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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-02-22 - Minutes - HPC-PC Historic Preservation Commission and Planning Commission Agenda February 22, 2023 FINAL MINUTES Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91729 7:00 p.m. The regular meeting of the Historic Presentation Commission and Planning Commission was held on February 22, 2023. The meeting was called to order by Chair Dopp 7:00 p.m. A. Roll Call Planning Commission present: Chair Dopp, Vice Chair Morales, Commissioner Boling, and Commissioner Daniels. Absent: Commissioner Williams. Staff Present: Serita Young, Assistant City Attorney; Jennifer Nakamura, Deputy Director of Planning; Brian Sandona, Senior Civil Engineer; Tabe van der Zwaag, Associate Planner; Sean McPherson, Acting Principal Planner; David Eoff, Senior Planner; Elizabeth Thornhill, Executive Assistant. B. Public Communications Vice Chair Dopp opened the public communications and seeing no one, closed public communications. C. Consent Calendar C1. Consideration to adopt Regular Meeting Minutes of January 25th, 2023. Motion to adopt the minutes by Commissioner Boling; second by Commissioner Daniels; Motion carried unanimously 4-0-1. Absent: Commissioner Williams. D. Public Hearing D1. TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP, DESIGN REVIEW AND MINOR EXCEPTION – DESIGN CONCEPTS – A request to subdivide 1.93 acres of land into two parcels along with the design review of two single-family residences and a minor exception to permit property line walls over the height limit due to onsite grades for a property located in the Very Low Residential (VL) Zone and the Hillside Overlay located on the east side of Archibald Avenue approximately 240 feet north of Wilson Avenue; APN: 1074-181-02. The project qualifies as a Class 15 exemption under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15315 – Minor Land Divisions and a Class 3 Exemption under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15303, New Construction and Conversion of Small Structures. Tentative Parcel Map SUBTPM20297, Design Review DRC2020-00407 and Minor Exception DRC2022-00340. Tabe van der Zwaag, Associate Planner, presented Commissioners with a Staff Report and presentation (copy on file). Chair Dopp opened Public Hearing. Shiv Talwar, Applicant, was in attendance and available to answer questions. HPC/PC MINUTES – February 22, 2023 Page 2 of 5 FINAL Randy McChure, resident, expressed the following concerns: • Street reduction to one lane in front of his house @ 5605 Archibald Ave. • Measurement of wall height Elaine Carvalho, resident, requests a copy of the survey of the property line that was promised at the November meeting. She would like a copy before construction begins to verify the placement of property line. Regarding the parcel map, the staff report indicates 1.93 acres, but the San Bernardino assessors map indicates 1.68 acres. Joshua Flores, an associate pastor at church located on the Southeast side of property spoke of concerns of the retaining wall and wants to make sure the soils compaction/stabilization will be reviewed accordingly. Shiv Talwar, Applicant, answered the following concerns: • Size of parcel - will be certified by a professional land surveyor. • Retaining wall - He understands their concerns. Chair Dopp closed Public Hearing. Tabe van der Zwaag, explained how the wall height was calculated. Brian Sandona, Senior Civil Engineer, explained that street and right of way improvements are made as properties develop. Should the property to the north develop or redevelop, then street and right of way improvements will take place. There will be one lane, in that location like the current condition. That one portion will be shorter for the time being, until the north lot is developed. Commissioner Boling asked if the lot to the north is vacant or does it have structure on it. Brian Sandona stated it does have structure on it. The frontage on Archibald is not constructed. Commissioner Boling asked when would the requirement for the property owner need to fund and construct making sure the street frontage gets done. Brian Sandona answered it will occur upon development or redevelopment of the property. Any addition or development greater than 650 sq. ft. would trigger frontage improvements. Commissioner Boling asked for confirmation that the timing of frontage improvements up to the property owner and whether they want to fund and complete now or would be required by the City if they were to redevelop their property such that it triggers the requirement. Brian Sandona replied yes. Commissioner Daniels asked if there would be fencing or barricades. Brian Sandona stated that the Engineering department would work with the applicants engineer, to create a transition so it is safe. Commissioner Boling requested Staff to indicate the dates of legal notices for the record. Staff responded as follows: • Inland Valley Daily Bulletin newspaper - Published February 8, 2023. • Property was posted February 8th, 2023. HPC/PC MINUTES – February 22, 2023 Page 3 of 5 FINAL • Mailers sent to 69 property owners mailed February 7th, 2023. Chair Dopp asked if the curb for the project is moving to the east for extra width. Brian Sandona answered yes. Chair Dopp asked about the discrepancy on the property information. Jennifer Nakamura stated that the project plans are conceptual. Sometimes, when completing their final building documents, occasionally discrepancies or issues arise, and staff works with developer to rectify those problems. We will make sure that the correct and accurate information is displayed on the final plans and, the final map will go to the County for final verification and accuracy. Commissioner Boling said the proposed parcel split and construction of the two-single family homes helps achieve the city’s housing objectives. The proposed project is well designed, and it considers potential use of the Equestrian trails and compliments the existing neighborhood character. He wishes the applicant all the best as they move forward in building side by side their dream homes. Vice Chair Morales stated the process to address the issues brought up tonight will be addressed at the appropriate time when it goes through its final steps. He also agrees, it’s a well-designed project for this neighborhood and it will enhance it. Motion to adopt Resolutions 23-02 Tentative Parcel Map SUBTPM20297, 23-03 Design Review DRC2020- 00407 and 23-04 Minor Exception DRC2022-00340 by Commissioner Daniels; second by Commissioner Boling. Motion carried unanimously 4-0-1 vote. Absent: Commissioner Williams. D2. Consideration to: Amend Articles III, IV, V, VIII and IX of Title 17 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code as follows: Amend Street Connectivity Standards In Certain Zones; Modify Detached Accessory Structure Standards; Amend Screening Standards; Revise Standards Related to Automobile Service Stations, Smoke Shops and Height Restrictions for Wireless Telecommunications Facilities; Amend Building Height, Façade Types, Articulation and Block Sizes In Form-Based Zones; Clarifying Application of Floor Area Ratio Standard; Revising Permitted Building Types in the NE2 Zone; Changes To The Form-Based Zone Land Use Table; Clarify Required Non-Residential Use Intensity in Various Form-Based Zones, and Amend Various Definitions; The City Has Prepared an Addendum To The Certified EIR For The General Plan Update And Climate Action Plan For The Project. This Item Will Be Forwarded to The City Council for Final Action. Sean McPherson, Acting Principal Planner, presented Commissioners with a Staff Report and presentation (copy on file). Chair Dopp opened Public Hearing and hearing no one, closed Public Hearing. Commissioner Daniels asked about the requirements of service stations that sell alcohol and that there were concerns relating to the hours of operations and if that was addressed. Sean McPherson responded with regards to service stations that sell alcohol, there are 28 census tracts in the city. Twenty-three (23) of which already include some form of off sale alcohol license and out of those eleven (11) are already over concentrated or significantly overconcentrated. Alcohol sales with regards to service stations has been something considered and factored into staff’s approach. He said as it is right now, the current proposal in the Code Amendment would be that any service station which exists in an overconcentrated census tract and requests a CUP to sell alcohol would not be supported. HPC/PC MINUTES – February 22, 2023 Page 4 of 5 FINAL Commissioner Daniels asked if the city has the authority over hours of operation. Sean McPherson stated that for new gas stations with convenience stores and other similar uses 24-hour operations would be prohibited. Typically, calls such as service stations occur at certain hours to where it became practical for us to implement or propose a provision be added to the code to regulate hours of operations. Commissioner Daniels asked how that will work to make service stations be non-conforming. Sean McPherson replied where a convenience store sells alcohol tied to an existing service station would fall under legal non-conforming provisions of the code. Commissioner Daniels asked what the max height for cell towers is. Sean McPherson answered in form-based zones the new standard will be 50 ft. Jennifer Nakamura mentioned the current code requires that the wireless tower not exceed the height limit for the zone of which it is being placed. She said in the form-based zones we don’t have overall height limits; they are story limits and that is why we had to institute a height requirement. Commissioner Daniels mentioned in staff reports, acronyms are always used for the zones, and he has to look them up. He requested if they could explain what those zones are. Sean McPherson indicated we would correct that for future reports. Commissioner Boling stated so that Commissioners have a better understanding of what our decision-making impacts could be, he asked from staff for a census tract of which ones have businesses that do offer off sale alcohol and then which of those are overconcentrated in a map form. Having that available and periodically updated would be beneficial. Sean McPherson responded that it could be put together in content of overconcentrated census tract in the future. Commissioner Boling stated in legal non-conforming language, he asked do we need to specify where we identify any automobile service station that is unlawfully operating in the city and not conform to the provision shall be considered illegal and non-conforming use. Sean McPherson responded on the recommended changes slide, last bullet point, has some added verbiage but will reword this section in prior to consideration by the City Council. Commissioner Morales mentioned the development code amendment will align better with the General Plan itself. It cleans it up and creates alignment that we want. Chair Dopp stated holistically speaking there are some things we have been seeing on this design review we have been asking for. He is happy to see Healthy RC involved for the teenagers can see action. Chair Dopp stated he agreed with the direction we proposed for service stations. He expressed concerns about prohibiting cul-de-sacs. He indicated sometimes small cul-de-sacs are good options for single family developments to create community. HPC/PC MINUTES – February 22, 2023 Page 5 of 5 FINAL Jennifer Nakamura stated that housing accountability act requires us to have objective development standards and the General Plan strongly supports street connectivity. To maintain objectivity, prohibiting them provide a clear standard in the next code update we are considering adding an exception process to allow a developer to ask permission to build a cul-de-sac if there is a compelling reason why a cul-de-sac should be considered. Commissioners Boling, Daniels and Morales concurred with Chair Dopp regarding cul-de-sacs. Motion to adopt with recommended changes by Staff, Resolution 23-05 recommending to City Council for final action by Commissioner Daniels; second by Commissioner Boling. Motion carried unanimously 4-0-1 vote. Absent: Commissioner Williams. E. Director Announcements - None F. Commission Announcements - None G. Adjournment Motion by Commissioner Daniels, second by Vice Chair Morales to adjourn the meeting. Hearing no objections, Chair Dopp adjourned the meeting at 8:13 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ________________________ Elizabeth Thornhill Executive Assistant, Planning Department Approved: HPC/PC March 8, 2023 meeting.