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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991/08/22 - Agenda Packet - (2)DATE: August 27, 1991 CITY 0FRANCHOCUCAMONGA MEMORANDUM Aur~ON COME FROM: Residential/Institutional Design Review Committee Suzanne Chitiea Peter Tolstoy Dan Coleman John Melcher (Alternate) Steve Hayes, Associate Planner SUBJECT: DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING OF AUGUST 22, 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 - 7:00 (Anna-Lisa) ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE TRACT 14509 - BAAYOUN DEVELOPMENT - A residential subdivision and design review of 18 single family lots on 3.84 acres of land in the Low Residential District (2-4 dwelling units per acre), located on the east side of Hermosa Avenue between Wilson Avenue and Banyan Street APN: 201-183-01. 7:00 - 7:30 (Anna-Lisa) ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE TRACT ~4476 - KNITTER AND ASSOCIATES - A residential subdivision and design review of 8 single family lots on 2.39 acres of land in the Low Residential District (2-4 dwelling units per acre), located at the northeast corner of London and Church Streets - APN: 1077~311-74. DRC AGENDA AUGUST 22, 1991 Page 2 SH:mlg Attachments cc: Planning Commission/City Council RESIDENTIAL (~ONSM CAT.h~NLIAR. I~ A~A AUgUSt 22, 1991 DR 14192 - HIX (Tom) Committee Action: Review of additional Plan 4 for The Committee (Tolstoy, Vallette, Buller) reviewed the project and recommended approval with the following: Do not utilize off-set colors to highlight the stucco box-outs. DR 90-12 - VARMLA (Steve H. ) Committee Action: Review of revised plans for hillside residence. The Committee (Tolstoy, Vallette, Buller) recommended approval of the residence as presented, provided all previous conditions related to swale treatment and front yard landscaping are complied with. DR 13527 - WATT (Bev) Committee Action: Detention basin landscaping. The Committee (Tolstoy, Vallette, Buller) conceptually approved the detention basin landscape plans with the following conditions: Street trees should be provided along the future 24th Street which are consistent with those required by the proposed Etiwanda North Specific Plan if feasible in terms of ultimate grading. This same requirement should apply to the interim retention basin located at the northwest corner of 24th Street and Cervantes Place. All landscape drawings should be submitted concurrently to the Engineering Division in order to ensure consistency of all plans. CONSENT CALENDAR AGENDA AUGUST 22, 1991 Page 2 Backflow devices should be located 18 inches above finish grade per local code requirements- Indicate, for the retention basin at Cervantes Place, if the intent is to eventually eliminate the water to the proposed trees and/or groundcover. If this is the case, provide a schedule for removing the water. Additional trees (preferably evergreen for screening purposes) should be located behind the Cercis occidentaus. Screening of the basin should be provided from 24th Street consistent with that provided on the retention basin at the corner of Cervantes Place and 24th Street. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 6:30 - 7:00 Anna-Lisa August 22, 1991 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE TRACT 14509 - BAAYOUN DEVELOPMENT - A residential subdivision and design review of 18 single family lots on 3.84 acres of land in the Low Residential District (2-4 dwelling units per acre), located on the east side of Hermosa Avenue between Wilson Avenue and Banyan Street - APN: 201-183-01. Site Characteristics: The site is surrounded by Low Residential to the north and south, Low-Medium Residential to the east and Very-Low Residential to the west. The site is currently vacant except for some native vegetation. The site slopes to the north at approximately 6 percent. The applicant is proposing 3 primary elevations with 3 variations of each style. Staff Comets: The primary ridge line for elevation 1A-C should be broken up for greater variation. The side and rear elevations appear flat for Plan 1. The elevations should incorporate pop-out elements for greater movement in building planes. The river rock detailing on the left side of elevation 1B provides an abrupt transition between the pop-out window element and the chimney to the left. The Committee should review the river rock detailing for elevation 1B. The river rock and brick detailing on the elevations should be revised to finish off at a logical point. In addition, the accents should be carried around the chimney element and the rest of the front elevation. The roof line above the garage unit of elevation 2C should be redesigned. All that is visible is roofing material for 16-feet vertically on the elevation. The elevations for Plans 2 and 3 appear to be almost identical in roof lines, massing and detailing. Site Plan Only 4 of the 18 units are proposed to be single story. Plan 1C should be incorporated into the plan to provide variation in the streetscape. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS TT 14509 - BAAYOUN DEVELOPMENT AUGUST 22, 1991 Page 2 Design Review Cow{ttee Action: Members Present: Wendy Vallette, Peter Tolstoy, Brad Buller Staff Planner: Anna-Lisa Hernandez The Committee reviewed the project and recommended that the following changes be made to the site plan, grading and architectural plans, and that the project be reviewed again as a full item. The Committee concurred with the August 22, 1991, and recommended to incorporated into the plans. attached staff comments dated the applicant that these items be Additional comments: in addition to those items recognized by staff, the Committee recommended that the following items also be considered: Site Plan: To maximize full potential for RV storage on all lots, the Committee recommended that: a) the 10-foot side yards be kept free and clear of items such as gas meters, chimneys, etc. The side yards should also be widened where possible, to 12 feet, instead of 10 feet (i.e., Lots 8, 13, 14, 15 and 17 where the side yards are slightly larger than required); b) a functional gate system, consistent with the architecture should replace the solid return wall fencing, a solid material, i.e., wood similar to the garage doors. Lot No. 5 should be flipped to "relate" to Lot No. 4 (similar to the south side - units form a "u" shaped open space). The side yard fencing on Lots 1 through 9 should be carried to the northern property line to establish rear yard boundaries for those units. A suggested material is wrought iron fencing. The fencing on the east side of Lot 1 should be of a permanent wall structure to ensure privacy for the resident. In addition, the material should match the project boundary wall. The wall structure on the east side of Lot 18 should be eliminated beyond the return wall structure in the front yard area. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS TT 14509 - BAAYOUN DEVELOPMENT AUGUST 22, 1991 Page 3 The use of a paving material (i.e., interlocking pavers with concrete banding) along the drives would help to balance the widths of the driveways with the massing of the buildings and the landscape. The return wall fencing between Lots 1-18 should be placed approximately 10 feet from the front elevation of the structure. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 7:00 - 7:30 Anna-Lisa August 22, 1991 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE TRACT 14476 - KNITTER AND ASSOCIATES - A residential subdivision and design review of 8 single family lots on 2.39 acres of land in the Low Residential District (2-4 dwelling units per acre), located at the northeast corner of London and Church Streets - APN: 1077-311-74. Design Parameters: The applicant is proposing an eight lot subdivision with lots ranging in size from 7,204 square feet to 13,922 square feet. Two floor plans are proposed and two basic elevations with three different architectural treatments to each elevation. All plans offer either a 3-car garage Or a 2-car garage with a bonus area/den. Associated with the project is the request for the removal of eight (8) Eucalyptus globulus (Blue Gum) trees. The majority Of the trees are located along the projects northern boundary. The trees, as indicated by the arborist study, are in poor health as a result of severe pruning and environmental conditions in the last year. Staff ~ents: The side and rear elevations should contain as much detail and articulation as the front elevations. Although window trim pieces and pop-out window details have been added, some of the elevations still appear flat and lack movement. All boundary and interior wall structures within the project should be of permanent decorative materials. Design Review C~mm{ttee ACtion: Members Present: Wendy Vallette, Peter Tolstoy, Brad Buller Staff Planner: Anna-Lisa Hernandez The Committee conceptually approved the project with the following revisions: The side and rear elevations should contain as much detail and articulation as the front elevations. Although window trim pieces and pop-out window details have been added, some of the elevations still appear flat and lack movement. 2. All boundary and interior wall structures should be of permanent decorative materials. DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS TT 14476 - K~ITTER & ASSOCIATES AUGUST 22, 1991 Page 2 6. 7. 8. The Committee recommended that the developer "diligently pursue" an agreement with the adjacent property owners on the north side of the tract, to put a permanent wall structure, consistent in design, to the east boundary wall. Special treatment to the 3-car drives (i.e., brick pavers with concrete banding) would help to decrease the excessive amount of concrete and balance the overall massing. Lots 5 through 8 should be "flipped" to continue the "flowing" open space pattern, or ("horseshoe open space effect"). All side yard fencing should be set back approximately 10 feet from the front elevation. All plans should clearly delineate the sidewalk structure as not curb-adjacent. The column structures along Church Street should be a minimum of 24 inches in width and depth. In addition, the wall material and color should match the typical wall condition along the street.