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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1977/08/16 Item 04, 04aCITY OF CHULA VISTA COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT Item No. 4, 4a For meeting of 8/16/77 Public hearing (cont.) - Consideration of precise plan for the development of an ITEM TITLE employee parking lot at 371-377 H Street in the C-O-P zone Resolution 8780 - Approving precise plan for the development of an employee parking lot at 371-377 H Street for Bay General Community Hospital SUBMITTED BY Director of Planning ~~~'~>> ~._ -'-, ITEM EXPLANATION A. BACKGROUND (4/5TH'S VOTE REQUIRED YES NO X ) This item was continued from the meeting of August 2, 1977 in order that the applicant could submit additional information regarding landscaping, lighting and fencing for the proposed employee parking lot at 371-377 H Street. The applicant has submitted the information requested. B. DISCUSSION 1. Lighting - The proposed light standards will be of contemporary design, bronze in color (flat brownish black) and 16 feet in height. Single masted light standards will be used on the periphery of the site with two four masted light standards located in the two planters adjacent to .the entrance drive. The lights are designed not to cast glare on adjacent properties. 2. Landscaping - The front 25 feet of the lot will be planted with grass and shrubs (Indian Hawthorn) in front of the screening wall. Four 15 gal. eucalyptus (silver dollar) trees will also be located in the front setback, two on either side of the driveway. The interior planters will be planted with shrubs (Indian Hawthorn) and the three remaining trees on the site will be supplemented with 17 evergreen pear trees (15 gal. size). The proposed landscaping will provide an attractive streetscape and the trees within the park- ing area will provide relief from the paved surface. 3. Fencing. a. Existing Fencing. A deteriorating wire fence with wood posts occupies most of the north property line with two different kinds of wood fencing occupying the westerly portion of the EXNIBITS- Agreement Resolution X Ordinance_ Res.PCM-77-21 Other PCC-77-10 ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT: contin Plat X Notification List Attached X Submitted on FINANCIAL IMPACT STAFF RECOMMENDATION The staff recommends that the precise plan be approved subject to the following conditions: (1) A 6 foot high zoning wall shall be erected along the northerly property line unless the Planning Commission grants a waiver pursuant to Sec. 19.58.360 of the zoning ordinance. (2) Concrete wheel stops shall be placed in the parking spaces adjacent to the east and west property lines. BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION On July 13, 1977 the Planning Commission, by a 6-0 vote (with one member absent) recommended that the City Council approve the precise plan for developpment of an employee parking lot at 371-377 H Street in accordance with Resolution PCM-77-Z1. COUNCTL ACTION Approved 8/16/77 AGENDA ITEM N0. 4,4a Supplemental page No. 2 north property line. Fencing on the east property line varies from 6 ft. wood slats to 3 ft. wire to no fencing at all. Fencing along this property line is generally deteriorating. The fence on the west property line is a 5 ft. chain link in good condition. One story apartment units are located 5-6 feet to the west of the west property line and two story apartments are located 4-5 feet east of the easterly property line. b. Applicant's proposal and Planning Commission recommendation. The applicant is proposing a 6 ft. wood fence along the north and east property lines with no additional fencing along the west property line. The Planning Commission has recommended 6 ft. solid wood fencing along the north, east and west property lines but the Commission did not squarely address the issue of a masonry wall vs. a wood fence along the north property line. If the applicant wishes to apply for a waiver of the ordinance requirement for a masonry wall on the north property line, pursuant to Sec. 19.58.360 of the zoning ordinance, he should so petition the Planning Commission. c. Analysis of fence alternatives. It seems to staff that the value of the subject property is such that the parking lot will be a temporary use. Also, in staff's judgment, the orientation of the apartment units to the east and west and their window placement do not justify the expense involved in a masonry wall fora temporary use. The liklihood of an accident caused by a sticking accelerator or faulty brakes is not great. Although the zoning ordinance requires a masonry wall on the north property line as the property to the north is zoned R-3, it also seems to staff that a 6 ft. solid wood fence is adequate in that location. The safety problem in that area is minimized by the layout of the parking area and the fact that most of the area immediately to the north of the north property line is vacant (structures are up on the Roosevelt Street frontage and the lots are 300 feet deep). Inasmuch as the property owner to the west does not want a solid fence and in consideration of the good condition of the chain link fence and the layout of the apartment units on that property, the existing chain link fence is satisfactory to staff in that location. 4. Parking lots not adjacent to the use served. Other businesses have been granted permission to use adjacent properties in the R-2 and R-3 zones for parking (Sambo's restaurant and SDG&E). However, there have been no parking lots approved which are not adjacent to the use even though the Code does allow for such non-adjacency if approved by the Planning Commission.