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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-07-16 DRC Agenda JURY 169 2019 - 7:00 P.M. DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE AGENDA RAINS ROOM CITY HALL 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE A. CALL TO ORDER Roll Call: Ray Wimberly Tony M. Guglielmo Ellsa Cox Mike Smith Alternates: Lou Munoz Francisco Oaxaca B. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS This is the time and place for the general public to address the Committee on any item listed on the agenda. 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 to be limited to five minutes per individual or less, as deemed necessary by the Staff Coordinator, depending upon the number of individuals members of the audience. This is a professional businessmeeting 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. 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. C1. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN REVIEW DRC2018-00529 — SCHEU DISTRIBUTION CENTER - A request to subdivide 13.6 acres of land into four (4) separate parcels in conjunction with a proposal to develop the site with four (4) industrial/warehouse Page 1 of 2 r JURY 16, 2019 - 7:00 P.M, DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE AGENDA RAINS ROOM CITY HALL 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE buildings totaling 240,710 square feet within the General Industrial (GI) District, located at the northeast corner of Archibald Avenue and 7th Street -- APN: 0209-211-24. Related file: Tentative Parcel Map SUBTPM20006. A Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental impacts has been prepared for consideration. D. 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, Valerie Victorino, Executive Assistant, of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, or my designee, hereby certify that a true, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda was posted on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at least seventy two(72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2 at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA. 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. Page 2 of 2 DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS 7:00 p.m. Kirt A. Coury July 16, 2019 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN REVIEW DRC2018-00529 — SCHEU DISTRIBUTION CENTER-A request to subdivide 13.6 acres of land into four(4)separate parcels in conjunction with a proposal to develop the site with four (4) industrial/warehouse buildings totaling 240,710 square feet within the General Industrial (GI) District, located at the northeast corner of Archibald Avenue and 7th Street—APN: 0209-211-24. Related File: Tentative Parcel Map SUBTPM20006. A Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental impacts has been prepared for consideration. Site Characteristics and Background: The project site is a vacant parcel with an area of 13.6 acres). The irregularly shaped project site has street frontage along Archibald Avenue, 711 Street, and minimal frontage along Acacia Street. The site is generally level with a slight gradient from north to south. There are no trees on the site and vegetation/ground cover is very limited. Public improvements such as sidewalk, curb, gutter, etc. are not present along the street frontages. The existing Land Use, General Plan, and Zoning Designations for the project site and adjacent properties are as follows: Land Use General Plan Zoning Site Vacant General Industrial General Industrial (GI) District North Industrial/Manufacturing General Industrial General Industrial (GI) Building District South Industrial/Manufacturing General Industrial General Industrial (GI) Building District East Industrial/Manufacturing General Industrial General Industrial (GI) Facility District West Industrial/Warehouse General Industrial General Industrial (GI) Buildings District Project Overview: The applicant proposes to subdivide the existing vacant site into four (4) separate parcels and construct four (4) separate warehouse distribution buildings. Building 1 is proposed to be 17,200 square feet, building 2 is 24,750 square feet, building 3 is 74,660 square feet, and building 4 is 124,000 square feet, for a total of 240,710 square feet for the project site. Tenants for the buildings have not been identified at this time. Since the buildings exceed 50,000 square feet in floor area, activities within this building would be classified as"Wholesale, Storage, and Distribution - Medium." The proposed project has a layout and building floor plans that are typical for this use. Office areas for the buildings will face toward the Acacia and 7'h Street frontages, with dock loading/storage areas located facing inward toward the project site, screened by the proposed buildings_ There will be six points of vehicular access via two driveways located on Acacia Street and four driveways proposed along T1 Street. The buildings, based on the anticipated warehousing/distribution use, are required to have 237 passenger vehicle parking stalls and 237 parking stalls are provided. As there are sixteen (16) dock doors, a matching number of trai,er parking stalls are provided as required by the Development Code. The distribution of landscaping will be generally along the street frontages, as well as the parking lots near the office areas. Landscape coverage is 11.9 percent, the minimum requirement is 10 percent for this zoning district. C1— Pg1 DRC COMMENTS DESIGN REVIEW DRC2018-00529—SCHEU DISTRIBUTION CENTER July 16, 2019 Page 2 An existing north-south rail line is located along the east perimeter of the site. As the site is adjacent to a rail line, per Section 17.36.040.D.6 of the Development Code, the project is required to account for potential rail service. To accomplish this, an open, unimpeded area for the construction of a rail spur, that extends from the existing rail line onto the property, is required_ Also, rail service-related improvements to facilitate the loadinglunloading of rail cars are required such as "kick-out" panels (i.e. concrete panels that have been designed to be removed) on the side of the building that is adjacent to the potential rail spur; a finished floor with dock height doors to serve rail cars "parked" near the building; or a remote dock area, i.e. a dedicated area on-site, but not adjacent to the building. The project proponent is not required to construct the rail spur nor the associated improvements. They are required to demonstrate how the project could have functional/practical rail service if it is decided by the applicant and/or future owner/tenant that it is necessary or if it is desired. The applicant has prepared a Site Plan (Sheet A1.8) that shows a proposed rail spur aligned along the east side of the site and adjacent to the east side of building 4. The rail spur would enter the property at the northeast corner of the site via an easement that already exists at the property to the north of the site. The "alternate" Site Plan shows that if the rail spur is constructed, the most significant changes would be on the east side of the site. There would be a different layout of the parking lot and minor modification of the landscape areas in this location. These changes do not reduce the number of parking stalls and landscape coverage that is provided. However, as two (2) trailer parking stalls would be removed, to ensure continued compliance with the parking requirement for trailers as described in the Development Code, two (2) dock doors would need to be removed from the building. This adjustment is shown on the alternate Site Plan, Access by passenger vehicles, trucks, and emergency vehicles would continue to comply with the applicable requirements described in the Development Code and Building/Fire Code. The architecture and floor area of the building would not be affected by the addition of the rail spur. The proposed buildings will be of concrete tilt-up construction painted with a palette of two colors (off white "ice" and shades of grey). The building will have vertical formlined concrete panels at various locations. An additional primary material will be aluminum canopies while a secondary material will be glass panels. As the uses expected within the building are to be logistics oriented, to maximize the efficiency of the interior space there is limited articulation of the wall planes. Nevertheless, there will be prominent horizontal and vertical reveals/scoring on all elevations. In the office areas, there are generous amounts of glass and formlined panels. A concrete tilt-up wall with a metal gate,for screening and security purposes, is proposed between buildings 1 and 2 in the parking lot between the office areas. All walls and gates will be 8 feet in height. Staff Comments: The following comments are intended to provide an outline for Committee discussion. Maior Issues: The following broad design issues will be the focus of Committee discussion regarding the 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: C1— Pg2 DRC COMMENTS DESIGN REVIEW DRC2018-00529— SCHEU DISTRIBUTION CENTER July 16, 2019 Page 3 1. None Policy Issues: The following items are a matter of Planning Commission policy and should be incorporated into the project design without discussion: 1. All Double Detector Checks (DDC) and Fire Department Connections (FDC) required and/or proposed shall be installed at locations that are not within direct view or line-of-sight of the office corner of the building. The specific locations of each DDC and FDC shall require the review and approval of the Planning Department and Fire Construction Services/Fire Department. All Double Detector Checks (DDC) and Fire Department Connections (FDC) screened behind a 4-foot high block wall. These walls shall be constructed of decorative masonry block such as slumpstone or stackstone or poured in-place concrete with design elements incorporated to match the building. 2. All ground-mounted equipment, including utility boxes, transformers, and back-flow devices, shall be surrounded by a minimum of two rows of shrubs spaced a minimum of 18 inches on center. All ground-mounted equipment shall be painted dark green except as directed otherwise by the Fire Department, 3. The employee lunch areas shall have an overhead trellis with cross members spaced no more than 18 inches on center with minimum dimensions of 4 inches by 12 inches. Each support column shall have a decorative base that incorporates the architectural design and finishes/trim Used on the building.The trellis shall be painted to match the building, and tables, chairs/benches, and waste receptacles shall be provided. 4. Downspouts shall not be visible from the exterior on any elevations of the buildings. All downspouts shall be routed through the interior of the building walls. 5. All wrought iron fences and sliding gates shall be powder coated black or similarly dark color. 6. Decorative paving shall be provided at each vehicle entrance to the site, behind the public right-of-way. These decoratively paved areas shall extend from the front property line to the building setback line and have a width equal to that of the driveway. 7. All doors (roll-up, dock doors, emergency access) shall be painted to match the color of the adjacent wall or glass panel. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Committee recommend approval of the proposed project as submitted to the Planning Commission, Design Review Committee Action: Staff Planner: Kirt A. Coury Members Present: C1— Pg3 DRC COMMENTS DESIGN REVIEW DRC2018-00529—SCHEU DISTRIBUTION CENTER July 16, 2019 Page 4 Staff Coordinator: C1— Pg4