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Home My WebLink About12/11/1996 BAKERSFIELD Kevin McDermott, Chair Randy Rowles Patricia M. Smith Staff: Gail E. Waiters AGENDA URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Wednesday, December 11, 1996 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 OCTOBER 16, 1996 MINUTES 3. PRESENTATIONS 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AMENDMENT - Hardisty B. KIOSK SIGN PROGRAM - Hardisty 6. NEW BUSINESS A. STANDARDS FOR UTILITIES IN RIGHT-OF-WAY - Rojas B. NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES, USES AND LOTS - Hardisty C. PROPOSED 1997 MEETING SCHEDULE 7. ADJOURNMENT GEW:jp DRAFT BAKERSFIELD /~/~~ -- Kevin McDermott, Chair ,A~an Tandy, City Manager Randy Rowles Patricia M. Smith Staff: Gall E. Waiters AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Wednesday, October 16, 1996 12:15 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order at 12:20 p.m. Present: Councilmembers Kevin McDermott, Chair; Randy Rowles, and Patricia Smith 2. APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER 18, 1996 MINUTES Approved as submitted. 3. PRESENTATIONS None 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS None 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS A. KIOSK SIGNS FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS Staff distributed responses to questions the Committee raised at its last meeting regarding the Kiosk Sign Program. Discussion surrounded a concern for the 12' signs being too high to place in residential neighborhoods and adding more flexibility for individual builder's promotional desires. Staff will draft two separate ordinances addressing these concerns and will bring both back to the Committee for review and approval. The Committee also asked that their comments be shared with the Planning Commission sign committee. URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT Wednesday, October 16, 1996 Page -2- 6. NEW BUSINESS A. TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE A proposed ordinance was distributed. Staff was asked to provide the Committee with a step-by-step flow chart of the development and inspection process for residential developments. This will give the Committee an understanding of where the critical milestones are, and thus at what point the payment of fees should be imposed (i.e. at time of move in, pouring the foundation, final inspection). The BIA passed out a copy of the City of Visalia's ordinance, on transportation impact fees as it relates to residential developments. B. SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE CLEAN UP The Committee recommended the ordinance be returned to Council for second reading. C. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FEE SCHEDULE The Development Services Department was instructed by the City Attorney's Office that its "unadvertised" fee for zone modification review needed to be changed to reflect that affected property owners would be notified of an application for a variance. Staff will make the adjustment in the language. The Committee also asked that staff reduce the fee proposed so that it did not represent such a significant increase over a one-year period. Once the changes are made, the fees can be forwarded for Council adoption. D. CITY OF SHAFTER FOREIGN TRADE ZONE ANNEXATION The Committee expressed its concern for the proposed annexation and asked staff to prepare a list of issues that could be forwarded to the Shafter City Council, Board of Supervisors and LAFCO. Additionally, staff was asked to begin the process for requesting a sphere of influence change for the City of Bakersfield. (Councilmember Smith was not in attendance for this item.) 7. ADJOURNMENT Adjourned at 2:20 p.m. GEW:jp URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE - 1997 PROPOSED MEETING SCHEDULE WEDNESDAYS @ 12:15 PM COMMITTEE MEETING COUNCIL MEETING None January 8 January 15 January 22 None February 5 February 12 February 19 None March 5 March 12 March 19 None April 2 April 23 April 30 None* May 14 None* May 28 June 4 June 11 None* June 26 July 16 July 23 None None August 13 August 20 None None September 10 September 17 None None October 8 October 15 None October 29 November 5 November 12 None November 26 December 3 December 10 None December 24 *No meeting scheduled because of budget hearings/holidays. MEMORANDUM October 28, 1996 TO: URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FROM:~- STANLEY GRADY, PLANNING DIRECTOR SUBJECT: COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S SIGN COMMITTEE ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE PROPOSED KIOSK SIGN PROGRAM The sign committee of the Planning Commission met on Wednesday, October 23, 1996, to discuss proposed changes from members of the Urban Development Committee. The three member sign committee unanimously agreed that they could not support the proposed changes. Specific concerns were: 1. The proposed changes were not an improvement over the original proposal. 2. The committee could not endorse builders signs in the right-of-way without public benefit. 3. Allowing individual KIOSK signs at 25' apart would create the "Burma Shave" look of the fifties. 4. Individual builder KIOSK signs could take prime spaces leaving the worst sites available for participants in a managed KIOSK program. 5. Allowing use of the right-of-way is a benefit and should require enhancement through a unified design. Suggestions that they thought could improve the program were: 1. Allowing one off-site builder sign in addition to participation on a KIOSK. 2. Extending time for removal of existing KIOSK signs from one year to eighteen months or two years. This 'was based on information presented during the committee review that major repair to signs are usually required during that time frame and that would be an appropriate ' time to remove the sign. The sign committee felt that a joint meeting might be beneficial. It would allow them to explain the rationale behind their proposal and work with the Urban Development Committee to resolve their concerns regarding the KIOSK sign program. SG:pjt m\mdc 10-25