MINUTES OJAI PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING March 9, 2016 Call to Order Chair Zabilla called the special meeting of the Ojai Planning Commission to order on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Ojai City Hall, 401 S. Ventura Street, Ojai, California. Roll Call On a call of the roll, the following Planning Commissioners were present: Chair Zabilla, Vice Chair Jagiello and Commissioners Lojowsky and Mirk. Absent: Foster and Nolan. Vacancy: one City staff present: Kathleen Wold, AICP, Community Development Director, Matthew Summers, City Attorney, and Amber Young, Planning Commission Secretary. Pledge of Allegiance

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Disclosure of Site Visits and Ex-Parte Contacts 1. Disclosure by Commissioners of site visits and ex-parte contacts for items on the agenda. 821 W. Ojai Avenue - Commissioners Foster, Nolan, and Zabilla visited the sites and had no ex-parte contacts. Consent Item 2. Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Planning Commission February 3, 2016 Motion: Commissioner Mirk moved and Vice Chair Jagiello seconded the motion to approve the February 3, 2016 Planning Commission minutes on the consent calendar. The motion passed as follows: AYES: Jagiello, Lojowsky, Mirk, Zabilla. NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: Foster, Nolan VACANCIES: One Public Hearing Items 3. Tree Permit (T 16-06); Amendments to Conditional Use Permit (CUP 14-01) and Design Review Permit (DRP 14-05); Topa Mountain Winery, located at 821 W. Ojai Avenue, Ojai, Assessor's Parcel Number: 024-0-020-100. The General Plan Land Use designation of the site is General Commercial (GC) and Zoning classification is General Commercial (C-1). A Categorical Exemption has been prepared pursuant to the California Environmental

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Quality Act. Property Owner: Larry Guerra, Topa Mountain Winery. Applicant: Josh Griffen, Architect, Cornerstone Architects. Chair Zabilla turned the time over to Kathleen Wold to present the staff report. Questions for staff Commissioner Lojowsky • Asked what the trigger is to go from a Director's Exemption to a full Design Review to the Commission. Ms. Wold answered in order to approve a Director's Exemption the Director needs to make a finding that a hearing is not required. She stated she made the determination that all the previous approvals for this project were reviewed by the Commission and she felt she should continue with that practice as they are requesting revisions to the approved plans. Chair Zabilla opened the public hearing Josh Griffen, owner's representative addressed the Commission and expressed his appreciation for the scheduling of the special meeting. He was available for questions. Questions for applicant Commissioner Mirk • Noted there are still 4 existing curb cuts and asked if any of them are going to be demolished. Mr. Griffen answered, yes, the curb cuts that are designated for remove will be demolished. He added there are 2 new pours designated by Caltrans that are still pending. Chair Zabilla • Has a concern with traffic created from special events and asked if the applicant would consider a sign that restrict exiting as only a right hand turn, no left exit. Mr. Griffen answered in terms of ingress and egress Caltrans has the final say. Ms. Wold further clarified that the applicant could consider having two lanes for egress, one for right turn egress and one for left turn egress. Mr. Summers added, the City has the right to require the installation of a right hand turn sign, but the City does not have the right to enforce the adherence of what the sign is directing. Mr. Griffen pointed out there is a turn lane on Ojai Avenue in front of the site. He also noted that the special events is restricted to non-peak traffic hours. Commissioner Mirk • Thanks Mr. Griffen for improving the bike access from the bike trail. Commissioner Lojowsky • Asked what type of special events and what is the number of cars expected. Mr. Griffen answered that he has no idea.

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Chair Zabilla closed the public hearing Commission Deliberation Vice Chair Jagiello • Stated the ingress and egress is far superior to what was there before. Chair Zabilla • Would like the right turn sign be added to the Conditions of Approval. Commissioner Lojowsky • Is hesitant to add more conditions to the project. • He would like to keep it as written. Ms. Wold noted this is a small facility and temporary use permits will be required with the larger special events, where the traffic will be analyzed with the application. Mr. Summers said a condition could be added to review the traffic egress, which would state, "Six months after issuance of a certificate of occupancy the Community Development Director shall determine whether to require a right turn exit sign at one of the driveways based on a recommendation from a traffic engineer, from the first sixmonths of traffic data." Mr. Griffen stated they have no problem installing a right turn only sign at the egress of the site. Ms. Wold clarified the number of 92 maximum occupancy numbers. She stated the number of guests is calculated and based on 2.5 guests per vehicle, and there are 27 parking spaces which totals 67.5, and the conditions state, "No more than 70 people," but the additional 22 is the number of employees. Motion: Vice Chair Jagiello moved and Commissioner Mirk seconded the motion to adopt the Resolution No. 16-06 to Tree Permit (T 16-06); Amendments to Conditional Use Permit (CUP 14-01) and Design Review Permit (DRP 14-05); Topa Mountain Winery subject to the findings and conditions of approval with the added conditions as follows: • Install a "Right Turn" sign at the property owner's discretion. • Add this language to condition #4 "taking into account any employees parking offsite." The motion passed as follows: Jagiello, Lojowsky, Mirk, Zabilla. AYES: None NOES: ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: Foster, Nolan VACANCIES: One

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Informational Items None City Council Liaison Council Member Randy Haney was not in attendance Adjournment There being no further business brought before the Commission, Chair Zabilla adjourned the meeting 6:45 pm. Respectfully submitted by:

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