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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008/12/16 - Agenda Packet ACTION AGENDA DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING TUESDAY DECEMBER 16, 2008 7:00 P.M. RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER RAINS ROOM 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA Committee Members: Lou Munoz Pam Stewart Corky Nicholson Alternates: Richard Fletcher Frances Howdyshell Ray Wimberly CONSENT CALENDAR NO ITEMS SUBMITTED 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. (Steve) UNIFORM SIGN PROGRAM DRC2008-00432 - TONY CHEUNG - USP for Callalily Center on 4th Street. 7:20 p.m. (Tabe/Tasha) DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT DRC2008-00464 - CHARLES JOSEPH ASSOCIATES - A request to construct two multi-tenant retail buildings with a drive-thru totaling 6,484 square feet on a 41,821 square foot site in the Neighborhood Commercial (NC) District, located at the northeast corner of Haven Avenue and the 1-210 Freeway - APN: 0201-272-23. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 7:00 p.m. Steve Fowler December 16, 2008 UNIFORM SIGN PROGRAM DRC2008-00432 - TONY CHEUNG — Uniform Sign Program for Callalily Center on 4th Street. Design Parameters: The applicant is proposing a Uniform Sign Program for the Callalily project which consists of a commercial retail building located on the north side 4th Street between Pittsburg Avenue and Richmond Place. The building is a 15,010 square foot multi-tenant commercial building designed to accommodate up to six retail stores. The shell of the building has been finaled and awaiting tenants. The sign program will be designed for all six tenants. This program consists of one monument sign located on 4th Street with 3 identification panels on each side. The applicant's proposal provides for a good design of the monument signs that reinforces the character of the design of the new building. The face area of the monument sign is 24 square feet and the overall sign height is 6 feet. The sign program allows for three of the six businesses to have a total of 3 signs: 1 facing the street, 1 facing the parking area, and for three of the tenants, 1 on the monument sign. The maximum height of the individual channel letters on the building identification sign will be 18 inches, with no more than two lines of copy and a maximum width of 70 percent of the linear business lease space. A single user of the entire building will only be allowed three signs. Staff Comments: The following comments are intended to provide an outline for the Committee discussion regarding this project. Major Issues: The applicant worked hard with staff to follow the City's Sign Ordinance and comply with the design criteria outlined in the Development Code. There are no major issues regarding this project at this time. Staff recommendation: Staff recommends that the Design Review Committee recommend approval of the Uniform Sign Program. Attachments Design Review Committee Action: Members Present: Munoz, Stewart, Nicholson Staff Planner: Steve Fowler The Committee approved the project as presented. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 7:20 p.m. Tabe van der Zwagg December 16, 2008 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT DRC2008-00464 - CHARLES JOSEPH ASSOCIATES - A request to construct two multi-tenant retail buildings with a drive-thru totaling 6,484 square feet on a 41,821 square foot site in the Neighborhood Commercial (NC) District, located at the northeast corner of Haven Avenue and the 1-210 Freeway - APN: 0201-272-23. Site Characteristics: The site is located at the northeast corner of Haven Avenue and the 1-210 Freeway and generally slopes from north-to-south. The parcel was purchased from Caltrans and is now being incorporated into the existing Haven Village commercial center. The triangularly shape site is bordered by Haven Avenue to the west, the 1-210 Freeway to the south and the existing center to the north. Project Overview: The applicant proposes the construction of two multi-tenant retail buildings totaling 41,821 square feet, one of which will include a drive-thru lane. One building will be adjacent to Haven Avenue and the other will be adjacent to the 1-210 Freeway exit ramp. The architecture of the buildings is designed to compliment the existing buildings on the site including the use of wood siding and a river rock wainscoting. The two buildings will be connected by a wood-sided tower element, through which access will be provided to an outdoor seating area. The seating area will include table and chairs, landscaping, and a shade tree surrounded by a seat wall. Freeway noise in the seating area will be attenuated by a river rock wall topped with transparent sound panels. The existing parking spaces located adjacent to the south property line of the Haven Village retail center will be re-oriented to provide two points of access and to increase the total number of parking spaces. There is a shared parking and access agreement in place between the subject site and all the other parcels in the center. The applicant has submitted a preliminary sign program which proposes signs that are identical in color and size to the existing center, with halo illumination being the only deviation from the approved sign program. 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. There are no Major 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. Staff feels that the design and layout of the proposed project will be well-integrated into the overall design of the existing center. The applicant proposes wall signs facing the freeway on the rear elevation of the building adjacent to the freeway exit ramp. The general policy has been for signs to not face the freeway. The carwash on the entrance ramp across Haven Avenue (west), though, has signs facing the freeway entrance, while the self storage facility on the south side of the freeway was not permitted to have freeway signs. 20 The concrete in the plaza area should be colored concrete, and the rafters at the trellis feature should have decorative tails. DRC ACTION AGENDA SUBTT18710 AND DRC2008-00306— LEWIS OPERATING CORP. December 16, 2008 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. All light fixtures shall have glare shields in order to confine the area of illumination within the project site. 2. All signs shall meet the City's Sign Ordinance requirements. 3. Where river rock is used, it shall be real or native fieldstone. Manufactured river rock is not permitted. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Design Review Committee provide direction and input regarding wall signs facing the freeway on the rear elevation of the building adjacent to the freeway exit ramp. Staff also recommends that the project be forwarded to the Planning Commission for final review. Design Review Committee Action: Members Present: Munoz, Stewart, Nicholson Staff Planner: Tabe van der Zwagg Commissioners Stewart and Munoz were supportive of the proposed commercial development. Staff raised a question regarding signs facing the freeway and both Commissioners stated that they did not have an issue with the proposed signs facing the freeway. Staff also questioned whether they would rather have the applicant use manufactured stone on the buildings and walls to match the existing center or real river rock and both Commissions stated that they preferred real river rock. The Design Review Committee recommended that the project be forwarded to the Planning Commission as presented. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS DECEMBER 16, 2008 ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Corkran Nicholson Assistant Planning Director