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Land Acknowledgement: <br> "The West Hollywood Planning Commission acknowledges that the land on which we gather and that is currently known as the City of West Hollywood is the occupied, unceded, seized territory of the Gabrieleño Tongva and Gabrieleño Kizh peoples." <br><br> TO PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON: <br> The Planning Commission public meeting, commission members, city staff, and members of the public will participate in Council Chambers located at 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard, West Hollywood, California 90069. <br> Members of the public have the option to participate via teleconference using the Zoom platform. The meeting may also be viewed on various platforms. Please visit www.weho.org/wehotv for all the viewing options. <br><br> TO PARTICIPATE BY PROVIDING WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE OR AN E-COMMENT: <br> Members of the public who wish to comment on matters before the Planning Commission are strongly encouraged to submit an Email to pcpubliccomments@weho.org or use the E-Comment form located at: https://www.weho.org/city-government/wehotv no later than 4:00 p.m. on the Planning Commission meeting day. <br><br> Note: E-Comments received by 4:00 p.m. will be forwarded to the Planning Commission and posted on the City's website as part of the official meeting record. Your comments and information will become part of the official public record. If you do not want your personal information included in the official record, please do not include your address and/or phone number. <br><br> TO PARTICIPATE BY PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT BY TELEPHONE: <br> (Please note: This option is to provide public comment via phone ONLY) <br> 1. You are required to register to speak via Zoom by emailing your name, the phone number from which you will be calling, and which item(s) you would like to speak on to pcpubliccomments@weho.org no later than 4:00 p.m. on the day of the Planning Commission meeting to be added to the Zoom Public Speaker List. You may also utilize the Speaker Request Form. <br><br> 2. Dial-in 10 minutes prior to the start of the meeting (the meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.) <br> Dial in Code: *6 = unmute. <br> Dial in Code: *9 = lets the host know you want to speak on the current item <br><br> Meeting I.D. You must register in advance via: <br> pcpubliccomments@weho.org- or use the Speaker Request Form *Zoom credentials will be forwarded to the email address you provide the afternoon of the meeting. <br><br> Planning Commission staff cannot respond to emails during the meeting. This means that email and text message requests made to speak by phone on additional agenda items during the meeting cannot be accommodated during the meeting. <br><br> PUBLIC COMMENT AND RULES OF DECORUM: <br> The Planning Commission values your comments and acknowledges the right of the public to address issues that are within the City's jurisdiction and invites the public to do so during the Planning Commission meeting. However, this public participation must be balanced with the need of the Planning Commission to conduct the public's business in a fair and efficient manner, free from disruption or disturbance. <br><br> The City offers multiples ways for the public to participate during the meeting. During the first Public Comment section of the agenda, any member of the public may address the Planning Commission on items not appearing on the agenda. Comments concerning other items on the agenda will be heard at the time the item is considered during the course of the meeting; however, they may be offered at this time if a member of the public cannot be in attendance later in the evening. Members of the public may also comment upon any other item of interest that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Planning Commission at this time, or later in the meeting under the second Public Comment period. <br><br> The City expects that everyone who participates in the meeting will do so with respect and dignity. Please refrain from using abusive, derogatory, and slanderous language, or behaving in a way that disrupts the meeting. <br><br> Speakers should not bring to the podium any items other than a prepared written statement and/or writing materials. <br><br> Speakers and any other members of the public may not approach the dais at any time during the meeting without prior consent from the Chair. Speakers may only speak once on any agenda item. Donating public comment time to others is prohibited. <br><br> Members of the audience shall not engage in disorderly or boisterous conduct, including the utterance of loud, threatening, or abusive language, whistling, stamping of feet or other acts which disturb, disrupt, impede, or otherwise render the orderly conduct of the Planning Commission meeting unfeasible. Persons in the audience should refrain from creating, provoking, or participating in any type of unwelcome physical contact. <br><br><br> 1. CALL TO ORDER

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3. ROLL CALL

4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

Item 4. Current Agenda 12-05-2024

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: SUBJECT: The Planning Commission is requested to approve the minutes of prior Planning Commission meetings.

A. November 7, 2024

Item 5.A. - Draft Summary Action Minutes (11-07-2024)

6. PUBLIC COMMENT: This time, limited to a maximum of twenty (20) minutes, has been set aside for the public to address the Planning Commission on any item that is not set for public hearing or any item that is not on tonight’s agenda. In accordance with the Brown Act, public comment relating to business not appearing on the agenda cannot be acted upon or discussed by the Commission during the meeting but may be referred to staff for report on a future agenda, ordered received and filed, or referred to the proper department for administrative resolution. Staff requests that all persons wishing to address the Commission fill out a Speaker's Slip and give it to the Commission Secretary prior to speaking. The Commission requests that when you begin speaking you state your name and the name of the city where you reside. Individuals may address the Commission for up to three (3) minutes each unless the Commission determines a different time limit.

7. DIRECTOR’S REPORT

8. CONSENT CALENDAR: None.

9. PUBLIC HEARINGS, SECTION I PROJECTS SUBJECT TO THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT:

A. 845 SAN VICENTE BOULEVARD, 840-854 N. HILLDALE AVENUE: SUBJECT: The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing for a proposal to construct a new three-story, ten-unit residential building with a rear pool deck and subterranean space located at 840-854 N. Hilldale Avenue, West Hollywood, California and allow exclusive use of the rear pool deck and subterranean space by the urban inn (San Vicente Bungalows) located at 845 N. San Vicente Boulevard, West Hollywood, California.

Item 9.A. Staff Report Item 9.A. Exhibit A (Draft Resolution No. PC 24-1581) Item 9.A. Exhibit B (Draft Resolution No. PC 24-1587) Item 9.A. Exhibit C (Adopted HPC Resolution No. 24-172 -Recommendation to PC) Item 9.A. Exhibit D (Adopted City Council Resolution No. 99-2191 -Designation) Item 9.A. Exhibit E (Adopted City Council Resolution No. 00-2367 -Urban Inn) Item 9.A. Exhibit F (Adopted City Council Resolution No. 15-4651 -Rehabilitation/New Construction) Item 9.A. Exhibit G (Radius Map) Item 9.A. Exhibit H (Vesting Tentative Tract Map) Item 9.A. Exhibit I (Project Plans)

10. PUBLIC HEARINGS, SECTION II OTHER ITEMS THAT REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING UNDER THE LAW:

A. ZONE TEXT AMENDMENT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS INFRASTRUCTURES: SUBJECT: The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider a recommendation to the City Council approval of an ordinance adopting an amendment to Title 19, to the Zoning Ordinance of the West Hollywood Municipal Code to streamline electric vehicle charging sites and electric vehicle service stations as a primary use, citywide, West Hollywood, California.

Item 10.A. Staff Report (Continuance to 12/19/2024)

B. ZONE TEXT AMENDMENT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ORDINANCE: SUBJECT: The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider a zone text amendment to update the accessory dwelling unit regulations in compliance with state law and implementation of the city’s Housing Element Program 13, West Hollywood, California.

Item 10.B. Staff Report Item 10.B. Exhibit A (Draft Resolution No. PC 24-1582 (with Draft Ordinance as Attachment "A") Item 10.B. Exhibit B (Redlines and Strikethrough Ordinance Language

11. NEW BUSINESS: None.