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Home My WebLink About03/15/99AGENDA REGULAR PRE- MEETING OF THE .... PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD Council Chamber, City Hall Monday - March 15, 1999 12:15 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL JEFFREY TKAC, Chairman MICHAEL DHANENS, Vice-Chairman STEPHEN BOYLE MA THEW BRADY 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 iisted 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, c/o 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 If all appeals are withdrawn prior to the City Council hearing, it will not be conducted and the decision of the Planning Commission will stand. Agenda, PC, Monday - March 15, 1999 Page 2 If noappeal is received within .the specified time period or if a .appea s filed are withdrawn, the action of the Planning Commission shall become final. 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 19 and January 21, 1999. WORKSHOP - Economic and Community Development Department - Transmittal of Draft Redevelopment Plans for the Old Town Kern-Pioneer Redevelopment Project area and Southeast Bakersfield Redevelopment Project area for uDcomin_~ requests for findin~ls of consistency with .qeneral plan and recommendations to the Central District Development Agency and City Council. Wall and Landscape Concept Plan No. P99-0090 - Revised Vestin~l Tentative Tract 5667 - Ralph Adame. A proposed Wall and Landscape Concept Plan for Revised Vesting Tentative Tract 5667 requesting a deviation from the wall and landscape policy. (Categorically exempt) Staff Recommendation: Approve Group vote. PUBLIC HEARING - Amendment to the Comprehensive Slain Plan for Valley Plaza Mall No. P97-0627 - MCG Architects. The proposed change will add the Pacific Theatre building as an addendum to the plan, and permit the theater to have a sign that is incorporated into an architectural feature that extends above the roof line of the building located at 2701 Ming Avenue. (Categorically exempt) Staff Recommendation: Approve Group vote. PUBLIC HEARINGS - GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS, ASSOCIATED REZONINGS, ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, CIRCULATION, KERN RIVER PLAN AND PARKS ELEMENTS: Agenda, PC, Monday~ March 15, 1999 Page 3 8.1) ..... 8.2a) 8.2b) 8.3a) 8.3b) Amendment to the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan Parks. Element - City of Bakersfield to increase the minimum size of neighborhood parks to 10 acres from the existing standard of 6 acres located city-wide. (Categorically exempt) Staff ReCommendation: Approve Roll call vote. General Plan Amendment P98-0749 - Kern County Superintendent of Schools requesting to amend the Land Use Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan from LI (Light Industrial) to MUC (Mixed Use Commercial) on 15 acres located between 21st Street and 24th Street, east of "R" Street and west of the Kern Island Canal. (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: - Approve with conditions Roll call vote. Zone Change P98-0749 - Kern County Superintendent of Schools requesting a zone change from M--I. (Light Manufacturing) to CC (Commercial Center)'on 15 acres located between 21st Street and 24th Street, east of "R" Street and west of the Kern Island Canal. (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: Approve with conditions Roll call vote. General Plan Amendment P98-0976 - Kenneth F. Cooper requesting to amend the Land Use Element and Kern River Plan Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan as follows: Land Use Element Amendment from OS (Open Space) to OC (Office Commercial) on 3.40 acres; Kerb River Plan Element Amendment from 8.5 (Resource Management) to 6.25 (Office Commercial) on 3.40 acres located on the north side of Stockdale Highway, west of the Arvin-Edison Canal. (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: Approve Roll call vote. 'Zone Change No. P98-0976 - Kenneth F. Cooper requesting a zone change. from A (Agriculture) to C-O (Commercial & Professional Office) on 3.40 acres located on the north side of Stockdale Highway, west of the Arvin-Edison Canal. (Negative Declaration on file). Staff Recommendation: Roll call vote. Approve Agenda, PC, Monday - March 15, 1999 Page 4 ~8.4) General Plan.Amendment P98-0990, Castle and Cooke, Inc. requesting an amendment to the Land Use Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 * General Plan changing the land use designation from OS-P (Open Space-Parks) to LR (Low Density Residential) on 10.00 acres located approximately 1,400 feet west of Buena Vista Road along the south side of Ming Avenue (extended), and from LMR (Low Medium Density Residential) to OS-P (Open Space-Parks) on 10.00 acres located approximately 1,800 feet west of Buena Vista Road along the north side of Ming Avenue (extended). (Negative Declaration on file) 8.5a) 8.5b) 8.6) 8.7) Staff Recommendation: Denial Roll call vote. General Plan Amendment P98-0991- SmithTech/USA, Inc. requesting to' amend the Land Use Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan from MC (Major Commercial) to HR (High Density Residential) on 5.02 acres located along the north side of Bernard Street approximately 1,000 feet west of Oswell Street. (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: Approve Roll call vote. Zone Change P98-0991 - SmithTechlUSA, Inc. requesting a change in the zoning from R-1 CH (One Family Dwelling-Church) to PUD (Planned Unit Development) on 5.02 acres located along the north side of Bernard Street approximately 1,000 feet west of Oswell Street. The development will be a senior citizen (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: Approve Roll call vote. General Plan Amendment P98-0960 - City of Bakersfield is requesting to amend the Circulation Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan by eliminating the North-South collector segment between Panorama Drive and Paladino Drive located about one-half mile west of Morning Drive, between Panorama Drive on the south and Paladino Drive on the north. (Categorically exempt) Staff Recommendation: Approve Roll call vote. General Plan Amendment P98-0968 - Castle and Cooke, CA, Inc. is requesting an amendment to the Circulation Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan deleting a "collector' street alignment along the south side of Ming Avenue (extended) approximately 3,500 feet west of Buena - Vista Road at the intersection of Ming Avenue and the Kern River Canal. The Agenda, . PC, Monday- March 15,. 1999 Page 5 8.8) 8.9a) 8.9b) 8.9c) segment to .be deleted extends southwestward from Ming Avenue (extended)/Kern River Canal intersection, a distance of approximately one'half mile. (Negative Declaration on file). Staff Recommendation: Denial Roll call vote. ' General Plan Amendment P99-0028 - City of Bakersfield is requesting an amendment to the Circulation Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan deleting a portion of Pacheco Road as a collector segment between Gosford Road and Old River Road. (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: Roll call vote. Approve with conditions General Plan Amendment P99-0054 - Porter-Robertson En_~ineerinq is requesting an amendment to the Land Use Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan to increase the density requirements from 3.27 to 3,95 dwelling units per gross acre on 164.55 acres in the Polo Grounds development area. The request is also to change the land use designation from LR (Low Density Residential) to GC (General Commercial) on 1.25 acres located generally south of Snow Road, between Calloway Drive and the Friant-Kern Canal. (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: Approve a portion of the request Roll call Vote.. Circulation Element Amendment P99-0054 - Porter-Robertson En§ineerin,q is requesting a change in the Circulation Element Amendment to relocate a portion of the Norris Road alignment as a collector segment located south of Snow Road between Calloway Drive and the Friant-Kern Canal. (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: Denial Roll call vote. Zone Change P99-0054 - Porter-Robertson En~jineering is requesting a change in the zoning from R-1 (One Family Dwelling) to R-1 CH (One Family Dwelling-Church) on 10 acres and to C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial) on 1.25' acres located south of Snow Road between Calloway Drive and the Friant-Kern Canal. (Negative Declaration on file) Staff Recommendation: Approve a portion of the request '. Roll call vote. O.... Agenda, 'PC, Monday - March 15, 1999 Page 6' .._ 9. COMMUNICATIONS 10. 11. A) Written B) Verbal COMMISSION COMMENTS A) Committees ADJOURNMENT March 5 1999 C.." STANLEY GRADy, Secretary Planning Director Held Monday, - March 15, 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 MARTI MUNIS-KEMPER Alternate: RON SPRAGUE Absent: MATHEW BRADY ROBERT ORTIZ WADE TAVORN ADVISORY MEMBERS: Presenh CARL HERNANDEZ, Deputy City Attorney DENNIS FIDLER, Building Director MARIAN SHAW, Engineer IV Staff: Presenh STANLEY GRADY, Planning Director MARC GAUTHIER, Principal Planner JIM MOVIUS, Principal Planner MIKE LEE, Associate Planner JIM EGGERT, Principal Planner PAM TOWNSEND, Recording Secretary PUBLIC STATEMENTS None Chairman Tkac read the Notice of Right to Appeal CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS None Minutes, PC, Monday, March 15, 1999 Page 2 = _APPROVAL OF MINUTES Of regular meetings held January 19th and January 21st 1999. Commissioner Sprague commented that on the January 21st Minutes, Item 6.1 that he did declare a conflict of interest on this item. WORKSHOP - Economic and Community Development Department - Transmittal of Draft Redevelopment Plans for the Old Town Kern-Pioneer Redevelopment Project area and Southeast Bakersfield Redevelopment Project area for upcomino requests for findings of consistency with general plan and recommendations to the Central District Development Agency and City Council. Mr. Grady commented that the presentation will be held on Thursday. Item moved to Thursday, March 18, 1999. No action required for this item. Wall and Landscape Concept Plan No. P99-0090 - Revised Vesting Tentative Tract 5667 - Ralph Adame. Staff report given. Commissioner Dhanens questioned if the collector streets adjacent to the tract incorporate a meandering sidewalk or if this is the first time this type of sidewalk is introduced into this neighborhood, to which Ms. Eng responded that this would be the first meandering sidewalk in this neighborhood. Commissioner Sprague questioned what is being done to keep the sprinklers from spraying in the street or flooding the sidewalk causing hazards on the sidewalk due to puddling of water to which Mr. Doyle responded there will be shrubs and ground cover more adjacent to the wall and turf adjacent to the curb which allows drainage off the sidewalk onto the curb so there shouldn't be any standing water. Item moved to Thursday, March 18, 1999. PUBLIC HEARING - Amendment to the Comprehensive Sign Plan for Valley Plaza Mall No. P97-0627 - MCG Architects. Staff report given. No commissioner comments. Item moved to Thursday, March 18, 1999. Minutes, PC, Monday, March 15, 1999 Page 3 .... PUBLIC .HEARINGS - GENERAL P,LAN ,AMENDMENTS, ASSOCIATED REZONINGS, ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, CIRCULATION, KERN RIvERPiAN AND PARKS ELEMENTS: 8.1) Amendment to the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan Parks 8.2a) 8.2b) Element - City of Bakersfield Staff report given. Commissioner Sprague commented that the present ordinance properly addresses what should be done with parks. He is concerned that there is one person at the Parks & Recreation that is making a decision for subdivision developments, and questioned if there could be a panel of three people within staff that could make the decision. He further questioned what "mini-parks" are, and inquired if all parks include basketball and tennis courts with this ordinance. He further inquired if the total cost and development of the park is something the developer can credit back towards those development fees? Item moved to Thursday, March 18, 1999. General Plan Amendment P98-0749 - Kern County Superintendent of Schools Combined with 8.2b below. Zone Change P98-0749 - Kern County Superintendent of Schools Staff report given. Commissioner Dhanens commented on the blue memorandum referencing this project, which refers to a Iow density residential designation in an R-1 which does not appear to be consistent with the project description and questioned if the memo was misplaced or if that language needs to be clarified or changed. Staff will clarify by Thursday. Commissioner Dhanens inquired if the list of potential components to the project in the staff report is a proposal based on that list of uses and those areas in terms of dwelling units or if it is just a list from which the ultimate project could be some of those items or not all. Mr. Gauthier responded that those were the list of uses which were used in the traffic study. Commissioner Boyle inquired if there is a draft site plan to which Mr. Gauthier responded they have no site plan. Commissioner Boyle further inquired if they will be barred from imposing conditions on the other uses, to which staff reported in the negative. Minutes, PC, Monday, March 15, 1999 Page 4 8.3a) 8.3b) 8.4) CommiSsioner Sprague inquired if the railroad track spur from 24th S{r-~et Would be coming out and going south on this development to which, staff reported in the affirmative. Commissioner Sprague inquired if to the east of the Kern Island Canal (adjacent to the site) if there would be a brick wall, or block wall, to block off from the commercial. Staff responded that they did not believe that a block wall was required, but normal ordinance would be chain link fencing. Commissioner Dhanens inquired what, if any, special permits or procedures the property owner would have to complete concerning hazardous material within 1000 feet of a school. Commissioner Kemper requested a definition of the Mixed Use description. Item moved to Thursday, March 18, 1999. General Plan Amendment P98-0976 - Kenneth F. Cooper) Combined with 8.3b below. Zone Change No. P98-0976 - Kenneth F. Cooper Staff report given. Commissioner Boyle inquired why the County was recommending denial, and if a better designation for the property would be a PCD where there is more control of the building structure, to which staff responded yes. Commissioner Dhanens inquired how specialty retail is defined, or where you draw the line of what specialty retail is versus general retail. Staff responded that they will provide some examples on Thursday evening. Item moved to Thursday, March 18, 1999. General Plan Amendment P98-0990 - Castle and Cooke, Inc. Staff report given. Commissioner Dhanens asked what will happen on Thursday evening if the memo of March 4th mentions that Martin Mclntosh has requested withdrawal of application to which staff responded that they had already noticed it as a public hearing and didn't believe they have to go through these steps. Item moved to Thursday, March 18, 1999. Minutes, PC, Monday, March 15, 1999 Page 5 ..... 8.5a) 8.5b) 8.6) ..General Plan Amendment P. 98-0991- SmithTech/USA, Inc. Combined with 8.5b below. Zone Change P98-0991 - SmithTech/USA, Inc. Staff report given. Commissioner Sprague requested Fire Department input regarding access and turns through the central radius parking area. Staff reports this represents the redesign based on the Fire Department's comments. Commissioner Dhanens asked staff if they would provide copies of the elevations for this project to display on Thursday evening, to which staff responded in the affirmative. Commissioner Dhanens also asked if there is some significant change of elevation across the site. Commissioner Boyle inquired if there should be separate motions for the zone change and the plan amendment, to which staff responded they will have to fix that on Thursday. Item moved to Thursday, March 18, 1999. General Plan Amendment P98-0960 - City of Bakersfield Staff report given. Commissioner Sprague questioned why they are wanting to delete this and if the owner has been contacted regarding deleting this collector. Mr. Sprague stated that he thinks the collector will be needed in the future. Staff responded that they contacted property owners but received no response. It is not known if Public Works has had any contact with the property owners. Commissioner Sprague commented that he believes the property owner would be very concerned on this project. Commissioner Boyle asked if the collector is deleted if there would be no north/south streets going from Panorama to Paladino, or that it just wont be given the status as a collector to which staff responded that it wont have a collector status. It does not preclude putting a different road in with different width criteria. Commissioner Boyle also asked if the developer would be required to put in a north/south route whether it be collector status or not to which Ms. Shaw responded that she could not answer at this time. Minutes, PC, Monday, March 15, 1999 Page 6 8.7) 8.8) 8.9a) 8.9b) 8.9c) Commissioner Boyle commented that one of the property ownersl concern was the co-generation plant to the north of where the intersection of the collector and Paladino would have been and the large amounts of ammonia and access for fire crews. Mr. Boyle further commented that a north/south access is appropriate for the continuing concerns of the neighborhood in that area. Item moved to Thursday, March 18, 1999. General Plan Amendment P98-0968 - Castle and Cooke, CA, Inc. Staff report given. Item moved to Thursday, March 18, 1999. General Plan Amendment P99-0028 - City of Bakersfield Staff report given. Commissioner Boyle inquired if the collector status is removed then they wont have to use the same width on an intersection and same width of the street for whatever development that goes on there to which staff responded in the affirmative. Commissioner Dhanens asked if it could be considered premature to delete the collector now without seeing some of the development, to which staff responded that an industrial park is going to come in at site plan review, and if there is no collector there they do not get anything through staff. Commissioner Dhanens inquired if there was a need for a traffic study for the deletion of this collector to indicate whether or not by deleting it they are not going to be impacting other circulation segments within that area, to which staff responded that was the point of the hearing for the commission to make that determination. Item moved to Thursday, March 18, 1999. General Plan Amendment P99-0054 - Porter-Robertson Enqineerim3 Combined with 8.9b & 8.9c below. Circulation Element Amendment P99-0054 - Porter-Robertson Engineerinc~ Combined with 8.9a, 8.9c below. Zone Change P99-0054 - Porter-Robertson Engineering Staff report given. Minutes, PC, Monday, March 15, 1999 Page 7 10, 11, Commissioner Dhanens inquired if the motions should be'separated ~t-t°' ' ' which staff responded yes. Item moved to Thursday, March 18, 1999. COMMUNICATIONS A) Written - None B) Verbal- None COMMISSION COMMENTS None. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned at 1:20 p.m. Pam Townsend, Recording Secretary April 14, 1999