Walnut Creek Planning Commission: 9/25/25

Agenda

3. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS This portion of the meeting is reserved for comment on items not on the agenda. Under the Brown Act, the Commission cannot act on items raised during public communications but may respond briefly to statements made or questions posed, request clarification, or refer the item to staff.

DISCLOSURE OF EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS This portion of the meeting is reserved for Planning Commissioners to disclose any communications, including site visits, they have had on current agenda items, or any conflict of interest regarding current agenda items.

4a. Project: Walden Garden Townhomes – 2-Year Extension Design Review and Tentative Subdivision (Condo Map) Application No. Y20-052; Location: 1394 Walden Road APNs: 172-130-015 and 172-130-016

Description: A public hearing to consider a 2-year extension request the Design Review and Tentative Map 9546 for the subdivision of eight residential air-space condominium units at 1394 Walden Road. This action would extend approval of the Design Review through August 2, 2027, and approval of the map through September 23, 2027. No changes to the previously approved plans are proposed. The building design, Density Bonus Waivers and tree-related permits were approved by the City Council on August 2, 2022. A detailed description of the subject application is on file with the Community Development Department at City Hall, 1666 N. Main St., 2nd Floor, Walnut Creek, during regular business hours, Monday - Thursday from 8 a.m. to noon & 1-5 p.m. The Agenda Report and any additional documents may also be accessed via the City’s website at: www.walnut-creek.org/cals on the Friday prior to the meeting after 5 p.m. CEQA Recommendation: Categorical Exemption per Class 32 - Section 15332 (Residential Infill Development Projects) Staff Contact: Simar Gill, Senior Planner (925) 943-5899, x2115 or gill@walnutcreekca.gov

Attachments (7)

4b. Project: Skyzone Trampoline Park Conditional Use Permit (CUP) Application No. Y25-004; Location: 2800 Ygnacio Valley Rd., Building B APN: 143-170-001

Description: The applicant proposes to establish a 27,451 sq. ft. indoor trampoline park, classified as Recreation & Entertainment within a Building at 2800 Ygnacio Valley Road, Building B, at the Orchards Shopping Center. A Conditional Use Permit is required for recreation & entertainment within a building. A detailed description of the subject application is on file with the Community Development Department at City Hall, 1666 N. Main St., 2nd Floor, Walnut Creek, during regular business hours, Monday - Thursday from 8 am to noon and 1-5 pm. Documents may also be accessed via the City’s website at: www.walnut-creek.org/cals on the Friday prior to the meeting after 5 p.m. CEQA Recommendation: Exempt, Section 15301: Existing Facilities Staff Contact: Gerardo Victoria, Assistant Planner (925) 943-5899, x2369 or victoria@walnutcreekca.gov

Staff Report

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4c. Project: 1200 Rossmoor Parkway - General Plan Amendment and Rezone Application No. Y23-063; Location: 1200 Rossmoor Parkway APN: 186-030-056

Description: The applicant requests a General Plan Amendment to change the existing land use designation for the property at 1200 Rossmoor Parkway from Office (OF) to General Retail (GR). The project also includes a request to rezone the property from the current zoning designation, Planned Development, PD-1140, to a new Planned Development based on the allowed uses and development standards within the Community Commercial, with a few exceptions. Pursuant to the existing Planned Development zoning for the property, the only allowed use at the subject site is a retail bank. No other allowed uses were noted. The applicant is requesting the General Plan Amendment and PD Rezone to allow various retail and commercial uses at the site. The Planning Commission is being asked to forward a recommendation to the City Council regarding the adoption of a draft Mitigated Negative Declaration, the General Plan Amendment, and the Planned Development Rezone. A detailed description of the subject application is on file with the Community Development Department at City Hall, 1666 N. Main St., 2nd Floor, Walnut Creek, during regular business hours, Monday - Thursday from 8 am to noon and 1-5 pm. Documents may also be accessed via the City’s website at: www.walnut-creek.org/cals on the Friday prior to the meeting after 5 p.m. CEQA Recommendation: Mitigated Negative Declaration (draft prepared) Staff Contact: Chip Griffin, Principal Planner (925) 943-5899, x2678 or griffin@walnutcreekca.gov

Staff Report

Attachments (9)

7. ADJOURNMENT

Appeal Rights: As provided in Part IV, Article 5 of the Walnut Creek Zoning Ordinance, any interested party may appeal a decision of the Planning Commission within ten (10) calendar days after the mailing of the decision by filing a written appeal and the applicable appeal fee(s) with the City Clerk’s Office (if such date falls on a weekend or City holiday, then the deadline shall be extended until the next regular business day). Such written appeal shall specify the name of the person making the appeal, identify the decision being appealed, and state the reason(s) for the appeal. Such appeal must be received by the City Clerk’s Office no later than the close of business on the last day of the appeal period. If you wish to receive a mailing of the Planning Commission’s decision, you must file a written request of such notification with the City Clerk’s Office or the Planning Division in advance of the Planning Commission hearing. If you challenge any of the matters listed under ’Public Hearings’ in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the listed public hearing, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Walnut Creek at, or prior to, the public hearing. ****OPTIONS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMISSION MEETING**** TO WATCH OR LISTEN ONLY

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two three good evening and welcome to the august 14th planning commission

meeting will the secretary please call the roll thank you vice chair

commissioner Moran here mr. strongman here mr. quark here commissioner clop

here vice chair neti here commissioners count count and chair

Anderson have stated their absence tonight but we have a quorum and do we

have anything on the consent calendar staff would recommend moving item 4a to

the consent calendar if so we would need a motion. Does anybody want to make a motion? I move that we

move item 4a to a consent calendar item. Second. Commissioner Klop. Yes. Commissioner Strongman. Yes.

Commissioner Moran. Yes. Commissioner Kwok. Yes. Vice-chair Neti. Yes. Motion carries. We have a consent calendar. Great. Are there any public

comments oh are there any public comments on the consent calendar seeing

none then can we take we might want to say mention what the what that item is

yes item four a's Walden Garden townhomes it's a two-year extension for

designer view and a tentative subdivision map any public comments and

just you know but there's two opportunities to get public comments so

right now it's just for the consent calendar and then afterwards we're gonna

to do a general public comment and then the third time you can do a public comment is on items on the agenda okay

seeing none I move that we accept a consent calendar okay mr. strongman here

yes mr. Klopp yes mr. Moran yes commissioner Kwok yes who did I miss

Vice-chair 90? Yes. Is that five? Did I miss anybody? Okay. 5-0, motion carries.

Great. Now this is the time if anyone has any public comment whether here or

online that they would like to make, I kindly ask that you spill out a speaker

card. Is there anyone online? Oh okay, no online anymore. Just here.

Seeing none with that I'd like to ask the commissioners if they've had any

ex parte communications on any of the items on the agenda. See a lot of shaking

heads so that is a no. So now I think we'd like to move on to item number four

4b. Skyzone Trampoline Park Conditional Use Permit

public hearings. A was on the consent so now it is B which is a conditional use

permit for Sky Zone Trampoline Park to establish a 27,451 indoor trampoline

park at 2800 Ignacio Valley Road. Does staff have a presentation? Oh, thank you.

Good evening Planning Commissioners. My name is Gerardo Victoria, Assistant

Planner for Community Development. The project before you today is the Sky Zone

Trampoline Park located at 2800 Ignacio Valley Road. So some site context. The

site is located at the Orchard Shopping Center seen here. The yellow star is

where this sky zone will be located in that tenant space. As you can see it's

on Ignacio Valley Road and Oak Grove Road. Right across the street south is

the Encina Grande Shopping Center. There is residential to the east of the site

here and south to the site down here it is surrounded by a mix of commercial

uses restaurants banks and there's a fitness fitness center right in here

crunch fitness I believe it's what they're called the zoning is plan

development 2132 which allows recreation and entertainment within the building on

upon approval of a conditional use permit the general plan designation is

mixed-use commercial. So the Sky Zone business plan states that there will be

open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday with one manager and five staff

members on site. Saturday and Sunday they will be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. with

two managers and 15 staff members on site. The facility is entirely enclosed

and air-conditioned. Some of the attractions at the Sky Zone are air

courts, toddler areas, and party rooms. So this is the floor plan for Sky Zone. I'm

just going to go over some of the attractions, not all. So as you see here,

they enter the Sky Zone tenant space through here, and then this area is where

they check in. This is the entrance. There's an arcade here. There's a King of

the hill attraction here. There's a dodgeball here. There's a toddler area

here and there is a air court here and a fuel zone which is where food and drink

will be served here. The mezzanine area is has party rooms and what they call a

chill zone. So the conditional use permit findings for this land use are

that the use including any conditions imposed is consistent with the general

plan any applicable specific plan in this chapter that the proposed use

including any conditions imposed will not be detrimental to the public health

safety or welfare and any findings required by the land use regulations for

the zoning district within which the property subject to the use is located.

So staff did have an initial concern that this potentially could be a high

impact use, but those concerns have since been resolved due to there's no

physical expansion of the building. It's entirely enclosed, there's adequate

parking, and it operates within reasonable hours. So staff recommends move

to adopt the secret determination and prove the conditional use permit based

on the findings outlined in the draft resolution to allow a recreation and

entertainment within the building at the 2800 Ignacio Valley Road Orchard

Shopping Center. Staff is available for questions. The applicant, Amber Matys, is

also here available for questions. Thank you for that presentation. Does anyone have any questions of staff?

Just a quick question. Does the space currently have a mezzanine? Yes. Thank you.

It's about 1,200 square feet. They're adding about, I have it here somewhere,

or they're adding approximately 3,600 square feet

to the mesa me.

Okay, thank you.

Mm-hmm.

Anyone else?

I do have one quick question also.

It sounds like the previous,

it was previously occupied by the tenant

that had 250 square feet of rentable floor, square area,

and the proposed use doesn't exceed

because I could see parking being.

So it sounds like was the previous use lacking in parking?

Because I know the proposed use doesn't exceed the previous,

but was the previous adequate?

Yes, the previous use was adequate.

I think there were Steinmart, which was classified in California

billing code as a mercantile.

And this will be an assembly.

The parking for the Orchard Shopping Center

calls out 3.9 spaces per 1,000 square feet.

Our transportation engineering department

also asked for a parking memo, which

is a part of your packet.

So SkyZone did that parking memo for all the uses that

are comparable to this use.

And they came out at 2.0, 2.8 parking stalls

per 1,000 square feet.

The site has more than 700 parking stalls.

That answer your question. Yes, that's perfect. Thank you. Anyone else just to add on to that so that I understand the workflow a quick question

So my understanding is then you have to have like an at time slot or a time reservation to come use the facility

so in a way you meter

people coming you meter cars and attendance coming through having time slots and

appointments and party things so they're not just like all floating in.