Meeting
Planning Commission Agenda
County of Ventura - Resource Management Agency - Planning Division
800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009-1740 - (805)654-2478
 
IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953(e)(1)(A) AND IN RESPONSE TO THE DECLARED STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCIES DUE TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER RECOMMENDATION REGARDING SOCIAL DISTANCING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL MEET IN-PERSON AND REMOTELY.

TO FIND OUT HOW YOU MAY PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE REFER TO THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW AND AT https://vcrma.org/public-comments-for-planning-commission-hearings.

Earl McPhail, Chair 
Scott Boydstun, Vice- Chair
Nora Aidukas, Commissioner
Veronica Garcia, Commissioner 
Jim King, Commissioner

Dave Ward, Planning Director
Jeffrey Barnes, County Counsel
Luz Juachon, Recording Secretary
 
Public comments may be provided using the following options: (1) e-mail public comment in advance of the meeting; (2) in-person public comment; (3) video or call-in public comment via Zoom during hearing.  For more information regarding these options, please visit https://vcrma.org/public-comments-for-planning-commission-hearings.

Option 1 - If you wish to make a comment on a specific agenda item in advance of the meeting, please submit your comment to the Case Planner for that item via email by 3:30 p.m. on the day prior to the hearing. The Case Planner’s contact information is provided below. Please indicate in the Subject Line of your email, the Agenda Item Number on which you are commenting. Your email will be distributed to the Planning Commissioners and placed into the item’s record at the Planning Commission hearing.

Option 2 – If you wish to make a comment in-person, you must be present at the meeting location and provide your comment prior to the close of the public comment period for the item you wish to speak on.

Option 3 – Register at https://vcrma.org/public-comments-for-planning-commission-hearings before the close of the public comment period for the item you wish to speak on.  Please provide your name, email, and the phone number you will be calling in from. Once your registration has been approved, you will receive an email with the Zoom meeting link and password. The participation information is unique to you; please do not share as it may cause issues with your ability to join the meeting. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. Registration opens when the Planning Commission’s agenda is posted online.

If you are watching the live stream of the Planning Commission hearing and would like to make either a public comment (Item 5) for items not on the day’s agenda or to comment on a specific agenda item as it is being heard, please raise your hand in Zoom (by pressing the Raise Hand button or *9 on your telephone key pad)  when the Recording Secretary asks for any online participants who would like to comment. https://vcrma.org/planning-commission. To maintain a public meeting environment conducive and welcoming to receiving public comments from all members of the public, the audience is discouraged from engaging in displays of support or opposition to staff reports or public comments, including clapping, booing, hissing, or cheering, that may create a disruptive or intimidating environment for members of the public wishing to participate.
 
 
The PLANNING COMMISSION hearing will be held on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. in the Hearing Room of the Board of Supervisors, County Government Center, Hall of Administration, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, California.
AGENDA
1.

8:30 A.M. HEARING CALL TO ORDER

2.

ROLL CALL

Commission: Scott Boydstun, Planning CommissionerNora Aidukas, CommissionerEarl McPhail, CommissionerJim King, CommissionerVeronica Garcia, Planning Commissioner

3.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

4.

CONSENT ITEM
Resolution authorizing continued remote teleconference meetings of the Planning Commission

R–22–28

RECOMMEND ACTION
Approve as presented.

5.

PUBLIC COMMENTS - Time set aside for comments by citizens on matters not appearing on the Agenda (Time limit per item - five minutes)

6.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES  

October 6, 2022 Minutes.

RECOMMEND ACTION
Approve as presented.

7.

PROJECTS

A.

CASE NUMBER: PL20-0125 – Applicant: George Villalobos, c/o Boy Scouts of America

The applicant requests that a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) be reinstated to authorize the continued operation of an existing Boy Scout Camp for a 20-year period.

PROJECT LOCATION: 12260 Boy Scout Camp Road in the unincorporated Lockwood Valley area of Ventura County.
ASSESSORS PARCEL NUMBER(S) APN: 003-0-230-110 and 003-0-230-560
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) DOCUMENT: Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301.
CASE PLANNER: John Kessler

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
Approve staff recommendations.

B.

CASE NUMBER: PL19-0088 – Applicant: County of Ventura

Public hearing to consider County-initiated amendments to Articles 2 and 6 of the Ventura County Non-Coastal Zoning Ordinance to establish setbacks from 16 wildlife crossing structures located in the northern portion of the Ventura County unincorporated area.

PROJECT LOCATION: Certain parcels located in the northern, non-coastal unincorporated area of the County of Ventura that are within 200 feet of wildlife crossing structures, as specified in the proposed ordinance.
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) DOCUMENT: Exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15061 (b)(3), 15307, and 15308.
 
CASE PLANNER: Abigail Convery

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
Approve staff recommendations.
 

8.

DISCUSSION:

9.

MEETING ADJOURNMENT

 
 
 
David Ward, AICP, Director
Ventura County Planning Commission
 
Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Planning Commission after distribution of the agenda packet are available on the Planning Division website at https://vcrma.org/planning-commission subject to staff's ability to post the documents prior to the hearing.
Persons who require accommodation for any audio, visual or other disability in order to review an agenda, or to participate in a hearing of the Planning Commission per the American Disabilities Act (ADA), may obtain assistance by requesting such accommodation in writing addressed to the Clerk of the Commission, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009-1740 or telephonically by calling (805) 654-2478. Any such request for accommodation should be made at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled hearing for which assistance is requested.
If you challenge the action taken on the items in this agenda in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the Ventura County Planning Division at, or prior to, the public hearing.
 
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