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Home My WebLink About1999/03/16 - Agenda Packet " DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING ACTION AGENDA AND MINUTES TUESDAY MARCH 16, 1999 7:00 P.M. RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER RAINS ROOM 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA Committee Members: Larry McNiel Pam Stewart Larry Henderson Alternates: Peter Tolstoy Rich Macias John Mannerino PROJECT REVIEW ITEMS This is the time and place for the Committee to discuss and provide direction to an applicant regarding their development application. The following items do not legally require any public testimony, although the Committee may open the meeting for public input. 7:00 p.m. (Nancy) ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE TRACT 15948 - REGENT HOMES, INC./BASELINE HOLDINGS, LL C - A residential subdivision of 40 single family lots on 10 acres of land in the Low Medium Residential District(4-8 dwelling units per acre) within the Victoria Community Plan, located at the south side of Base Line Road, approximately 650 feet west of Etiwanda Avenue -APN: 227-171-003 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE TRACT 15947 - REGENT HOMES, INC. -A residential subdivision of 31 single family lots on 9.05 acres of land in the Low Medium Residential District(4-8 dwelling units per acre)within the Etiwanda Specific Plan, located at the south west corner of Base Line Road and Etiwanda Avenue -APN: 227-171-004 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 99-03 - REGENT HOMES. INC. -A residential subdivision of 31 single family lots on 9.05 acres of land in the Low Medium Residential District (4-8 dwelling units per acre) within the Etiwanda Specific Plan, located at the south west corner of Base Line Road and Etiwanda Avenue -APN: 227-171-004 7:40 p.m. (Brent) ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN REVIEW 99-01 - WOODSIDE HOMES - The design review of building elevations and detailed site plan for a previously approved tentative tract map consisting of 36 single family lots on 21 acres of land in the Very Low Residential District (0 to 2 dwelling units per acre) of the Etiwanda Specific Plan, located at the southeast corner of Etiwanda Avenue and Victoria Street -APN: 227-101- 4, 12, and 14. CONSENT CALENDAR 8:10 p.m. (Brent) ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW 99-04 - SILVERADO GROUP -A request to build a 3-story, 34,860 square foot hotel as part of a master planned development with three other retail buildings on 5 acres of land in Subarea 7 (Industrial Park) of the Industrial Area Specific Plan located on the south side of Foothill Boulevard between Aspen and Spruce Streets - APN: 208-352-82. Related File: Parcel Map 15282. DRC AGENDA March 16, 1999 Page 2 The following items are expected to be routine and non-controversial. Typically they are items such as plan revisions prepared in response to discussions at a previous meeting. PUBLIC COMMENTS This is the time and place for the general public to address the Committee. State law prohibits the Committee from addressing any issue not previously included on the Agenda. The Committee may receive testimony and set the matter for a subsequent meeting. Comments are limited to five minutes per individual. ADJOURNMENT DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 7:00 p.m. Nancy Fong/Warren Morelion March 16, 1999 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE TRACT 15948 - REGENT HOMES INC./BASELINE HOLDINGS. LL C-A residential subdivision of 40 single family lots on 10 acres of land in the Low Medium Residential District(4-8 dwelling units per acre)within the Victoria Community Plan, located at the south side of Base Line Road, approximately 650 feet west of Etiwanda Avenue -APN: 227-171-003 Design Parameters: The site is vacant and slopes southeasterly at approximately 5 percent. In the middle of the site there exist 20 Eucalyptus trees. A Eucalyptus windrow exists along the south property boundary. An arborist's report has been prepared indicating that many of the Eucalyptus trees are deceased and/or decayed and should be removed and replaced. Staff Comments: The following comments are intended to provide an outline for Committee discussion. Maior Issues: The following broad design issues will be the focus of Committee discussion regarding this project: 1. There are no major issues associated with the project. Secondary Issues: Once all of the major issues have been addressed, and time permitting, the Committee will discuss the following secondary design issues: 1. The developer should provide a windrow along the project's northern sloped area for replacement of the proposed removal of the Eucalyptus trees. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Design Review Committee to approve the project subject to the above recommended modification. Design Review Committee Action: Members Present: Larry McNiel, Pam Stewart, Larry Henderson Staff Planner: Nancy Fong/Warren Morelion The Committee recommended approval with the following conditions: 1. Provide a windrow along the project's northern sloped area for the replacement of the proposed removal of Eucalyptus trees. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 7:00 p.m. Nancy Fong/Warren Morelion March 16, 1999 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE TRACT 15947 - REGENT HOMES INC. - A residential subdivision of 31 single family lots on 9.05 acres of land in the Low Medium Residential District(4-8 dwelling units per acre)within the Etiwanda Specific Plan, located at the south west corner of Base Line Road and Etiwanda Avenue -APN: 227-171-004 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 99-03 - REGENT HOMES, INC. - A residential subdivision of 31 single family lots on 9.05 acres of land in the Low Medium Residential District(4-8 dwelling units per acre)within the Etiwanda Specific Plan, located at the south west corner of Base Line Road and Etiwanda Avenue -APN: 227-171-004 Design Parameters: The site is vacant and slopes southeasterly at approximately 5 percent. Three large California Fan Palm trees and one Silver Maple tree are at the corner of Base Line Road and Etiwanda Avenue there. A Eucalyptus windrow is along the south property boundary. An arborist's report has been prepared indicating that a Palm tree, the Maple tree and many Eucalyptus trees are deceased and/or decayed. The arborist recommends the removal of deceased or decaying trees with replacement, and preservation of the two healthy Palm trees by either maintaining them in place or relocating them to a more suitable site. The frontage along Etiwanda Avenue is under the special development criteria of Etiwanda Avenue Overlay District, and as shown in the attachment. Staff Comments: The following comments are intended to provide an outline for Committee discussion. Major Issues: The following broad design issues will be the focus of Committee discussion regarding this project: 1. Should lots along Etiwanda Avenue be designed to front Etiwanda Avenue? Etiwanda Avenue Overlay District was established to reinforce the identity and special character of the Etiwanda community. In reviewing past projects above Base Line Road, the Commission has encouraged new development with front-on lots. However, the applicant has indicated having front-on lots at the busy intersection of Base Line Road and Etiwanda Avenue would diminish the quality of life for those lots near the intersection. The applicant proposed to have side-on lots along Etiwanda Avenue. Staff believes that side-on lots would be acceptable provided that the orientation of houses for these lots would front Etiwanda Avenue with garages and driveways located in the rear for access to interior streets. This is because there is a restricted access policy for Etiwanda Avenue. Secondary Issues: Once all of the major issues have been addressed, and time permitting, the Committee will discuss the following secondary design issues: 1. To further enhance community character and flavor the perimeter wall along Etiwanda Avenue should not have a solid design. It should be designed using a combination of river rock and wrought iron. 2. Landscaping should be provided for lots with street frontage along Etiwanda Avenue to further enhance the character of the community. 3. The developer should provide a windrow along the project's northern sloped area to reinforce the character of the community. DRC COMMENTS TT 15947 - REGENT HOMES, INC. March 16, 1999 Page 2 Policy Issues: The following items are a matter of Planning Commission policy and should be incorporated into the project design without discussion: 1. River rock curbing is required along Etiwanda Avenue per Etiwanda Specific Plan requirements. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Design Review Committee to approve the project subject to the above recommended modifications. Attachments Design Review Committee Action: Members present: Larry McNiel, Pam Stewart, Larry Henderson Staff Planners: Nancy FongMarren Morelion The Committee recommended that the following issues be addressed and subjected to further Committee review as a Consent item: 1. Front-on lots and/or houses are required along Etiwanda Avenue. Provide house plotting showing front-on design. Homes along Etiwanda Avenue should also be designed to architecturally blend in with interior lots in cul-de-sac. Lots along Etiwanda Avenue must comply with Etiwanda Avenue Overlay District requirements. 2. Provide landscaping for lots with street frontage along Etiwanda Avenue to further enhance the character of the community. 3. Provide a windrow along the projects northern sloped area to reinforce the character of the community. 4. Provide river rock curbing along Etiwanda Avenue per Etiwanda Specific Plan. 24 TH STREET I / 1 /•• 1 I ROUTE ]0'1 ►4r AVE. WCTOMA i.' L 1 / a,C to Q_IA AVE. / P A AK L 1 •�, // �T- ��J ILO J��J � H60 J 9A.SE +E II � '11'•' -- + Special Studies Overlay District 'r p `��' (seismic) 1 •~ J - Etlwanda Avenue . Overlay District Communityy Service Overlay District (P*?FIO. s-s • •. -�- Equestrian fOOLW1IIc�� il ��_ Overlay District • ....... •�••w•�-••••• / Foothill blvd. S.P. APR WHwy j"title figure !OVERLAY 5-4 4� DISTRICTS W - Etiwanda Soecific Plan Part //. Chaoter 5 .201 Flood Control channels, levees, spreading grounds and basins, roads, bridges, diversion drains, and utility installations including high voltage transmission lines and similar facilities. .202 Field crops, orchards, tree farms, truck gardening, berry and bush crops, flower gardening, wildlife preserves, and similar open or agricultural uses. .203 Other uses or enterprises similar to the above and approved by the Planning Commission, .300 Conditional Uses The following uses may be permitted subject to the granting of a Conditional Use Permit. .301 Recreation areas, parks, playgrounds, fishing lakes, golf courses, polo fields, and golf driving ranges. .302 Wholesale and retail nurseries. .303 Similar uses involving the open use of land without substantial structures or improvements. 5.25 QVERLAY DISTRICTS 100 Establishment of Ov,!rlay DistriCts In order to carry out the provisions of Chapter 3, the follo:ving Overlay Districts are est=bushed: E/OL - Etiwanda Avenue Overlay District CS/OL - Community Service Overlay District EO/OL - Equestrian Overlay District SS/OL - Special Studies Overlay District .200 Aoolication The provisions of this article shall apply to all properties located within the Overlay Districts, in addition to the provisions of the Base District in which the property is located. In case of conflicts, the Overlay District provisions shall prevail .300 E/OL - Etiwanda Avenue Overlay District .301 Purpose: In addition to meeting the provisions of Chapter 3, it is the intent of the E/OL District to protect and enhance the visual and historical character and the quality of Etiwanda Avenue and its immediate surroundings. 5-20 4/95 Etii,vanda Soecific Plan. Part l/ Chaoter 5 .302 E/OL District Boundaries: VOL District provisions shall apply to all properties located within 200 feet of the centerline of Etiwanda Avenue, behveen Foothill Boulevard and 24th Street. .303 Conditional Use Permit Required: All proposed developments shall be subject to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit, except as follows: (a) Single or two family residences developed in accordance with the provisions of the ER or VL Districts. " (b) Single family residences constructed on existing legal lots of record. .30" Special Requirements: Etiwanda Avenue Setback: 30 feet average, 25 feet minimum. Structures facing Etiwanda Avenue shall be separated by a minimum of 25 feet. All structures shall be designed to enhance and reinforce the visual and historical character and quality of Etiwanda Avenue. While no specific architectural style is required, the style selected shall reflect the traditional archi;ectural styles found along Etiwanda Avenue. The use of field stone as a major design element is strongly encouraged. Residential structures containing more than one dwelling shall be designed to present an image of large single family structures. Careful attention to the placement of entrances, garages and private open space areas shall be required to reinforce the single family image. Front yard landscaping shall be consistent with the streetscape theme for Etiwanda Avenue, Figure 5-26. All such landscaping and associated irrigation shall be installed prior to occupancy.- -- All new development shall be required to restore and/or reconstruct the stone curbing along Etiwanda Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and the City limits in _ conformance with adopted City standards acceptable to the Historic Preservation Commission. Photographic documentation of the condition of the curbing shall be provided prior to issuance of construction permits, 5-21 4/96 DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 7:40 p.m. Brent Le Count March 16, 1999 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTAND DESIGN REVIEW 99-01 -WOODSIDE HOMES-The design review of building elevations and detailed site plan for a previously approved tentative tract map consisting of 36 single family lots on 21 acres of land in the Very Low Residential District (0 to 2 dwelling units per acre) of the Etiwanda Specific Plan, located at the southeast corner of Etiwanda Avenue and Victoria Street -APN: 227-101- 4, 12, and 14. Design Parameters: The 21-acre site is currently vacant and slopes from north to south at approximately 2 percent. The site is surrounded by single family homes to the south, west, and east with the homes to the south across an old railroad right-of-way and the homes to the east across Etiwanda Avenue. The property to the north is vacant. Community trails are required along the south and west project boundaries(the trail to the south being in the rail right-of-way) and private local feeder trails are required for each lot. The City is currently working with the applicant to use a property at the southeast corner of the site for relocation of the historic Isles house. A six-foot high sound wall is necessary on the north and east boundaries of Lot 36 to mitigate traffic noise from Etiwanda Avenue. Three home plans are proposed, Plan 1 having two elevation styles and Plans 2 and 3 having four elevation styles. The homes range in size from 3,107 square feet to 4,109 square feet. Plan 1 is one- story and Plans 2 and 3 are two-story. Lot 36 is the only lot in the tract with frontage on Etiwanda Avenue. Typically, the Planning Commission has requested that new homes on lots with frontage on Etiwanda Avenue be plotted so that.the homes front on to Etiwanda Avenue rather than having side or rear elevations front the street. The tract is proposed to have a masonry perimeter wall but no between home walls. Three to five-foot high retaining walls are proposed along the south and west tract boundary with five and six-foot high garden walls above for an overall height of nine to ten feet which is in excess of that permitted by code. Staff Comments: The following comments are intended to provide an outline for Committee discussion. Major Issues: The following broad design issues will be the focus of Committee discussion regarding this project: 1. Staff feels there are no major design issues. Secondary Issues: Once all of the major issues have been addressed, and time permitting, the Committee will discuss the following secondary design issues: 1. The home on Lot 36 is plotted with a side one condition relative to Etiwanda Avenue. The front of the home should be re-oriented towards Etiwanda Avenue. 2. Plan 2 is shown to have a front porch that wraps around one side of the home only as an option. Plan 3 is shown to have a front porch that does not wrap around the side. All front porches should wrap around the side of the homes. 3. Provide 360 degree architecture. This can be accomplished by adding window-treatment(sills, lintels, shutters, and divided light), stone/brick veneer, and trim elements on side and rear elevations matching that shown on the front. (See also Policy Item No. 1 below). 4. The tract perimeter walls shall be decorative, either slump stone, split faced block, or stucco. In either case, a decorative cap and pilasters shall be provided. Pilasters shall have stone treatment consistent with the primary stone treatment proposed on the homes. DRC COMMENTS DR 99-01 - WOODSIDE HOMES March 16, 1999 Page 2 5. The developer should be required to install between home walls with the homes or a limitation should be established,through CCBR's or other mechanism,that requires homeowner installed between homes walls to be of the same material and design as the perimeter tract walls for consistency. 6. The Etiwanda Specific Plan requires 50 percent of homes to have side-on garages. The proposal has 12 homes with true side-on garages. An additional 6 homes have side-on garages but the homes are plotted on corner lots so the garages still front onto a street. The Committee should discuss whether the corner lot condition satisfies the 50 percent side-on requirement. 7. Plot 1 story homes (Plan 1) on corner lots wherever possible. Policy Issues: The following items are a matter of Planning Commission policy and should be incorporated into the project design without discussion: 1. Where wood siding is used on entire front elevations, it must be wrapped around side and rear elevations as well. 2. Provide a minimum of 70 feet between any given horse corral and a home on an adjacent property. 3. The applicant shall seek approval of a Minor Exception to allow for increase in wall height for tract walls along the south and west boundaries. ' 4. If river rock cobblestone is used as a building material, it must be natural river rock as opposed to a manufactured product. Other stone forms, such as slate, may be a cultured material. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends the Design Review Committee recommend approval of the project with the above changes. Design Review Committee Action: Members Present: Larry McNiel, Pam Stewart, Larry Henderson Staff Planner: Brent Le Count The Committee(McNiel,Stewart, Henderson)reviewed the project and recommended approval subject to staffs comments with the following: 1. It is not necessary to wrap front porches around sides of homes due to large size of proposed porches. 2. Between home walls shall be either decorative masonry or wrought iron with stone covered pilasters to match the accent stone of the house elevations. 3. Increase the number of single story (Plan 1) homes in corner lots and within the southwest corner area of the Tract. CONSENT CALENDAR COMMENTS 8:10 p.m. Brent Le Count March 16, 1999 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW 99-04 - SILVERADO GROUP - A request to build a 3-story, 34,860 square foot hotel as part of a master planned development with three other retail buildings on 5 acres of land in Subarea 7 (Industrial Park) of the Industrial Area Specific Plan located on the south side of Foothill Boulevard between Aspen and Spruce Streets - APN: 208-352-82. Related File: Parcel Map 15282. Design Review Committee Action: Members Present: Larry McNiel, Pam Stewart, Larry Henderson Staff Planner: Brent Le Count The Committee (McNiel, Stewart, Henderson) reviewed the revised project and recommended approval subject to the following: 1. The alignment of the main driveway intersection near the center portion of the site shall have as little offset as possible. 2. Brick veneer shall have 90 degree angled pieces for corner treatment to avoid a grout line at building corners. 3. Staff shall verify with Building and Safety Division that the light roof material proposed can handle seasonal high winds. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS March 16, 1999 PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments at this time. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m. Respectfully submitted, i Brad Buller Secretary