Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007/07/17 - Agenda Packet ACTION AGENDA DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING TUESDAY JULY 17, 2007 7:00 P.M. RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER RAINS ROOM 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA Committee Members: Lou Munoz Pam Stewart Michael Diaz Alternates: Richard Fletcher Vacant CONSENT CALENDAR (All consent items start at 7 p.m.) (Michael D./Joe) MINOR DESIGN CHANGE REQUEST RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW DRC2006-00197 - FOREST CITY - A request to construct a single-story, 31,400 square foot, retail building on a combined area of 2.63 acres of land within the Route 66 Outparcels area of the Victoria Gardens Lifestyle Center in the Mixed Use District of the Victoria Community Plan, located at 8048 Victoria Gardens Lane - APNS: 0227-464-42, 51, and 54. 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. 7:10 p.m. (Michael D./Willie) DEVELOPMENT REVIEW DRC2006-00592 - RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE DISTRICT - Review of a new two-story Fire District Headquarters building on a .93 acre parcel in the Industrial Park District (Subarea 7), located at 10600 Civic Center Drive. APN: 0208-353-06. 7:30 p.m. (Larry/Willie) ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP SUBTPM18544 - OPUS WEST - A request to divide one parcel into 3 parcels on a 9.87 acre property, located on the west side of Haven Avenue between Civic Center Drive and Arrow Route -APN: 0208-341-15. Related File: Development Review DRC2007-00244. (Larry/Willie) DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT DRC2007-00244 - OPUS WEST - A review of an application for an office project comprised of one 4-story, 139,144 square foot building, and two single-story retail buildings of 6,800 and 7,200 square feet, and a bank with a drive thru of 5,000 square feet, with a CUP for incidental retail (up to 20 percent) on a 9.87 acre property, located on the west side of Haven Avenue between Civic Center Drive and Arrow Route - APN: 0208-341-15. Related File: Tentative Parcel Map SUBTPM18544. DRC ACTION AGENDA July 17, 2007 Page 2 PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 9:54 p.m. CONSENT DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 7:00 p.m. Michael Diaz July 17, 2007 MINOR DESIGN CHANGE REQUEST RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW DRC2006-00197 - FOREST CITY - A request to construct a single-story, 31,400 square foot, retail building on a combined area of 2.63 acres of land within the Route 66 Outparcels area of the Victoria Gardens Lifestyle Center in the Mixed Use District of the Victoria Community Plan, located at 8048 Victoria Gardens Lane. - APNS: 0227-464-42, 51, and 54. Staff Comments: The planner will give oral presentation at the meeting. Plans will be available at the meeting. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends a review of the proposal to determine if the change is appropriate. Design Review Committee Action: Members Present: Stewart, Munoz, Nicholson Staff Planner: Michael Diaz The applicant presented the proposed change to the shape of the dome for the retail building now under construction at Victoria Gardens. The Committee was not immediately convinced that change in shape of the roof was appropriate, particularly, when combined with the busy tile pattern shown on the color elevations. The Committee was open to the proposed roof change only if the applicant/architect could provide a revised and simplified tile pattern that convinced them that the new roof shape was equal to or superior than the originally approved design. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 7:10 p.m. Michael Diaz July 17, 2007 DEVELOPMENT REVIEW DRC2006-00592 - RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE DISTRICT - Review of a new two-story Fire District Headquarters building on a .93 acre parcel in the Industrial Park District (Subarea 7), located at 10600 Civic Center Drive. APN: 0208-353-06. Design Parameters: The applicant is proposing to develop a headquarters (HQ) facility for the Rancho Cucamonga Fire District. The .93-acre project site is located at the northwest corner of Civic Center Drive and Utica Avenue. The site is currently undeveloped but has been previously graded, compacted, and most recently used as the site of the temporary police station/emergency command center in 2003-2004, while the main Police Department building at City Hall was being expanded. The zoning designation for the site is Industrial Park (Subarea 7) that allows administrative civic service uses. The property contains utility connections, concrete strip footings, an asphalt driveway, and is covered with mulch and gravel. No vegetation exists on the site. Surrounding the site are other civic and office uses including City Hall and the San Bernardino County Court facility to the north and west. Immediately to the west is an existing parking lot that is currently used by City Hall, Police, and Fire Department staff. The proposed two-story L-shaped building will be approximately 25,000 square feet in size and will house the administrative functions of the Fire District. In addition to the administrative functions, the new building will provide training rooms, a back-up Emergency Operations Command (EOC) center, E.M.S. supplies, library, etc. No direct emergency services/units/trucks will be provided and/or kept on the site. The new building will be situated on the northwest corner of the site away from the adjacent intersection. The street corner area of the site will have an on-site 18-space parking area for senior staff members with access from Civic Center Drive. Other HQ staff members will park in the existing employee parking lot immediately adjacent to the west side of the site. Public access to the building will be from the north side of the building off Utica Avenue via a two-story lobby. Visitors/guests will be able to park in 10 spaces provided across the "front" (north side) of the building in the existing parking lot to the north and made available for City use by means of an agreement with the adjacent property owner. The new building takes its design cues from the general appearance of the nearby City Hall complex in that design elements such as exterior walls clad in horizontal bands of brick veneer and concrete and standing seam roof elements will be used. Unique to this design is the use of 2 foot by 2 foot travertine tiles to accentuate portions of the second floor at the center of the "L" shaped building and the public entry area at the northwest corner of their building (see west and north building elevations). Above the entry doors will be aluminum panels. The windows are a combination of square and vertically oriented rectangle-shaped windows made from aluminum storefront material. Identification signs are proposed for the north and west elevations. On-site landscaping will be provided around the building and restricted parking areas. The corner of the site (Utica Avenue and Civic Center Drive) will be terraced to create large planter spaces and soften the appearance of the project at the corner, and to provide a location for placement of an identification sign for public recognition of the building. Staff Comments: The following comments are intended to provide an outline for Committee discussion. DRC ACTION AGENDA DRC2006-00592 - RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE DISTRICT July 17, 2007 Page 2 Major Issues: Staff finds the overall architecture proposed for the Fire District HQ building to be generally appropriate and complementary to the general appearance-of the nearby City Hall complex, located approximately 600-feet to the west. Secondary Issues: As with all projects, the architectural success of the project depends upon construction details/methods and the use of high-quality exterior decorative materials. As such, staff requests the applicant address the following items for further clarification: 1. Submit further information on the details of the proposed exterior materials, particularly the color/finish of the travertine tiles, the pattern of the brick, and the concrete bands. The brick pattern on City Hall is a running bond (with varied brick colors), and the concrete bands are .actually individual cast concrete pieces. 2. Include full details for the trash enclosure on the north side of the building. Given the placement of the trash enclosure placement at the "front" of the building, it should be designed in a manner that does not call too much attention as to its function. 3. Provide information on the type and location of all exterior site or wall mounted lighting fixtures for the building. 4. Provide information on how access to the west parking area will be restricted and/or monitored to prevent unauthorized access. 5. Continue to refine the overall design and placement of identification signs for the project. The location of the west and south building mounted signs are not likely to be seen from the street and should either be relocated or eliminated. In addition, staff suggests that the sign on the west elevation be deleted as it will face the employee parking area, where a ground mounted sign at the gate will suffice. Policy Issues: The following items are a matter of Planning Commission policy and should be incorporated into the project design without discussion. 1. On-site fences or walls shall be constructed of decorative block wrought iron. All gates and fences shall be constructed of a powder-coated metal. 2. All HVAC equipment, including ground mounted equipment, shall be screened from view. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that the major and secondary issues identified in this report, and those identified by the Committee, be discussed with direction being given to the applicant as to what should be addressed in order to proceed to the Planning Commission for final review and approval. Design Review Committee Action: Members Present: Stewart, Munoz, Nicholson Staff Planner: Michael Diaz The project was presented to the Committee who found the project to be well designed. The Committee recommended the item be forwarded to the Planning Commission for final review. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 7:30 p.m. Larry Henderson July 17, 20.07 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP SUBTPM18544 - OPUS WEST - A request to divide one parcel into 3 parcels on a 9.87 acre property, located on the west side of Haven Avenue between Civic Center Drive and Arrow Route - APN: 0208-341-15. Related File: Development Review DRC2007-00244. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT DRC2007-00244 - OPUS WEST - A review of an application for the office project comprised of one 4-story, 139,144 square foot building, and two single-story retail buildings of 6,800 and 7,200 square feet, and a bank with a drive thru of 5,OOOsquare feet, with a CUP for incidental retail (Up to 20 percent) on a 9.87 acre property, located on the west side of Haven Avenue between Civic Center Drive and Arrow Route- APN: 0208-341-15. Related File: Tentative Parcel Map SUBTPM18544. Design Parameters: The subject property is a relatively flat site which contains portions of a remnant vineyard. The parcel is within the Haven Office Overlay Zone and there are no public improvements on the Haven Avenue frontage. The undergrounding of existing utility poles will be required. The site is vacant Office/Commercial to the north and south, there is existing Office/Commercial to the east across Haven Avenue, and the site to the west is bordered by existing apartments. The site is also in proximity to the existing Civic Center. Staff Comments: The following comments are intended to provide an outline for Committee discussion. Major Issues: There are no major issues. The overall architecture and massing is compatible with the Haven Office Overlay Zone. Secondary Issues: Once all of the major issues have been addressed, and time permitting, the Committee will discuss the following secondary design issues: 1. Pedestrian amenities are not clearly identified or developed at the street intersections, driveway connections, walkway connections, or the arrival plaza area on the west side of the office building. 2. A Sign Program has not been submitted and with the retail buildings component particular care needs to be taken that the office campus atmosphere required under the Haven Office Overlay is not undermined. 3. The project is proposed without a phasing plan even though the bank does not have any architecture proposed. The applicant would like to provide a building pad only with all other improvements constructed around the building site. Policy Issues: The following items are a matter of Planning Commission policy and should be incorporated into the project design without discussion: 1. Pedestrian Orientation. Colonnades or loggias and other covered walkways or structures that provide shade to pedestrian spaces shall be utilized whenever possible. Employee outdoor eating areas shall be provided as an integral part of site designs. Consideration is recommended as in the above comment "pedestrian amenities". DRC ACTION AGENDA SUBTPM18544 AND DRC2007-00244 - OPUS WEST July 17, 2007 Page 2 2. Architecture 'within a master-planned development shall have a compatible design style, with variation, in the building style, form, and materials in accordance with the architectural standards of the Overlay District. It is noted that the proposed bank is not specified. It is recommended that a minimum condition of approval for architectural consistency for the future bank building be accepted. 3. Pedestrian plazas or courtyards shall be designed to create an attractive, comfortable, and functional setting with a "sense of place." A combination of the following design elements are encouraged, but are not limited to: pavement or surface texture; elevation/grade changes; use of landscape materials and structures to provide shade and define enclosed spaces; seating (e.g., benches, steps, or raised planters); and outdoor eating areas. In addition, the use of water features, covered walkways, kiosks and public art are encouraged. Redesign to meet this requirement. 4. Accent treatment such as changes in exterior materials and texture is encouraged in conjunction with variation in the major form-giving elements of a structure. The retail building component does not meet these criteria and it had been previously recommended that a redesign that is at least two-story in nature (retail 1st floor/office 2nd floor) that is consistent with the architecture of the office building be used. The current proposal has portions of these buildings at a story and a half. This could be a compromise; however, the DRC needs to determine if this is sufficient or if they would prefer a two-story appearance at least at the portions closest to the Haven Avenue and Arrow Route intersection. In addition, the applicants were encouraged to create a deeper entry offset to emphasize the entrance area. DRC should consider this aspect and provide direction. The Haven frontage of the Office building is not an entrance. The DRC could consider or recommend a similar treatment as what was used at the Civic Center, which consists of a formal but non-functional entrance. 5. A consistent streetscape design theme shall be developed along the Haven Avenue streetscape, which incorporates intensified landscaping with specimen size trees, alluvial rockscape, mounding, meandering sidewalks, and appropriate street furniture. Landscaping materials shall be selected which provide a historic link to the City's past, such as Eucalyptus windrows, citrus trees, and grape vines. In addition, a program of street name monument signs shall be developed to include low profile, natural alluvial rock monument signs with individual letters formed in a sandblasted concrete face. Please note that the extensive areas proposed along Haven Avenue for the water quality retention has never been as extensively proposed as shown. Please provide a cross section analysis as previously discussed. Other recent submittals for Haven Overlay properties have included the use of stacked stone instead of alluvial rock and vineyard planting and have received favorable consideration. 6. A coordinated Uniform Sign Program shall be required for any development, including wall and monument signs. Building wall signs shall consist of the individual letters. Canned signs are prohibited. The size, number, typical design, and the location of the signs, as permitted by the City's Sign Ordinance, shall be submitted with the development application and be reviewed concurrently. A sign program for the entire property is required. Staff Recommendation:. Staff recommends the Committee to review any Applicant clarifications on the design issues and provide direction accordingly. Staff determined that this project should be brought back to DRC for full review as a continued item. The following comment applies: DRC ACTION AGENDA SUBTPM18544 AND DRC2007-00244 - OPUS WEST July 17, 2007 Page 3 1. The applicant presented modified plans and a Sign Program at the meeting. Based on the modifications, the DRC recommended a continuance to the next meeting so the applicant could consider and propose further revisions based on the following concerns: 2. Provide architectural information concerning the covered parking. 3. The Sign Program has too many signs and is not in keeping with the sign ordinance or the Haven Office Overlay campus atmosphere policy. Redesign and resubmit so it does not reflect a retail feel but an office direction. 4. Redesign the retail support buildings to appear less retail and more open to the Haven Avenue and Arrow Route Intersection by minimizing the rear service areas along Haven Avenue and Arrow Route. 5. The office building needs to reflect at least two building materials. Provide material and color samples at the next meeting. Consider the use of a cut stone (non-stacked) as a secondary building material. Design Review Committee Action: Members Present: Stewart, Munoz, Diaz Staff Planner: Larry Henderson The Committee accepted the revised plans for the office building and carport covers. However, the Committee continued the review of the project to July 31, 2007, so the application could bring back further revisions to support the retail building to include the following: 1. The corner plaza needs to be integrated, and fortified architectural strong point through 2nd story appearance, canopy, or tower and include pedestrian connections. 2. Revise the sign program to reflect no building signs or street side of the structure as offered by the application. Plans will not be available for circulation before the meeting. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS July 17, 2007 PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments at this time. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 9:54 p.m. Respectfully submitted, V Michael Diaz Senior Planning �j