HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014/03/04 - Agenda Packet - Action THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
Ss DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE
Lai AGENDA
CUUCCAMONGA MARCH 4, 2014 - 7:00 P.M.
Rancho Cucamonga Civic Center
Rains Room
10500 Civic Center Drive
Rancho Cucamonga, California
I. CALL To ORDER I ACTION
Roll Call 7:00 P.M.
Regular Members: Richard Fletcher X Francisco Oaxaca A
Candyce Burnett_ Donald Granger X
Alternates: Ray Wimberly_ Frances Howdyshell_
Lou Munoz
II. PROJECT REVIEW ITEMS I
The following items will be presented by the applicant and/or their representatives.
Each presentation and resulting period of Committee comment is limited to
20 minutes. Following each presentation,the Committee will address major issues
and make recommendations with respect to the project proposal. The Design
Review Committee acts as an advisory Committee to the Planning Commission.
Their recommendations will be forwarded to the Planning Commission as
applicable. The following items do not legally require any public testimony,although
the Committee may open the meeting for public input.
A. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW DRC2013-00743 - KB HOME - A review of a A. The project was
proposal for 76 single-family residences in conjunction with a previously approved as
approved 76-lot subdivision of about 53 acres within the Very Low (VL) presented with the
Residential District, Etiwanda Specific Plan, located at the east side of direction of the
East Avenue about 150 feet north of the Foothill Freeway (SR-210) arches toe the add
y ( ) - arches to the front
APNs: 0225-191-03, -04, -13, -15, and -20. Related files: Tentative Tract entryway at the
Map SUBTT18122, Variance DRC2009-00020, and Tree Removal Permit front elevations of
DRC2009-00224. Plans 1 and 1x.
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III. PUBLIC COMMENTS I None.
This is the time and place for the general public to address the Committee. State law
prohibits the Committee from addressing any issue not previously included on the
Agenda. The Committee may receive testimony and set the matter for a subsequent
meeting. Comments are limited to five minutes per individual.
IV. ADJOURNMENT 1 7:29 P.M.
The Design Review Committee has adopted Administrative Regulations that set an
11:00 p.m. adjournment time. If items go beyond that time, they shall be heard only with
the consent of the Committee.
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DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS
7:00 p.m. Mike Smith March 4, 2014
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW DRC2013-00743 - KB HOME: - A review of a proposal for 76 single-family
residences in conjunction with a previously approved 76-lot subdivision of about 53 acres within the Very
Low (VL) Residential District, Etiwanda Specific Plan, located at the east side of East Avenue about
150 feet north of the Foothill Freeway (SR-210) - APNs: 0225-191-03, -04, -13, -15, and -20. Related
files: Tentative Tract Map SUBTT18122, Variance DRC2009-00020, and Tree Removal Permit
DRC2009-00224.
Background: The proposed project was reviewed by the Committee on January 28, 2014. The
Committee generally accepted the proposal as submitted with some exceptions. The Committee
directed the applicant to do the following and submit the proposal for a follow-up review prior to
forwarding the application to the Planning Commission for review (Exhibit A):
1. Revise the Spanish Colonial-themed elevations so that they incorporated more features that are
characteristic of Spanish Colonial architecture. The features that were requested include arched
and/or recessed windows, shutters with curved top edges that match the corresponding arched
window, and arched trim above the garage doors;
2. Use stackstone veneer comprised of blocks that have a vertical dimension greater than originally
proposed so that each stack is visually 'thicker';
3. Vary the type of rock veneers on the Craftsman-themed elevations. The applicant proposed a
stackstone veneer for all houses that had the Craftsman theme. The Committee wanted the
houses to have a stone veneer constructed of either fieldstone, river rock, brick, or stackstone
veneer; and
4. Add decorative windows on the garage doors.
Staff Comments: The applicant agreed to complete the revisions as directed by the Committee. With
the exception of Revision #1 as listed above, the revisions can be included as conditions of approval and
verified during review of the construction plans by Staff during plan check. Those conditions of approval
will read as follows:
1. The minimum vertical dimension of each stack of stackstone rows/blocks shall be 4 inches.
2. The rock veneers on the Craftsman themed elevations shall be varied so that the houses with this
theme will have either fieldstone, river rock, brick, or stackstone veneer. The ratio of the veneers
that are applied shall be equal throughout the subdivision, i.e. no particular veneer that is used
shall be the dominant veneer. Adjoining Craftsman-themed houses shall not have the same type of
veneer.
3. All garage doors shall have decorative windows that match the theme of the corresponding house.
For Revision #1, the applicant has prepared a new set of plans (for the Spanish Colonial theme only)
showing the revisions as directed. Staff conducted a side-by-side comparison of the original and revised
plans and has concluded that the applicant has completed the revisions as discussed at the Design
Review Committee meeting on January 28, 2014. The applicant has made the following revisions (staff
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will provide a set of both the original and revised plans and show the changes that were made to the
Committee during the meeting):
1. The majority of the windows that are located beneath a gable roof on all elevations have been
revised so that the horizontal edge at the top of each window has been changed to an arc.
2. At windows there were proposed to be recessed into the building wall, then the horizontal soffit
above the window now has been changed to an arched soffit.
3. At some of the windows that are located beneath a gable roof on all elevations, the top edge of the
rectangular foam trim has been changed to include a curvilinear/arced top edge.
4. Where there were rectangular shutters at the above-noted windows, the shutters now have an
arced top edge that 'reflects' the adjoining window.
5. At garages that are located beneath a gable roof, the top edge of the rectangular foam trim has
been changed to include a curvilinear/arced top edge, or, if recessed, the top edge of the soffit is
now arched.
Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that the project be approved with the above-noted revisions
incorporated by the applicant and those recommended by staff and forwarded to the Planning
Commission for review and action.
Design Review Committee Action:
The project as approved as presented with the direction of the Committee to add arches to the front
entryway at the front elevations of Plans 1 and lx.
Members Present: Fletcher, Granger
Staff Planner: Mike Smith