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09/18/2003 I , I II Community and Economic Development (ALIfORNIA Department 22795 Barton Road Grand Terrace California 92313-5295 (909) 824-6621 GRAND TERRACE PLANNING COMMISSION MINTUES OF REGULAR MEETING September 18, 2003 The regular meetinq of the Grand Terrace Planninq Commission was called to order at the Grand Terrace Civic Center. 22795 Barton Road, Grand Terrace, California, on September 18. 2003, at 7:00 p.m., by Chairperson Douq Wilson. PRESENT: Doug Wilson, Chairman Matthew Addington, Vice Chairperson Brian Whitley, Commissioner Robert Bidney, Commissioner Tom Comstock, Commissioner Gary Koontz, Community Development Director John Lampe, Associate Planner Michelle Boustedt, CDD Secretary ABSENT: None 7:00 P.M. CONVENE SITE AND ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD/ PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING • Pledge of Allegiance led by Chair Wilson • Roll Call • Public address to Commission shall be limited to three minutes unless extended by the Chairman. Should you desire to make a longer presentation, please make written request to be agendized to the Director of Community and Economic Development. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: None 1 ITEMS: 1. MINUTES Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of September 4, 2003 RECOMMENDATION: Approval MOTION: PC-27-2003 Vice Chair Addington made a motion to approve the Planning Commission Meeting Minutes dated September 4, 2003. Chair Wilson seconded the motion. ACTION: Approved 4-0-0-1 Chair Wilson Abstained 2. BRSP-03-01/E-03-08 A proposal to revise the,current Barton Road Specific Plan in order to simplify its administration, to encourage quality commercial development along the Barton Road corridor, to reformat the document to current State guidelines for Specific Plans, and to reflect changes in the community since its original adoption. APPLICANT: Community Development Department of Grand Terrace LOCATION: Properties generally along an approximately 1.3 mile long corridor on both sides of Barton Road extending from the 1-215 Freeway on the west to the intersection of Barton Road and Victoria Street on the east. RECOMMENDATION: Open the Public Hearing and receive testimony. Close the public hearing and recommend to the City Council that it Approve and Adopt the Ordinance amending the Barton Road Specific Plan under BRSP-03-01 and Approve and Adopt the Negative Declaration for this proposal under E-03-08. Planning Director Koontz gave a presentation highlighting the Barton Road Specific Plan's major topics. The original- plan was approved in 1990. A couple of minor revisions had been made since that time, related to specific projects. The original plan focused upon upgrading the appearance of the Barton Road Corridor and to promote the development of a true downtown for the City. The Barton Road Specific Plan boundary begins from Barton Road and Victoria Street headed east to Barton Road and Preston Street. 2 Land Uses vary from schools, churches, the civic center, single family residential to multi-family residential, offices and general commercial. ' - The plan consists of 4 master planning areas. Planning Area 1 is the area south of Barton Road and the 1-215 Freeway. Planning Area 2 is the north portion of Barton Road and the 1-215 Freeway around Vivienda Avenue. Planning Area 3 consists of the area of Barton Road and Mt. Vernon Avenue. Planning Area 4 was utilized to focus on the specific intersection of Barton Road and Mt. Vernon Avenue, also known as the downtown area of Grand Terrace. Planning Area 1 is designated for General Commercial Uses. Planning Area 2 is designated for Village Commercial to promote the downtown concept. Planning Area 3 is designated for an Administrative Professional type of use. There has been some concern with regard to the properties owned in Planning Area 3 due to the fact that most of the area is surrounded by single family and multi family residential uses. The plan was reformatted and special attention was made to the Master Plan Areas. The development standards were reviewed as well as the Sign Ordinance. Commissioner Addington had requested the staff to obtain the most recent specific } plan guidelines from the Office of Planning and Research. The draft plan has now been formatted to meet the guidelines so as to meet State Law Regulations. _ It is Staffs opinion that the only area that requires a master plan is Planning Area 1 or the'-."Town Square Project Area". This area is located at the southwest corner of the 1-215 Freeway. Four of the lots are currently owned by the City, and is noted as possibly being a neighborhood shopping center.. Most of the lots are difficult to develop, but feel that it is a necessity to make it a Master Plan by the Redevelopment Agency. Planning Area 4 has been deleted because the area has been built out. Planning Areas 2 and 3 already have some development occuring in them. Staff feels that those areas can be developed as projects which will have easy access from parcel to parcel to provide consistency. It is the staffs recommendation that projects would be reviewed administratively on a case by case basis and inform the Planning Commission on an advisory basis to determine whether or not these areas will need to be developed as master planned areas. Planning Area 3 involves many types of uses that include multifamily type of components. Lots fronting on Preston and Palm have an allowance of multi-family development. It is Staffs opinion to process these applications through a Conditional Use Permit before the Commission. Barton Road frontage needs to be maintained solely for commercial development. The Development Standards, Conditional Use Process, Public Hearing Process, have all been revised and drafted to provide ease to Staff and Applicant. Also, the Land Use Matrix was revised and placed as an Appendix to the draft so it will be easily accessible. 3 The Zoning criteria was left unchanged. It is Staffs opinion that it does not require any changes and feels that it sets good zoning criteria for setbacks. Planning Director Koontz closed his presentation and invited any questions or comments from the Commission. Chair Wilson opened up the Public Hearing for comment. Tony Petta 11875 Eton Drive Mr. Petta felt that the area known as "The Triangle" should be master planned and integrated for development. Mr. Petta's main concern was the area closest to City Hall. He feels that zoning for the area is.too stringent. He owns a small office building just next to City Hall, and has found that people were interested in leasing the space, however, it was not feasible because of the zoning of the property. There are a few apartments located close to Barton and Palm whereas there are two parcels of land. Mr. Petta feels that those areas should not be zoned for multi- family. Doing so could raise concern for a mixture of multi-family housing with office commercial zoning. Charles Haddy-Developer 2209.W. Balboa Blvd., Newport Beach Mr. Haddy is proposing to develop some apartments adjacent to an existing apartment project on Preston Avenue between Barton Road and Palm Avenue. Mr. Haddy has been working with the Staff for six months. Because this piece of property is part of the Barton Road Specific Plan, it has been difficult to develop. Mr. Haddy feels that there has to be some type of a surge between multi-family and commercial. Most of the time, the surge starts with single-family residence, to low- density to medium density and so on. The current Specific Plan limits that particular area. There should be some type of transition to help to develop those properties. Mr. Haddy is hoping that the draft is accepted and moves forward so that he may develop the piece of property in the area. Chair Wilson asked Staff if a CUP is required to develop multi-family housing along the west portion of Preston Street. Planning Director Koontz replied that the City Attorney was approached with regard to development of that particular piece of property under multi-family. At current, Specific Plan does not allow for multifamily development in that portion of town; and the City Attorney has advised not to develop the piece of property as such. Rex Edmunson 22111 Newport Avenue 4 Mr. Edmunson is concerned with regard to the parking or lack thereof at the Starbuck's building, also known as the La Mancha Building. He feels that the parking has imposed upon his barber shop parking due to lack of parking spaces for the La Mancha Building. Mr. Edmunson feels that this was poor planning on City Staffs part when the building was first built, and feels that this is something that should be made aware of for future reference. Tony Petta 11875 Eton Drive Mr. Petta claimed that he owned quite a few parcels within the Barton Road Area towards Palm Avenue. Mr. Petta has resisted selling these large parcels of land to developers who were interested in purchasing the land to develop multi-family residences, and will continue to resist because Mr. Petta feels that the parcels of land should be developed into something that the City could be proud of. Mary Lou Williams Barton Road Mrs. Williams stated that she lives in Master Plan Area 2 on the north side of Barton Road just next to Dr. Darwin's dental office. Mrs. Williams's concern is that the City is forcing them to give reciprocal access. Dr. Darwin wanted them to sign a piece of paper, forcing them to give this access to him. She feels that this is not fair to surrounding property owners. Her particular area has not had any traffic problems, but surrounding areas have cause traffic problems. Mrs. Williams feels that a 200 foot reciprocal access should be adequate for property owners. Chair Wilson closed the Public Hearing and brought the item back to the Commission for comment. Vice Chair Addington commented that he was in favor of the mixed use in the AP area. Vice Chair Addington replied that he was not quite ready to approve the draft BRSP as presented. Commissioner Comstock had the following comments: There are not very many uses for some particular parcels. He would like to see more flexibility to relax the office standards. Also, keeping Barton road free from Multifamily housing seems very acceptable. Pedestrian traffic should also be limited from Mt. Vernon Avenue to Michigan Street. Commissioner Comstock liked the idea of the commercial development of the area at Barton Road up to Preston Street. Commissioner Bidney commented that the Plan seems to be moving forward but feels that it is best to receive more input from the citizens. Commissioner Whitley commented that the Staff seems to be doing a great job at revising the Specific Plan. Simplifying the feasibility for the areas such as the 5 general commercial areas full development will be a benefit for the City and its future. Planning Director Koontz asked the Commission for assistance with regard to re- �� writing the Matrix by providing suggestions for the Office Professional category. Chair Wilson feels that the area west of the elementary school should be included in the Specific Plan. Chair Wilson is in favor of the pedestrian areas and the bikeway paths should be integrated with the pedestrian paths. Planning Director Koontz responded that the adjacent land uses for Planning Area 1 with regard to commercial uses, and how to integrate them can also be added into the Specific Plan. Any additional suggestions for the draft plan can be sent to Staff to further revise the draft and can be presented before the Commission at the next meeting. MOTION PC-28-2003 Motion was made by Chair Wilson to continue Item and receive additional input from the general public along with the Planning Commission. Motion was seconded by Commissioner Bidney MOTION VOTE PC-28-2003: Approved 5-0-0-0 ADJOURN SITE AND ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD/PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING 8:30 PM CONVENE PUBLIC WORKSHOP SESSION • Information to Commissioners None • Information from Commissioners None ADJOURN PUBLIC WORKSHOP SESSION 8:32 PM NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO BE HELD,ON OCTOBER 16. 2003. Respectfully Submitted, Approved l3v Gary Kol6ntz, Plannfg Director Doug Wilson, Chairman Planning Commission 6