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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012/01/17 - Agenda Packet DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING TUESDAY JANUARY 17, 2012, 7:00 P.M. RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER RAINS ROOM 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE • RANCHO CUCAMONGA Committee Members: Lou Munoz Ray Wimberly James Troyer Donald Granger Alternates: Frances Howdyshell Richard Fletcher Francisco Oaxaca 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. (Dominick) SIGN PERMIT DRC2011-01209 - LA FITNESS - A request to install one illuminated wall sign for a total of 83.5 square feet (Uniform Sign Program #134) within the Community Commercial District of the Terra Vista Community Plan, located at 10848 Foothill Boulevard - APN: 1077-422-80. The Planning Department staff has determined that the project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City's CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 as a Class 1 exemption which covers existing alterations on an existing facility. 7:20 p.m. (Tabe) DEVELOPMENT DESIGN REVIEW DRC2011-00255 - ALL STATE PAPER AND METAL RECYCLING - JAMES LIN - A request to make site improvements including the addition of a temporary office trailer, constructing new screen walls, installing all street improvements and landscaping, complete on-site paving and add employee eating area and parking for a 4.42-acre site within the Heavy Industrial District of Subarea 15 on the south side of Whittram Avenue between Pecan Avenue and Hickory Avenue located at 13195, 13207, 13231, 13243, and 13253 Whittram Avenue APN: 0229-192-09, 06, 04, 03 and 02. Related file: DRC2011-00254. 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. DRC AGENDA January 17, 2012 Page 2 ADJOURNMENT • I, Gail Elwood, Office Specialist ll for the City of Rancho Cucamonga, hereby certify that a true, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda was posted on January 4, 2012, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting per Government Code Section 54954.2 at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga. • DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 7:00 p.m. Dominick Perez January 17, 2012 SIGN PERMIT DRC2011-01209 - LA FITNESS - A request to install one illuminated wall sign for a total of 83.5 square feet (Uniform Sign Program #134) within the Community Commercial District of the Terra Vista Community Plan, located at 10848 Foothill Boulevard - APN: 1077-422-80. The Planning Department staff has determined that the project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City's CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 as a Class 1 exemption which covers existing alterations on an existing facility. Design Parameters and Background: The applicant proposes a total of one wall sign to the existing building (formerly Bally's Total Fitness) located at 10848 Foothill Boulevard. This site is located within the Community Commercial District of the Terra Vista Community Plan, which contains a Uniform Sign Program (USP #134) which has requirements for all proposed building and monument signage. Since this building is larger than 35,000 square feet in size, it is considered a Major Tenant Building. USP #134 requires all proposed building signage for Major Tenant Buildings to be approved by the Design Review Committee. The applicant proposes a total of one wall sign above the entrance on the south elevation totaling 83.5 square feet. USP #134 allows for one wall-mounted identification sign for each street frontage, with a maximum of three wall-mounted signs and a maximum of 300 square feet for all building signage. The proposed sign is within this requirement. Staff notes that the proposed signs will be mounted on the same area of the building as the existing Bally's Total Fitness sign. The proposal consists of 36-inch tall LED channel letters. The letters contain a blue sign face and medium-gray trim cap/returns. Staff Comments: The following comments are intended to provide an outline for Committee discussion. Major Issues: 1. None. There are no major issues regarding this project at this time. Secondary Issues: 1. None. There are no secondary issues regarding this project at this time. Policy Issues: No policy issues at this time. 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P Qr E x S a.- o ��o,. • 8 B I W . Z IH t,-., Z d� LL va B o `= o Q cy E ` F°< o.g o — _ o ° 1, W 's ^ E �Z ..d E _ €� > o. ..„ .; 34 4E111i 4 %J 2-'P o° _ m o i.. col O ` s c - \ P 0 0 1Y Q P O W, -, I • • H J.I u3a o s, i a a s tot c o m Z l y _ - • I h U"]-= 21 ° 8 3 a^I d n a i LL _ d EE H 9E f.6f n lit © EH z `• 0 DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 7:20 p.m. Tabe van der Zwaag January 17, 2012 DEVELOPMENT DESIGN REVIEW DRC2011-00255 - ALL STATE PAPER AND METAL RECYCLING - JAMES LIN - A request to make site improvements including the addition of a temporary office trailer, constructing new screen walls, installing all street improvements and landscaping, complete on-site paving, and add an employee eating area and parking for a 4.42-acre site within the Heavy Industrial District of Subarea 15 on the south side of Whittram Avenue between Pecan Avenue and Hickory Avenue, located at 13195, 13207, 13231, 13243, and 13253 Whittram Avenue APN: 0229-192-09, 06, 04, 03 and 02. Related file: DRC2011-00254. Background: This project was previously reviewed and approved by the Design Review Committee on October 4, 2011, and was docketed for the Planning Commission meeting on December 14, 2011. Prior to the Planning Commission hearing, the applicant changed the scope of the project to include a temporary office trailer. The office trailer is needed to house the control equipment and operator for the on-site truck scale. Project Proposal: See the attached October 4, 2011, Design Review Committee Comments and Action Agenda for a full description of the proposed project. The only change from the original proposal is the addition of a temporary 12-foot by 40-foot modular office trailer. The location of the trailer will be adjacent to the proposed truck scale, which will cross a property line. The applicant is leasing a portion of the property on which the trailer will be located. The Building and Safety Department does not permit permanent buildings to be built across a property line. The applicant will construct a permanent building when they are able to purchase the site. The applicant will paint the building to match the other structures on the site and add skirts around the base of the trailer to screen the undercarriage. The trailer will be located 12 feet off of the south property line and will be screened by an 8-foot high wall. Staff Comments: Staff has no concerns with the trailer as long as it is temporary in nature and is painted to match the other structures on the site and a skirt is added around the base of the trailer. Major Issues: None. Secondary Issues: None. Policy Issue: A condition of approval will be added to the related Conditional Use Permit (CUP DRC2011-00254) limiting the period that the temporary office trailer may remain on the site for up to 5 years. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Design Review Committee approve the project as presented. Design Review Committee Action: Staff Planner: Tabe van der Zwaag Members Present: DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 8:10 p.m. Tabe van der Zwaag October 4, 2011 DEVELOPMENT DESIGN REVIEW DRC2011-00255 - ALL STATE PAPER AND METAL RECYCLING - JAMES LIN - A request to operate a scrap operation and make improvements to the 4.42-acre site within the Heavy Industrial District of Subarea 15, located at 13195, 13207, 13231, 13243, and 13253 Whittram Avenue - APN: 022-192-09, 06, 04, 03, and 02. Related file: Conditional Use Permit DRC2011-00254. Proiect Proposal: The applicant proposes upgrading their existing ferrous metal processing facility on Whittram Avenue. The facility has been operating at this location since 1987 and around the corner on Etiwanda Avenue since 1999. The two facilities operate in tandem, with trucks first arriving at the Etiwanda Avenue facility to be weighed and then heading to the Whittram Avenue facility to either pick up or drop off metal (depending if they are purchasing or selling metal). They then go back to the Etiwanda Avenue facility to be weighed again to either pay or be paid for the metal. The Whittram Avenue facility receives the scrap metal, breaks it down into smaller pieces, and then resells it. The Whittram Avenue facility currently operates on 5 parcels which are separated by 2 unrelated parcels. The 2 unrelated parcels consist of a single-family residence and an automotive repair shop. The applicant proposes purchasing a portion of the parcel on which the residence is located and leasing a portion of the parcel on which the automatic repair shop is located in order to provide truck access between the two sites and limit truck traffic on Whittram Avenue. The applicant has submitted an acoustic study which recommends installing new windows in the residence to reduce noise from the facility. The existing facility has been operating on a portion of the two sites on Whittram Avenue without a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) and has been directed that the existing facility will need to be upgraded as part of the CUP approval process. The upgrades include street improvements (curb, sidewalk, landscaping), a new 10-foot high decorative wall and view obscuring metal gates along Whittram Avenue (Development Code limits the height of stored material to the screen wall height for the first 120 feet from the curb face), 10-foot high walls along the rail road right-of-way, employee parking, and outdoor eating area, upgrading existing on-site structures (bathroom facility and covered work areas), paving and on-site clean up. The street frontage upgrades will also include the areas in front of the single-family residence and the automotive repair shop. Staff Comments: Staff feels that the proposed changes will greatly improve this portion of Whittram Avenue. A number of issues remain that need to be resolved by the Design Review Committee. The applicant proposes using painted solid metal fencing material along the rail right-of-way, along the west property line, and between the project site and the residence and automotive shop. The question is whether the metal fencing is adequate. It should be noted that there are other businesses that use metal fencing along Whittram Avenue, and that the Development Code permits masonry, concrete, wood metal, or chain link with slats in the Heavy Industrial District. Staff feels the metal fencing may be appropriate (if properly installed and painted) along the rail right-of-way and along the west property line. Staff believes that block walls would be a more appropriate separation between the facility and the residence (with the block wall located along the side of the house and continuing a minimum 20 feet from the back of the house). ATTACHMENT DRC ACTION AGENDA DRC2011-00255—ALL STATE PAPER AND METAL RECYCLING —JAMES LIN October 4, 2011 Page 2 The applicant is also proposing to line the east property line with metal shipping containers and leaving the existing chain link fencing in place (there is an auto wrecking business to the east). Staff has informed the applicant that if the Design Review Committee approves the use of the shipping containers as screening, they will at minimum need to paint them all a coordinating color. Maior Issues: None. Secondary Issues: 1. Whether metal fencing is an adequate screening material or should be upgraded to decorative block walls. 2. Whether block walls (rather than metal fencing) should be used to screen the facility from the neighboring residential use. If block walls are required, for what distance? 3. Whether shipping containers may be used to screen the facility from the neighboring industrial use or should be upgraded to either a solid metal fencing or block walls. Policy Issues: 1. Barbed wire shall not be used on the property line walls facing Whittram Avenue or the railroad right-of-way. 2. A Sign Permit is required for all signage. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Design Review Committee direct staff to the appropriateness of the proposed changes and whether the project may be scheduled for Planning Commission review with staff reviewing any recommended changes. Design Review Committee Action: The project was approved with the following changes: 1. Provide an 8-foot high masonry wall along the entire south property line (rail road right-of-way). 2. Provide solid metal fences along the east and west property lines and between the project site and the automotive shop. 3. Provide an 8-foot high decorative wall between the existing residence and the project site. The wall shall run from the north property line to the terminus of the adjacent subterranean loading dock. Members Present: Munoz, Wimberly, Granger Staff Planner: Tabe van der Zwaag 1- i ' i r ...../....../. _•A •• , r. \ i . • i F . . I. 1 ! i 1 . i , .„,. Ill \ \ ji !�. I. . _ .4 iIl. • • • • ., I , h. ax Ili • . 1 ‘. • df0t,a x w• N — r