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Home My WebLink About2018-10-24 - Workshop Agenda Packet - PC-HPC� v ■ v r. A � � a a w ■ v PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA RAINS ROOM RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA A. 7:00 P.M.* — CALL TO ORDER Roll Call: Chairman Macias Vice Chairman Guglielmo Commissioner Munoz Commissioner Oaxaca Commissioner Wimberly B. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS This is the time and place for the general public to address the Planning Commission on any item listed or not listed on the agenda. State law prohibits the Commission from addressing any issue not previously included on the Agenda. The Commission may receive testimony and set the matter for a subsequent meeting. Comments are to be limited to five minutes per individual or less, as deemed necessary by the Chair, depending upon the number of individual members of the audience. This is a professional business meeting and courtesy and decorum are expected. Please refrain from any debate between audience and speaker, making loud noises or engaging in any activity which might be disruptive to the decorum of the meeting. C. DISCUSSION ITEMS PLANNING COMMISSION C1. PRE -APPLICATION REVIEW DRC2018-00526 - WATT COMPANIES - A request for pre - application review of a Mixed -Use project containing 120 attached townhome units, including 26 Live/Work units, on 7.93 acres in the Industrial Park (IP) District and the Haven Avenue Overlay District (HAOD), located on the south side of Foothill Boulevard east of Haven Avenue; APN: 0208-353-02. D. ADJOURNMENT I, Susan Shaker, Acting Executive Assistant 11 of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, or my designee, hereby certify that a true, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda was posted on Page 1 of 3 � Y a Y - v \ � ■' � Y i Y PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA RAINS ROOM RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA Thursday, October 18, 2018, seventy two (72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2 at 10500 Civic Center Drive. Susan. Shcleer Susan Shaker Acting Executive Assistant II City of Rancho Cucamonga If you need special assistance or accommodations to participate in this meeting, please contact the Planning Department at (909) 477-2750. Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility. Listening devices are available for the hearing impaired. 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It is important to list your name, address and the agenda item letter your comments refer to. Comments are generally limited to 5 minutes per individual. If you wish to speak concerning an item not on the agenda, you may do so under "Public Comments." There is opportunity to speak under this section prior to the end of the agenda. Any handouts for the Planning Commission should be given to the Planning Commission Secretary for distribution to the Commissioners. A copy of any such materials should also be provided to the Secretary to be used for the official public record. Page 2 of 3 r \I a VI a! a \ ar--' r Y ■ %W PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA RAINS ROOM RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA All requests for items to be placed on a Planning Commission agenda must be in writing. Requests for scheduling agenda items will be at the discretion of the Commission and the Planning Director. 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Page 3 of 3 STAFF REPORT DATE: October 24, 2018 TO: Chairman and Members of the Planning Commission FROM: Candyce Burnett, City Planneri�� INITIATED BY: Tom Grahn, Associate Planner SUBJECT: PRE -APPLICATION REVIEW DRC2018-00526 - WATT COMPANIES - A request for pre -application review of a Mixed -Use project containing 120 attached townhome units, including 26 Live/Work units, on 7.93 acres in the Industrial Park (IP) District and the Haven Avenue Overlay District (HAOD), located on the south side of Foothill Boulevard east of Haven Avenue; APN: 0208-353-02. PROCESS: The Pre -Application Review process provides a project proponent with the opportunity to present conceptual designs to the Planning Commission prior to formal application submittal in order to receive broad, general comments and direction. The focus of the meeting is a discussion by the Planning Commissioners regarding design and technical issues related to the project. The meeting is not a forum for debate and no formal decision or vote is made. After the meeting, staff prepares written comments summarizing the direction of the Commission and staff, which are provided to the applicant. PROJECT SITE DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND: The project site contains a total of 7.93 acres located on the south side of Foothill Boulevard, east of Haven Avenue and west of Aspen Street; the project site is centrally located within a larger 13.22 acre site bounded by Foothill Boulevard to the north, Haven Avenue to the west, Aspen Street to the east, and the Foothill Communities Law and Justice Center to the south (Exhibit A). The project site is situated between the 4-story Barton Plaza building located at the southeast corner of Foothill Boulevard and Haven Avenue and the 4-story City Center office building located at the southwest corner of Foothill Boulevard and Aspen Street (Exhibit B). The project site is located within the Industrial Park (IP) District and the Haven Avenue Overlay Zoning District (HAOD), the purpose of which is to establish a high -end office corridor along Haven Avenue with special commercial and service related retail to serve office users. The Haven Avenue Overlay Zoning District is intended to result in a progressive, sophisticated, and urban style of development. The project site and the parcels to the immediate east and west (containing the 4-story office buildings) were included in General Plan Amendment DRC2015-00887, which was approved in 2016. That amendment changed the land use designations for multiple parcels within the City generally located along Foothill Boulevard and specifically included this 13.22-acre site. In January 2015, the City Council had accepted several goals for the City during an assessment of the City's objectives. Two of these goals were relevant to mixed use development. Specifically, the objective of Goal A24 was "to address 1) mixed use, high density, transit -oriented Cl—Pg1 PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP STAFF REPORT PRE -APPLICATION REVIEW DRC2018-00526— WATT COMPANIES October 24, 2018 Page 3 parking is provided for the commercial area within the live -work units, and for guest parking. Parking spaces are provided throughout the project site, with most parking provided at the southwest and southeast corners of the site. The proposed project consists of two different bedroom mix types, this includes a three - bedroom townhome unit with a live -work floor area on the first floor, and a four -bedroom townhome unit. Both the three -bedroom and four -bedroom units range in size from 1,706 square feet to 2,055 square feet. The live -work and non -live -work units have the same floor plan, the difference being the first -floor of the live -work units have a dedicated commercial floor area, and the non -live -work units include a living area/bedroom option. A total of 120 townhome units are proposed and include 26 three -bedroom units and 94 four -bedroom units. The project site is of a general rectangular shape with an overall width of 1,260 feet and an overall depth of 465 feet. Townhome buildings are generally located to the center of the site in three significant housing tiers. Access to the project site will be from the three existing driveways located on Haven Avenue, Foothill Boulevard, and Aspen Street. The site plan identifies that a total of 673 parking spaces will be provided for the project including 240 garage parking spaces (2 for each townhome unit) and 433 open parking spaces through a shared parking agreement with the existing adjacent office uses to the east and west. B. Architecture Building Plotting, and Site Layout: The design of the buildings is contemporary and utilize a variety of materials including stucco (with a light sand finish), fiber cement siding, metal awnings, metal railings, and vinyl windows (Exhibits D, E, F, & G). Elevations were not provided for all buildings; elevations were only provided for the six-plex buildings, not the seven-plex buildings. Balconies are provided for private open space. The buildings are of a general rectangular shape with flat roofs and little articulation (either vertically or horizontally) in the building plane. Building plotting is in three primary tiers. The first tier, adjacent to Foothill Boulevard, includes two rows of 26 live -work units made up of 2 seven-plex and 2 six-plex townhome groupings oriented in an east -west direction. The second tier, in the middle of the project site, includes two rows of 52 units made up of 4 seven-plex and 4 six-plex townhome groupings oriented in an east -west direction. The third tier, adjacent to the southern boundary of the project site, includes one row of 42 units made up of 7 six-plex townhome groupings oriented in a north -south direction (Exhibit B). Each building will include 3-story townhome units that have individual entrances accessed from the exterior of the building and from the garage. Each unit includes a private balcony. No roof top decks are proposed within the project. Trash collection will take place at each individual townhome unit. C. Parking: Development Code Table 17.64.050-1 (Parking Requirements by Land Use) establishes the number of parking spaces required for all development. Parking is based on a summation of on -site land uses and includes residential parking (based on the number of bedrooms per unit), retail parking for the proposed live -work units, and guest parking. The project has a proposed density of 23.3 dwelling units per acre and is made up of 94 four -bedroom units and 26 three -bedroom units. The required parking is 2.5 parking spaces for each four -bedroom unit and 2.0 parking spaces for each three -bedroom unit (2 of which are required to be in a garage or carport) along with 1 guest parking space for every three C1—Pg3 PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP STAFF REPORT PRE -APPLICATION REVIEW DRC2018-00526— WATT COMPANIES October 24, 2018 Page 5 STAFF COMMENTS: Staff comments are provided in the outline below for consideration/discussion by the Commission. DISCUSSION OUTLINE: 1. Architecture: The project architectural design should be revised to reflect the following comments. a. Provide additional materials (i.e., brick, tile, wood, stone, metal, and glass) to enhance the architectural design. The additional material should be used to further emphasize the unit entrances and the vertical wall plane elements. The additional design enhancement will provide the opportunity to introduce individuality to the multiple buildings throughout the project. b. Provide multiple paint schemes to further differentiate the buildings from each other. C. Provide decorative paving at each vehicle entrance and pedestrian crossing. 2. Building Massing -and_ Scale: The building massing and scale should be revised to reflect the following comments. a. The flat roof adds to the contemporary architectural design; however, the overall concept is very rectangular with minimal variation in the building plane, both vertically and horizontally. Staff recommends providing more movement in the building plane by stepping back the wall plane of adjacent units and increasing and/or decreasing the overall height of adjacent units. b. Provide more articulation in the building plane to provide depth and shadow to the Visual feel of the buildings. The building floor plan groupings for the six-plex and seven-plex floor plans show some variation, but this does not carry over to the site plan. c. The site plan is very hard lined and linear. Provide additional building groupings to create additional building massing. Provide additional variation in building orientation and site plan layout to improve the physical relationship between existing and proposed improvements. d. Consider both larger and smaller building complexes to create a less repetitive site plan. 3. Building Plotting and Project Layout: The proposed building plotting should be revised to incorporate the following site plan comments. a. The current drive aisle configuration concentrates 94 townhome units to one exit point opposite the primary driveway off Foothill Boulevard. Provide for additional vehicle connection points throughout the project. b. The proposed project does not provide for a relationship with the existing office buildings and should be revised for a more cohesive overall development. Due to the c1—Pg5 PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP STAFF REPORT PRE -APPLICATION REVIEW DRC2018-00526— WATT COMPANIES October 24, 2018 Page 7 3. Design Review — $11,741. 4. Tentative Parcel Map/Tentative Tract Map — $8,6531$15,900. 5. Environmental Assessment, Environmental Impact Report (EIR) $6,458 City review only. 6. Uniform Sign Program — $2,294. 7. Parking Study Peer Review — Deposit for peer review only 8. Notice of Filing Sign - $135 plus $613 deposit per sign NOTE: Fees are subject to change by Council Resolution. Although these fees are revised annually on July 1st, there is a pending adjustment of the fees for all applications and City processes that will become effective on January 1, 2019. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: Staff recommends the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report to evaluate the environmental conditions of the project site and mitigate any potential adverse environmental impacts. Recommended studies prepared in support of the EIR should include the following: 1. Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Assessment. 2. Biological Resources Assessment (birds mammals, reptiles, plants, flora, and fauna habitat. 3. Traffic Impact Analysis. 4. Cultural Resources Assessment (with Tribal Consultation per AB 52). 5. Noise Impact Assessment. 6. Photometric Assessment. 7. Parking Study (with 31d party peer review). 8. Water Quality Management Plan. PUBLIC ART: Residential projects with greater than four units are required to install public art or pay an in -lieu fee of $750 per residential unit. The City prefers that the public art be installed on the project site. The public art will be reviewed as part of the Development Review process (see Development Code Chapter 17.124 for more information) and must be completed prior to occupancy. EXHIBITS: Exhibit A -- Vicinity Map Exhibit B — Conceptual Site Plan Exhibit C — Conceptual Landscape Plan Exhibit D — Building Elevations 6-Plex Live/Work, with floor plans Exhibit E — 7-Plex Live/Work floor plans Exhibit F — Building Elevations 6-Piex, with floor plans Exhibit G — 7-Plex floor plans Exhibit H — Enlarged Floor Plans (Plans 1 through 6) C1—Pg7 vl$ 4 can ro.� mea�N NQ it ii li i 4 u � E mq� m 5 f� m n coff _ b N N Nmm to Y�1 fA yN jE �.Z.1C7H gmu.� a a r p p y Ox QwOm.N •- C4 16 @ N 'n 11i u��+vIr NV U�11 mvcc�l dS� U 4 � J � 1yN1 m �� qa �Nfi Q 4l eA CN 'r M" U1 G tl O 1C a a S-15 W CiLK L ai. 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