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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Minutes 1976-06-15252 Arroyo Grande Planning Commission June 15, 1976 The regular meeting of the Arroyo Grande Planning Commission was called to order by Planning Director Gallop, as Vice Chairman Moots was absent. The Planning Director called for nominations for Acting Chairman: On motion by Commissioner Ries, seconded by Commissioner Cole, and unanimously carried, Commissioner Pope was appointed as Acting Chairman. Present were Commissioners Cole, Gerrish, Mathews, and Ries One vacancy exists on the Commission.. Also present were Planning Director Gallop, City Administrator Butch, City Engineer. Garcia, Public Works Director Anderson, and Councilmen Millis and Gallagher, Jr.. MINUTE _APPRQ9AL The minutes of the regular meeting of June 1, 1976 were approved by the Acting Chairman after hearing no additions or corrections. REQUEST FOR CONTIN?JATION_ USE_,PERMIT NO ,._..74 °223, UNITED_ __ C I, CONSTRUCTIQ!' CJs, li ,CHUR^ Director Gallop stated that this property is just west of Gaynfair on 2arroll Road The permit had been granted two years ago, and was normally good for one year only; however, the Church stated that they were not aware only; of this time limit and were asking for an extension. He stated that there had been no major changes in the area which would affect an extension on the Use Permit. However, he recommended an extension for one year only and subject to more development in the area He stated that the adjacent property owners had expressed an interest in purchasing a portion of the Church property, and if they did so, the Church may no longer be able to meet the square footage requirements for their building as approved in the original Use Permit. Bill Fulgium, 917 Cameron Court, pastor of the Church, stated they had been operating under the assumption that a Use Permit was final, as a zone change was, without a time limit. He felt that a condition for review would hamper their plans and put: them under pressure from the adjacent properties. He assured the Commission that the Church would begin building within the next year. On motion by Commissioner Mathews, seconded by Commissioner Gerrish, and unanimously carried, the Commission approved extending Use Permit Case No 74 -223, providing the property remain at or above 20,000 sq, ft. PUILIC HEARING - _ USE PERMIT CASE NO. 762.44,, .N T 1L,_COA,CTA.MDUI.ANCF__SGRVICE, 153 .NORTH_ STREET (RTNGO) Director Gallop stated that the Central Coast Ambulance Service had been at their present location on South. Halcyon for 6 - 7 years, and the City has had no problems at that location, and would assume there would be no problem at the suggested new location. The staff had two recommendations if the Commission approved the requested Uae Permit: that the siren or warning signals should not be used until the vehicle reaches a major street; and that the ambulance be maintained in the parking area to the rear of the building, not in the public right of way, nor in the drive area within the building. After being assured by Director Gallop that public hearing for the proposed Use Permit had been deAly published, posted, and property owners notified, the Acting Chairman declared the public hearing open. Elizabeth Jackson, 208 Fairview, questioned the legality of the public hearing as the newspaper notice had an incorrect address on one part of the notice. Director. Gallop stated that this must be a typographical error on the part of the paper as the notices sent Grit had had the correct: address on them However, he suggested. the Commission hold the public hearing and make a decision, and then if the. City Attorney fount this to be in error, the public hearing could be reheld at a later. date. On motion by Commissioner Gerrish, seconded by Commissioner. Mathews, and unanimously carried, that: the "ommission hold the public hearing subject to approval by the efts! At:t.orrv'•r J Leslie Ringo, Box C, Aro; ?o Grande, the petitioner, stated this was the oni_r propee'_: he could find for business which must be moved Arroyo Grande Planning Commission, 5-15-76 because the property owners were planning on developing, There being no further discussion for or against the proposed Use Permit, the Acing Chairman declared the public hearing closed. Commissioner Mathews questioned; the recommendation regarding the siren.. The Planning Director stated this was meant for the business to have some discretion when trey used the warning devices and After discussion, the following action was taken: AYES: nYES : ABSENT: ABSTAINING: RESOLUTION NO, 76 -451 U RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE GRANTING A USE PERMIT, CASE NO. 76-244 Page 2 On motion by Commissioner Gerrish, seconded by Commissioner Cole, by the following roll call vote, to wit: Commissioners Cole, Gerrish, Mathews, and Riess None Vice Chairman Moots Acting Chairman Pope the foregoing Resolution was adopted this 15th day of June 1976 1.4111.1JS1r EI.,EMFN7 ;_Ok IgE_gEggg, 1141 Acting Chairman Pope stated that public hearing on the Land Use Element had been held at the last regular meeting of the Planning Commission; it had been closed and comment was not restricted to Commission. members. However, if there was a new item, the public hearing would be reopened for public input on the item only The Commission then reviewed their actions and recommendations of the previous meeting, as summarized in a memo from Planning Director Gallop, dated June 4, 1976. I.,Ry9_er - The Cotmniseion recommended leaving this as light residential as determined by the City Council Commissioner Mathews stated he just couldn't see this area for residential due to the noise from the freeway. AgEr te '' " ". L ; n - The Commission recommended approval of the proposed rewrite, as proposed by Planning Director Gallop, Ac17 a 'w?sir , - The Commission recommended approval of the proposed rewrite, as proposed by Councilman Spierling, as well as Item 4 of Mr. Butch's memo, dated April 13, 1976. The Commission agreed, to the removal of this property as •light: industrial from the Land Use Plan, but expressed some concern over creating another light industrial area somewhere in the City. Sans a7at€r. x,pp y, - The Commission recommended removing the Saruwatari property from light industrial and indicating it as agri- cultural, as suggested by the City Council Rrartwnoc..l'pi?,pr:' - COMMISSIONER MATHJ:EWS EXCUSED HIMSELF DUE TO A POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST_ The Commission agreed to recommend that the Greenwood property be designated as agricultural, with Commissioner Gerrish dissenting. ,gri,cy ?t ml." odxsi r,,;�; - The Planning Di Use Plan and the Zoning Ordinance were not in dwelling unit density on agrtc'eltural lands, is law, states one dwelling unit per 11 acres; five acres per dwelling unit. He recommended chancing one of these docemente to bring them rector stated that the Land conformity' with regard to the The Zoning Ordinance, wh:Lch the Land Use Plan regetwos that the Commission consider into conformity.. T'he Com- 253 254 Arroyo Grande Planning Commission, a -15 -76 mission recommended changing the Land Use Plan to .7 dwelling units per acre. Northwest Corner of South Halcyon and Fair Oaks Avenue - The Commission recommended changing this area to office-professional use, with Commissioner Ries abstaining.. Flower Fields Huasna Road The Commission recommended changing the • flower fields on Huasna Road to light density.. Sunset Building - The Planning Director stated he had contacted the owner of the old Sunset Building property, The property owner had indicated that he would like to have the property zoned "H -S" to be in conformance with the present land use, This - would involve determining by actual measurement where the zone would end and indicating this on the•Zoning Map- The Com- mission recommended leaving this property as it presently is on the Land Use Map and instituting a zone change to tPH -S ", Miyake Property. - At their regular meeting of May 4, the Commission had denied a requested rezoning on the Miyake property The petitioner had sub- sequently appealed•this decision to the City Council, which had agreed to give a first reading on the requested zone change, If the zone change is grant- ed, the City will have 90 days to change the Land Use .Plan to conform to the new zon.ing.. If this is done. at a later hearing, this will represent the final change to the Land Use Plan that the City is allowed to make this •year. However, if the Commission changed the Map now, they would still have one change left for the year, Therefore, the Planning Director recommended that the - Public Hearing be reopened for this item only, On motion by Commissioner Gerrish, seconded by Commissioner Ries, and unanimously carried, the Public Hearing was reopened to consider changing the Land.Use designation on the Miyake property. Bill McCann, 428 Tanner Lane, questioned the legality of reopring the public hearing without legal advertisement, On the advise of City Administrator Butch, the public hearing was closed.. Commissioner. Gerrish xecomnended just leaving this as a non - conforming zoning, as there is :a general reference already in the General Plan to several existing non- conforming zonings. After, A,rthet discussion, the following actions were taken: RESOLUTION NO. 76-452 G A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE ADOPTING THE REV"7SED AND UPDATED LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN, EXCEPTING ITEM 8 OF ADDENDUM DATED JUNE 16, 1976 On motion by Commissioner Gerrish, seconded by Commissioner Cole, and by the following roll call vote,. to wit: AYES: Commissioners Cole, Gerrish, Mathews, and Acting Chairman Pope NOES: None ABSTAINING: Commissioner Ries ABSENT: Vice Chairman Moots the foregoing Reslolution was adopted this 15th day of June 1976 RESOLUTION NO. 76-453 G A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE ADOPTING THE REVISED AND UPDATED LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN, AS REVISED BY ITEM 8 OF THE ADDENDUM DATED JUNE 16, 1976 Page 3 Arroyo Grande Planning Commission, 6-15 -76 Page 4 On motion by Commissioner Gerrish, seconded by Commissioner :Co1e`,,,0d. by the following roll call vote, to wit: AYES: Commissioners Cole, Ries, and Acting Chairman Pope NOES: Commissioner Gerrish ABSTAINING: Commissioner Mathews ABSENT: Vice Chairman Moots the foregoing Resolution was adopted this 15th day of June 1976; g6...6Cg.s Acting Chairman Pope noted that public hearing for Rezoning Case No 75-84 had been closed at the last regular meeting and discussion now would be between Commission Members, The Planning Director added that the Commission would be considering acceptance of the Tentative Subdivision Map in connection with the requested zone change to "P -D" Planned Development. Planning Director Gallop then reviewed in detail the staff recom- mendations for the proposed development. After a lengthy discussion, the Commission made the following changes to the Staff Report: That redesign and reconstruction of the.inter section of Oak Park Boulevard and Frontage Road is the responsibility of the applicant and shall be bonded for performance with the recordation of the map with construction to be completed before any of the lots are sold or developed; that James Way be paved only to the easterly corner of Parcel 5 with the recordation of the map and full underground utilities to.be placed on James Way as it develops; that a water supply of adequate sized line and pressure shall be developed and bonded for construction to the intersection of Oak Park Boulevard and frontage Road prior to any lot being developed or sold.. After further discussion, the following action was taken: RESOLUTION NO. 76 -454 Z RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE AS PROVIDED BY CHAPTER 4 ZONING, ARTICLE 32, OF SAID CODE. On motion by Commissioner Gerrish, seconded by Commissioner Cole, and by the following roll call vote, to wits: AYES: Commissioners Cole, Gerrish, Mathews, Ries, and Acting Chairman Pope NOES: None ABSENT: Vice Chairman Moots the foregoing Resolution was adopted this 15th day of June 1976, Director Gallop noted that this is the second unit of Loomis Heights, and lies to the west of Loomis Height, Unit 1, It will consist of 12.57 acres, which would permit: 13:1 lots. He then reviewed the Subdivision Review Board's recommendations, which innlud €:d a recommendation that a variance be given on .3 lot, which would allow 14 lots. They also recommended that any lot having less than 85 ft, frontage be required to have a 50 ft: front. yard Setback; this would allow for offst=reet parking on the parcW itself, rather than in the right of way On motion by Commissioner Mathews, seconded by Commissioner Ries, • yArR�` `�. 161,r :fd%6i 1-j: t;f?:1 ri6Gi., t ".,P Lot3tig `4leit. g'4ktiv .t3j:Ci76 tifti ;' TX, is 255 256 Arroo Grande Planning Commission, 6 -15-16 Page 5 in conformance with the Land Use Plan and the Zoning Ordinance. The Commission now considered the request for a Negative Environmental Declaration Mrs Simmons, 150 Tally Ho Road, and Ella Honeycutt, 560 Oak Hill Road, expressed concern about the traffic at the corner of Mason and Le Point.and Mason and Branch, City Engineer Garcia stated that, from an engineering stand- point, the intersections could handle quite a lot more traffic before there was a problem. However, the City planned to watch this carefully and would peti- tion Cal Trans for a stop light when the traffic wa - -anted, Mrs. Howycutt also asked that it be noted t:hat.the City has a letter on file from Dr. Hoagland of the Lucia Mar. School District stating that the schools are full. After a brief discussion, the following actions were taken: RESOLUTION NO, 16 -455 EIR RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE ACCEPTING NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL DECLARATION. On motion by Commissioner Colo, seconded by Commissioner Mathews, and by the following roll call vote, to wit: AYES: Commissioners Cole, Gerrish, Mathews, and Acting Chairman Pope NOES: Commissioner Ries ABSENT: Vice Chairman Moots the foregoing Resolution was adopted this 15th 4ay of June 1976 RESOLUTION NO 76 -456 RESOLUTION OF TUE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE APPROVING TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION MAP FOR TRACT NO. 599, "LOOMIS HEIGHTS, UNIT II ", AND REFERRAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL VCR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. On motion by Commissioner Mathews, seconded by Commissioner Ries, and by the following roll call vote, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Commissioners Cole, Gorrish, Mathews, Ries, and Acting Chairman Pope None Vice Chairman Moots the foregoing Resolution was adopted this 15th day of June 1976. AYWAYMON.DIMIXOLIBMWMINVL:.IDUIGIYVaigTJALUQ COMMISSIONER MATHEWS EXCUSED HIMSELF DUE TO A POSSIBLE•CQNFLICT OF INTEREST AND IS NOW ABSENT: Diroctor Gallop stated that this tentative map is in compliance with the 1}t acre lot developments 41lowod on "A" Agricultural Zoned Districts. The proposed subdivision is locatod.eaeterly of the present Greenwood Subdivision, Director Gallop reviewed the recommendations of the Subdivision Board, including a recommendation of the Public Works Department that Greenwood Drive be extended to intersect With Green Acres Drive, Commissioner Gerrieh corrected an error on Page 3 of the Subdivision Review Board's recommendations, it should read " ,below the 11 ft elevation., Bill McCann, 428 Tanner Lane, noted that on Page 14 of the Land Use Plan, Paragraph 3, it states there is a 5 acre minimum sot for parcels in "A" zoning 1 1 Arroyo Grande Planning Commission, 6 -15-76 Page 6 Director Gallop stated that the Commission had recommended changing this to .7 dwelling units per acre; however, it-needed ,to be approved also by the City Council. After a lengthy discussion, on motion by Commissioner Gerrish, seconded by Commissioner Cole, and unanimously carried, the Commission found Tentative Tract Map No 600 to be in conformity with the Zoning Ordinance, On motion b;, Commissioner Gerrish, seconded by Commissioner Cole, and carried, the Commission found the Tentative Tract Map not to be in conformity with the GenExa1 Plan, but to be in conformity with the action of the Commission of this date concerning the Land Use Plan. The Planning Director stated that this property had been applied for Ag Preserve status on its prime ag land, but -._.r: was denied by City Council action, Ella Honeycutt, 560 Oak Hill Road,. stated she questioned Mr, Green - wood's motives in proposing development on this property; she believed it ap* peared to be a very serious form of. black mail as Mr. Greenwood is aware of the City's policies regarding agricultural lands,. She also questioned the use of septic tanks on the property., Bill McGann, 428 Tanner Lane, questioned No 19 on the B -1 Form, which referred to the project generating a controversy. The Planning Director stated that staff had rechecked the Subdivision Map Act and that it states a legislative body can not act on a Final or Tenta- tive Map is it does not comply with the General Plan, On motion by Commissioner GerrisF,'seconded by Commissioner Ries, and unanimous :1.y carried, the Commission tabled all discussion on Tentative Tract Map No: 600 until such time as the. City Council takes action on the Land Use Element of the General Plan: COMMISSIONER MATHEWS IS NOW PRESENT. WRITTEN CORRES?ONDENCS The Commission indicated that they welcomed any public input and appreciated receiving letters:. Commissioner Ries stated he thought the City staff was doing a good job of providing the Commission tools to make adequate decisions, ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Bill McCann, 428 Tanner Lane, suggested having the City Attorney pre - Sent at all Commission meetings, in case any legal. questions arise Commissioner Ries stated he concurred if it would help meetings run smoother Ella Honeycutt, 560 Oak Hill Road., stated that the County of Ventura was hosting a field trip to Ventura; the trip Would .be on June 16 and the topic wot:ld be preservation of agricultural lands in the wake of urban sprawl. She stated any interested persons were welcome to attend., ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, on motion by Commissioner Ries, seconded by Commissioner Mathews, and unanimously carried, the Commission adjourned at 10:25 P.:M. ATTEST: S!: ar 257