing will stay open, and this matter will be continued
until it comes back.
All right, then. And we do not need to vote on that, right?
Okay. Um the next item is conditional use
permit 25-005.
Recommendation on this is also to be continued.
» Chair Voss, apologize for interrupting, but we actually do need to vote uh to
continue the item. But We if we we noticed the item, so in
order to keep the noticing intact, we do need a formal vote to continue to the
May 18th meeting. I'll move that we um continue the Mark
Compliance Program from today's agenda to May 18th uh Planning Commission
meeting. Second.
Anyone? Second. Thank you.
You know, that's a new process. The chair is always at the chair's um
discretion to continued items in the past for the last 18 years. But I guess
something's changed. Thank you. So it's a motion and seconded. Please
call the vote, please. Chair Voss? Yes. Vice Chair Derryberry?
Yes. Commissioner Burke is absent.
Commissioner Corillo? Yes. Commissioner Hernandez? Yes. Commissioner Latonzi?
Yes. Commissioner Underwood is absent. Motion passes 5-0 with two absent.
Okay. Now we're on number five, conditional use permit 25-005.
This is also recommended to be continued. Who's presenting on this?
I am. Ms. Alvarado. Yes. Chairman Voss and members of the
Planning Commission, my name is Mitzi Alvarado. I'm also the case planner on
this next item, which is conditional use permit 26-005,
which is for special events and live entertainment at El Malecon Restaurant.
Due to public noticing not having been completed, staff recommends it be
continued. Thank you.
So moved. Thank you, Steven.
Second, please. Second. Thank you.
And it's been moved and second to continue this matter till
it comes back. Hopefully next month.
We'll have a verbal vote. Chair votes? Yes. Vice Chair Derryberry? Yes.
Commissioner Burke is absent. Commissioner Carillo? Yes. Commissioner
Hernandez? Yes. Commissioner Latonzi? Yes. Commissioner Underwood is absent.
Thank you. Uh the motion passes 5-0 with two absent.
Now we'll go back to item number one, which is the roll call. No, not roll
call. We already know we're here. It's the minutes of this group,
the regular meeting of January 26, 2026.
So, you all have an opportunity to review
them. May I have a motion, please? I motion to approve the
the minutes from the last meeting. Thank you.
Have a second, please. I'll second. Thank you.
So, please call the roll again, please. Vice Chair votes?
Oh, sorry. Chair votes?
Sorry, paper's small. I yes. Vice Chair Derryberry? I'm I'm
going to abstain. Okay.
Commissioner Burke is absent. Commissioner Carillo? Yes.
Commissioner Hernandez? Yes. Commissioner Latonzi? Yes. Commissioner
Underwood? Is absent. So, the motion passes 4-0, one ab-
stention, and two absent.
All right then, that concludes our action items this afternoon.
Mr. Nguyen, you have something to share tonight, this afternoon? Maybe a couple
things. Good afternoon, Chair Vos and members of the Planning Commission. I am
Hai Nguyen. I'm the Assistant Director for Community Development.
Uh I want to thank you for another well-run meeting, yet again. Uh this
meeting is special because we do not have our typical home-field advantage
this time. So, I wanted to specifically thank the Parks Department and uh Diane
Beloy, uh our Communications team, Jen Seguin and Annabelle, and the entire IT
team for moving the village from point A to point B, which was not an easy task.
Uh they moved mountains. We are literally live-streaming this meeting
right now, if you couldn't already tell. So, shout-out to our wonderful staff.
Speaking of wonderful staff, uh wanted to announce for the record that uh
Kendall Brekke is our new Planning Manager. Uh you'll be seeing a little
bit less of me and a lot more of her, which we can all agree is preferable to
everyone involved. So, uh thank you, Kendall, for stepping up.
Uh and then the May 18th meeting will definitely happen, hopefully back at the
chambers, as expected, and we'll definitely hear from the two items that
we voted on to continue um to the next one. So, until then,
staff is always available for you. Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Any from
you'd like to share, add?
I heard there was an election a couple weeks ago. I don't know what
the vote the final vote will be, but uh we'll certainly on behalf of the
commission congratulate those who participated, the voters,
certainly the candidates, and whoever whomever I should say, not whoever,
whomever uh becomes the successful
city council members um in about
a week or two, I guess. Yeah. Anyway.
So, we come to public business from the floor. This is the time when
uh anyone can address us on non-agenda items.
Uh just be uh
you just be informed that anything you share with us uh we cannot take any
action on, but we'll certainly uh be happy to listen to you, and we have
staff here who can um answer your questions or give you
further direction if that's what you're looking for. So, do we have any uh
speakers? There are no speaker cards, chairperson.
» Very good.
All right then, if there's nothing further, we'll stand adjourned
to our next regular meeting of May 18th, 2026, 3:30
in the um city hall council chambers.
Thank you all, and again thank you for uh pulling all this thing together
tonight or this afternoon. Um
very challenging, I'm sure, for staff to have to come
out of their comfort zone and into a venue that uh
might have had some challenges I would imagine. But certainly working with
audio-visual issues are always uh uh concern and uh you all did a fine job
and thank you very much on our behalf. Well, that the AL PAC staff always can
make you sound good. I promise you that. All right, gentlemen.
All right, very good. Thank you all. Good afternoon. Thank you. That's it.
Not too bad, huh? So many It's so bad. What do