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2006 05 23 PC MinutesMINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING i A regular meeting held at~ the La Quinta City Hall 78-495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, CA May 23, 2006 7:00 P.M. I. CALL TO ORDER A. This meeting of the Planning Commission was called to order at 7:04 p.m. by Chairman Quill who asked Commissioner Alderson to lead the flag salute. B. Present: Commissioners Ed Alderson, Katie Barrows, Rick Daniels, Kay Ladner and Chairman Paul Quill. Unanimously approved. C. Staff present: Community Development Director Doug Evans, Assistant City Attorney Michael Houston, Planning Manager Les Johnson, Principal Planners Stan Sawa and Wallacg Nesbit, Associate Planner Andrew Mogensen, and Executive Secretary Betty Sawyer 1 ~ II. PUBLIC COMMENT: None. IJ III. CONFIRMATION OF THE AGENDA: Confirmed. IV. CONSENT ITEMS: A. Chairman Quill asked if there were any changes to the Minutes of the May 9, 2006 regular meeting. Commissioner Alderson asked that Page 4, Item 20 be corrected to delete the last sentence. There being no further changes to the minutes, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners Daniels/Barrows to approve the minutes as corrected. Unanimously approved. B. Chairman Quill asked if there were any changes to the Minutes of the Joint Meeting of the City Council and Planning Commission of May 9, 2006. There being none, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners Daniels/Barrows to approve the minutes as corrected. Unanimously approved. V. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None. A. Continued -Tentative Parcel Map 34416 and Village Use Permit 2006- 033; arequest of David Chapman Investments, LLC for consideration of the subdivision of 4± acres into two parcels to allow a 13,171 square G:\WPDOCS\PC Minutes\2006\5-23-06PC.doc Planning Commission Minutes May 23, 2006 ~~ 1 foot two story office building for the property located at the northeast corner of Avenue 52 and Desert Club prive. ' 1. Chairman Quill opened the public hearing and asked for the staff report. Community Development Director Doug Evans informed the Commission the developer was requesting the item be taken off calendar to allow them time to work with staff to redesign the project. Therefore, the motion should be to remove this item from the Planning Commission calendar. This would start the process all over and hearing notices would be sent out at that time. 2. Chairman Quill asked for a legal opinion as to the difference ~ between a continuance or taking it off calendar. Assistant City Attorney Michael Houston stated basically none, except a continuance would have a date specific to bring the item back. A withdrawal would nullify the application and the applicant would have to reapply. He had spoken with the applicant in regard to withdrawing or denying the application would prohibit them from coming back within a 12-month time period with a similar or substantially similar application. The City does not have any Code provisions for this type of permit that impose a 12-month moratorium. 3. Commissioner Daniels asked about the vacation of the Calle Barcelona stub street. Community Development Director Doug Evans explained that no action had been taken in regard to this. It is a small stub street and if it were vacated it could provide an alternative access to the parking lot and free-up some of the parking conflicts. Commissioner Daniels asked who is the applicant was for the street vacation. Staff stated the property owner adjacent to the street vacation. Commissioner Daniels asked the time frame for this project. Staff stated it is unknown at this time. Staff has had informal discussions regarding an office building, but no formal application has been submitted. Commissioner Daniels asked that the two projects be designed together to the benefit of the City. He then asked if staff had found any violations in regard to this project as were discussed at the last meeting and whether or not the applicant had made any attempt to meet with the neighbors to resolve the issues. Further, any development in this neighborhood should be working with the neighbors. G:\WPDOCS\PC Minutes\2006\5-23-O6PC.doc 2 \ Planning Commission Minutes May 23, 2006 ' 4. Chairman Quill stated there were issues raised by the Commission that were of concern in addition to what issues are raised in the letter from the applicant's attorney. 5. Chairman Quill asked if the applicant would like to address the Commission. Mr. Brian Harnick, attorney for the applicant, stated that based on the comments at the last meeting and discussions with staff, they are requesting to take their application off calendar. This would allow them to readdress the concerns raised by the Commission, staff, and the neighborhood. They are not however, withdrawing the application nor asking for a continuance. They are requesting to pull the item off calendar to allow them the time redesign their project and resolve the concerns. In regard to the State's Streamlining Act procedures, the applicants are waiving any provisions in regard to the Streamlining provisions in regard to the project. 6. Chairman Quill asked if there was any other public comment. There being none, the public hearing was closed. i 7. Chairman Quill asked staff to explain the State Streamling Act. Assistant City Attorney explained the Act. 8. It was moved and seconded by Commissioners Daniels/Alderson moved to remove the application from calendar. Unanimously approved. B. Sign Application 2005-932; a request of Chad Addington, Sign-A-Rama for Vista De Montana for consideration for a Sign Program to serve two office buildings in the Village Commercial District located on the north side of Calle Amigo and west of Desert Club Drive. 1. Chairman Quill opened the public hearing and asked for the staff report. Associate Planner Andrew Mogensen presented the information contained in the staff report, a copy of which was on file in the Community Development Department. 2. Chairman Quill asked if there were any questions of staff. There being no questions of staff, Chairman Quill asked if the applicant would like to address the Commission. Mr. Chad Addington, representing the applicant, stated the applicant has objection to the program as proposed by staff. In addition, the staff report states he had not provided the requested revisions, he wanted to state that he had submitted the information to staff. G:\WPDOCS\PC Minutes12006\5-23-O6PC.doc 3 Planning Commission Minutes May 23, 2006 3. Chairman Quill asked if anyone else wanted to speak on this project. There being ,no further public comment, the public participation portion of the hearing was closed and the matter was opened to Commission discussion. 4. It was moved and seconded by Commissioners Daniels/Ladner moved to adopt Minute Motion 2006-010 approving Sign Application 2006-932, subject to the recommended conditions. Unanimously approved. C. Site Development Permit 2006-859; a request of Shovlin Development for consideration of architectural and conceptual landscaping plans for two retail shops and tenant storage for the property bounded by Highway 111, Washington Streei,.and Adams Street within the One Eleven'La . Quinta Shopping Center. ,, 1. Commissioner Alderson,excused himself due to a potential conflict of interest as he works with the applicant and withdrew from the dais. 2. Chairman Quill opened the public hearing and asked for the staff i report. Associate Planner Andrew Mogensen stated the applicant had requested a continuance of this item. 3. It was moved and seconded by Commissioners Ladner/Barrows moved to continue Site Development Permit 2006-859 to June 13, 2006, as requested. Unanimously approved. VI. BUSINESS ITEMS: A. Site Development Permit 2004-809, Amendment #1; a request of Innovative Communities, Inc. for consideration of architectural revision and landscaping plans for a revision to the existing approval for a clubhouse facility, associated with Watermark Villas (SP 2003-069) for the property located at the northwest corner of Avenue 52 and Jefferson Street. 1. Chairman Quill asked for the staff report. Principal Planner Wallace Nesbit presented the information contained in the staff report, a copy of which was on file in the Community j ' Development Department. It I G:IWPDOCS\PC Minutes\2006\5-23-06PC.doc Q 1 ~ M ~ t- Planning Commission Minutes ~~ May 23, 2006 2. Chairman Quill asked , if there were any questions of staff. Commissioner Daniels asked the location of the tennis court that was to be removed. Staff noted the location on the site plan and noted the tennis court was to be replaced with a pool, open area ~' and gazebo. 3. Commissioner Alderson asked if the reduction in the size of the building would affect the parking. calculations. Staff stated .the ' parking was based on a restaurant that would be open to the public. Staff has asked the applicant to add parking spaces throughout the project to give a better parking plan for the entire site. Commissioner Alderson asked where all the carts would be parked since there,is no cart barn. Staff stated there is no golf, bourse proposed for the project and the tunnel that was proposed under Avenue 52 linking this project with the SilverRock Resort, will, not be continued. Any golf cart use would like be for transportation on the interior streets. 4. There being no further questions of staff, Chairman Quill asked if the applicant would like to address the Commission. Mr. Brad Foman, Innovative Communities, gave a presentation on the project. He further stated, they are looking to see if a resident would like to utilize the parking spaces underground for their golf carts. 5. Chairman Quill stated his concern is that the amenities were reduced. Mr. Foman stated they were trying to place all the amenities in one location. It was not their intention to remove any. Chairman Quill asked if staff was considering any method for the residents in this project to get to SilverRock Resort. Staff stated it was included in the Golf Cart Study staff is working on. The idea is to try and tie all the golf-related projects in the community together. Principal Planner Wallace Nesbit clarified the project was approved fora 12-foot sidewalk and will transition down to an eight foot sidewalk at the Citrus development. 6. There being no further public comment, the public participation portion was closed and the matter was opened to Commission discussion. 7. It was moved and seconded by Commissioners Daniels/Alderson to adopt Minute Motion 2006- 011 approving Site Development Permit 2004-809, Amendment #1, as recommended. Unanimously approved. G:\WPOOCS\PC Minutes1200615-23-O6PC.doc 5 Planning Commission Minutes May 23, 2006 B. Specific Plan 99-035, Amendment #1; a request of East of Madison, LLC ~ for consideration of Avenue 52 perimeter wall plans adjacent to reception center/guard house entry area for the property located at Avenue 52 and ' Meriwether Way area within The Madison Club. 1. Chairman Quill asked for the staff report. Principal Planner Stan Sawa presented the information contained in the staff report, a copy of which was on file in the Community Development Department. Staff requested the "standard wall" design be removed from consideration at this time. 2. Chairman Quill asked if there were any questions of staff. ~ Commissioner Daniels asked why the removal of the standard wall. Staff clarified it is still being reviewed in regard to the location and staff prefers it be reviewed in conjunction with the location, design and berming at a later time. 3. There being no further questions of staff, Chairman Quill asked if the applicant would like to address the Commission. Mr. John Gamlin, representing East of Madison, gave a presentation on their request. He requested Condition No. 2 be deleted. The purpose of the standard wall is to tie in with the adjoining projects. It is critical to them to have the walls completed by November 1, 2006. 4. Commissioner Barrows stated she would like to see the wall impact reduced either with landscaping or some type of breaks in the wall. 5. Chairman Quill asked the applicant to explain the "frieze" panel. Staff showed an example. 6. There being no further public comment, the public participation portion was closed and the matter was opened to Commission discussion. 7. It was moved and seconded by Commissioners Ladner/Barrows to adopt Minute Motion 2006-012 approving Specific Plan 99-035, Amendment # 1, as recommended with Condition Nos. 2 and 4 deleted. Unanimously approved. VIII. CORRESPONDENCE AND WRITTEN MATERIAL: None. G:\WPDOCS\PC Minutes\2006\5-23-O6PC.doc Planning Commission Minutes May 23, 2006 ' ~ IX. COMMISSIONER ITEMS: A. Commissioners reviewed the City Council meeting of May 16, 2006. X. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners Daniels/Barrows to adjourn this regular meeting of the Planning Commission to a regular meeting of the Planning Commission to be held on June 13, 2006. This meeting of the Planning Commission was adjourned at 8:00 p.m. on May 23, 2006. Respectfully submitted, i ~~~ Betty . S yer, Executive Secretary City o a Quinta, California G:IWPDOCS\PC Minutes\2006\5-23-06PC.doc ']