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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015/06/30 - Agenda Packet THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA rh r DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE LtJ AGENDA RANCHO CocAMONCA JUNE 30 2015 - 7:00 P.M. Rancho Cucamonga Civic Center Rains Room 10500 Civic Center Drive Rancho Cucamonga, California I. CALL To ORDER Roll Call Regular Members: Richard Fletcher_ Francisco Oaxaca Candyce Burnett Donald Granger Alternates: Ray Wimberly Frances Howdyshell_ Lou Munoz II. PROJECT REVIEW ITEMS 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. DESIGN REVIEW DRC2015-00111 —PULTE HOMES—A request for the architectural and site design of 5-lots in the Low(L) Residential District of the Etiwanda North Specific Plan, located at the southwest corner of Golden Prairie Drive and Etiwanda Avenue. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act("CEQA")and the City's local CEQA Guidelines, the City adopted a Negative Declaration on July 12, 1989, in connection with the City's approval of Tentative Tract Map 14139 and no further environmental review is required. 1 of 2 tiler DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE AGENDA Lilo] JUNE 30, 2015 RANCHO CUCAMONGA B. DRC2015-00580—Pulte Homes-A request to increase the allowable wall heights for a total height of 8 feet along the side yards of Lots 1 and 5 in connection with the proposed development (Design Review DRC2015-00111)of 5 residential homes located at the southeast corner of Etiwanda Avenue and Golden Prairie Drive. III. PUBLIC COMMENTS 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 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. I, Gail Elwood, Office Specialist II for the City of Rancho Cucamonga,hereby certify that a true, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda was posted on June 18, 2015, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting per Government Code Section 54954.2 at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga. 2 of 2 DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 7:00 p.m. Dominick Perez June 30, 2015 DESIGN REVIEW DRC2015-00111 — PULTE HOMES — A request for the architectural and site design of 5-lots in the Low (L) Residential District of the Etiwanda North Specific Plan, located at the southwest corner of Golden Prairie Drive and Etiwanda Avenue. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the City's local CEQA Guidelines, the City adopted a Negative Declaration on July 12, 1989 in connection with the City's approval of Tentative Tract Map 14139 and no further environmental review is required. MINOR EXCEPTION DRC2015-00580 — PULTE HOMES — A request to increase the allowable wall heights for a total height of 8 feet along the side yards of Lots 1 and 5 in connection with the proposed development (Design Review DRC2015-00111) of 5 residential homes located at the southwest corner of Etiwanda Avenue and Golden Prairie Drive. Background: On July 12, 1989, the Planning Commission approved a 119-lot single-family residential subdivision (Tract 14139), which included the subdivision of the subject five lots. Then on March 22, 1995, the Planning Commission approved a Design Review (DR 14139)to construct homes within the tract. Because the site lacked permanent drainage improvements, an on-site storm water detention basin was required to be constructed within Lots 1 through 5 as an interim drainage solution. As of result of having to construct the detention basin, Lots 1 through 5 were unable to be developed along with the remaining lots in this tract. The temporary detention basin remained until 2012, at which time the Planning Director approved a Minor Design Review (DRC2012-00196) to allow for the demolition of the detention basin and the grading of Lots 1 through 5. The basin has since been filled and the lots are currently semi-rough graded and vacant with all necessary street improvements already in place. Design Parameters: The subject property is located within the "Upper Etiwanda" neighborhood of the Etiwanda North Specific Plan (ENSP), which requires development to comply with specific site and architectural design guidelines. Particular "primary" architectural styles, such as Bungalow, Ranch, and San Juan are required to be used on at least two-thirds of the proposed units. The applicant has chosen to use only primary architectural styles and will therefore be in compliance with this requirement.The San Juan elevation incorporates a stucco exterior, exposed rafter tales, shed roof awning with wood braces, and recessed windows with decorative shutters. The Ranch style incorporates brick veneer wainscot, decorative gables, decorative shutters, and exposed wood headers. The Bungalow style incorporates stone wainscot and porch column bases with battered columns, decorative gables and shake siding as well as twelve inch and eighteen inch decorative corbels. The applicant initially proposed solid covered patios as an option along the rear elevation of all residences. The Planning Department has requested that because of the lack of building articulation along the rear elevation, that the solid covered patio be provided (not optional) on all residences. The plans have since been revised to reflect this comment and the patio covers along the rear elevations on all lots are now provided (not optional). The ENSP Low Residential District development standards require a maximum lot coverage of forty (40) percent, maximum height of thirty-five (35)feet, minimum front yard setback of thirty-two (32) feet with an average front yard setback of thirty seven (37) feet (measured from the right-of-way), five (5)- and ten (10)-foot side yard setback measured from the property lines and twenty (20)- foot rear yard setbacks measured from property line. The ENSP also requires that all lots have decorative driveway treatments and at least thirty (30) percent of all homes within a phase/tract to have a recessed, side-on or detached garage. The applicant initially did not meet this requirement, but has since revised the plans to provide decorative driveway treatments and two lots with recessed garages. Furthermore, staff has verified that the site layout is now in compliance with the ENSP development standards. DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE AGENDA DRC2015-00111 AND DRC2015-00580 — PULTE HOMES June 30, 2015 Page 2 There are a total of three floor plans proposed that range in size from a 3,253 square foot plan to a 4,168 square foot plan. One of the homes is single-story, while the other four are two-story, which is in compliance with the ENSP requirement that a minimum of twenty-five (25) percent of the lots contain single-story homes. The Conceptual Landscape Plan shows the proposed landscape throughout the front yard areas as well as along the rear yard slopes and along the corner side yard (east perimeter). Based on the size of the landscape area of the site, the types of proposed landscape and plant materials, and the regional location, the water budget calculations show that the project will be in compliance with the City's water budget requirement. The Conceptual Landscape Plan also indicates that the applicant is proposing 990 square feet of new Landscape Maintenance District (LMD) area in addition to the 3,300 square feet of existing LMD area. Staff expressed to the applicant that the addition of new LMD area would only be supported by staff if the entire new area as well as an equally sized area within the existing LMD were designed to incorporate material that does not require water usage. The applicant is now proposing to install rockscape (native gray cobble rock) within the 990 square feet of new LMD area as well as within 910 square feet of the existing LMD area. Related Cases: The project involves a request for a Minor Exception to allow for an additional 2 feet of wall height. The requested increase in height will only occur on the corner side yard (east perimeter) of Lot 1 as well as on the interior side yard (west perimeter) of Lot 5. According to the rough grading plan and details, the proposed pad grades match the Conceptual Grading Plans that were approved by the Planning Department and no changes are being requested. Staff is in the process of notifying the adjacent property owners of the Minor Exception request and will update the Design Review Committee on any feedback received. Staff Comments: The following comments are intended to provide an outline for Committee discussion. Major Issues: The following broad design issues will be the focus of Committee discussion regarding this project: 1. None. Secondary Issues: Once all of the major issues have been addressed, and time permitting, the Committee will discuss the following secondary design issues: 1. Staff has worked with the applicant to ensure that the architectural styles listed above are accurately represented. There are, however, a few minor elements that staff recommends should be incorporated into the design of the proposed plans/elevations: a. Plan 1 Ranch incorporates a covered porch entrance along the front elevation. However, the plans are not clear as to whether the siding will wrap around the side elevations of the projection. Therefore, staff recommends requiring the siding on the porch to be wrapped along the side elevations. b. Plan 2 San Juan incorporates a shed roof awning above the first floor window on front elevation. Staff recommends that the awning have exposed rafter tales to match the eave design along the rest of the house. DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE AGENDA DRC2015-00111 AND DRC2015-00580 — PULTE HOMES June 30, 2015 Page 3 c. Plan 3 Bungalow incorporates battered stucco columns along the front and rear elevations. Staff recommends using a different material, such as wood, that is more complimentary to this architectural style. d. Plan 3 Bungalow shows a mix of different window types, from horizontal sliders to double hung. For consistency purposes, staff recommends providing double hung windows along the second-story of the front elevation. e. The applicant was previously encouraged to provide additional design elements/materials along the rear elevation. In doing so, material/stone wainscot was added. Staff does not find the addition of this material to be in good design and requests that the material be removed. f. Four of the proposed homes have decorative shutters. However, the submitted plans do not show the type of material that will be used for the shutters. In an effort to keep other materials from being used that may not be complimentary to the design of the home, staff recommends that the applicant use a high density wood grain foam for all shutters. g. The submitted plans show that all elevations on all homes are designed to have foam window and door trim. Staff recommends that the window trim as well as door headers be designed to be trowel-smoothed stucco. h. Various elevations include white garage doors. However, staff is concerned that this color is too generic and could be changed to something that will compliment the color palette of these homes. Therefore, staff suggests providing a condition that allows the Planning Director to review and approve an alternative garage color in place of the proposed white garage doors. 2. The Conceptual Landscape Plan does not indicate the proposed methods of irrigation throughout the project site. Due to the recent drought related changes,the State of California Water Board (Executive Order B-29-15) is prohibiting irrigation with potable water outside of newly constructed homes that is not delivered by drip or micro spray systems. Therefore, staff recommends including a condition that requires micro spray or drip irrigation only to be provided. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Design Review Committee recommend approval of the project subject to the applicant revising the plans to resolve the above-mentioned Secondary issues.