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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05 PLANNING COMM AA 02-06-06 AGENDA REPORT MEETING DATE: FEBRUARY 6, 2006 TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SUBJECT: PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION AGENDA ACTION AGENDA REGULAR MEETING TUSTIN PLANNING COMMISSION JANUARY 23, 2006 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER Given PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE All present ROLL CALL Staff present Elizabeth Binsack, Community Development Director Jason Retterer, Deputy City Attorney Dana Ogdon, Assistant Community Development Director Terry Lutz, Principal Engineer Justina Willkom, Senior Planner Minoo Ashabi, Associate Planner Matt West, Associate Planner Eloise Harris, Recording Secretary CONSENT CALENDAR Approved 1, APPROVAL OF MINUTES - JANUARY g, 2006, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, PUBLIC HEARINGS Adopted Resolution No,4013 2, TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP 2005-224 REQUESTING TO COMBINE TWO (2) EXISTING PARCELS INTO A 2.98- ACRE PARCEL TO ACCOMMODATE A 73,250 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND WAREHOUSE CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT WITHIN Action Agenda - Planning Commission 1-23-06 - Page 1 AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 1372 AND 1382 VALENCIA, ALSO KNOWN AS LOTS 8 AND 9 OF TRACT 7721, THIS PROJECT IS WITHIN THE PLANNED COMMUNITY INDUSTRIAL (PC-IND) ZONING DISTRICT, RECOMMENDATION: That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution No, 4013 recommending that the City Council approve Tentative Parcel Map 2005-224, Adopted Resolution No, 4014, with date correction noted by staff 3. DESIGN REVIEW 05-019, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 05-037, REQUESTING: 1) SITE AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 240 SENIOR HOUSING RESIDENTIAL UNITS; AND 2) NEW PARKING STANDARDS FOR SENIOR HOUSING WITHIN MCAS TUSTIN SPECIFIC PLAN PLANNING AREAS 4 AND 5 LOCATED ON PARCEL 265 OF TRACT 16851, NORTHWEST CORNER OF EDINGER AVENUE AND THE WEST CONNECTOR (MCAS TUSTIN SPECIFIC PLAN), RECOMMENDATION: That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution No, 4014 approving Design Review 05-019 and Conditional Use Permit 05-037, REGULAR BUSINESS 4, SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: At the meeting of January 9, 2006, staff provided an overview of a number of Specific Plan Amendments to the MCAS Tustin Specific Plan, The Amendments are based on a policy direction provided by the City Council at a workshop on November 1, 2004, The purpose of the workshop was to transmit the associated Specific Plan Amendment documents to the Planning Commissioners and to provide the Planning Commission with an adequate amount of time in which to review the proposed Amendments, At the workshop, staff indicated the item would be agendized for the January 23, 2006, meeting to allow further questions from the Planning Commissioners, Director Noted the above item can be included on future agendas if the Commission desires, Action Agenda - Planning Commission 1-23-06 - Page 2 Pontious Thanked staff for providing the Commissioners with plenty of time to review the Amendments and asked if the timeframe is known for bringing the Amendments forward, Director Indicated the timeframe is not yet known; stated that staff is still working on the environmental documentation; suggested that the Commissioners e-mail to staff any questions they might have in order for staff the prepare appropriate responses; and, added that the PowerPoint document with the exhibits prepared by Scott Reekstin is helpful in understanding the larger document. Floyd Asked if the Education Village was changed due to the Learning Village issue a few years ago, Director Answered in the affirmative, STAFF CONCERNS 3, REPORT OF ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE JANUARY 16, 2006, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, Director Indicated Lot Line Adjustment No, 05-001 accommodated staff's approval of a design review and demolition permit for the Beacon Bay Carwash; the carwash will be demolished and the Home Depot Garden Center expanded, COMMISSION CONCERNS Lee Thanked staff for tonight's reports, Stated his appreciation for the removal of the Jack-in-the Box sign, Menard Asked if there might be a way for lot consolidations such as this evening's item to be accomplished through administrative approval as opposed to coming before the Planning Commission, Director Indicated that subdivisions such as the one before the Commission this evening would require Commission approval because it is a condominium and subdivision; other kinds of adjustments, such as the Lot Line Adjustment that went to the City Council, are Consent Calendar items that never come before the Planning Commission; the Public Works and Planning staff signs off on those; lot mergers are different because the City's Subdivision Ordinance may be more restrictive than the State Subdivision Map Act; the City's Subdivision Code can be modified to make that process easier, but cannot make the process go away altogether, Action Agenda - Planning Commission 1-23-06 - Page 3 Menard Asked if the applicant for tonight's item could have been offered a Lot Line Adjustment on the consolidation portion, Director Answered that would not have been possible for the condominium aspect of the request; lot line adjustments are not supposed to result in fewer parcels than there were at the start, Menard Stated it would be good to have something in place that would not burden the applicant. Referred to the photograph he sent of the auto auction sign he sees every Sunday, Noted that Federal Disposal, in trying to meet the requirements for recycling, has been adding additional commercial-sized bins for some of the office buildings; however, the bins do not fit inside the existing trash enclosures; and, asked if the City could offer incentives to landlords to upgrade the enclosures to meet the current regulations. Director Answered that might be feasible if the site or building improvements were significant; on existing sites, the City does not require retrofit improvements, Menard Suggested that the situation is a bit of a Catch-22; while the City needs to meet recycling requirements, the trash areas should not be unsightly, Director Agreed with that assessment. Pontious Noted that enlarging the enclosures would create a loss of parking, Lee Asked if the City could approach Federal Disposal about using bins that fit the trash enclosures, Director Indicated that would be difficult. Menard Added that staff needs to be cognizant of the situation for future developments, Thanked staff for this evening's reports, Floyd Thanked staff for their reports and for working with the developer to create a great project. Pontious Asked why the recycling unit that was part of the Albertsons approval is still not there. Action Agenda - Planning Commission 1-23-06 - Page 4 Director Indicated that staff will need to check into that and report back to the Planning Commission, Nielsen Thanked staff for the response to the Red HilVEdinger street- narrowing issue, Asked if there is an official answer to the human arrow question; more and more seem to be appearing on the weekends, Retterer Indicated he has been doing research; some signs are allowed, such as political signs, and are covered by standard regulations; the Code provides some mechanisms for potentially prohibiting human arrows; he will need to do further research to determine whether or not the regulations will allow banning of human arrows, Nielsen Asked if there have been code enforcement issues relating to the human arrows, Retterer Answered that he was not aware of any; and, added that he can ask his colleagues if they know of other cities that prohibit the use, Floyd Noted a primary area seems to be Tustin Ranch, advertising the Irvine apartment complexes; the Liberty Tax Service will probably also be on the corner of Newport and Irvine through the tax season; potential traffic hazards mount with the proliferation of these human signs, Nielsen Asked that staff check to see if there have been any code enforcement issues, Thanked staff for their hard work with the applicant on the senior housing project, one of the best projects he has seen during his time on the Planning Commission, 8:10 p,m, ADJOURNMENT The next regular meeting of the Planning Commission is scheduled for Monday, February 13, 2006, at 7:00 p,m, in the City Council Chamber at 300 Centennial Way. 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