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10/21/2004 C,1 T y 0 GRAND TERR CE Community and Economic Development Department S GRAND TERRACE PLANNING COMMISSION MINTUES OF REGULAR MEETING October 21, 2004 The reaular meeting of the Grand Terrace Planning Commission was called to order at the Grand Terrace Civic Center, 22795 Barton Road, Grand Terrace, California, on October 21. 2004, at 7:00 p.m.,-by Chairperson Douq Wilson. PRESENT: Doug Wilson, Chairperson Matthew Addington, Vice Chairperson Brian Whitley, Commissioner Robert Bidney, Commissioner Tom Comstock, Commissioner Gary Koontz, Community-Development Director John Lampe, Associate Planner Jeff Gollihar, Planning Technician Michelle Boustedt, Planning 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 PARTICIPATION: NONE ITEMS: 1. Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of August 19, 2004 MOTION PC-25-2004: Vice Chair Addington made a motion to approve the minutes of August 19, 2004. Commissioner Comstock Seconded the motion MOTION VOTE PC-25-2004 Approved 5-0-0-0 22795 Barton Road• Grand Terrace, California 92313-5295 • (909) 824-6621 2. SA-04-15, E-04-08 Application for a Site and Architectural and Environmental Review to construct a single story 5,567 square foot custom - home consisting of 4,741 square feet of livable space and an 826 square foot three car garage on a .79 acre lot located on the R1-20 Zone Single Family Residential (20,000 square feet with an Agricultural Overlay.) APPLICANT: Samir Musharbash LOCATION: Assessors Parcel Number 1167-041-01, a vacant lot located on the southeastern corner of Rosedale Avenue and Palm Avenue. RECOMMENDATION: Open the Public Hearing; receive the staff report and testimony. Close the Public Hearing and Approve SA-04-15, and E-04-08 with Conditions. Planning Technician Gollihar greeted the Commission and presented his staff report. The Staff is requesting approval of Site and Architectural and Environmental Review to construct a new single story 5,567 square foot custom home on a .79 acre lot. The Site and the surrounding area of Assessor's Parcel Number 1167-041-01 is a vacant lot located to the southeast intersection of Rosedale and Palm. Directly to the southeast and northwest corner of Palm and Rosedale, the lots are 20,000 square foot minimum sized lots. To the southwest corner of Palm and Rosedale, in the City of Colton, the minimum lot sizes are at 10,000 square feet. The - site being presented is on a citrus grove that contains over 70 dying or dead citrus trees that have recently been removed. The subject site is located in the Low Density Residential Category and is Zoned R1-20 with an Agricultural Overlay. Approximate coverage for the proposed residence will be at 16%, which is well within the 50% maximum coverage allowed in the R1-10 Zoning district. The landscape plan shows a sufficient amount of landscaping for the front and side yard. A final landscape plan will be required and approved by the Planning Director for issuance of building permits. The proposed house will be a single story residence with a floor plan consisting of five bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms, a family room, and living room, a kitchen with a nook, dining room, a storage room, a laundry room and 445 square feet of covered patios; and an attached 3 car garage. The lot is a vacant lot that slopes downward from the front or westerly portion of the property to the rear or the easterly portion of the property. All water will drain away from the house at a 2% slope. The land will be contoured to flow to a drain in the rear of the property where the water will then be directed to the gutter. Planning Technician Gollihar concluded his staff report. 2 Chair Wilson asked if the suggested condition of grading and improved drainage easement currently a required code of all applicants? Planning Director Koontz .replied that the Staff feels that it should be added in to this ' application to point it out. Chair Wilson opened the Public Hearing and asked the Applicant to speak. Samir Musharbash 1007 East Palmdale Azusa Mr. Musharbash has a concern with regard to the condition that was set by the Department of Building and Safety for a requirement of two street lights. He does not feel that he should be installing two street lights rather than one street light in the front of his property. Chair Wilson asked Staff if they could clarify why the applicant would be required of two street lights rather than one. Planning Technician Gollihar replied that the requirement came from Jerry Glander, the Public Works Director; and at this time, the Staff is unaware why he required two street lights. Vice Chair Addington added that the only reason that he might see why the Public Works Director made that requirement was because of the location of the Applicant's home which will be situated on a corner. Whereas one street light would be required for each street that the house is located on: one at Rosedale, and one at Palm. Chair Wilson asked Staff to look into the requirement and amend the condition to whatever is required through the City. Planning Director Koontz replied that Staff will work with the Public Works Director to determine what the appropriate distance is per street light. Samir Musharbash 1007 East Palmdale Azusa Mr. Musharbash reported that there is already an existing street light across the street from his property that belongs to the City of Colton. Chair Wilson explained that the Staff has been directed to work with the Public Works Director to review the City's current street light plans to remedy the issue. Vice.Chair Addington asked the Applicant with regard to the Condition of the property requirement of draining 2% to the street, is the applicant aware that he may have to bring 4 feet of dirt onto .the property. Also, the grading plan that was submitted by Mr. Musharbash's engineer is incorrect, and was he aware of that as well? Mr. Musharbash apologized and informed the Commission that he will speak to his engineer about the submitted grading plan. 3 Chair Wilson closed the Public Hearing. Vice Chair Addington asked Staff with regard to Item Number 16 of the. Conditions of Approval regarding the NPDES requirements. The last sentence reads that the site will - need an NPDES permit from the County. Is this because the property is less than one acre or is this because the structure is over 5,000 square feet? Planning Technician Gollihar replied that the Condition was set forth because the property is over 5,000 square feet. MOTION PC-26-2004: Vice Chair Addington made a motion that based upon the inconsistencies of the NPDES Requirements and the incorrectly submitted Grading Plan, he would move for continuance of SA-04-15, and E-04-08 to the next regularly scheduled Planning Commission meeting to have the items addressed along with the street light issue. Commissioner Whitley seconded the motion. MOTION VOTE PC-26-2004: Approved 3-2-0-0 Chair Wilson Voting No Commissioner Comstock Voting No ADJOURN SITE AND ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD/PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING 7:20 PM CONVENE PUBLIC WORKSHOP SESSION • Information to Commissioners Workshop Item Number 1 2nd Draft of the City's Zoning Code Associate Planner Lampe presented the third public workshop with updates and revisions to the City's Zoning Code. A portion of the background of the information that is being provided to the Commission was the Staff Reports that were supplied at prior workshops. The first workshop was held in February of 2004, and the second workshop was held in April. In April of this year, the first draft was provided to the Commission. The second draft is being proposed for the Commission's comments and suggestions. 4 Eight points were added in to the second draft and are as follows: Definition of Lot Coverage • Definition of Usable Pad ' . Hillside Management Removal of Sheep Grazing language Requirement of wider driveways on a case by case basis Required length of parking spaces Off road vehicles and their uses Permit Processing for home daycare facilities Home Occupation Permit Process Sign Ordinance Should the Planning Department approve the draft this evening, the Staff will then prepare the draft for various departments and agencies for review and comment. The required environmental documentation will then be prepared as required under CEQA and then on to the City Council. A public hearing is being planned for the final draft of City's Zoning Code for January, should the Commission approve what is being presented at this meeting. Associate Planner Lampe concluded his report. Chair Wilson asked if the CEQA documentation can be done in house to satisfy CEQA's requirements. Associate Planner Lampe replied that it can be done in house and would probably be the simplest way to do it. Planning Director Koontz reported that other agencies that have recently revised their Zoning Ordinance will be contacted to see what type of approaches they used to create the final document. Commissioner Comstock had a question with regard to the Planned Unit Development section of the Draft. With regard to the hillside requirements, it seems that the structure height seems a bit high as far as 42 feet in height. Associate Planner Lampe replied that the current R-1 Zone has a limitation of 35 feet. This document will provide for more flexibility to have buildings that may fit the terrain a little better. A higher structure in this particular section would be allowed and only in this section. Commissioner Comstock asked if one were to build into a side of a mountain, they would have to build up? Planning Director Koontz made a case in point with Dr. McDuffy's property which is surrounded by the Highlands Apartments. The rear half of the parcel slopes down. That type of a parcel may be conducive to terracing something down a hill. It is Staffs wish to give flexibility of design to a builder. The general consensus of the Planning Commission was for Staff to move forward to circulate the second draft as presented. 5 Workshop Item Number 2 New Monument Sign for Potomac West Shopping Center The owner of the Potomac West Shopping Center on the northwest corner of Barton and Canal Street has approached the City about constructing a new monument sign on the corner of Barton and Canal. Currently, there is an existing monument sign that measures roughly 5 feet by 11 feet. The existing sign is weather beaten and does not serve the advertising or signage needs of this particular commercial center. The actual signage portion will measure 60 square feet which is in conformance with the Zoning Code. However, the overall height Will be 10 and half feet where the Code requires that the maximum height of the sign be only 8 feet. Section 1880.100k of the Zoning Code does allow the Planning Commission to modify any sign standards that they feel are reasonable. The applicant is asking for concurrence on the part of the Planning Commission to allow for this sign to be 10 and a half feet rather than the required 8 feet per the Zoning Code. There are an average of 10 tenants in the commercial center, including the building that was divided up into four suites that occupies La Pasta Italia and three other businesses. Because of the division of that building, the signage needs are not currently met. This particular center has sign`violations in the form of "A" frame signs, illegal banners and excessive window signs. Most of the businesses have been cooperative with the City and have cut back on the illegal signage. The proposed sign will have a base made with river rock with support columns and will hopefully alleviate the illegal signage that often occurs at this shopping center. It is Staffs opinion that the allowance of the 10 and half feet would be appropriate to meet the centers signage needs. The Staff will make certain that the proposed sign will not be located in the public right- of-way and will have a planted base four times the size of the sign and it will also be reviewed by the City Traffic Engineer to assure that there will be no line of sight problems. Associate Planner Lampe concluded his Staff report. Chair Wilson wanted Associate Planner Lampe to name the violator for the "A" frame signage. Associate Planner Lampe replied that there are a couple of violators in the shopping center. One of the violators is the Terrace Book business, but she has been cooperating with the City along with the Nail Shop business owner as well. Pasta Italia has put up signage because they do not have a space to put up signage for their business. Chair Wilson asked if there was some type of consensus from the business owners of that shopping center who will comply and adhere to the Sign Ordinance if this sign that is presented is approved by the Planning Commission. 6 Associate Planner Lampe replied that the Code Enforcement Department has sent out letters Citywide with regard to the Sign Ordinance, and if they should not comply, they would be subject to a fine. Most of the businesses have complied since the letter has come out. Vice Chair Addington wanted to make sure that the Traffic Engineer does review the proposed sign. Planning Director Koontz replied that the Staff has been working closely with the sign company on the sign to make sure that it will be acceptable for the City. Commissioner Comstock noticed that The Brook Calvary Chapel has been putting up banners on Saturday and Sundays along with "A" frame type signs throughout the community. Since they do not have a permanent chapel, what will happen with them? Associate Planner Lampe replied that the signs are off site signs and will not be allowed per the existing Code. At current the City is aware of their banners signs, and are working with them. Chair Wilson suggested that their signs can be placed under the special events signage category. Planning Director Koontz replied that a provision may be added for special event signage for houses of worship, or special events on the weekends. Commissioner Whitley asked with regard to the overall height of the monument sign will - be from the ground elevation, when the planter box is installed, will it make the sign become higher. Commissioner Whitley also suggested that if Staff were to devise a type of requirement such as what was used for the Chevron Sign where a visual effect of a planter may make the sign look less tall than what is being proposed. Associate Planner Lampe replied that he does not think the sign will be higher than 10 foot in height. The Planning Commission concurred that the proposed sign is acceptable for the shopping center. • Information from Commissioners None ADJOURN PUBLIC WORKSHOP SESSION 8:60 PM NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 18, 2004 Respectfully Submitted, 7Appro , oontz- PYnnin Director Doug Wilson Chairman Gary g g , Planning Commission 7