HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Comm min 1994/06/08 MINUTES OF A REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING
OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA
Council Chambers
7:00 p.m. Public Services Building
Wednesday, June 8, 1994 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista
ROLL CALL
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Martin, Commissioners Fuller, Moot, Ray
(7:10), Salas, and Tarantino
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Tuchscher
STAFF PRESENT: Assistant Planning Director Lee, Associate Planner
Hernandez, Assistant City Attorney Rudolf, City
Traffic Engineer Rosenberg
MOTION TO EXCUSE
MSC (Fuller/Tarantino) 5-0 to excuse Commissioner Tuchscher who was out of town on
business.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chair Martin led in the pledge of allegiance to the flag and a moment of silence.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Chair Martin reviewed the composition of the Planning Commission, its responsibilities and the
format of the meeting.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
MSC (Fuller/Salas) 5-0 (Commissioner Tuchscher excused; Commissioner Ray not yet
arrived) to approve the Planning Commission minutes of May 11, 1994, and of the Special
Joint Meeting of the Chula Vista Growth Management Oversight Commission and Planning
Commission of May 11, 1994.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None
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ITEM 1. PUBLIC HEARING: PCM-94-20/PCA-94-02: CONSIDERATION OF
AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY LANDSCAPE MANUAL AND ASSOCIATED
AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE - City Initiated (continued from
meeting of 5/11/94)
Assistant Planning Director Lee requested continuation of this item to July 13. Additional time
was needed to meet with the development community.
MSC (Fuller/Moot) 5-0 (Commissioner Tuchscher excused; Commissioner Ray not yet
arrived) to continue PCM-94-20/PCA-94-02 to the Planning Commission meeting of July 13,
1994.
ITEM 2. PUBLIC HEARING; RECONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING
APPLICATIONS FILED BY CHARLES TIBBETT FOR 0.67
UNINCORPORATED ACRES LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF BONITA ROAD AND LYNWOOD DRIVE
A. GPA-94-03: AMEND GENERAL PLAN FROM OFFICE
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY TO
COMMERCIAL VISITOR
B. PCZ-94-B: PREZONE TO C-V-P, COMMERCIAL VISITOR
Associate Planner Hernandez noted that this request was considered by the Planning Commission
on May 11, 1994, and at that time the Commission, based on traffic concerns, denied the project
by a unanimous vote. Those concerns were primarily on-site vehicle stacking capacity,
delineation of an internal circulation system as it relates to the vehicle stacking capacity,
obstruction of Bonita Road traffic flow by carwash ingress and traffic, site drainage pattern,
assurance that the drainage was not going to end in the adjacent drainage channel, and the
concern that the overall result of changing the property from Office Commercial to Commercial
Visitor would be an increase in traffic at that intersection. Subsequent to that meeting, the
Planning Commission at their May 18, 1994, workshop agreed to reconsider the item to allow
the applicant to address some of the issues that the Planning Commission raised at their previous
meeting. Mr. Hernandez noted that the applicant and the applicant's traffic engineer were
present to respond to any questions the Commissioners had relating to traffic. Staff had no
additional information or analysis, and, as stated in the May 11 staff report, staff recommended
approval of the General Plan Amendment and Prezoning request in accordance with the findings
and subject to the conditions contained in the resolution and ordinance.
This being the time and the place as advertised, the public hearing was opened.
(The next three speakers gave an organized presentation.)
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Greg Cox, 3130 Bonita Road, Suite 200, Chula Vista, representing the applicants, introduced
Charles Tibbett, the owner of five carwashes in San Diego County, and Paul Magnotto, co-
owner of this project. Since the applicant had been granted the opportunity for the re-hearing,
they had hired an additional traffic consultant, Dan Marum, and had worked closely with City
Traffic Engineer Hal Rosenberg.
Paul Magnotto, 244 Camino Elevado, Bonita, gave a brief history of the project. Mr.
Magnotto stated that the surrounding residents supported the project; the project would provide
a service to the community, would be creating jobs and paying taxes, and beautifying a piece
of property which is an eyesore. He asked for the Commission's support. Mr. Magnotto then
presented slides which showed the architectural rendering of the project, traffic circulation in
and out of the project, and traffic flow inside the project itself. Mr. Magnotto stated that since
the last Commission meeting, they had approached the County who owned the property adjoining
the subject property and asked if it was possible to obtain a deceleration lane off Bonita Road
which would help with the flow of traffic. The County had approved the lane, and the applicant
had received full staff support from the City of Chula Vista. Continuing with the slide program,
Mr. Magnotto noted there was 300' between the exit ramp of their property, where the
deceleration lane would be located, the typical number of cars on the site at one time, the
number of cars on site at peak hour with circulation and stacking. He emphasized that the
carwash would be more expensive than the typical carwash, and because of that there would be
less washes. Mr. Magnotto then showed some slides of other carwashes in the City and their
stacking and drying capacity.
Dan Mature, Catalina Engineering, 8989 Rio San Diego Drive, San Diego, noted that the
previous traffic study was done by Darnell and Associates and reviewed by the Traffic Division
and approved. The years of analysis in the previous study were near-term 1993 and 1998 with
and without the project, and in 1998 a cumulative analysis with the inclusion of the development
of the Church and the School on Lynwood Drive. Intersection safety was also reviewed in the
previous report, review of the driveway impacts, and review of on-site circulation system. The
carwash was anticipated to wash between 125 and 250 washes per day. The on-site employee
count would be 7 to 10, and parking was provided for them on-site. He compared the peak
traffic for conunercial office use to the carwash use, and mentioned that the percentage of traffic
using the automobile-type service areas was traffic that was already on the road and was not a
single-purpose trip to get a carwash. Traffic is spread throughout the day and a continuous use
of the infrastructure invested in the construction of a four-lane major road, the release of exiting
vehicles is controlled, the slowest hours of operation are in the first two hours of operation and
the last two hours of the day when Bonita Road would be at its peak, and the slowest period of
the year were the winter months when the carwash would be closing at 5 p.m. and surveys
showed that cars were washed less frequently during the winter months.
Regarding intersection safety, Mr. Marum stated that the addition of the right-turn-only lane (or
turn-out) addressed the issue of interruption of continuous flow in an eastbound direction on
Bonita Road because of people trying to get into the site. The Lynwood Drive access point onto
Bonita Road would be a controlled release of vehicles onto Lynwood Drive and would mix in
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with the approach volume on Lynwood Drive in a northbound direction to the signal. Mr.
Marum said that the site had been designed in an optimal way to utilize the frontages, or the
tangent portions of the property lines, to hold the maximum amount of vehicles if it ever reached
that level. His understanding of the 18 vehicles approaching from Bonita Road and 11 vehicles
from the Lynwood Drive access was double the level of traffic activity that was tested in the
report; the holding capacity of the site was much higher than tested. The proposed site would
accommodate 41 inbound vehicles anticipated during the peak. The widening of the Lynwood
access drive was a previous recommendation from the original report which had been
incorporated into the site design. Mr. Marum noted that the Bonita Road threshold standards
found that Bonita Road was operating at a good level of service in an area adjacent to the
interchange, based on the threshold standards that were analyzing travel time on the entire
segment of Bonita Road, east/west on either side of the interchange. It had been observed that
the modification of the phase length for the northbound, left through, and right movement off
of Lynwood made by the County allowed for up to 15 vehicles in the queue being allowed to
move through on the same signal phase. The intent by the County was to provide relief to the
Lynwood Drive traffic, both during the morning and on Sundays during Church services.
Mr. Marnm stated that the City was planning to implement a third lane toward the freeway on-
ramp between Plaza Bonita and the on-ramp to 1-805 in the northbound direction, which also
includes a raised median on Bonita Road which would enhance the traffic restrictions for traffic
turning right out of the site at the driveway access point on Bonita Road. The improvements
being required on Bonita Road on the frontage of the property allowed for the inclusion of a
standard bike lane and the sidewalk. Finally, Mr. Marum noted that the facility being classified
as a major four-lane facility in the General Plan was the type of facility that would allow for
driveway access as opposed to a six-lane prime facility where access is restricted. This type of
site would be in conformance with the overall plan of the General Plan. Mr. Maxum stated he
was available for questions.
Chair Martin stated, with the build-out of the eastern portion of Chula Vista, the Growth
Management Oversight Commission had pointed out three areas of concern on "H" Street which
were really impacted by traffic, one of which was the Lynwood/Plaza Bonita intersection. Chair
Martin asked, if that continued to impact Bonita Road, did Mr. Marum anticipate the
Lynwood/Plaza Bonita Road intersection to have more than 700 vehicles per day?
Mr. Marum replied that in the long-range studies, both at the General Plan level and the more
intense Otay Ranch level of analysis, they had looked at Bonita Road as needing upgrading to
six lanes. That had continually been rejected by the Sweetwater Community, and the models
had not considered the six-lane capacity. The model looks at "H" Street--a six-lane facility--as
a better facility for quicker travel to the freeway than Bonita Road, while the demand for traffic
may be equal on both streets. Bonita Road is at or near the saturation point of a four-lane major
facility, carrying approximately 40,000 vehicles per day. The General Plan recommends 30,000
ADT for four-lane facilities, and with 32,000 or more, they would recommend a six-lane prime
facility to handle that type of flow.
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Chair Martin asked if the travel time of the east traffic, going east from 1-805, would be
compromised by the turn-out lane. Mr. Marum stated that it slowed traffic a little where there
was not an exclusive deceleration lane, but the Traffic Engineer was briefed on the ability of this
site to create a 100' right-turn-only lane that could accommodate up to four vehicles in addition
to the eight vehicles that could be stacked along the western front of the property heading south
in an in-bound direction. The 100' de-acceleration turnout would give drivers the ability to pull
out of the through lane and get into the site. Answering Chair Martin, Mr. Marum stated that
the impedance would be much more valid if not for the stacking distance on the site where cars
would be able to go all the way in and stack before they got to the vacuum areas. It was his
opinion that the travel time studies would not be degraded because of this site, especially with
the provision of the i00' turn-out lane.
City Traffic Engineer Rosenberg stated that normally there was a 20' section between the curb
and the lane line which allowed enough width for a vehicle to slow down adjacent to the curb
without impeding traffic behind it. This particular driveway would not impair the existing level
of service, and the deceleration lane not only provided additional width normally found at a
standard driveway or normal intersection; it provided extra width that is not common.
Commissioner Tarantino asked if there were any plans being considered by CalTrans to create
a special ramp to get into Plaza Bonita, to bypass Bonita Road and go directly from 1-805 into
Plaza Bonita, which had been considered at times. Mr. Rosenberg stated that CalTrans had done
an analysis and had determined that SR-54 would provide the adequate relief. They did not
anticipate much growth, the saturation level had been reached, and the developments in the
Eastern Territories would not exacerbate the current conditions.
Commissioner Salas noted that concern had been voiced at the last meeting by some of the
citizens in the area that there had already been some decline in the level of service in the area
since the Church had been built. She asked if there was a deceleration lane into Lynwood
Drive; she believed there was some improvement in the area just by slowing the cars by making
them aware of the deceleration lane into the carwash.
Mr. Rosenberg concurred. He pointed out that the dimension between the new curb which
would be constructed as part of the project and the lane line was approximately 17'. If a
motorist wished to turn right, there was room to move out of traffic to turn.
Commissioner Moot asked to be shown the curb lane referred to. Mr. Rosenberg noted that
there was a marked bike lane which was 5' wide, and adjacent to the bike lane was a 12' lane.
The motorist could still pass if a car was stopped or broken down.
Mr. Greg Cox noted that with the installation of curbs, gutters, and sidewalks, there would be
an additional 4' beyond what presently exists.
Commissioner Moot was concerned about exiting the project onto Bonita Road. Sometimes the
two left-turn lanes to get into Plaza Bonita were not sufficient to hold the traffic and there was
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not a smooth flow in the lane before traffic is able to get into the double turn lane. He was
concerned that traffic turning right out of the carwash could cause stacking in the lane next to
it and not have any smooth traffic flow into the intersection.
Mr. Rosenberg stated that it was a controlled intersection; although the Vehicle Code stated an
exit could not be made without yielding to traffic, he thought the applicant would be willing to
place a stop sign--if not, the City would place a stop sign for him--at that exit and force the
traffic before the exit to stop. They would have to yield; if traffic was backed up, the motorist
would not be able to turn immediately and would have to wait for a gap in traffic.
At Commissioner Moot's request, Mr. Rosenberg showed a slide indicating the de-acceleration
lane, the new curb line and sidewalk. Commissioner Moot noted there was actually an area
where a car could turn out and merge back into traffic into the right lane.
Mr. Cox stated there would be one car exiting approximately every 2-1/2 minutes, with the
option of exiting onto Bonita Road or Lynwood Drive. He reiterated that they wanted to work
with staff and the Planning Commission and if there was a desire to have the Safety Commission
look at the project, they were not opposed to that. Mr. Cox concluded there would be more
traffic trips if left designated for an office building than anticipated from the proposed carwash.
Commissioner Ray asked if there would be an exit lane from the carwash going east. Mr. Cox
stated it would be wider, but not an actual lane.
Ron Lane, 3907 Massachusetts Avenue, La Mesa, stated that the applicants had tried to make
this the best project for the site and for the applicant. He believed the phase lengths which had
been changed by the County had helped, and the back-up was not there. They had observed the
Church impacts, and since the phase changes, traffic moved smoothly. Peak Church traffic on
Sundays let out within 15 minutes of each service. He asked for approval of the project.
Charles Tibbett, 3907 Massachusetts Avenue, La Mesa, one of the owners of the carwash,
felt it was a good project for the site, and they felt they had answered the problems of traffic.
He asked that the project be approved.
Mrs. Lois Morera, 377 Camino Elevado, Bonita, a partner in the carwash, favored the
carwash and felt it would be an excellent project for the site.
Teresa Castro, 260 Camino del Cerro Grande, Bonita, a resident of Bonita and real estate
agent, believed the carwash at that location was a convenience and necessity for the community.
She was in favor of the carwash.
Salvador Castro, 260 Camino del Cerro Grande, Bonita, supported the project.
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William Nelson, 4301 Lynwood Drive, Chula Vista, the owner and operator of a nursery and
tree farm across from the proposed carwash, spoke in favor of the project, felt it would enhance
the blighted entrance to Bonita, and would provide some needed revenue for the City.
Chair Martin asked Mr. Nelson if he felt the carwash would impact traffic going to his business.
Mr. Nelson believed it would enhance their business.
Commissioner Ray stated the first time the Commission had seen the project, there were some
concerns regarding parked vehicles on Lynwood Drive on the eastern side during either special
events or normal hours of the nursery's operation. He asked Mr. Nelson if he foresaw a
degradation in traffic on Lynwood as a result of the carwash and any impedance with those cars
leaving the carwash if vehicles were parked on the east side of Lynwood.
Mr. Nelson was not aware of many cars parking on the east side of Lynwood, because of the
curvature of Lynwood. He did not anticipate a problem. The driveway would be further up the
road, which would allow exiting vehicles to get into the traffic flow going northward toward
Bonita Road from one of the exits. There were a number of cars which parked at the top of the
hill across from their entrance, but on the way up the hill cars rarely parked. In answer to
Commissioner Ray, Mr. Nelson said that it was 500' to 600' from the Lynwood entrance/exit
to the top of the hill.
Mrs. Nicholas Besker, 4346 Lyndale Lane, Chula Vista, speaking for herself and Mr. Becker,
was in favor of the carwash. She felt it would be an improvement to the corner and would not
impact traffic up the hill.
Eugene Kocherga, 3418 Valley Road, Bonita, would like to have a place to have his car
properly washed.
Ms. Margaret Gilpin, 3320 Lynwood Drive, Chula Vista, was concerned about traffic. She
was neither for nor against the carwash. She bicycles along Bonita Road and was concerned
about another access onto Bonita Road. As a motorist, she had not noticed any extended time
getting across the intersection.
Erina Fornataro, 3249 Holly Way, Chula Vista, was not opposed to a carwash, but was
concerned over safety. Some of the corrections coming off the freeway would probably be an
asset; however, no one had mentioned traffic coming out of Bonita Plaza. Making a left turn
onto Bonita Road from Lynwood Drive, there was a major problem with traffic coming out of
Plaza Bonita Road. She stated that drivers did not look at the traffic light and did not stop and
look before they turned right onto Bonita Road. There had been a number of near collisions
there. She had not noticed any difference in the traffic pattern. Her concern was the traffic
from both Plaza Bonita and traffic coming down Lynwood Drive onto Bonita Road, and how the
traffic would work coming out of the carwash. She said people make lanes where they don't
exist. They want to turn, and they turn wherever they feel like it. Plaza Bonita Road went from
two lanes, people created a third lane; now there are four lanes, and they make a fifth lane.
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Roland Fornataro, 3249 Holly Way, Chula Vista, commented on some of the slides, and that
there was an error in the stacking distance. He said them never was a good answer on the
question as to whether there would be an acceleration lane or merge lane coming out of Bonita
Carwash. The road would be widened, but there would not be a full lane. Mr. Rosenberg
concurred. Mr. Fomataro said the corner should be dressed up; there was nothing wrong with
putting a carwash there. There was a problem coming from the carwash onto Lynwood. There
was not adequate room. Them were tracks on the east side of Lynwood every week; there was
traffic them. There was parking near the Church and a lot of traffic.
Heather Martinez, 6510 San Miguel Road, Bonita, was in favor of the carwash.
Greg Cox, having requested rebuttal time earlier, approached the podium and made some
closing comments. He believed the concerns raised by Mr. and Mrs. Fornataro were concerns
that were shared by people driving through that corridor every day. Mr. Cox noted that if the
project were approved, the conditional use permit would subsequently come back to the Planning
Commission, and they would be willing to work with staff during the interim. They could look
at some type of monitoring device; he felt the applicant would be willing to have some type of
trigger mechanism where staff could call for a review of how traffic could come out of the
Lynwood driveway with perhaps no left turn allowed on Lynwood.
Commissioner Ray asked if the applicant may consider an acceleration lane, or a further cut-out
between the entrance off Bonita Road down to Lynwood.
Mr. Marum believed the proximity of the access driveway point to the signal would be too close
to allow for an acceleration lane with the proper tapered length to get the vehicles traversing
back into the main stream of travel before the signal. At the design speed of Bonita Road, the
lane would have to be taken down on a very slow taper to get the traffic up to 40 mph and it
would be beyond the signal. For that reason, the right mm traffic out of the site exits at the
ultimate curb line. He pointed out that for the northbound, left-mm traffic on Lynwood Drive
where there is a conflict, the southbound traffic on Plaza Bonita has a red signal as the traffic
on Lynwood has a green arrow and a green ball to make either a left or right movement. He
had observed some of those conflicts. He noted that the City has a project which is timed within
the next fiscal year, within 12 to 18 months, to expand the curb line on the north side of Bonita
Road to create a third lane in front of the Pier I Imports; thus, the left-mm vehicles off
Lynwood Drive would theoretically have their own lane but would have the right to go all the
way across to get into the right mm lane to go northbound onto 1-805. Mr. Mamm asked City
Traffic Engineer Rosenberg if there was some type of sign which could be placed at the signal
to tell drivers there was a split phase, so they would look not only to the east for westbound
traffic, but also straight across where someone has an actual green movement.
Mr. Rosenberg stated that the signal belongs to the County and the City does not have the
jurisdiction; however, he would alert the County Traffic Engineer to this problem. The solution
probably was to post a "No Right Turn on Red" to ensure that the conflict does not occur when
the northbound Lynwood traffic gets the green arrow or the green ball. Mr. Rosenberg agreed
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with Mr. Fornataro that Lynwood did have a potential problem with the exit from the carwash
onto Lynwood. He had alerted the applicant to the problem and that intersection w°Uld be
monitored. If there was a conflict with cars exiting the carwash, insisting on trying to beat the
signal, driving into the intersection or into Lynwood, causing queuing back onto Bonita Road,
the City would restrict that exit onto Lynwood.
Assistant City Attorney Rudolf noted that the issues being dealt with were issues that would
come back to the Commission for the Precise Plan and the Conditional Use Permit. If the
Commission approved the General Plan Amendment and the Prezoning and the application of
the "P" modifier, it would go on to Council. If the Council approved, the project would come
back to the Commission. The place to add the conditions would be in the Precise Plan and the
Conditional Use Permit. They could not be added in the General Plan Amendment and the
Prezoning.
No one else wishing to speak, the public hearing was closed.
Commissioner Salas commented that she felt the frustration of the people opposing the project,
but they were opposing a problem that already existed and not the actual carwash site. Also,
she believed the County was aware of the problems in that particular area, and so was the City's
traffic engineer, and they were working on a solution. Mr. Rosenberg concurred, saying it was
not a problem as a result of the carwash; it was existing, and the City was working with the
County to resolve the issue. Commissioner Salas stated that there would be an impact, whether
it was left Commercial Office or changed to Commercial Visitor. Their job was to determine
if the zoning was suitable for that piece of land.
Assistant Planning Director Lee commented that the approved plan by the County for an office
building would actually have the driveway closer to Bonita Road than was proposed for the
carwash. The applicant, in working with staff, was proposing to regrade the slope to the south
and actually expand the property so that the driveway would be moved further south. There was
some added stacking capability. It improved the situation over the access that was approved by
the County with the office plan.
Commissioner Ray clarified that the north and south lane of Lynwood Drive would be 1"/' wide,
with a total width of the two lanes of 34'. The currently striped median was proposed, with the
approval of the Pier I project, as an actual hard median. The City Traffic Engineer confirmed.
MS (Tarantino/Ray) to adopt Resolution GPA-94-02/PCZ-94-B recommending that the City
Council adopt the attached draft City Council Resolution amending the land use designation of
the General Plan from Office Commercial to Visitor Commercial; adopt the attached draft City
Council Ordinance prezoning the property to C-V-P, Commercial Visitor Precise Plan, in
accordance with Exhibit A, attached hereto.
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Commissioner Ray said he understood that this would annex to Chula Vista. In the event of an
annexation of the corner to Chula Vista, wouldn't the signaling then revert to Chula Vista
authority?
Assistant Planning Director Lee stated that it depended on the limits of annexation which varied
in terms of what LAFCO would allow or request the City to do as far as adjacent road systems.
City Traffic Engineer Rosenberg replied that without knowing the limits of the annexation, he
couldn't tell, but it was possible that the City could end up with that signalized intersection.
Commissioner Ray asked what would have to happen for the City to control the corner.
Assistant City Attorney Rudolf said that in order for the intersection to come under control of
the City, it would have to be either a separate annexation or part of this annexation. He did not
know if the applicant intended to include that, or if the City would do it. The requirements of
LAFCO was not known in connection with the applicant's application for an annexation. It
might be it could only go forward if the intersection was included.
Commissioner Ray understood that annexation application would not occur until after the
approval of the Prezoning and the General Plan Amendment. Mr. Rudolf concurred.
Commissioner Ray asked Mr. Rosenberg if he would make a formal request to the County for
the "No Right Turn on Red" sign, or if he would ask for it in a telephone conversation. Mr.
Rosenberg stated it would be a formal written request, which would reflect the interest of the
Planning Commission in resolving the issue.
Commissioner Ray asked that he and the residents who had spoken regarding that issue be
copied. It was an existing problem, and whether or not the carwash was approved it needed to
be resolved. Mr. Rosenberg agreed.
Chair Martin was concerned about the designation of the property as Commemial Visitor, and
what might be put on the property if the carwash was not built.
Assistant Planning Director Lee noted that the Commercial Visitor zone was fairly restrictive
in that it authorizes basically hotel use and restaurant use without conditional use permits. All
the other uses provided in that zone require a conditional use permit. That would come before
the Planning Comanission for consideration. The site was extremely limited in size, and would
not be practical for a hotel or restaurant.
Regarding the Commission's action, Mr. Lee reminded the Commission that their first action
necessary would be to approve Negative Declaration IS-94-04. The maker of the motion agreed
to include it in the motion. The second concurred.
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Commissioner Ray questioned the indefinite continuation at the previous meeting of
consideration of the conditional use permit. Mr. Lee explained that the conditional use permit
could not be considered until the annexation moved forward.
Commissioner Ray confirmed that the Commission would be accepting the Negative Declaration
as previously brought before them, the General Plan Amendment and Prezone, but not approving
a project--strictly a zoning issue. Mr. Lee concurred.
Commissioner Moot asked at what stage the issues of grading, etc. would be considered. Mr.
Lee answered that it would be at the conditional use permit and precise plan process. The
Design Review Committee is charged with that consideration; however, the Commission would
be apprised of any details regarding cross-sections, etc.
Commissioner Moot felt the applicants had satisfied a lot of the traffic concerns he had, but he
had a difficult time seeing how the project fit into such a small space. Mr. Lee noted the slope
would be regraded.
RESTATEMENT OF MOTION
Based on the Initial Study and the Negative Declaration, find that this project will have no
significant environmental impacts and adopt the Negative Declaration issued on IS-94-04;
adopt Resolution GPA-94-02/PCZ-94-B recommending that the City Council adopt the
attached draft City Council Resolution amending the land use designation of the General
Plan from Office Conunercial and Residential Low Density to Visitor Commercial; adopt
the attached draft City Council Ordinance prezoning the property to C-V-P, Commercial
Visitor Precise Plan, in accordance with Exhibit A, attached hereto.
VOTE: 6-0 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL (Commissioner Tuchscher excused)
Assistant Planning Director Lee advised the audience that this item would move forward to the
City Council for their consideration around the middle of July. They would receive notice.
ITEM 3. CANCELLATION OF REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF
6/22/94.
Assistant Planning Director Lee asked that the workshop scheduled for June 15 due to lack of
preparation time, and that the regular Planning Commission meeting scheduled for June 22 be
canceled because of lack of items. The next meeting would then be July 13. At that time, it
would be appropriate to elect the new Chair and Vice Chair for the Planning Commission.
MSC (Tarantino/Ray) 6-0 (Commissioner Tuchscher excused) to cancel the workshop of
June 15 and the regular Planning Commission meeting of June 22, 1994.
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DIRECTOR'S REPORT - None
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS - None
ADJOURNMENT at 8:45 p.m. to the Regular Business Meeting of Wednesday, July 13, 1994,
at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers.
Nancy Ripl~y, Secret/au
Planning Commission
(6,8 94.rain)