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Home My WebLink About08/06/92MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION .OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD Held Thursday, AugUst 6, 1992, 5:30 p.m., City Council Chamber, City Hall, 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California. 1.- ROLL CALL COMMISSIONERS: Present: DARREN POWERS, Vice Chairperson STEVE MESSNER KATE ROSENLIEB C. ROBERT FRAPWELL, Alternate Absent: ADVISORY MEMBERS: Present: STAFF: Present: STEVE ANDERSON, Chairperson JEFF ANDREW DAVID COHN JIM MARINO LAURA MARINO, Deputy City Attorney FRED KLOEPPER, Assistant Public Works Director ' MIKE QUON, Building Plan Check Engineer JACK HARDISTY, Planning Director JIM MOVIUS, Principal Planner MARC GAUTHIER, Principal Planner MIKE LEE, Associate Planner LAURIE DAVIS, Recording Secretary PUBLIC STATEMENTS No one made any public statements at this time. Chairman read the notice of right to appeal as set forth on the agenda. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion was made by Commissioner Rosenlieb, seconded by Commissioner Frapwell to approve minutes of the regular meeting held June 18, 1992 as submitted. Motion carried. Agenda, PC, 8/6/92 Page 2 Chairman Powers stated he would abstain on the following agenda items: 5. (Comprehensive Sign Plan), 7.3 (Tentative Tract 5758), 7.4 (Tentative Tract 5738) saying there Would not be a quorum and these items would automatically be continued to' the next regular _meeting. 4. WALL AND LANDSCAPE PLANS - TENTATIVE TRACT 5623 Staff report was given. Roger McIntosh represented the owner of subject property. He stated that in a meeting with P.G.&E. and staff, the issue of fencing along White Lane had been resolved with P.G.&E. not allowing a fence. He agreed with the staff report, conditions of approval and memo of August 4, 1992 from the Planning Department and requested no changes. Commissioner Rosenlieb proposed that Planning Department condition #7 be deleted because she felt if the easement cannot be fenced partial fencing would not accomplish anything. She stated she would like to delete condition #2 as it exists and replaCe it with the following: "The subdivision identification sign will not be allowed." Mr. McIntosh stated he had no problem with this change. Regarding Condition #5, she asked if this condition were eliminated would the Parks condition cOVer the landscaping. ROb Cramer, City Parks stated it would. Commissioner Rosenlieb was concerned that the landscaping On lot 7 should match the landscaping proposed for the area east of Kilterbury. She asked if landscaping for Lot 7 could be added as part of the homeowner's association responsibility. Mr. Cramer stated his agreement with this. She proposed an additional sentence to condition #8 as follows: "The landscaping installed on the north side of Lot 7 will match the landscaping approved for White Lane, east of Kilterbury Lane within the P.G.&E. easement and shall be maintained by the homeowner's association." Mr. McIntosh stated his agreement with this addition. Responding to a qUestion by Commissioner Rosenlieb, Mr. Cramer, City Parks said under their condition they have the option of changing any plant material shown on the plato Motion was made by Commissioner Rosenlieb, seconded by Commissioner Messner to approve wall and landscape plans for Tentative Tract 5623 subject to conditions of approval on the attached Exhibit "A" as amended in the memorandum from the Planning Department dated August 4, 1992, with the following changes: Planning Department, Condition #2 shall be changed to read as follows: SubdivisiOn identification signs will not be allowed. Agenda, PC, 8/6/92 Planning Department Conditions #5 and #7 shall be deleted. Page 3 Additional language to be added to Planning Department Condition #4, second bullet as follows: The proposed block wall shall connect with the existing block wall at the homeowner's lot on Gosford Road. Condition Of memo dated August 4, 1992 from the planning Director to be changed to read as follows: Landscaping shall be installed by the developer and maintained by the homeowner's association along the north side of Lot 7 to match the landscape concept approved for White Lane east of Kilterbury Lane' within the P.G.&E. easement. She clarified on the changing of the bullet on Condition #4, the intent is that the prOPosed block wall has to match in terms of the existing block wall at that homeowner's lot. How it makes the transition from that point would be left to the discretion of the Planning Director. Motion carried. 5. COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PLAN 2-92 o 7.!) This item was not heard and was continued to the next regular meeting of August 20, 1992 due to the lack of a quorum. PUBLIC. HEARING TENTATIVE-PARCEL MAP 9798 This item was withdrawn by the applicant. PUBLIC HEARING ~-. TENTATIVE TRACT 5544 8.1) FILE 5259 -- APPLICATION BY MARTIN-MCINTOSH TO AMEND THE ZONING BOUNDARIES FROM A-20-A (AGRICULTURE-20-ACRE MINIMUM LOT SIZE) TO AN R-1 (ONE FAMILY DWELLING) OR MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONE FOR 46 ~-/- ACRES LOCATED SOUTH OF BRIMHALL ROAD, EAST OF JEWETFA AVENUE, WEST OF CALLOWAY DRIVE, NORTH OF THE CROSS VALLEY CANAL. Motion was made by Commissioner Rosenlieb, seconded by Commissioner FrapWell to hear Agenda Item #8.1) (Zone Change #5259) concurrently with this item since they are related projects. Motion carried. Agenda~ PC, 8/6/92 Staff report was given.. Page 4 Public pOrtion of the hearing was opened. Steve Hartsell, Schools Legal Service, represented Rosedale Union School District and Kern Union High School District. He said an agreement between the applicant and each of the school districts had been reached. He submitted a copy of the letter outlining the language for inclusion into the action' at this hearing to which each party has agreed. Roger McIntosh represented the applicant: He asked for approval of the zone change and cOntinUance of the tract map for two weeks, because they have submitted a revised tentative map for staff's review. Public pOrtion of the hearing was closed. Motion was made by Commissioner Frapwell, seconded by Commissioner Messner to continue Tentative Tract 5544 to the next regular meeting of August 20, 1992. Motion carried. MOtion was made by Commissioner Frapwell, seconded by Commissioner Rosenlieb.to make findings set forth in the staff report and approve the zone change as proposed and advertised and recommend adoption of same to the City Council, subject to the following conditions: Inclusion of the memo regarding Zone Change #5259, prepared August 6, 1992 and inclusion of the following condition: This approval and issuance.of each building permit for the project are expressly conditioned on full compliance with the terms and conditions of the memorandum of understanding entered into between the applicant and Rosedale Union School District dated August 6, 1992 and a memorandum of understanding between the applicant and the Kern High School District dated August 6, 1992. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Frapwell, Messner, Rosenlieb, Powers NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioners Andrew, Cohn, Marino, Anderson . Agenda, PC, 8/6/92 7.2) PUBLIC HEARING-- TENTATIVE TRACT 5559 Staff report was given. Public portion of the hearing was opened; no one spoke in opposition. Page 5 Maurice Etchechury represented the property owner. He stated his agreement with conditions of approval recommended by staff including the August 4, 1992 memo from the Planning Director, August 3, 1992 memo from Public Works and August 6, 1992 memo from Public Works regarding their Condition #22. Public portion of the hearing was closed. Discussion reSUmed between Commissioner Rosenlieb and Mr. Etchechury regarding the conditions of approval of the August 4, 1992 memo from the Planning DireCtor. Ms. Marino, Attorney, stated the condition regarding the construction of a fence as outlined in the memo is placed on this subdivision as a mitigation measure under CEQA, if the applicant does not agree to this condition as mitigation, an EIR could be required. Mr. Etchechury stated his agreement with the added conditions of this memo. Motion was made by Commissioner Rosenlieb, seconded by Commissioner Frapwell to approve and adopt the Negative Declaration, to make all findings set forth in the staff report, and to approve proposed Tentative Tract 5559 subject to the conditionS outlined in the Exhibit "A", with amendments to findings and conditions outlined in the memorandum from the Planning Department dated August 4, 1992, and the memorandums from the Public Works Department dated August 6, August 3 and July 8, 1992. Motion carried. 7.3) Motion was made by Commissioner Rosenlieb, seconded by Commissioner Messner, to approve the reduction of lot frontage from 60 feet to 58 feet and 55 'feet as shown-on the tentative map. Motion carried. PUBLIC HEARING- TENTATIVE TRACT 5758 This item'was not heard and was continued to the next regular meeting of August 20, 1992 due t° the lack of a quorum. 7.4) PUBLIC HEARING - TENTATIVE TRACT 5738 This item was not heard and was continued to the next regular meeting of August 20, 1992 due to the lack of a quorum. Agenda, PC, 8/6/92 7.5) 'PUBLIC HEARING TENTATIVE TRACT 5756 Staff report was given. Page 6 Public.portion of the hearing was opened; no one spoke in opposition. ROger MCIntosh repreSented the property owner. He requested a two-week continuance on this tract because of wording problems they have not been able to resolve with staff. The continuance would allow time to resolve these issues. Motion was made by Commissioner Rosenlieb, seconded by Commissioner Frapwell to continue this item to the next regular meeting of August 20, 1992. Motion carried. ~ 7.6) PUBLIC HEARING - TENTATIVE TRACT 5597 8.2) FI!.E 5341 -- APPLICATION BY TELSTAR ENGINEERING TO AMEND THE ZONING BOUNDARIES FROM AN RS-2.5A (RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN-2.5 ACRES MINIMUM LOT SIZE) ZONE TO AN E (ESTATE- ONE FAMILY DWELLING), OR MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONE ON 4.97 +/- ACRES LOCATED SOUTH OF PALM AVENUE APPROXIMATELY 600 9.1) FEET EAST OF JEWETTA AVENUE. FI!.E 5300 -- APPLICATION BY TELSTAR ENGINEERING TO PREZONE TO R-1 18,000 (ONE FAMILY DWELLING-MINIMUM LOT SIZE 18,000 SQUARE FEET), OR MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONE OF SAID PROPERTY LOCATED EAST OF JEWETTA AVENUE APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET NORTH OF BRIMHALL ROAD KNOWN AS THE BRIMHALL NO. 3 ANNEXATION. Staff report was waiVed because request for continuance was received. Public portion of the hearing was opened. Joseph Leon stated he was in favor of this item asking the reason for the continuance. Mr. Lee explained the reason was that two concurrent zone changes exist on this project containing mitigation which the applicant has not agreed to meet. This map cannot be approved without the proper zoning. The applicant has requested a continuance until September 17, 1992. Mr. Hardisty responded to a question by Mr. Leon saying the subject mitigation is in regard to school fees and must be stipulated within approval of this map. Motion was made bY Commissioner Rosenlieb, seconded by Commissioner Messner to hear Agenda Item #'s 8.2 and 9.1 Concurrently with this item. Agenda, PC, 8/6/92 Motion Carried. Page 7 Public portion of the hearings for Tentative Tract 5597, Zone Change 5341 and Prezoning #5300 were opened, No one spoke on these items. 9.2) MotiOn was made by Commissioner Rosenlieb, seconded by Commissioner Messner to continue these 3 items to the September 17, 1992 meeting. Motion ' carried. FILE 4969 -- PROPOSAL BY THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD TO PREZONE TO M-2 (GENERAL MANUFACTURING) OR MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONE OF SAID PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF BRUNDAGE LANE TO VIRGINIA AVENUE GENERALLY WEST OF INDUSTRIAL STREET KNOWN AS THE-BRUNDAGE NO. 4 ANNEXATION. Staff report was given. public' portion of the hearing was opened; no one spoke in opposition. Public portion of the hearing was closed. Motion was made by Commissioner Rosenlieb, seconded by Commissioner Frapwell to approve resolution making findings, presented in the staff report approving the Negative Declaration and approving Prezoning #4969 to the City designation of M-2 (General Manufacturing) with conditions as attached in Exhibit "A'! and recommend same to City Council. Motion carried by the follOwing roll call vote: AYES: Commissioners Frapwell, Messner, Powers, Rosenlieb NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioners Andrew, Cohn, Marino, Anderson Agenda, PC, 8/6/92- 10. COMMUNICATIONS Page 8 A) Written Referrals from City Council regarding Sign Ordinance revisions B) Mr. Hardisty cited requests had been received for amendment to the sign ordinance from the Building Industry Association, Castle and Cooke and Board of. Realtors. He recommended these be referred to the sign ordinance Committee for study and recommendation to the full Commission. Motion was made by Commissioner Rosenlieb, seconded by Commissioner Messner to refer these items to the sign ordinance committee. Motion carried. Verbal Mr. Kloepper submitted a report to each Commissioner, stating.a workshop had been given before the City Council at the meeting of August 5, 1992 regarding Wastewater Treatment Plant 2 Option Study involving future plans for the possibility of moving the City's wastewater treatment functions to a location at Millux Road, west of Interstate 5. He said an environmental review would probably be performed on the various alternate sites previously identified. Mr. Hardisty said the County would · have to make a general plan consistency finding for acquisition. 11. COMMISSION COMMENTS Commissioner Rosenlieb stated the wall and landscaping issue which the subdivision ordinance committee has been looking into is making progress. The · Committee'is attempting to bring about an ordinance which .would allow staff approval of wall and landscaping plans if they meet very standardized criteria. If it does not meet the standardized criteria it would come before the Commission. Regarding a question by her, Mr. Hardisty recommended that the zoning ordinance address the situation of front yards of residential looking out onto C-2 property which is allowed in the current subdivision ordinance. He said staff would ~draft something for the Commission's review. In response to a question by her, Mr. Hardisty said he felt between now and the Thanksgiving holiday would allow time to accomplish this. Responding to a question by Commissioner Powers, Commissioner Rosenlieb said the issues that are being worked on in committee regarding wall and landscape are those which are routine. Agenda, PC, 8/6/92 12. ADJOURNMENT Page 9 There being no further business to come before the Commission, meeting was adjourned at 6:27 p.m. .- Laurie Davis Recording Secretary