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Home My WebLink About11-13-1962 Planning Commission Minutes SWAYSallY OF MIIq~I~S CITY OF SARATOGA PLANNII~G CO~ISSION Time: 7:00 P. N., Tuesday, November 13, 1962 Place: Fruitvale School, F~uitvale Avenue, Saratoga, California Type: Ke~ular Heetir~ lo ROUTINE OP~A~IZATION The meeting ~as called to order by Chairman Webster at 7:00 P. M. Ao ROLL CALL Presen~; c~m~tssioners Anderson, Cowley, Crib, Glenns Kellem and HebSter. Absent: Ccewn4ssiouer Johnson. Canmissioner GI~ moveds seconded by C~ssioner Crisp, that the readin~ of the minutes of the meeting of October 22, 1962, be ~;aived and that the minutes be approved subject to the £ollowin~ corrections: Ba~e 1, last para~raph~ lines 4 aed 5 ..... Correct spelling of the mnne ;~ate" by removix~ the Motion carried II. ~__UBLIC HEARINGS Chairm~n Webster declared public hearings open £or the evening at 7:03 B° A. C-48 - 3ohn Rodrigues, Pierce Road - Request ~or Chan~e of Zoning from R-I-40,000 to R-I-40,000 P-D, ~-1-40,000 to ~-1-20,000 and R-l-12aS00 to R-1-2Ot000 - Continu.ed ~rem October 22a 1962 The Secretary briefly reviewed the subject application and read a com- munication from Robert Cron~nlller pertaininS to same. He also rend a communication from ~o B. Biebeshetmer opposi~ this proposed Chan~e Zoning. ~AI~H RANONA ~as present to represent the applicant and stated that the developer had tried to comply ~vith all requests of the Plauein~ Consultant and the City Engineer° Commissioner Anderson reported that a revised tentative ,~.~, xehich meets all rec~mnendattons of the Plannin~ Consultant and the City En~ineer, had been filed and conditioned and ~ould be discussed later in the meetinS. -1- Plan..n. in~ Connniss~n ~inutes - Hov~mher 13t 1962 - Continued ll,. A, C-48 - Rodri~ues ~l~o Bo BEIBESHEII~ERs 13561 Surrey Lanes was present a~ advised C~t he ns opposed Co ~y c~Se of zonin~ in this ar~, ~ stat~ chac ~i- tio~l ~mes ~uld obs~c his viev ~ he felt he h~ the right ~o ~ect the zo~ ~ rmin as iC vas, ROBERT ~ ~ 1~5 Su~ey ~s =ais~ a question ~ith re~ to plans ~or access ~o Sarato8a-Su~Fale Rog ~ ~s advised by C~i~ sioner ~erson t~t a ~m access r~ to Sazato~-S~n~ale ad ~uld be ~ of the ~itions of approval, After further discuss~n by the ~ission, C~lssioner Crisp ~ved, seco~ed by Cv..~1ss~ne= Glen, t~C the public hearing on C-48, Jo~ ~ri~s, be clos~ ~ion ~i~ a~ C~i~n ~ebster decl~ed the huri~ clos~ a~ 7:~ P, H, ~ere ~s a mt~n by C~.-.~les~r ~erson, ~nded by Crisp, z~c ~ Pl~i~ C~......~ss~n rewm~ W the City Co~cil the rezoni~ req~t~ in application C-~, Job R~ri~es, for ~,7 a~es a~tti~ Pierce ~M, ~ approv~ ~bjec~ to the ulC~te appr~al o~ the ten~tive mp ~veri~ tMs property (SD-376) ~or the ~ollo~ 1) ~e pr~os~ rezoni~ ~uld be ~nsistent ~th the ~isti~ a~ p~- ~ 1~ uses ~ the Keats1 2) ~e pro9os~ ~ni~ ~ld ~ive ~pr~4~tely ~he s~ n~h~ o~ lots as would be obta~ by usi~ the ~isti~ zoninKz since the do~ Sr~in~ o~ 5,~ acres fz~ R-1-40,~0 to K-1-20,000 would be o~-~t by the up~ o~ 5,5 acres from R-l-12~0 to ~-1-20,000, ~ the pr~ision o~ a 20~0 sq~re foot zo~ be~en the 12,500 sq~re zone and the ~,000 sq~re ~eot zo~ ~uld ~ive a desirable ~ orderly transition fr~ a relatively hi~ de~i~y zo~ to a 1~ density 3) ~e propos~ su~ivis~ ~ld p~v~e th~ wllector street Surrey ~ ~th Sarato~-S~ale ~ ~ provided for in the G~eral 4) ~e propos~ rezoni~ ~ tentative mp ~e been care~lly ~ requests ~de o~ the d~el~er ~ the Ci~ Planni~ Director, City E~i~er, D~e~or o~ ~lic Works, S~ivision C~4t~ee ~ ~l~4n~ C~ee o~ the ~cil, ~ s~y a~ conferences ~th the devel~er ~ his e~ineers ~ve c~er~ a peri~ of several ~nths a~ ~ve i~l~ ~ prel~u~ m~ez a t~tative mp a~ ~ sions 5) ~ City~s ~l~n~ Conflict ~s r~i~ t~ pr~osed zoni~ a~ t~ tentative ~ a~ ~s rec~ that ~e rez~in~ ~ tentative ~ ~ app~, ~ ~s also s~ced his ~ief t~t l~ is esseK~l Plarmin~ C~,~,ission Ninutes- No?ember 13t 1962 - Continued iX, Ao C-~8 - Rodriques Roll call vote: Ayes: Co;~isbione~s Anderson} C~wley, Crisps Glenn, Kellum and 14ebster, Noes: None, Absent: Ccmissioner Johnson, ~tion ~rried ~an~ously, B, C-ffi0 - Bro~ ~ ~uf~nn; Inc., ~tus AVenue - Request for Cha~e o~ Zonl~ ~om Rd1-12~500 to R-1-1~500 P-D ~e pub~t~ hea=~ on C~50 vas opened a~ 7:50 P, N, ~ Secre~ advis~ that a ~tae of He~i~ had been published av~ ~ ~itten co~i~ions h~ ~e~ ~elv~, He briefly reviewed the applics~.ion a~ r~d a R~o=t pe=tainin$ ~o H, L. SPLI~TO~ was presen~ to represent ~he ~plicant ~ ~vis~ tMt the devel~er desired W =educe ~e size o~ the lots alo~ ~t~ Avers since the lots aczoss the street ~ere ~prox~ely 9s000 sq~re feet, this ~d p=~ide a ~M~I ~ransition 2o ~ha larger lots. ~ advi~ that the averse lo~ size in thSs subdivision ~uld be 13,250 square ~e=e ~s no one else present ~ ~sh~ to ~nt ~th =e~a~ to this miter, C~ssio~t ~wn stated that this ~s co~istent ~th the ~lance the Bzon & ~u~s Xnc, develop~n~ a~ ~ld w~lete the lay-out t~t the dtai~e plan ~uld be ~rk~ out, ~eze ~as a wtion by C;$ssio~t GI~ se~ by C~assio~t ~erson t~C the public ~i~ in connection ~ith C-50, Br~ & ~ui~ be closed; ~tiou ~i~ ~mously e~ ~e ~i~n declar~ the ~ closed at 8:01 B. ~ C~iss~ner C~ ~, se~nd~ by C~=..:es~ Gle~, tMt the ~l~- ni~ ~.,.~ssion nc~e~ to the City Co~cil t~t C-~0. Br~ & ~uf~m ~., fewest fo~ cM~e o~ zoni~ ~om R-l-12,~0 to K-l-12,~ P-Ds ~p~ov~ subject ~ approval of the tentati~ ~ wve~i~ this (~-~3) fo~ the ~I1~ reasons: 1) ~e MJacent p~pe~y on the ~est is presently zoned R-1-12,500 B-D~ on ~e East ~1-10~000, on t~ No~th R-I-10s~0 a~ on the R-1-12,500. 2) ~e presen~ ~ proposed la~ use su~o~d~ this property is s~Ele f~ly ~esid~ttal. Tentative ~ fi~l ~ps have be~ fil~ a~ recorded on all the property to ~he North. South aM West, a~ the B~i6 SuMivision has alr~dy been d~el~ed on the East ~th lo~s o~ 10,~0 s~e feet aM less. 3) ~e appli~t seeks the rezoni~ to establish 10,000 sq~re ~oot lots ~ontt~ on ~ Av~ across ~ the B~kview Subdivision. wuld p~vLde a ~adual C~sicion in loC s~zes av~ mee~ the objec- tives o~ the P-D Zon~ District. A ten~ttve mp (SD-383) ~s Been fil~ in ~nJ~tion ~th this ~ezo~ appli~tton. pl~n~4n~ Commis.sion l~inu~es - November 13f 1962 - Contin.ned IX. B. C-SO - ~rown,& .Ka~mann; I~c~ Roll call vo~e~ Ayes: C~lssioners ~erscn, Cowley, Crisp, ~lenn~ ~llm ~d ~ebst~. Noes: None. Absent: C~ssioner John~u, carried ~n~ously. CMi~n ~ebs~er declared public heari~s closed for Ehe eveni~ S~I~SIONS ~ B~ SI~S A, SD-376 - John R~r~s, Pierce ~ad - Su~ivision - ~ Lo~s - Con~inu~ from ~ober .22t 1962 JO~ ~DR~S, ~H ~O~ a~ ~N ~C~Y ~re presen~ ~o discuss ~his appli~n ~h ~he ~lssion. C~i~ ~ebs~er q~sCio~ the advisabili~ o~ allo~ the cons~tion equi~enC ~o use S~r~ ~ne, C~tssio~r ~son s~a~ ChaC he ~pos~ ~o p~hibi~ u~ o~ public s~reeCs ~ 2he devel~crs. ~. ~riSues s~at~ ~a~ he pl~ ~ devel~ ~he su~ivision fz~ ~he Pierce ~ad entices ~ had ~ obJec~i~ to ~he ~rri~di~ of Su~ Ct..~-..fssioneE ~s~ ~veds se~nd~ by C~-.-..isa~r Crisp, CM~ ~he Ccnta~ive mp for S~376 (E~ibic A-2, fil~ ~to~r 22, 1962)~ R~ri~es, ~ to~s, Pierce ~d, ~ ~pr~ ~bjec~ ~o ~he 19 co~i~ ~n~ined ~ ~he Su~ivision ~C~ee R~ o~ ~v~ber 9, 19621 ~ion ~:M In ~ivis~ is ~le~." ~e~ea~ ~ ~. ~ a~i~ a :evised ~ ~, ~o da~e, ~his ~ ~t been receive, ~e Seaeta~ r~ a letter from ~he ~pli~ requesting an ~e~ion ~ days ~ all~ adeq~Cc t~e ~or r~ision of the ~re ~s a ~Cion ~ ~.-...issioner ~erson, s~nd~ bF ~isalon~ Gle~, tM~ ~ ~ day ~e~ion be ~an~ed as requested; ~ion carri~ ,m~n~Sly, Plannln~ Curelesion. l~tnutes - l~ovamber 13, 1962 - Continued III. Co SD-36& - Russell llo Bate, Verde VisTa Lane - Subdivision - 7 Lots - Revised 1~p £or SDR-364 ., DON ~AOKAY, engineer ~or the applicant, was present ~ e~ressed ~tis- ~action ~th the p~osed co~it~ns o~ approval, ~ere ~as a wtion by C~iss~uer ~ersou~ secoM~ by C~sioner Crisp, t~t the tentaciv~ mp ~or SD-36~ (Exhibit A-l, fil~ 1962), ~sell Ne Ba~e, 7 lo~s on Verde Vis~a ~e, be approv~ ~bjec~ ~o ~he 15 co~i=ions contained in =he Subdivision Co~-,,t~ee R~or= of ~er 9, 1962~ ~=ion called D. S~R-382 - Eden E. GriffiC~s, Valle Vista Drive - Bulldi~ Sire 1 LoC ~e applican~ ~s presen~ ~o discuss ~his ~ ~h ~he ~ission ~ressed satishction ~th the propos~ conditio~ o~ approvals Co~ssioner ~erson moved, seconded by C~issio~ Crib, tentative mp ~or SDR-382 (~ibit A~ fil~ October 23, 1962), G~fi~ts~ one lo~ on Valle Vista Drive, be app~ed subject ~ the co~itions ~n~ in the Buildtn~ Site C~ttee Report dat~ bet 9~ 1962~ wtl~ u~i~ u~n~usly, E, SD-383 - B~ & ~uf~ I~.~ Titus Aven~ - Su~ivtsion - 27 Lo~s S, H, ~ a~ H, L, SPLI~ ~=e present ~ ~ress~ sati~ faction ~h the p~pos~ w~.tions o~ ~pr~al, C~lssion~ ~son ~ed, se~nd~ by Cv.,-..lss~r Cri~ t~ative mp for SD-383 (E~bit A, ~t1~ ~r 2, 1962) ~uf~s I~,s ~ app~v~ subject to the s~ ~nditions con~ in the Su~ivision C~!ttee ~port o~ ~he= 9s 19621 wtion c~i~ ~av~uely, F, SDR-3~ - F~n~on E, Silvey~ Norton Road - Butld4n~ Site ~pr~al - I Lot ~...-lssioner ~derson ~sed t~t cov~itions ~ not been establish~ in co~ec~ion ~ this ~pli~tion a~ sugSest~ t~t it be until the n~t re~la= ~ai~n ~ebsters on the basis o~ ~his receptions direct~ ~R-3~s ~enton E, Silveys ~nti~ ~til the meeti~ on Border 26s 1962, ~ ~ ~aSS Plarmi~ Cu~,lssion l~iuutes...- November. 13~ 1962 -. Continued r'~, DESIGN REVIE~ A, A.-92 - Broom & Kau~m~nu~ Inc., Prides Cross~ - Fill Design Appr~a~ - ~ts 71 a~ 75 ~ter discuss~n, ~n~lesioner Glenn ~v~ se~ed by C~lssioner ~ley~ thet ~i~ desert approval be gran~ ~ts 71 a~ 75 of Prides Crossi~ as sh~ on E~ibit A-2~ ~il~ October 23, 1962; ~tion carri~ ~usly, B, ~-93 - ~go~ut Shoppi~ Center, Sarato~-S~ale ~ad - Desert ~p~val - Sign ~or ~si~ of Seco~ U~t - Conti~ ~m ~tober 22~ 1962 . It ~as ~e co~ o~ the ~ssion~ a~ter dis~ssi~ this totter at l~th, t~t t~re ~uld be ~ use as required by ~ticle 10 until Buildi~ Site Appr~l ~ been C~issio~r Glen ~v~, seconded by C~issio~r C~I~, that A-93, appli~tion ~or a si~ ~or leasi~ o~ Seco~ U~ of ~go~ut S~ppi~ Center~ be deni~$ mot~n ~rri~ V, '~I BUS~SS ~i~n ~ebster wl~d ~u~ilmn ~ ~tchie ~o ~he meekly, VI, ~ BUS~SS D~ R. Crandall - ~st ~at ~rt~ies be ~ded to the list o~ Uses in all Zonia~ Districts ~e Ge~ral Plan C~ittee su~itt~ a report ~th regard to the request ~n R. Crydell t~t tarries be ~ded to the list o~ Co~itio~l Uses all zoni~ dis~ricts, A~r this r~t ~s di~ssed at le~th~ C~.,~ssiouer Cri~ ~v~, se~ by ~iss~ GI~, t~t ~e C~ission ~ble ~ report; motion ~m~n~OUSly. 1, S~ & ~U~e I~, - ~es~ t~ Olive Trees be add~ to approved ~ee Lis~ ~ ~u~ ~as present to discuss ~is totter further ~ the C~esione ~ ~vl~d t~t he had o~er~ approxt~tely ~0 trees at a ~st o~ ~1~,00 ~ch. ~ stat~ tM~ the trees were a~u~ ~eec in height ~ wuld ~d Co the aesthetic character o~ the divisions ~ M wuM lib to plant th~ ~her or ~t t~y ~ere acc~t~ as ~he re,red street Plannin~ Cce~issionltinutes - November 13t 1962 - Continued VIle A. 1. Chairman Webster referred this matter to the Design KevtevCuu~ulttee with the request that they conEsr with Coun~ilmanHartman and l~r. Van Renssaleet, then report hack to the Cc~.4ssion. 2o John Stetzmille~ - Request that Retail Tire Stores be added to the list of Permitted Uses for C-N Zones The Secretary read a letter from John Stetzmiller requestin~ that Retail Tire Stores be added as a permitted use in C-N Zones. A~ter discussion, there was a ~otion by C~.-..lssioner Glenn, secoadad by Commissioner Auterson, that this request be denied since it was felt that this use should be confined to the C-S Zone; motion carried un~ntmouSly, Bo ORAL ldEETIN~ADJOUI~EDAT 9;28 Respectb~lly submitted, Stanley 1~o W~r, Secretary Saratoga Planning C~mission v