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Amended1 Malibu Planning Commission
Regular Meeting Agenda


Monday, March 17, 2025

6:30 P.M. – REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
City Hall – Council Chambers

23825 Stuart Ranch Road

Zoom Meeting Link: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81389909602
Call to Order – Chair
 
Roll Call – Recording Secretary
 
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of Agenda
 
Report on Posting of Agenda
 
1.
Ceremonial/Presentations
 
A.
Administer Oath of Office to Newly Appointed Commissioner
     
2.
Written and Oral Communications from the Public
 
A.
Communications from the public concerning matters which are not on the agenda but for which the Planning Commission has subject matter jurisdiction. The Commission may not act on these matters except to refer the matters to staff or schedule the matters for a future agenda.
Subject to the rules of the Brown Act and the Planning Commission’s Rules of Procedure and Decorum, the time allotted per Planning Commissioner to respond to public comment and ask staff to follow-up is three (3) minutes.
B.
Planning Director Report
3.
Consent Calendar
 
A.
Previously Discussed Items
None.
   
B.
New Items
1.
De Minimis Waiver No. 24-005 – An application for widening of the existing driveway for a Woolsey Fire affected parcel

Location: 33955 Pacific Coast Highway, not within the appealable coastal zone
APN: 4473-027-002
Owner: David Whitelaw
Case Planner: Contract Planner Shah, 456-2489, ext. 385

Recommended Action: Receive and file the Planning Director’s report on the issuance of De Minimis Waiver No. 24-005 an application for widening of the existing driveway for a Woolsey Fire affected parcel.
     
2.
De Minimis Waiver No. 23-012 – An application for a new onsite wastewater treatment system for a Woolsey Fire affected parcel

Location: 6744 Dume Drive, partially within the appealable coastal zone
APN: 4466-016-001
Owner: Gibbs Family Trust
Case Planner: Contract Planner Shah, 456-2489, ext. 385

Recommended Action: Receive and file the Planning Director’s report on the issuance of De Minimis Waiver No. 23-012 for a new onsite wastewater treatment system for a Woolsey Fire affected parcel.
    
3.
Approval of Minutes

Recommended Action: Approve the minutes of the April 17, 2023; February 5, 2024; and March 17, 2025 Regular Planning Commission meetings.

Staff Contact: Senior Management Analyst Evans, 456-2489, ext. 246
     
4.
Continued Public Hearings
 
A.
Coastal Development Permit No. 24-048 and Conditional Use Permit No. 24-009 – An application for a new emergency communications facility at Malibu Bluffs Park to be utilized by the City in times of emergency as a follow-up to Emergency Coastal Development Permit No. 24-024; including a conditional use permit to allow the use on a property zoned Public Open Space (Continued from March 17, 2025)

Location: 24250 Pacific Coast Highway, within the appealable coastal zone
APN: 4458-018-904
Owner: City of Malibu
Case Planner: Principal Planner Eaton, 456-2489, ext. 273

Recommended Action: Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 25-34 approving Coastal Development Permit No. 22-048 and Conditional Use Permit No. 24-009 to allow for a new emergency communications facility at Malibu Bluffs Park to be utilized by the City in times of emergency as a follow-up to Emergency Coastal Development Permit No. 24-024 on a property zoned Public Open Space (City of Malibu).
    
5.
New Public Hearings
 
A.
Conditional Use Permit No. 22-004 - An application for a conditional use permit to allow for an emergency communications facility to serve the Los Angeles County Sheriff's substation located at the Santa Monica Community College site

Location: 23525 Civic Center Way
APN: 4458-022-906
Owner: County of Los Angeles
Staff Contact: Principal Planner Eaton, 456-2489, ext. 273

Recommended Action: Continue the item to the April 21, 2025 Regular Planning Commission meeting.
      
B.
Coastal Development Permit-Woolsey Fire No. 21-008, Variance No. 21-025, and Variance No. 22-025 - An application for the construction of a new container pool, a new driveway and associated retaining walls; for a Woolsey Fire affected parcel

Location: 6215 Kanan Dume Road, partially within the appealable coastal zone
APN: 4467-017-014
Owners: Michael Scott Moore and DNA Sarmiento Moore
Case Planner: Contract Planner Shah, 456-2489 ext. 385

Recommended Action: Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 25-46 determining the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, and approving Coastal Development Permit–Woolsey Fire No. 21-008 for the construction of a new container pool, a new driveway and associated retaining walls; including Variance (VAR) No. 21-025 for construction on slopes steeper than 2.5 to 1 , and VAR No. 22-025 for construction of retaining walls more than six feet in height for a Woolsey Fire affected parcel located in the Rural Residential, Five-Acre zoning district at 6215 Kanan Dume Road (Michael Scott Moore and DNA Sarmiento Moore).
    
C.
Conditional Use Permit Amendment No. 23-002 – An application to amend Conditional Use Permit No. 15-008 for an existing restaurant to expand outdoor restaurant seating capacity

Location: 23359 Pacific Coast Highway
APN: 4452-011-043
Owner: GKT Malibu Village LLC
Tenant: Broad Street Oyster Company
Case Planner: Assistant Planner Azzaz, 456-2489, ext. 302

Recommended Action: Continue the item to a date uncertain.
         
6.
Old Business
 
None.
    
7.
New Business
 
None.
     
8.
Planning Commission Items
 
A.
Planning Commission and staff comments and inquiries
Adjournment
 
Future Meetings
Monday, April 21, 2025 6:30 p.m. Regular Planning Commission Meeting City Hall Council Chambers
Monday, May 5, 2025 6:30 p.m. Regular Planning Commission Meeting City Hall Council Chambers
Monday, May 19, 2025 6:30 p.m. Regular Planning Commission Meeting City Hall Council Chambers

Guide to Planning Commission Proceedings

The Oral Communication portion of the agenda is for members of the public to present items, which are not listed on the agenda but are under the subject matter jurisdiction of the Planning Commission. No action may be taken under, except to direct staff unless the Commission, by a two-thirds vote, determines that there is a need to take immediate action and that need came to the attention of the City after the posting of the agenda. Although no action may be taken, the Commission and staff will follow up, at an appropriate time, on those items needing response. Each speaker is limited to three (3) minutes. Members of the public may speak during the meeting in-person or through the Zoom application. In order to participate remotely, you and must be present in the Zoom meeting and use the Raise Hand feature to request to speak when the Chair calls the item.  In order to participate in-person, each speaker must complete and submit to the Recording Secretary a Request to Speak form prior to the beginning of the item being announced by the Chair. In person participants may surrender their time by donating one minute to another speaker, not to exceed a total of eight minutes. The speaker wishing to donate time must be present when the item is heard and their form must be submitted with the speaker form for the individual they are donating time to. Speakers are taken in the order slips are submitted. In-person speakers will be called prior to Zoom speakers.

Items in Consent Calendar Section A have already been considered by the Commission at a previous meeting where the public was invited to comment, after which a decision was made. These items are not subject to public discussion at this meeting because the vote taken at the previous meeting was final. Resolutions concerning decisions made at previous meetings are for the purpose of memorializing the decision to assure the accuracy of the findings, the prior vote, and any conditions imposed.

Items in Consent Calendar Section B have not been discussed previously by the Commission. If discussion is desired, an item may be removed from the Consent Calendar for individual consideration. Commissioners may indicate a negative or abstaining vote on any individual item by so declaring prior to the vote on the motion to adopt the entire Consent Calendar. Items excluded from the Consent Calendar will be taken up by the Commission following the action on the Consent Calendar. The Commission first will take up the items for which public speaker requests have been submitted.

For Public Hearings involving zoning matters, the appellant and applicant will be given 15 minutes each to present their position to the Planning Commission, including rebuttal time.
All other testimony shall follow the rules as set forth under Oral Communication.

Old Business items have appeared on previous agendas but have either been continued or tabled to this meeting with no final action having been taken. Public comment shall follow the rules as set forth under Oral Communication.

Items in New Business are items, which are appearing for the first time for formal action. Public comment shall follow the rules as set forth under Oral Communication.

Planning Commission Items are items, which individual members of the Planning Commission may bring up for action, to propose future agenda items or to suggest future staff assignments. No new items will be taken-up after 10:30 p.m. without a majority vote of the Planning Commission.

Planning Commission meetings are aired live and replayed on City of Malibu Government Access Channel 3 and are available on demand on the City’s website at
www.malibucity.org/video. Copies of the staff reports or other written documentation relating to each item of business described are available upon request by emailing [email protected].


The City Hall phone number is (310) 456-2489. To contact City Hall using a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD), please call (800) 735-2929 and a California Relay Service operator will assist you. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact Environmental Sustainability Director Yolanda Bundy, (310) 456-2489, ext. 229. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. [28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADD Title II].

Requests to show an audio or video presentation during a Commission meeting should be directed to the Media Team at [email protected]. Material must be submitted by 12:00 p.m. on the meeting day.