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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Minutes 01-24-77 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN PI~NNING COMMISSION January 24, 1977 A regular meeting of the City of Tustin Planning Commission was held on the 24th day of January, 1977, at 7:30 p.m., in the Co~cil Chambers, City Center, Centennial Way at Main Street, Tustin, California. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairman Hill. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE was led by Commissioner Lathrop. INVOCATION was given by Commissioner Glenn. ROLL CALL Present: Commissioners: Hill, Lathrop, Glenn, McHarris, Robbins. Absent: Commiss%oners: None. Others present: R. Kenneth Fleagle, Assistant City Administrator, Community Development Director Daniel Van Dorpe, Assistant Director, Planning and Building Alan Warren, Planning Technician Scott Nichols, Deputy City Attorney Mary Ann Cikmmberlain, Planning Commission Recording Secretary APPROVAL OF MINUTES Moved by McHarris, seconded by Lathrop, that the minutes.of January 10, 1977, be a~proved. Carried 5-0. PUBLIC HEARINGS Continued 1. USE PERMIT 76-33 - TUSTIN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT To authorize the construction of a facility yard on Service Road, west of Red Hill Avenue. After the presentation of the staff report by Dr. Fleagle, the public portion of the hearing was opened at 7:35 p.m. Mr. Larry Sutherland, Tustin Unified School District's Manager of Support Services, stated that they feel the block wall will be of significant value but requested that the planting of trees along the rear property line be deleted. Mr. Don Klinkhammer, General Partner for Tuscal Associates who own the apart- ments that are located on the westerly property line, had the roi. lowing comments: the bus parking is too close to the apartments and that the site plan should give more consideration to the residential areas that are located near this yard. Mr. Skinner, Architect for the project, commented that they do have a cir- culation problem that if they reverse the site plan~ then the loading dock would be near to the westerly perimeter instead of the buses. The public portion of the hearing was closed at 8:05 p.m. The Commission discussed the noise problem, the problem of "flip-flopping" the site plan, and planting dense trees along the westerly property line wall. After further discussion among the Commissioners, it was moved by McHarris, seconded by Lathrop, to continue Use Permit 76-33 as an o~._;~ ~)ublic hearing to January 31, 1977, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, to allow staff and applicant to inves~i~gate the potential noise impact of this project and to con~-e--r-an al~6~-6'-a~ ~-~-J6'~n. Carried 5-0. Planning Commission Minutes ]/24/77 Page 2 Initial Hearing 1. US]: PEPJ4IT 77-2 - RICHARD OCHIAI FOR KYOTO NURSERY To authorize the use of an outdoor nursery display and sa]es area. Location: 300 East Main Street, Tustin. After the presentation of the staff report by Mr. Warren, the public portion of the hearing was opened at 8:20 p.m. Mr. Richard Ochiai, applicant for Kyoto Nursery, informed the Commission that he wanted ho use the property on a temporary basis for about one year as the owner would then be developing the entire p~operty. Mr. Louis Proctor, owner of the property, stated that this use would be a temporary situation because when the railroad company abandons their tracks, they would be developing the properties which is about one year away from now. Mr. Proctor felt it would be a tremendous waste of money to make Mr. Ochiai make all the improvements for only one year. The public portion of the hearing was closed at 8:27 p.m. Thc City Engineer's report was added as an addendum to the staff report. After some discussion among the Commissioners, it was moved by McHarris, seconded by Lathro~, to approve Use Permit 77-2 by the adoption of Resolu- tion No. 1591, with the reservation that the City Attorney research the sub- division ordinance to attest if the property needs a parcel map. Carried 5-0. PI~LIC CONCERNS - None. OLD BUSINESS 1. IRVINE GENEPAL PLAN ~%~ENDMENT NO. 4 !loved by Lathrot~, seconded by Glenn, to table discussion of this amendment without further consideration, s~nce the Council has stated its position on matters of concern. Carried 5-0. NEW BUSINESS 1. FINAL PARCEL ~kP 77-88 - STEWART DEVELOPMENT COMPANY Location: Tustin-Irvine Industrial Complex Mow~d by Lathrop, seconded by Glenn, to approve Final Parcel Map 77-88 by the adoption of Resolution No. 1590. Carried 5-0. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION - None. CORR~SPONDENCE - None. STAFF CONCERNS 1. TUSTIN SQUARe] SHOPPING CENTER CORPJ.:SPONDENCE Dr. Fleagle reported that substantial changes have occurred in this Center that were not previously approved by the Commission. Dr. Fleagle suggested that the Commission could suspend the Use Permit for failure to comply with the approved plans or request the owner to resubmit plans that concur with what is being built. After some discussion, it was moved by Lathro~, seconded by Glenn, to auth- orize staff to correspond with Mr. Zappas informing him that concern has been voiced by the Commission that the center is not being built as was shown on the approved plans and request that revised plans incorporating the proposed amendments be submitted by February 21 to be heard on February 28, 1977. Carried 5-0. Planning Commission Minutes 1/24/77 Page 3 2. GENERAL PLAN k~NDMENTS Dr. Flea~le requested that the Commission authorize staff to advertise hearings for the following General Plan amendments: so Existing Red Hill I.utheran Church, which is proposed for annexation to the CityI to be changed to the Public and Institutional classi- fication. Moved by Lathro~, seconded by Glenn, to authorize staff to ~roceed with the above amendment. Carried 5-0. A portion of the Tustin Plaza properties which are located on Holt Avenue be changed to multi-family residential, at the applicant's expense. Moved by Glenn, Seconded by Lathro~, to authorize staff to proceed with the above amendment. Carried 5-0. Co Property at the southeasterly corner of Main and Williams to mixed commercial and multi-family residential, at applicant's expense. Moved by Lathro~, seconded by Robbins, to authorize staff to proceed with the above amendment. Carried 5-0. d. Property which fronts on Newport Avenue, southerly of the Tustin Heights Shopping Center. After some discussion among the Commissioners, it was moved b~ Robbins, seconded by Lathro~, to request suidelinas from the Redevelopment Agency ~ertainin~ to the above ~ro~erty and to require ~re_c~se development plans for a s~ecific ~ro~osal, along w~th the General Plan Amendment application from the developer. Carried 5-0. 3. COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AT FIRST STREET AND EL C3~INO REAL - GEORGE METSOVAS Mr. Alan Warren presented a staff report and stated that no action is nec- essary on this item and is for information only. The Commission concurred with staff's comments contained in the letter and requested that they follow through with the appropriate action. 4. ELEVATIONS FOR MERCURY BUILDING, LOT 9 OF TRACT 8590 ~tr. Kupper of the architect's office of Leason Pomeroy and Associates, and Mr. Thomas Lynch of the Don Koll Company, spoke in favor of approval of the elevations. After some discussion amoung the Commissioners regarding the elevations for the Mercury Building, some of the Commissioners agreed with staff's concerns pertaining to the lack of architectural relief. The majority of the Commis- sioners felt that design review should be left up to staff, but in this instance the elevations could be approved as submitted in order to expedite the permit process. Moved b~ Robbins, seconded by McHarris, to acce~t the staff ~osition of the addition of architectural relief for the elevations for the Mercury Building. Motion failed by 2-3 vote. Ayes: McHarr~s, Robbins. Noes: Hill, Glenn, Lathrop. Moved by Glenn, seconded by Lathrop, that the elevations are a~roved in the interest of creating variety of style and design with the ~derstand- ing that this elevation shall not serve as a prototype, and design review shall be a continuing responsibility of the staff. Carried 4-0, Commis- sioner Robbins abstaining. Planning Commission Minutes 1/24/77 Paqe 4 COMMISSION CONCERNS Commissioner McIIarris commented that he would like to see more compliance with City development standards rather than the situations they had reviewed tonight under the staff concerns. Commissioner Robbins commended the Secretary on her accurate reporting from the minutes that were submitted earlier this evening. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Moved by Robbins, seconded by McHarris, to nominate Robert Glenn as the Chairman of the Plann~n~ Commission for a ~eriod of one year. Carried. Moved by_ Lathrop, seconded by Hill, that the nominations be closed. Carried. Co~nissioner Robert Glenn was unanimously elected as the Chairman for 1977, to January 1978. Moved by Hill, seconded by Robbins, to nominate Commissioner McHarris as the Chairman pro tem for the Planninq Commission for a period of one year. Carried. Moved by Lathro~>, seconded by Robbins, to close the nominations for C~nairman ~ro tem. Carried. Commissioner George McHarris was unanimously elected as the Chairman pro tem for the year 1977, to January 1978. ADJOURNMENT Moved by McHarris, seconded by Robbins, to adjourn to a special meeting on January 31, 1977, at 7:00 p.m., and then to the regular meeting on February 14, 1977, at 7:30 p.m. Carried 5-0. PLANNING ~MISSION RE. CORDING SECRETARY