Memorandum
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Item #5
9:25 a.m.
August 25, 2022
STAFF REPORT
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Mary Darby, Community Development Director
Eric Porter, Associate Planner
DATE: August 25, 2022
RE: LaMonica Outdoor Advertising; Extension of Time for a Billboard to extend Use Permit 95-09 for a period of Five Years
UPX 22-02 and CE 22-38
Supervisor District 4
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Vicinity Map
2. Site Map (aerial photo)
3. Existing Use Permit Conditions
4. Revised Conditions
5. Photos
6. Agency Comments
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The applicant is requesting approval of an extension to a 1995 Use Permit (UP 95-09) for a billboard. Previous extensions have been granted through files no. UP 05-09, UP 10-12, UP 16-01. The Planning Commission denied the 2010 extension. However, the Board of Supervisors overturned the denial on appeal in 2011 which allowed the continued use of the billboard at its present location.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve the project with the following findings:
A. Adopt Categorical Exemption, Class 1 Existing Facilities (CE 22-38) for Use Permit Extension, UPX 22-02 with the following findings:
1. This time extension is for an existing use permit to allow continued use of an existing billboard for a period of five years beginning on August 25, 2022.
2. This project is consistent with CEQA Categorical Exemption, Class 1, which consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's determination
3. This project remains consistent with the Lake Coun...
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