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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991/04/18 - Agenda PacketDATE: April 25, 1991 CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA MEMORANDUM ACTION TO: Commercial/Industrial Design Review Committee Suzanne Chitiea Wendy Vallette Otto Kroutil John Melcher (Alternate) FROM: SUBJECT: Scott Murphy, Associate Planner J~ DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING OF APRIL 18, 1991 The following is a description Of projects which require review and rating by the Design Review Committee. Please review the attached plans, visit the project sites, and write down your comments using the blank space provided under each project on the attached sheets. After the meeting, the consensus of the Committee's concerns will be typed up as the formal action/recommendation of the Committee and distributed to the Commission and Council. AS always, feel free to contact the appropriate project manager (noted in parentheses along the left margin), prior to the meeting date, if you have specific questions related to the scheduled projects. Dinner will be provided between 5:00 - 5:45 p.m., Consent Calendar items will be reviewed between 5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., with the first design review item being heard at 6:30 p.m. Please notify our department if you will be unable to attend the meeting, or if you will be late, so that the dinner can be properly ordered and the necessary arrangements made. 6:30 - 7:30 (Steve H.) ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 90-42 - HUGHES INVESTMENTS - The development of an integrated shopping center including 15 commercial buildings totaling 320,975 square feet and a service station/car wash building totaling 2,300 square feet on 3{.13 acres of land with Phase I development consisting of 5 buildings totaling 267,960 square feet on approximately 22 acres in the Regional Related Office/Commercial District of the Victoria Community Plan, located on the south side of Foothill Boulevard, west of the future Day Creek Boulevard - APN: 229-021- 10, 15, 19, and 28. Related File: Tentative Parcel Map 13808. DRC AGENDA APRIL 18, 1991 Page 2 7:30 - 7:50 (Lori) PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP - PRELIMINARy DESIGN AWARDS PRESENTATION 8:00 (Bey) PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP - DEVELOPMENT REVIEW 91-05 - CENTRAL PARK LIBRARY SM:mlg Attachments cc: Planning Commission/City Council DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 6:30 - 7:30 Steve H. April 18, 1991 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND CONDITIONAL USE pERMIT 90-42 HUGHES INVESTMENTS - The development of an integrated shopping center including 15 commercial buildings totaling 320,975 square feet and a service station/car wash building totaling 2,300 square feet on 31.13 acres of land with Phase I development consisting of 5 buildings totaling 267,960 square feet on approximately 22 acres in the Regional Related Office/Commercial District Of the Victoria Community Plan, located on the south side of Foothill BOulevard, west of the future Day Creek Boulevard - APN: 229-021-10, 15, 19, and 28. Related File: Tentative Parcel Map 13808. Background: On April 4, 1991, the developer presented an overview of the proposed project and touched on some of the major design issues identified by staff during the initial stages of the development review process. Staff Comments: At the time Of comment preparation, the April 4, 1991 meeting had not been held, therefore, some or all of the following issues may have already been discussed and/or resolved. For the sake of expediency tonight, any issues on the list that have been resolved previously will not require discussion. However, any issues from the following list that require a resolution should be addressed by the Committee. Site Plan: The site plan has been designed to take advantage of the view corridor from the Devote Freeway, Day Creek Boulevard and to a lesser extent, Foothill Boulevard. Consequently, with this design, the rear elevations of the main row of buildings are oriented in view of eastbound traffic on Foothill Boulevard. As mentioned earlier, a Southern California Edison Utility Corridor runs north/south, adjacent and parallel to the west property line of the project. In most situations, Edison has strict landscape limitations within their easements. Therefore, the opportunity for providing a dense landscape buffer to screen the west elevations is substantially limited. The Committee should consider this constraint when reviewing the proposed site plan and the west elevations of Buildings K through N (Home Depot and K-Mart included). Now that the site plan has been designed per the Engineering Division policies for driveway spacing from intersections, no driveways are located on the future service station parcel. However, service station users may short cut through parking areas for other building pads (example: Building "B") and increase the risk for internal circulation conflicts. Therefore, it may be advisable to study the possibility of relocating the service DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS CUP 90-42 - HUGHES INVESTMENTS APRIL 18, 1991 Page 2 station to a parcel closer to a shopping center ingress/egress point (example: pads "A" and "B") Or redesigning the primary circulation routes as to eliminate "short cuts" through parking areas for other buildings. (If the service station is continued to be proposed for the northeast corner parcel, it should be oriented to hide the pump islands from view of perimeter streets. Staff suggests that the building back up at an angle to the Day Creek/Foothill intersection, and combined with berming, low walls, and/or a landscape, hedgerow, the screening potential should be significantly increased.) A barrier should be provided between the main vehicular aisle and the loading areas in front of Home Depot to encourage a continuous flow of traffic. Although the parking aisle widths and stall sizes technically meet the minimum requirements specified in the Development Cede, the angled parking area east Of K-Mart and Shops "L" should be designed to accommodate two-way traffic through each aisle. Proportionally equal numbers of parking spaces should be within a close distance of all buildings to minimize pedestrian crossings of primary circulation routes. Please note the deficiency of parking spaces in front Of Buildings "D" and "F." The planter area at the southern end of the angled parking stalls should be expanded to include the southernmost row of parking spaces and drive aisle between. The loading area on the west side of Building "J" should be eliminated or relocated to an area less visible from Day Creek Boulevard. Architecture: Given the close proximity of the rear of the K-Mart and Home Depot buildings to the west property line and the potential viewsheds to these elevations from the perimeter streets and the future trail along Day Creek, these elevations should be significantly upgraded to achieve a similar amount of articulation as shown on other elevations. This is especially important given the limitations for landscaping within the Southern California Edison Utility corridor. Suggested items include additional layering and/or material variations around all arches and column bases, additional vine trellises, tile insets, etc. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS CUP 90-42 - HUGHES INVESTMENTS APRIL 18, 1991 Page 3 The Home Depot and K-Mart garden centers should be screened by solid perimeter screen walls, as opposed to wrought iron fencing. These screen walls should be fully integrated into the architecture of the buildings. A reefstone wainscot should be provided on all planters adjacent to buildings. 4. All back sides of towers shall be treated equally architecturally- 5. The stucco finish should be of a smoother texture. Roll-up doors on the east and west elevations of Home Depot should be relocated to areas less subject to public view. Generally, the level of architectural detail should be increased to create variety and additional interest in the overall design. Landscape: All pedestrian nodes should include street furniture and be large enough and to serve their intended function and integrated with the architectural concept. At the terminus of all walkways, adjacent to storefronts, the use of enriched paving and landscaping should be increased to create areas of special interest. The tree species within the parking lots adjacent to buildings should be revised to increase the potential for shade. Tree wells should be of sufficient size and shape to accommodate mature trees. The planters adjacent to the west elevation of the Home Depot should be expanded in width to provide for greater growth potential for trees and to provide a sufficient landscape buffer. Design Review Co~{ttee Action: Members Present: Suzanne Chitiea, Wendy Vallette, Otto Kroutil Staff Planner: Steve Hayes The Design Review Committee did not recommend the project presented. The Committee did recommend that the project return further Committee review addressing the following design issues: as for 1. The rear (west) elevations of Home Depot and K-Mart should be upgraded through the following interrelated methods: DESIGN PaVIEW COMMENTS CUP 90-42 - HUGHES INVESTMENTS APRIL 18, 1991 Page 4 The assurance for the continued health of the landscaping adjacent to the west (rear) elevation of the Home Depot and K-Mart should be increased by: 1) Increasing the planter width to a minimum of 6 feet (inside dimension) and/or; 2) Selecting a tree and shrub palette that can grow in narrow planters, while providing a dense evergreen screen in a short amount of time. Selective placement of all trees and shrubs will be of extreme importance with this method. The tower elements on the rear elevations should be popped out further from the main building plane. Also, all towers should be of a uniform shape, size and incorporate the tile domes currently used on some of the rear elevation towers. The grade level door on the rear (west) elevation of the Home Depot may remain in its present location if it can be significantly hidden by: 1) Extending the screen wall on the north side of the Home Depot the additional planter width adjacent to the west building face and/or; 2) Further recessing the grade level door into the building plane. The applicant should contact Southern California Edison to check into the feasibility of constructing a wrought iron fence with landscaping to further address the rear elevation screening issue. The Co~unittee recommended that the conceptual redesign of the service station parcel was preferred to the original site plan design and that the site plan should be revised accordingly. The Committee will study the redesign in greater detail at the next meeting. The vehicular loading area in front of the Home Depot was acceptable to the Connnittee with the following provisions: All columns adjacent to the loading area should be protected with concrete curbing at their bases; The planters adjacent to the loading zones should be expanded in width to provide a sufficient landscape area, similar to the areas in front of the K-Mart building; DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS CUP 90-42 - HUGHES INVESTMENTS APRIL 18, 1991 Page 5 10. 11. 12. The loading zone should consist of the identical interlocking paver utilized throughout the project. The Committee directed the applicant to prepare enlarged detailed drawings of the Home Depot and K-Mart garden center fence/wall screens that revolve the Committee concerns of architectural integration, embellishment of garden center entrances and visibility of packaged materials (fertilizer, etc.) from public view. The Committee recommended that the development team visit the Target garden center as an example of successful screening and architectural integration of a garden center. The depth of the hardscape in front of the primary K-Mart entrance should be increased to 16 feet from door to curb and 12 feet from the corner of the tower to curb. The planter in front of the Home Depot garden center should be widened to assure a greater potential for tree and shrub growth. A greater percentage of trees and shrubs should be planted into the ground (versus in pots) in the primary pedestrian plaza area, in front of shops Building "L." The project entry statement at the Foothill/Day Creek Boulevard intersection should be architecturally integrated with the buildings to a greater extent; other design alternatives should be explored by the development team. The roof pitch should be steepened and/or the arcade depth increased in areas where the visibility of roof tile areas is questionable. The pre-cast columns supporting the K-Mart and Home Depot arcade overhangs should be doubled in number or enlarged significantly to appear more proportional with the building and as a more supportive element. The architect should explore possible design alternatives to the accent metal grill work, tile colors and designs. Furthermore, alternatives to the shape of the tile inset details should be brought back to the Committee for further review. The architect should prepare enlarged details of typical cornices, tile insets, trees, etc., for further review of the Committee.