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Home My WebLink About2015/01/14- Workshop Minutes - PC-HPC THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA WORKSHOP MINUTES OF R�NCHO CUCAM°Nce THE PLANNING COMMISSION JANUARY 14, 2015 - 7:00 PM* Rancho Cucamonga Civic Center ***RAINS ROOM' 10500 Civic Center Drive Rancho Cucamonga, California I. CALL TO ORDER Pledge of Allegiance 7:37 PM Roll Call ' Chairman Wimberly A Vice Chairman Oaxaca A Munoz X Howdyshell X Fletcher X H. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS This is the time and place for the general public to address the Historic Preservation Commission or the Planning Commission on any item listed or not listed on the agenda. State law prohibits the Historic Preservation Commission or the Planning Commission from addressing any issue not previously included on the Agenda. The Historic Preservation Commission or the Planning Commission may receive testimony and set the matter for a subsequent meeting. Comments are to be limited to five minutes per individual or less, as deemed necessary by the Chair, depending upon the number of individuals desiring to speak. All communications are to be addressed directly to the Historic Preservation Commission or Planning Commission, not to the members of the audience. This is a professional business meeting and courtesy and decorum are expected. Please refrain from any debate between audience and speaker, making loud noises, or engaging in any activity which might be disruptive to the decorum of the meeting. None III. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION A. PRE APPLICATION REVIEW DRC2014-01052 - JEC ENTERPRISES, INC. - The request to subdivide 5(gross)acres into 11 lots in the Low(L)Residential District of the Etiwanda Specific Plan on the east side of East Avenue, south of the 210 freeway, located at 6563 East Avenue; APN: 022707117. i PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP MINUTES jAMON JANUARY 14, 2015 c[ACAMONOA Page 2 Mayuko Nakajima. Assistant Planner, made opening remarks regarding the purpose of the workshop and introduced the project. She noted the challenge of the current orientation of the historic home and reviewed the 4 alternatives outlined in the staff report. In response to Commissioner Howdyshell, it was noted that the historic home is currently occupied by tenants. The applicant added that the historic home is a large two-story house in which the water and electrical service has been upgraded. He noted the home also has a basement which could complicate the suggestion to move the structure to another lot or to rotate it from its current west facing orientation. He said they make it look like it has access from the East but provide actual access from the proposed interior street. He said the change could be mitigated with softer forms of landscaping. He noted the historic preservationist they consulted wants to preserve the look from East Avenue. In response to Commissioner Munoz, the applicant noted that in this scenario. the two , adjacent houses would also take access from the proposed interior street(Brownstone). It was noted that some of the cultural setting of the house could be lost with the changes. The applicant said the house has always been situated on its own on this large site. so the development would destroy that some degree anyway. Dan James, Senior Engineer. said that Engineering does not want an access from East Avenue. Commissioner Munoz acknowledged the desire to keep the historic orientation to the west, but asked what they could do to make the structure safe. He asked if they would agree to landscape softly. The applicant suggested they could make the theme walls to look like they fall into the site of the historic home and then they would expand the interior landscaping within the walls of the historic home. He said the walls could be shorter garden walls with wrought iron on top with an access gate in front. He said they plan to preserve the home which will include repairs to the interior walls and a garage will be added. It would then be put up for sale. Commissioner Fletcher said he did not see a problem with leaving the frontage to the historic home open as long as it is of equal quality with the new homes to be constructed. He said it may be beneficial to leave the historic home site open for the ' public to see. Commissioner Howdyshell said she liked the idea of keeping the home oriented as it is and using the extended theme wall idea to showcase it. She said the frontage gate ' PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP MINUTES FZ,NC„a JANUARY 14, 2015 CMAMONae Page 3 would give access there if they needed it but the access would be provided to the rear as well. Commissioner Fletcher said he would still like the rear of the adjacent homes to look like the front. Candyce Burnett. Planning Director said staff would like to see the frontage of the historic house stay oriented to East Avenue to keep the context. She said they could "step back" the wall in the rear to add more room for additional screening on the Brownstone side. The applicant noted that the reason for a 6 foot wall was in case the property owner does not care for the back yard- i.e. screening for their neighbors'benefit. Commissioner Munoz summized that the direction looks like Alternative 1 with a theme ' wall for the majority of the development excluding the historic house and more landscaping would be added at the front and rear of the historic house. Jeff Bloom. DCM, Economic and Community Development, suggested grove trees for screening. Ms. Nakajima said the site used to be a grove so a grove-like planting would be in the historical context. The applicants asked if it should be similar to what was used to the south of this development, Ms. Burnett responded affirmatively. The applicants asked about the improvements on Fisher Drive. Mr. James confirmed that the corner needs to be redone and East Avenue fully widened. The applicants asked for direction regarding the architectural details, noting that the historic lap siding would be too expensive to replicate. Ms Burnett indicated that staff would work with them. ' Commissioner Munoz suggested a blend and that a Craftsman style would fit in. PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP ' MINUTES ao GA JANUARY 14, 2015 C Page 4 IV. ADJOURNMENT 8.'20 PM 1, Lois J. Schrader, Planning Commission Secretary of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, or my designee, hereby certify that a true, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda was posted on January 8, 2015, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting per Government Code Section 54964.2 at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga. ® If you need special assistance or accommodations to participate in this meeting, please contact the Planning Department at (909) 477-2750. 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