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Home My WebLink About09/11/1995 B A K E R S F I E L D Kevin McDermott, Chair Randy Rowles Patricia M. Smith Staff: Gail E. Waiters AGENDA URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMI'n'EE Joint meeting with Planning Commission Ad Hoc Committee Monday, September 11, 1995 12:15 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room Second Floor - City Hall, Suite 201 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 1. ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF AUGUST 16, 1995 MINUTES 3. PRESENTATIONS 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. UPDATE ON SMALL LOT ORDINANCE - Hardisty 6. NEW BUSINESS A. PROPOSED MODIFICATION TO TITLE 16 - Hardisty B. FREEWAY UPDATE - R. Rojas 7. ADJOURNMENT GEW:jp F LE COP1' NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD (Joint meeting with Planning Commission Ad Hoc Committee) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Urban Development Committee of the City Council will hold a Special Meeting for the purpose of a Committee Meeting on Monday, September 11, 1995, at 12:15 p.m., at City Manager's Conference Room, City Hall- Second Floor, Suite 201, 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California, to consider: 1. ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF AUGUST 16, 1995 MINUTES 3. PRESENTATIONS 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. UPDATE ON SMALL LOT ORDINANCE - Hardisty 6. NEW BUSINESS A. PROPOSED MODIFICATION TO TITLE 16 - Hardisty B. FREEWAY UPDATE - R. Rojas 7. ADJOURNMENT /G/ail E. Waiters, Assistant City Manager GL=~V:jp C ELS O C CONsUl.TInG Esomeers and P.O. BOX ] 76 LAND SURVEYORS OF CALIFORNIA Bakersfield, California 93302 95 ~?JG ti PH 2:30 August 9, 1995 Honorable City Council City of Bakersfield 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 RE: PROPOSED MODIFICATION TO TITLE 16 Dear Council Members: We hereby request that Section 16.28.170.C of the Municipal Code be modified to allow lot depths less than 100 feet at transitional lots on cul-de-sacs and elbows. Under the current guidelines for lot design outlined in Section 16.28.170 of said code, provisions were made to allow for reduced lot frontages on cul-de-sacs and knuckles. The code does not make provisions however, for the two "transitional" lots at each cul-de-sac and knuckle that cannot meet the minimum lot depth requirements although they meet minimum lot width and area requirements. These transitional lots are sufficient enough in size to permit full conformity with the yard and setback requirements of Title 17. The code should have a provision for reducing the minimum lot depth on transitional lots to 82 feet. We are requesting that the current Section 17.28.170.C be deleted and replaced with the following: Lot Depth. All residential lots shall have a minimum depth as follows: 1. Interior and comer lots = 100 deep. The lot depth is the length of a line that bisects a lot from a point on the fi'ont property line measured half way between the side property lines to a point on the rear of the property. 2. Cul-de-sac or elbow lot = The minimum lot depth for the two transitional lots found on each cul-de-sac or elbow is 82 deep. Transitional lots are those that occur at the beginning and end of each cul-de-sac or elbow. The lot depth is the length of a line that bisects a lot from a point on the front property line measured half way between the side property lines to a point on the rear of the property. I have enclosed a detail of a typical cul-de-sac and elbow that illustrates that transitional lots are buildable and conform to the intent of the Code. " CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND P.O. BOX 176 L.,N,. Su.vE~o.s oF C.~.~o.~,. Bakersfield, California 93302 Honorable City Council August 9, 1995 Page Two Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Members of our organization would be glad to meet at any time with representatives of the City to discuss this issue. Sincerely, Vice-President HWR/I1 cc: Ben Ennis, Ennis Development Corp. Bob Harris, Harris Homes Inc. 117.9' 118.0' \ / 6008 s.f. I 6008 s.f. f '°°.°' 26.0. 100.0' 100.0' 26.0' 26.0' TYPICAL .... CUL DE SAC SCALE: 1"= 40' (% 110.8' 95.5' L=55.2' / / / / / I 6039 s.f. I - 5.0' J ,oo.o'I25.0' I--: 2~.o' 2~.o' TYPICAL _ KNUCKLE , SCALE: 1"= 40' NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITrEE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the regular meeting of the Urban Development Committee of the City Council scheduled for Wednesday, September $, 1995, at 12:15 p.m., in the City Manager's Conference Room, Second Floor of City Hall, Suite 201, 1501 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California, has been canceled. A special meeting will be held Monday, September 11, 1995, at 12:15 p.m., at the above location. DATED: September 1, 1995 ///l~ail E. Waiters, Assistant City Manager BAKERSFIELD Al~Tandy, City Manager ~ Kevin McDermott, Chair Staff: Gail E. Waiters / Randy Rowles Patricia M. Smith AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMI'FrEE Wednesday, August 16, 1995 12:15 p.m. - City Manager's Conference Room 1'. ROLL CALL Call to Order 12:25 p.m. Present: Councilmembers Kevin McDermott, Chair; and Randy Rowles. Councilmember Patricia Smith ardved at 12:36 p.m. and was not present for discussion on items 5A and 5B. Planning Commission Ad Hoc Committee members Stephen Boyle, Mathew Brady and Kenneth Hersh. 2. APPROVAL OF JULY 11, 1995 MINUTES Approved as submitted. 3. PRESENTATIONS None 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS Kate Rosenlieb requested that the issues regarding open space and multi-family housing be kept separate when discussing minimum lot sizes. She suggested that staff contact' other communities to see what they are doing. Agenda Summary Report August 16, 1995 Page -2- 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. MORNING DRIVE SPECIFIC PLAN UNE The Committee voted 2-0 to send the specific plan alignment to the Council in concurrence with staff's recommendation. Morning Drive is in Councilmember Smith's ward; however, she wes not present for this vote. B, SPORTS COMPLEX Staff had no new information to add since the Council Workshop of August 9, 1995. 6. NEW BUSINESS " A. MINIMUM LOT SIZES Staff provided the Committee with suggested ordinance revisions regarding minimum lot sizes after extensive review with the Planning Commission ad hoc committee. The two main issues are additional amenities for lots in an R2 zone that are less than 6,000 square feet; and minimum standards for amenities in an R2 and R3 zone. Comments from committee members and the public stressed the importance of setting a standard that is consistent with all construction in R2/R3 zones so that we do not defeat the purpose of allowing minimum lots. The Committee, therefore, recommended the following: 1) revise the ordinance to eliminate the 80 percent rule in single-family and multi-family zones and schedule the ordinance for Council action; 2) refer to the Planning Commission the determination of what an appropriate amenity may be for an R2 and R3 zone; and 3) establish an objective formula for defining amenities. Item number three is requested to come back to the Committee within 60 days. B. SEPTEMBER MEETING DATE The September meeting date hes been changed from September 6, 1995 to September 11, 1995. The Committee esked that the next meeting also be a joint meeting with Planning Commission representatives. 7. ADJOURNMENT Adjoumed 2:20 p.m. cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council GEW:~