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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-01-11 PC MinutesIi`a<5�0.`„ya^"�.3 P'a :3as='tom.; n?y<•i,:?:ai P�'�::$-"`.:i [iPv°},Fya aS....E .a ����� Plannin2 Commission AiMufeu REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA January 11, 2017 Council Chambers 6:00 p.m. 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA CALL TO ORDER MEMBERS PRESENT: Anaya, Calvo, Nava, Zaker and Chair Gutierrez MEMBERS ABSENT: Fuentes, Livag MOTION TO EXCUSE Motion by Zaker; Second by Nava Motion passed 5-0-2-0 OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Director of Development Services Kelly Broughton, Asst. Director of Dev Srvs Tiffany Allen, Sr. Planner Michael Walker, Principal Planner Steve Power, Principal Planner Scott Donaghe, Michael Brekka — Douglas Wilson Company, Steve Levenson — HomeFed, Derek Empey - Applicant PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE OPENING STATEMENT: 1. Approval of Minutes November 9, 2016 Motion by Zaker; Second by Gutierrez Motion passed 5-0-2-0 2. Appointment of GMOC representative Motion to continue item to a meeting when all Commissioners present made by Calvo; Second by Nava Passed 5-0-2-0 Planning Commission Minutes January 11, 2017 Page 12 PUBLIC HEARINGS The following item(s) have been advertised as public hearing(s) as required by law. If you wish to speak on any item, please fill out a "Request to Speak" form and submit it to the Secretary prior to the meeting. 3. PUBLIC HEARING: MPA16-0006 Consideration of a Master Precise Plant for Otay Ranch Village 3 North and a Portion of Village 4 Applicant: HomeFed Village III Master, LLC Project Manager: Janice Kluth, Project Coordinator Staff Recommendation: That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution MPA16-0006 Commissioner Calvo recused herself on this item Janice Kluth, Project Coordinator, gave a presentation to include slides of the location and a location map. She presented the proposed Master Precise Plan for the Village Core within Otay Ranch Village 3. The Master Precise Plan works in conjunctions with the Village 3 SPA Plan, Planned Community District Regulations and Village Design Plan. The Master Precise Plan includes site plan elements, design guidelines and design review check lists. Individual projects will be evaluated for consistency with: 1) Building Design and Siting 2) Pedestrian, Bicycle, Vehicular & Transit Access and 3) Urban Character, Architecture & Landscape Architecture. The core is divided into 3 districts: the Village Green, the Secondary Village, and the Office District. In the Village Green district, there would also be 30 moderate income affordable housing units. A description of each section was provided, along with slides of amenities, landscaping and furnishings along main entries. Information regarding single and multi -family homes was presented to the Commission along with parking requirements. QUESTIONS TO START: Q. How much retail space is there? A. Approximately 20,000 square feet. Q. How close is the nearest transportation? A. Within walking distance. Steve Levenson representing HomeFed spoke in support of the project. PUBLIC HEARING OPENED There were no speakers PUBLIC HEARING CLOSET) DELIBERATIONS BY COMMISSION There were no additional questions Motion made by Nava Second by Gutierrez Vote: 4-0-2-1 Planning Commission Minutes January 11, 2017 Pace 13 4. PUBLIC HEARING DR16-0029 Consideration of a Design Review Permit to construct a two- story 1.04,424 square -foot building for a senior care facility with assisted living and senior housing, and associated uses and open space on approximately 4.5 acres in Otay Ranch Sectional Planning Area One, Village Five, CPF-5 site. Applicant: Douglas Wilson Companies Applicant: Douglas Wilson Companies Project Manager: Caroline Young, Associate Planner Staff Recommendation: That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution DR16-0029 approving the proposed'project, based on the findings and subject to the conditions contained therein. Senior Planner Stan Donn gave the presentation as Caroline Young was not available. The presentation included slides of photos of the proposed site which showed the elevated grades, renderings of the buildings, floor plans of the facility to include the memory wing and the assisted living wing. Also shown were drawings of the outside of the facility, the memory care courtyard, the assisted living courtyard, an outdoor dining area, proposed architecture, and the retaining wall. QUESTIONS TO STAFF: Q. Is there a color/sample board? A. One was provided Q. It seems that the plans show the stucco as all one color —is that correct? A. Most of the building is a single stucco color with strategically placed a lighter stucco color along with wood accents to keep with the Contemporary Mission style of the building per Michael Brekka from the Douglas Wilson Company. Q. At the corner of the building — is there a walkway down to Palomar Street? A. Yes — around the left side of the rendering of the tower there is a walkway that is an egress up to East Palomar where there is a bus stop and a BRT stop. Q. It looks like there is a retaining wall propping up the walkway, correct? A. Yes —there is a 3 -ft retaining wall adjacent to East Palomar. There was more discussion about the wall and walkway at the corner of the building. The walkway would be wrapped around the corner of the building. There was a concern that, because it is a visible retaining wall, there was not a description of the treatment of the wall. Mr. Brekka advised the Commission of the type of wall and that there would be landscaping — a variety of shrubs and trees to include 24" box trees, and vines/bougainvillea. It was questioned whether bougainvilleas were the best choice of vine. It was determined that they were chosen to help keep with the Mission style of the building/property. Planning Commission Minutes January 11, 2017 Page 14 Q. How was it determined where the entrance would be —traffic study, or ??? A. Could not access on to East Palomar as there were too many limitations. There's a bus stop and topographic limitations, so it had to be on East Palomar. Careful consideration was giving to not have it too close to the intersection while you can't go too far north due to the entrance to the neighborhood. They had 3 community meetings and finally determined the entrance by what would be the best visibility spot to enter and exit the driveway. The traffic from or to the units should be minimal as only about 5% of the residents will drive and staffing remains about 20 people per shift. Only 25-30 people coming in or going out daily. Q. Where is the pedestrian walkway to be located? A. It will be off Santa Rosa —there's a sidewalk left of the driveway for handicap accessible and the walkway at the corner of the building down to Santa Rosa. Q. Where are the trash enclosures? A. They will be at the back of the property. The back side will be used as a "service" side. PUBLIC HEARING OPENED PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED COMMISSIONER DELIBERATIONS There were no further questions Motion to approve made by Nava Second by Calvo with condition: that the wall on the East Palomar Street side have some sort of decoration or landscaping so that it does not remain just a plain stucco wall. Motion passed: 5-0-2-0 (Fuentes and Livag absent) Commissioner Calvo recused herself on item #5 5. PUBLIC HEARING Consideration of a Design Review Permit (DR16-0010) for a 96 -unit multi -family residential project comprised of 10 townhome buildings with two (2) car attached garages, recreation area, and associated open space on approximately 5.18 acres located in the Otay Ranch Village Two, Neighborhood R-28. Applicant: Montecito Village Partners LP Applicant: Montecito Village Partners LP Project Manager: Stan Doan, Senior Planner Staff Recommendation: That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution DR16-0010 to allow construction of a 96 -unit multi -family residential project at Neighborhood R-28, based on the findings and subject to the conditions contained therein. Planning Commission Minutes January 11, 2017 Page 15 Sr. Planner Stan Donn gave a slide presentation on the 96 -unit multi -family residential project comprised of 10 .townhome buildings with two (2) car attached garages, recreation area, and associated open space on approximately 5.18 acres located in Otay Ranch Village Two, Neighborhood R-28 to include views of the project site, renderings of buildings and location maps. Q. Is it to be understood that these units will be rentals? A. These are not for -sale condos, but rental units. Q. There is no on-stfeet parking; how many guest parking spaces? A. Twenty five (25) guest spaces. OPENED PUBLIC HEARING Derek Empey, representing the applicant, spoke in support of the project PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED COMMISSIONER DELIBERATIONS Nava: What is the number of 3 -bedroom and 4 -bedroom units? Donn: 18 4 -bedroom units; the remainder are 3 -bedrooms (78 units) MSC: Motion by Zaker; Second by Anaya Motion Passed: 4-0-2-1 (Fuentes; Livag absent) Calvo abstained OTHER BUSINESS 6. DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS Discussion of City parking requirements and an overview of future code amendments in process. Attached is Chapter 19.62 of the Municipal Code. Responding to a recent request by the Commission regarding updating the Parking Codes, Development Services Director Kelly Broughton distributed a document titled "Code Update Work Program 2016". This document contained the titles of: Code Topics, the Municipal Code Reference, General Description and Target Date Scheduled to go to Council. (See Attachment) Broughton advised the Commission of the on-going parking challenges and the things that have been focused on to date; also challenges that will come up in the future. There was some discussion with the Commission about changes in parking i.e. compact car size spaces reverting to regular size, SPA plan requirements vs downtown parking, driverless cars, etc. They are going to focus on the residential parking standards. Due to the never-ending changes in cars, their sizes, and how they're used, Broughton thinks this will be an on-going endeavor. Planning Commission Minutes January 11, 2017 Page I6 Broughton brought the list of upcoming code revisions to the attention of the Commission (the document attached) and gave a brief synopsis on each item. They included: Residential Parking Regulations Land Use Plan (General Plan, specific plan, etc) and rezoning initiation process Accessory Second Dwelling Units — new state regulations Vending Vehicle Ordinance (Food Trucks) Supportive Residential Use Ordinance — new state regulations Appeals Ordinance — consistency in the way they're processed and costs Wireless Telecommunications— new state regulations There was discussion between Broughton and the Commission regarding how things in Development Service proceed and how the Commission can be kept aware of them. He also advised the Commission of an item that went to Council for a Design Review for a 200,000 sq. ft office project in Millenia that did not come to the Planning Commission. It includes some unique architecture and also needed an encroachment waiver — which only Council can approve. He's sure that, if the Commission was interested in seeing the presentation, that it could be arranged —or it can be watched on the Council meeting video on the website. Assistant Director of Development Services Tiffany Allen gave a short presentation on the project with renderings/drawings/photos. Commissioner Zaker said he would like to see the presentation and Broughton said he would make sure that the presentation was brought to the Planning Commission. Broughton also announced the resignation of Julio Fuentes from the Planning Commission. The reappointment of the Commissioner will proceed as usual. 7. COMMISSIONERS'/BOARD MEMBERS' COMMENTS Nava appreciative that we're moving forward on the residential parking item. With some of the last open areas being developed, feels it is our responsibility to see that they're done right and that we get the right mix of residential/commercial. ADJOURNMENT at 7:27 p.m. to the regular meeting on January 25, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 276 Fourth Avenue in Chula Vista, California. Minuites submitted by: Patricia Laughlin Board Secretary Minutes approved February 22, 2017 MSC: Anaya/Zaker Motion passed: 4-0-2 (Calvo and Nava absent)