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Home My WebLink AboutPH 2 USE PERMIT 81-22 08-03-81UgUSt 3, 1SSI Inter FROM: SUBJECT: Honorable Mayor and City Counctl Members Community Development Department~g~/ Appeal of Planntng Agency Approval of Use Permit 81-22 RECOHMENDED ACT[ON Staff recommends that the City Council uphold the July 6, 1981 findings and decision of the Planning Agency approving Use permit 81-2Zby the adoption of Resolution No. 81-91. BACKGROUND On'July 6, Ig8I the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 853 thereby instituting a zone' change-from Retail Commercial' (C-l) to Planned C~munity Commercial (PC) for the property located at 615 East First street. Also on July 6, the Planning Agency approved Use Permit 81-22 which authorlze~the development of a 72 foot tall, 60,000 square foot office structureon the same property. DISCUSSION In a letter dated:July 8, i98~, Dr. James A. Padova, on behalf of Excelsior Associates, filed an application appealing the Planning Agency decision regarding Use Permit 81-22, "Unresolved issues that would have impacton the area property owners" was cited as the basis for appeal. To date no further comments or elaboration have been brought forth by the appellant. CONCLUSION. Staff concludes that: AlT appropriate measures were taken for and during the JulY 1981 Planning Agency public hearing. A Negative Declaration for the project has been approved and filed in accordance with the requirements of the, California Environmental Quality Act. Planning Agency. Resolution No. I988 addresses, and provides mitigating measures for items that may be of concern to the City of Tustin. dSO/dar July 8, 1981 Honorable Chairman and Planning Agency City of TuStin Gentlemen: On behalf of Excelsior Associates, owners of the Vista Grande Medical/Dental Professional Complex at 18102 Irvine Blvd., in the City of Tustin, I would like to appeal the decision of the planning agency for use permit No. 8222 reference the loca- tion of 615 East First Street, concerning authorization to construct a five story office building by applicant John W. Jamison and Associates. We believe there are unresolved issues that would have impact on the area property owners. Re~pectfully/~ JAMES A.. PADOVA, M. D. Managing Partner Excelsior Associates JA~/sb 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 lO 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION 81-91 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE Oily OF TUSTIN, UPHOLDING THE FINDINGS AND DECISION OF THE PLANNING AGENCY APPROVING USE PERMIT 81-22. The City Council of.the City of Tusttn does hereby resolve as follows: I. The City Council finds and determines as follows: Ae That a proper application, (Use Permit No. 81-22), was filed on behalf of Far West Savings and Loan Association to request authorization to develop a 72 foot tall, 60,000 square foot office structure located at 615 E. First Street. B. That a public hearing was duly called, noticed and held on said appl i cati on. C. That the Planning Agency by the adoption of Resolution No. 1988, did approve said use permit. De That James A. Padova, M.D. on behalf of Excelsior Associates did file an appeal of the Planning Agency's decision to the City Council. E. l~at a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held on said appeal. That the City Council determines that the concerns presented by appellant are adequately mitigated in the resolution of approval as adopted by the Planning Agency, and by all pertinent building and fire codes. II The City Council hereby upholds the findings and decision of the Planning Agency as contained in Resolution No. 1988. PASSED AND ADOPTED at at a regular meeting of the Tusttn City Council, held on the 3rd day of August, 1981. ATTEST: James B. Sharp Chairman Mary E. Wynn City Clerk ,t262 Campus Drive, Suite B-1 BASMACIYAN-DARNELL, INC. E~GI~E.K~G A~D P~O Newport Beach, California 92660 (714) 549-9940 June 23, 1981 Mr. John W. Jamieson RBD 445 E1 Camino Real Saddleback Plaza Western Building Design Tustin, CA 92680 Subject: Traffic Report for Far West Savings Office Project on First Street in the City of Tustin Dear Mr. Jamieson: In accordance with your authorization we have prepared this letter report for the subject project. The report provides a summary of traffic generation to/from the project area, trip distribution and review of on-site circulation. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Far West savings proposes the construction of a five story office building to the rear of their existing property located at First Street. The existing development provides 8500 square feet of gross floor area and 60,000 square feet of gross floor area is proposed in the new building. Parking for the project is proposed with at grade parking and parking within a subterranean parking level. The location of the project site is depicted on Figure 1. PROJECT-RELATED TRAFFIC Trip Generation and Distribution Trip generation characteristics of the project are summarized in Table 1. Table 1 provides a s~u~Lary of trip generation rates anticipated for the office development and a summary of the daily AM and PM peak hourly traffic volumes to be generated. JUN P, 4 1981 Mr. John W. Jamieson RBD june 23, 1981 Page Two TABLE 1 S~Lm%ary of Trip Generation Characteristics Trip Generation Rates Office Use Daily AM Peak Hour In Out PM Peak Hour In Out Trip Generation S~LuL~ary Daily AM Peak Hour In Out PM Peak Hour In Out 12.3 vehicles per 1000 Sq. ft. 1.86 vehicles per 1000 sq. ft. 0.35 vehicles per 1000 sq. ft. 0.60 vehicles per 1000 sq. ft. 1.7 vehicles per 1000 sq. ft. 738 vehicles 112 vehicles 21 vehicles 36 vehicles 102 vehicles Trip distribution of trip making for the project was estimated and is depicted on Figure 2. Based on the trip distribution character- istics shown on Figure 2, the daily, and peak hourly traffic volumes s~,,arized on Table 1 were then allocated to the surround- ing street system. The results of this analysis are shown on Figure 3, Project-Related Impacts Existing traffic volumes on First Street and Fashion Lane were obtained from the City of Tustin and are depicted on Figure 1. The project related traffic shown on Figure 3 was then added to the existing traffic volumes shown on Figure 1. The results of this analysis are depicted on Figure 4. Based on a review of the anticipated project-related traffic and the superimposing of project-related traffic on existing traffic volumes, no capacity and/or congestion problems are anticipated. 4th St 17th B St N ~OT~TO_SCAL~ (11,150) (8000) 938/1253 e 603/861- (24,450) Irvine (1979_2276) (7150) 481--7~ (10,750) e 917/1208 (2150) (4100) 318/428 Main -w~(25,650) 1621/2251 (20,850) 1868/2092 (19,450) 1281/1881 BA.SaaACIYAJ~I DAA~'Ir I.. INC. XX, XXX Daily Volume YYY/ZZZ AM Peak/PM Peak Hour Volume XXX* Noon Peak (XXXX) .'1980 Volumes FIGURE 1 LOCATION MAP !EXISTING 1981 AND TWO-WAY TRAFFIC VOLUMES 4th St 5% 10%, 5% /t\ 10% 17th 5% Irvine 25%' St 5% 5% t ,5'~' 1st' 0 25%~30% St 5% 5% Main ~, st Blvd 40% P~OJECT 25% 10% 5% LEGEND XX% Percentage FIGURE 2 TRIP DISTRIBUTION BY PERCENTAGE Main o, St ~/zz Daily Volume · AM Peak/PM Peak Volume FIGURE 3 PROJECT-RELATED TRAFfiC ' 4th St St St 16,200 4400 N/A/1369 N.A./491 St ~/zzz FIGURE 4 Daily Volume AM Peak/PM Pesk Volume EXISTING PLUS PROJECT-RELATED TRAFFIC VOLUMES Mr. John W. Jamieson RBD June 23, 1981 Page Three ACCESS AND ON-SITE CIRCULATION Access Access to/from the project site has been reviewed and determined to be adequate for the existing and proposed office building. On-Site Circulation On-site circulation within the project site has been reviewed and has been determined to be adequate except for access to the under- ground parking. Access to/from the underground parking enters the main aisleway for the project at an angle. Although this angle is not critical, a minor adjustment is recommended. To minimize this angle we would suggest that the curb returns for the angle portion of the access be increased in size. This minor adjustment will allow for painting a double yellow centerline and curving the centerline to provide a better angle entering and leaving the underground parking. In addition the increase in curb radius will improve the turning radius for vehicles leaving and entering the parking structure. Traffic Control On-site circulation has been reviewed in terms of the need for on- site traffic control. After reviewing the on-site circulation patterns we would recommend that stop signs be installed at each exit from the parking structure. The installation of the stop signs will provide for positive control at these access locations. In addition it is recommended that stop signs be installed at the driveway exiting onto First Street and Fashion Lane. SUMMARY The proposed development of 60,000 square feet of office is expected to generate 738 daily vehicle trip ends, 133 AM. peak hour trip ends (112 inbound and 21 outbound), 138 PM Peak hour trip ends (36 inbound and 102 outbound). When project-related traffic is added to existing traffic no capacity and/or congestion problems would be created on First Street or Fashion Lane. The access locations proposed for the project are adequate to accommodate the anticipated traffic generated to/from the project. On-site circulation has been reviewed and determined to' be adequate except for recommended minor adjustments to the underground parking entrances. Mr. John W. Jamieson RBD June 23, 1981 Page Four At the entrances to the underground parking, minor adjustments should be made to the curb return radius at the acute angle side of the structure access. It is recommended that the curb return radii be increased in size and a double yellow centerline be painted with a curvature creating a less acute angle. * Stop signs are recommended to be placed at the exit from the underground, parking and at the driveways entering First Street and Fashion Lane. Please call me if you have any questions and or need additional information. Sincerely, BASMACIYAN-~RNELLa,~ INC. Bill E. Darnell, P.E. ddf