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Home My WebLink About03/01/99 AGENDA PRE- MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD Council Chamber, City Hall Monday - March 1, 1999 12:15 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL JEFFREY TKAC, Chairman MICHAEL DHANENS, Vice-Chairman STEPHEN BOYLE MA THEW BRAD Y MARTI MUNIS-KEMPER ROBERT ORTIZ WADE TA VORN ALTERNATE: RON SPRAGUE NOTE: Agendas may be amended up to 72 hours prior to the Planning Commission meeting. A final agenda may be obtained from the Planning Department 72 hours prior to the meeting. Items listed on this agenda will be continued to 5:30 p.m. on the Thursday following the date listed on this agenda. 2. PUBLIC STATEMENTS ANY PERSON WHOSE NAME APPEARS ON THE AGENDA OR WISHES TO SPEAK REGARDING A PUBLIC HEARING NEED NOT FILL OUT A SPEAKER'S CARD. ALL OTHERS WISHING TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COMMISSION MAY FILL OUT A SPEAKER'S CARD AND PRESENT IT TO THE SECRETARY PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE MEETING. NOTICE OF RIGHT TO APPEAL Planning Commission decisions on Zone Changes, Parcel Maps and Tentative Subdivision maps are subject to appeal by any person aggrieved. No permit shall be issued for any .use involved in an application until after the final acceptance date of appeal. Such appeal must be filed in writing within 10 days from date of hearing, addressed to the City Council, cio Office of the City Clerk, 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301. A $330 non- refundable filing fee must be included with filing of the initial appeal for those appeals filed by the applicant or any person outside the notice area. All appeals filed on land divisions will require a $330 non-refundable filing fee. If all appeals are withdrawn prior to the City Council hearing, it will not be conducted and the decision of the Planning Commission will stand. If no appeal is received within the specified time period or if all appeals filed are withdrawn, the action of the Planning Commission shall become final. Agenda, PC, Monday - March 1, 1999 Page 2 CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS - (marked by asterisk (*) These itemS will be acted on as a group without individual staff presentations if no member of the Planning Commission or audience wishes to comment or ask questions on a case. The items are recommended for approval by staff. The applicant has been informed of any special conditions and has signed an agreement to conditions of approval and requested to be placed on the consent agenda. If anyone wishes to discuss or testify on any of the consent items the item(s) will be taken off consent and will be considered in the order on the agenda. If not, the public hearing will be opened and the items acted on as a group. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ' Approval of minutes of the regular meetings held January 4 and January 7, 1999. PUBLIC HEARING - APPEAL OF A SITE PLAN REVIEW DECISION (Martin-Mclntosh) Appeal by Kathy Neufeld of the Development Services Director's decision to approve a Negative Declaration for a site plan review (File No. P98-0684) of a 484-unit multiple family residential project. The appeal specifically concerns traffic impacts of the project and that the effects are significant requiring preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (focused on traffic impacts) located at 1901 Gosford Road. (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: Deny appeal Group vote PUBLIC HEARINGS - VESTING TENTATIVE TRACT MAPS 6,1¸ -Vesting Tentative Tract 5937 (Dandy & Associates) Located on the southwest corner of Hosking Avenue and Akers Road, consisting of 26 lots on 7.5 acres zoned R-1 (One Family Dwelling) and a waiver of mineral rights owner's signature pursuant to BMC Section 16.20.060 B.I. (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: Approve Group vote ¸6.2 Revised Vesting Tentative Tract Map 5667 (Simpson Lusich VanCuren) Located on the northeast corner of Campus Park Drive and Mountain Vista Drive, consisting of 95 lots for single family residential and one church lot on 24.9 acres on property zoned R-1 (One Family Dwelling) and a waiver of mineral rights owner's signature pursuant to BMC Section 16.20.060 B.1. (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: Approve Group vote Agenda, PC, Monday - March 1, 1999 Page 3 10. 11. February 19, 1999 PUBLIC HEARINGS -ZONE CHANGES 7.1) Zone Change P98-0940 (CitY of ~Bakersfield) Located on the east side of Quantico Avenue, approximately 300 feet north of Texas Street, consisting of a change in zone from M-1 (Light Manufacturing) to R-2 (Limited Multiple Family Dwelling) on 0.68 acres (29,604.44 square feet) adjusting the zone line to recognize the existing limited multiple family development. (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: Approve · Roll call vote. 7.2) Zone Change P99-0011 (Simpson Lusich VanCuren) Located on the northwest corner of Campus Park Drive and Almaden Drive consisting of a change in zone from R-1 (One Family Dwelling) to R-1 CH (One Family Dwelling-Church). (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: Approve Roll call vote. WALL AND LANDSCAPE CONCEPT PLAN' VESTING TT 5921 (P99-0086) (Porter-Robertson) Located on the west side of Calloway Drive, and south of Noriega Road requesting deviation from landscape policies adopted by the Planning Commission. (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: Group vote COMMUNICATIONS A) Written B) Verbal COMMISSION COMMENTS A) Committees ADJOURNMENT Deny Held Monday March 1, 1999 12:15 p.m. City Council Chamber, City Hall 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, California ROLL CALL COMMISSIONERS: Present: JEFFREY TKAC, Chairperson MICHAEL DHANENS, Vice Chairperson STEPHEN BOYLE MATHEW BRADY MARTI MUNIS-KEMPER ROBERT ORTIZ RON SPRAGUE Absent: WADE TAVORN ADVISORY MEMBERS: Present: ANDREW THOMSON, Deputy City Attorney RUSS COMBS, Building Official MARIAN SHAW, Engineer IV Staff: Present: STANLEY GRADY, Planning Director JIM EGGERT, Principal Planner JIM MOVIUS, Principal Planner MIKE LEE, Associate Planner PAM TOWNSEND, Recording Secretary PUBLIC STATEMENTS None Chairman Tkac read the Notice of Right to Appeal CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS If anyone wishes to discuss or testify on any of the consent items the item(s) will be taken off consent and will be considered in the order on the agenda. If not, the public hearing will be opened and the items acted on as a group. MinUtes, PC, Monday, March 1, 1999 Page 2 = Mr. Grady reported that Agenda Item 7.1 Zone Change .P98-0940wil! b.e.pla~ed.on the consent .. calendar for Thursday. APPROVAL OF MINUTES This will be heard on Thursday. PUBLIC HEARING - APPEAL OF A SITE PLAN REVIEW DECISION (Martin-Mclntosh) Staff report was given. Staff is recommending denial of the appeal as no information has been provided by the appellant to dispute the Development Services Director's decision. Commissioner Brady asked if the City had received, other than from Ms. Neufeld, any additional letters or comments regarding this project? Mr. Eggert said that no other correspondence has been received. This item will be heard on Thursday, March 4, 1999. PUBLIC HEARINGS - VESTING TENTATIVE TRACT M~PS 6.1 Vesting Tentative Tract 5937 (Dandy & Associates) Staff report was given. Staff is recommending approval with conditions in Exhibit "1." Item was moved until Thursday, March 4, 1999. 6,2 Revised Vesting Tentative Tract Map 5667 (Simpson Lusich VanCuren) Staff report was given. Staff is recommending approval of the tract map but not of the non-radial lot lines, The only non-radial lot staff recommended approval of was lot No. 6, Staff also recommended approval of modifications to allow the reduced depth on cul-de- sac lots and a reduced width on Lot 1. Public Works and the applicant met.and agreed upon Public Works amended conditions, Commissioner Sprague asked if there wasn't a recommendation from the Planning Department requiring a brick wall along the park area to shield some of the lots. Mr. Lee responded that there was an Extension of Time on the previous map and there may have been a condition placed at that time. He said he would check on that and have an answer by Thursday night. Commissioner Dhanens asked Ms. Shaw to explain Public Works Condition No. 2 as outlined in the memorandum that Was passed out. Ms. Shaw said that. Condition 2 refers to the location of Day Springs Drive and its intersection with Mountain Vista. To the west of the tract there are two streets which also intersect with Mountain Vista. One is Walton Valley Lane and the other one is Delusion Drive. Originally Public Works had asked that Day Springs be relocated to line up with Walton Valley. The engineer of the Minutes, PC, Monday, March 1, 1999 Page 3 10. project.andthe City!.s..T. raffic. Engineer had a meeting and since the proposal was only three feet off of our standards and traffic load would not be heavy, it was decided that it would be sufficient. Therefore, Day Springs Drive will be moving to the south two lots. Item was moved until Thursday, March 4, 1999. PUBLIC HEARINGS - ZONE CHANGES 7.1) Zone Chan~le P98-0940 (City of Bakersfield) Staff report was given. Staff is recommending it be placed on the Consent Calendar. No comments were made from the Commissioners. Item was moved until Thursday, March 4, 1999. 7.2) Zone Change P99-0011 (Simpson Lusich VanCuren) Staff report was given. Staff is recommending approval. No comments were made from the Commissioners. Item was moved until Thursday, March 4, 1999. WALL AND LANDSCAPE CONCEPT PLAN- VESTING TT 5921 (P99-0086) (Porter-Robertson) Commissioner Dhanens declared a conflict of interest on this project. Staff report was given. Staff recommended that the Planning Commission uphold the need for a 25% increase in texture. Commissioner Sprague asked staff if brick wouldn't hold up better than stucco? Mr. Movius stated that the Parks Department had looked at that several years ago because some tracts had been having problems with stucco but that staff is not requiring a stucco wall. The Ordinance requires some type of texture such as fluted block. There are many things besides stucco that could be done, just that something needs to be done. Staff does accept stucco as a texture treatment. Item was moved until Thursday, March 4, 1999. COMMUNICATIONS There were no written or verbal communications. COMMISSION COMMENTS There were no Commissioner comments. Minutes~ PC, Monday, March 1, 1999 Page 4 11. April 6, 1999 .... ADJOURNMENT ...... There being no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned at 12:45 p.m. Pam Townsend, Recording Secretary Planning Directd[r