LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lakeport Planning Commission is set to hold a special meeting on Wednesday during which it will elect its officers, discuss a proposal for a senior housing apartment complex and consider two applications for short-term rentals.
The commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The council chambers will be open to the public for the meeting. In accordance with updated guidelines from the state of California and revised Cal OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards, persons who are not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 are required to wear a face covering at this meeting.
The agenda is available here.
To speak on an agenda item, access the meeting remotely here; the meeting ID is 986 6166 5155. To join by phone, dial 1-669-900-9128.
Comments can be submitted by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To give the city clerk adequate time to print out comments for consideration at the meeting, please submit written comments before 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 16.
Please indicate in the email subject line "for public comment" and list the item number of the agenda item that is the topic of the comment. Comments that are read to the council will be subject to the three minute time limitation (approximately 350 words). Written comments that are only to be provided to the council and not read at the meeting will be distributed to the council before the meeting.
On Wednesday, the commission will hold its annual election of officers.
The commission also is set to consider approving a density bonus application from AMG and Associates for the Bevins Street Senior Apartments.
Community Development Director Jenni Byers’ report said the proposed project is a 40-unit senior rental apartment complex located on 3.1 acres at 447 Bevins St.
It will be located directly west of the Bella Vista senior housing complex, which AMG and Associates built, Byers reported.
Byers said the Bevins Street Senior Apartments will include a mix of 32 one-bedroom units and eight two-bedroom units, a 1,000 square foot community building with a common kitchen, exercise room, laundry facility and business center, a community garden with raised planter beds, bocce ball court and a fenced dog park. It will target seniors earning up to 30 to 60% of the area median income for Lake County.
Also on the agenda are two applications for short-term rentals.
Tea Tree LLC is seeking a use permit and a categorical exemption to allow for a short-term rental at 1950 Lakeshore Blvd.
Amber Chatwin of LNR Services also is seeking a use permit and categorical exemption to allow for a short-term rental located at 600 Esplanade.
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Lakeport Planning Commission to elect officers, consider senior apartment complex plan
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