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Home My WebLink About2012/02/14 - Agenda Packet - Action ACTION AGENDA DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 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. (Tabe/Willie) ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE TRACT MAP SUBTT18817 - HOMESCAPE CUCAMONGA, LLC - A request to create a 94-lot tentative tract map on 11.7 acres of land in the Medium Residential District (8-14 dwellings per acre), located at the northeast corner of Arrow Route and Baker Avenue - APN: 0207-201-01, 21 and 44. Related files: Development Review DRC2011-00641, Pre-Application DRC2010-00530, Development Review DRC2004-00705, and Tentative Tract Map SUBTT17013. Staff has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental impacts for consideration. DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN REVIEW DRC2011-00641 - HOMESCAPE CUCAMONGA, LLC - Architecture and Site Plan review of a 94-unit small lot multi-family residential subdivision on 11.7 acres of land in the Medium Residential District (8-14 dwellings per acre), located at the northeast corner of Arrow Route and Baker Avenue - APN: 0207-201-01, 21 and 44. Related files: Tentative Tract Map SUBTT18817, Pre-Application DRC2010-00530, Development Review DRC2004-00705, and Tentative Tract Map SUBTT17013. Staff has prepared a Mitigated Negative • Declaration of environmental impacts for consideration. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 7:00 p.m. Tabe van der Zwaag February 14, 2012 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE TRACT MAP - SUBTT18817 - HOMESCAPE CUCAMONGA, LLC - A request to create a 94-lot tentative tract map on 11.7 acres of land in the Medium Residential District (8-14 dwellings per acre), located at the northeast corner of Arrow Route and Baker Avenue - APN: 0207-201-01, 21 and 44. Related files: Development Review DRC2011-00641, Pre-Application DRC2010-00530, Development Review DRC2004-00705, and Tentative Tract Map SUBTT17013. Staff has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental impacts for consideration. (Tabe/Willie) DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN REVIEW DRC2011-00641- HOMESCAPE CUCAMONGA, LLC - Architecture and Site Plan review of a 94-unit small lot multi-family residential subdivision on 11.7 acres of land in the Medium Residential District (8-14 dwellings per acre), located at the northeast corner of Arrow Route and Baker Avenue - APN: 0207-201-01, 21 and 44. Related files: Tentative Tract Map SUBTT18817, Pre-Application DRC2010-00530, Development Review DRC2004-00705, and Tentative Tract Map SUBTT17013. Staff has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental impacts for consideration. Project Proposal: The 11.7-acre project site is located at the northeast corner of Arrow Route and Baker Avenue. The site was previously approved for a 105-unit attached and detached residential development (DRC2004-00705). The proposed project will have a density of 8.03 units per acre, which is within the 8 to 14 dwelling units per acre permitted by the General Plan. All of the streets and sidewalks within the project will be privately maintained by a Home Owner's Association and will include on-street parking. The project will have 77 guest parking spaces, which far exceeds the minimum 24 parking spaces required by the Development Code. A Minor Exception for property line wall heights is necessary because of grade differences between the project site and the surrounding lots. The main vehicle access will be on Baker Avenue, with a secondary access on Arrow Route. The mobile home park to the north of the project site has an access easement across the site, and this access will be maintained with the residents of the mobile home park having access through the project site. The mobile home park currently drains across the site to a drainage facility located on the project to the east. This facility will no longer be necessary as the flows will be accommodated by the drainage facility of the project. The applicant will be required to remove the existing drainage facility and walls, which will increase the private yard areas on the neighboring lots. The project will consist entirely of detached two-story, small lot single-family residences. The project would not be able to meet the minimum density requirement with the inclusion of single-story homes. Two plans, however, will include a bedroom on the first floor. The Development Code requires that the Optional Development Standards be used when detached residences are developed within the Medium Development District. The Optional Development Standards require a minimum 30-foot front-to-front separation and a 15-foot side-to-side separation. The project will consist of two housing types and four architectural styles, Spanish, Cottage, Craftsman, and Tuscan. There will be 86 zero lot line homes that will face landscaped paseos (units at the entrance of each paseo will face the street), with the garages accessed by a drive aisle at the rear of the units. DRC ACTION AGENDA SUBTT18817 AND DRC2011-00641 — HOMESCAPE CUCAMONGA, LLC February 14, 2012 Page 2 The remainder of the units will consist of 8 center plot homes with the garages and the front entrances facing the drive aisle. The homes will range in size from 1,663 square feet to 2,000 square feet. The recreational amenities will include two swimming pools (adult and children's), a spa, a bathroom facility, and barbeque area with tables. There will also be a separate tot lot located within a large open grass area. A common seating area will be provided at the end of each paseo. Staff Comments: Staff is pleased with the overall design of the project, which meets all the requirements of the Development Code (except for the necessity for a Minor Exception for wall heights), including those outlined for projects developed under the Optional Development Standards. The applicant has done an excellent job providing a high level of detail evocative of the stated architectural styles and providing wall plane articulation and visual interest on all sides of each plan. Staff has two issues left unresolved. The first issue is whether a second-story pop-out is needed on the right elevation of Plan 4 (as shown on the enhanced right elevation on Sheet A4.3) The applicant feels that the covered porch provides adequate articulation for this elevation; staff feels that the additional pop-out will provide the level of articulation provided on all the other plans. The second issue is the applicant's choice of seating provided at the end of the paseos. Staff feels that a single bench is not adequate and recommends that the applicant provide an arched decorative seat wall. Major Issues: None. Secondary Issues: 1. Whether a second-story pop-out is needed on the right elevation of Plan 4. 2. Whether the seating at the end of the paseos should be upgraded. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that the project be approved with consideration given to the necessity of the recommended elevation change on Plan 4 and the paseo seating. Design Review Committee Action: The project was approved as presented with the applicant agreeing to make the two changes recommend by the staff planner: 1) to add a second story pop-out to the right elevation of Plan 4 and 2) to upgrade the seating areas at the end of the paseos to include a decorative seat wall. Members Present: Oaxaca, Wimberly, Granger Staff Planner: Tabe van der Zwaag DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS February 14, 2012 ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, LamZ James R. Troyer, AICP Planning Director