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PC 09-22-75CITY OF CUPERTINO, STATE.OF CALIFORNIA 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014 Telephone a 252-4505 MINUTES. OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING GOM14ISSION HELD ON SEPTEMBER 22 1975 IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER CITY HALL g s � CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA E S SALUTE TO THE FLAG Chairman. Gatto called the meeting to order at 7:341p.m. with the Salute to the Flag, s s ROLL CALL � { Comm. present; Adams, Cooper, O=Keefe, T�'oed��ard-, Chairman Gatto Conmi> absent: None Staff presents Assistant Planning Director Cowan. Assistant City Attorney Kilian Assistant City :Engineer: Whitten E - Associate Planner Laurin f Y�PPROVAL OF MINUTES MilTates of Regular meeting of September 8, 1975. Moved by Comm:. Adams, seconded by Comm. Woodward to ap prove xr ove the P Minutes of September 8, 1975,.as. recorded. Motion carried, 5--0 ; Minutes of Adjourned meeting of July 26, 1975. not available at this time. POSTPONEMENTS Per the, req_ijest of the applicant, it was moved by Comm. Adams, � 11-U-73 taken seconded by .Conlin,: O'Keefe to take application 11-U-73 (Hewlett- � off calendar Packard Company) off calendar. - Motion carried, 5-0 PC-205 Page 1 f PC-205 Page 2 MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 22, 1975 PLkKNING COMMISSION MEETING WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Letter from Architect Charles Peterson, representing the Mariani holdings. Letter from Vallco Park General Manager Walter Ward requesting discussion on General Plan. Moved by Comm. O'Keefe, seconded by Comm. Woodward to put the two above - mentioned matters under NEW BUSINESS as items 7 and 8, respectively. Motion carried, 5-0 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Mike Mikul, 22265 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, said it was his understanding that the Stevens Creek Blvd. widening study was to be on this agenda. The Assistant City Engineer apologized, saying that it is now scheduled for the first Planning Commission meeting in October. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Application 75-2 of CITY OF CUPERTINO: AMENDMENT TO GENERAL PLAN to change 2.24 acres from a residential 4-10 (four to ten) dwelling units per gross acre land use designation to a public facilities land use designation to provide for the expansion of the City Corporation Yard. Said property is located westerly of Mary Avenue approximately 250 feet southerly of the intersection of Mary Avenue and Meteor Drive. First Hearing. The property was identified on the snap by the Assistant Planning Director. He said that although this has been scheduled for amendment to the General Plan, further study by the ;staff has determined that public use of the property is consistent with t_tie adopted General Plan. However, the Government Code provides that no real property may be abandoned nor acquired by a legislative body until. the Planning Commission has made a report concerning the proposal's consistency with the General Plan. The Assistant City Engineer answered Comm. Adams that the corner triangle beyond this property is not for sale. The entire property north of the Corporation Yard is involved in the ministorage development. Comm. Cooper requested more input as to noise and traffic levels of a corporation yard. The Assistant City Engineer said the staff feels the Corporation Yard is a fairly good neighbor at its present site. Crews leave the site at 8 am and are out cf the peak hour traffic. At the present time, it is very unattractive in the front, due to the possibility of a move to another site. The perr.._inent site will be well landscaped. There is no activity after 4 pin nor on weekends. MINUTES OF THE 'SEPTE ER 22, 1975 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING s The Assistant City Engineer stated that any repair work is done inside the building, between 7 amand 4 pm. In the future, in case we should get a police department, they would probably requir& round--the--clock service. { The Assistant. City Attorney answered Chairman Gatto that it is notz necessary to get into details of the use at this point. 'Legally, the City Council has to submit this to the Planning Commission for; a report, to see if it is in conformance with the General Plan. a s Chairman Gatto asked for comments .from the audience. Mr. Don Fultonberg, 21316 Amulet Drive, Cupertino, said he was representing the Nathanson Ranch Homes. The proposed use of this land came up at their last board of directors meeting and they 3 violently oppose the expansion of the corporation yard unless they, have some assurance that it.will be cleaned up, landscaped, and will be controlled similar to those controls placed on the mini.- 1 storage yard nearby. They would like to know more about the use of a corporation yard. Their major_ objection is the present looks} of the property and the uncontrolled use of it by "kids on mini- 11 bikes". Comm Adams asked if there is a fence around the corporation. yard J The Assistant City Engineer said the rear portion is fenced, but the front portion is open and nothing is being done to it. Comma Adams said that after reading .the staff report and hearing f the comments at this meeting he was ready to vote on it. Moved by Comm. Adams, seconded by Comm. Cooper to recommend to the City Council the rezoning of the property to allow expansion of the corporation yard. AYES Comm. Adams, Cooper, Woodward, Chairman Gatto NOES: None ABSTAINER: Comm. O�Keefe Motion carried, 4-0-1 2. CITY 'OF CUPERTINO: Public Hearing to consider 1973 OF Ge'neral.Plan. a. Hillsides The Assistant Planning Director reviewed the staff'a recent work on this project. He ekplained the short,term and long term employment that will be created by the- hillside development. PC-205 Page 3 P C-205 Page 4 MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 22, 1975 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING i P It was noted The Economic Director. the homes in the hillsides will be in the $100,000 range. Impact Report was next reviewed by the Assistant Planning It was brought out that, because of the life styles of the home owners in this area, the Parks and Recreation Director felt there would be less demand for parks than ih the flat lend. The Assistant Planning Director called attention to an error in the Economic Impact Report: The sales tax was over estimated because it included tax on food, which is wrong. Comm. Cooper was in favor of calling; the Council's attention to those areas that she felt had not been thoroughly explored by the Planning Commission, such as agricultural land areas. The Assistant Planning Director directed the discussion to page 84 of the document regarding park needs. The staff had determined the 1972 Open Space Element needs to be chani;ed due to legal rulings since that time. , :Associate Planner Laurin spoke on the application of the slope -density lformula, dated September 22, 1975. The concern was not so much the ;total number of occupants of the hills because there is enough margin j in the sewer and other services to allow for a moderate increase. It ;appeared that the road and school cz�pacity were also adequate. The ;Kaiser-Permanente property has been accurately mapped according to the slope -density formula. Comm. Woodward commented that one problem is that we are thinking in terms of only single family homes in the hills. In some areas, depending upon the topography, some other approaches to housing may be proposed. Chairman Gatto felt the grid system was the most fair system for assigning densities. Comm. Cooper would like to have the density computed on both the slope - density formula and the grid system so that each may be considered as the proposals come in. Comm. O'Keefe commented that only one computation approach should be utilized to eliminate confusion in the future. The foothill parks were discussed neat. The map was reviewed by the Assistant Planning Director, compar"ng the 1972 open space conservation element to the general. plan study lr.nd use map being proposed at this meeting. Chairman Gatto would like to add a 1-oli.cy statement to the effect that any land purchased by the Mid -Peninsula Regional Park District, or land determined to be rural must be cons-istent with the general plan. MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 22, 1975 PLANNING COM1K1JSSION. MEETING Chairman Gatto asked for comments from the audience. Mrs. Nancy Hertert, San Juan Road, endorsed Chairman Gatto's statement regarding a policy statement. Moved by Comm. O'Keefe, seconded by Comm. Adams to close the public hearing Motion carried, 5-0 The Commissioners reviewed the items -they wished to have included in their resolution of approval; a. General Plan Hillside Policy 11 shall be added: "All property, designated on Exhibit C-1 as rural residential shall have an underlying use classification of public park open space to enable the City, the Mid -Peninsula Regional Park District, Santa Clara County or other public agencies to acquire pro- Y perties for public' park/open space purposes ;in a manner to be consistentwith the General Plan. Lands designated foothill residential and rural residential on Exhibit C�-1 can be utilized for agricultu a1 and other private open space uses.. b. The economic impact evaluation section of Appendix'P'shall be.j corrected to delete sales tax revenue from eXpenditure of money for food. The Planning Commission stressed the economic impact section only addresses the "City Elan" The City Council may wish to conduct an economic impact evaluation -on the remaining four General. Plan alternatives. c , The Planning Commission found that the utilization of the 200' x 200''grid. system as applied to the slope/density formula will not significantly increase the dwelling unit yield within the foothills as described in Table I, Exhibit C-2. The Planning Commission determined the application of thl grid system may substantially increase the number of dwelling units on particular properties with certain unique character- istics (-relatively flat area) and thus alters the rural character for that specific property, Noved by Comm. Adams, seconded by Con -an. Woodward to recommend to the City Council the Amended Hillside Element of the 1964� "General Flan as presented above: AYES Q Comm. Adams, Cooper, O'Keefe, Woodward,, Chairman_ Gatto_ NOES a None Motion carried ;5 .0. Recess was called at 9t22 pm. The meeting reconvened at 9:35 p.m PC-205 Page 5 IPC-205 Page 6 3--M-75 amendment approved 111-U-73 amend. taken off cal. 9PtINUTES OF THE SEPTF;I[SER 22, 1975 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING JCbmm. O'Keefe left the meeting at this point. !UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None. !NEW BUSINESS 3. AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION 3--TM-75 of W. J. HER?•1AN: Amendment to existing tentative map dividing the development into three units. Said property is located easterly of and adjacent to Stevens Canyon Road approximately 200 feet southerly of the intersection of Riverside Drive and Stevens Canyon Road in a P (Planned Development with single-family residential intent) Zone. Fhe Assistant Planning Director referred to details in the September I17, 1975 memo from the Planning Director on this. The staff wanted to make sure that each phase would function independently. Mr, W. J. Herman, the applicant, said the only reason. for this amendment is a matter of economics. He said they propose to do all ,the grading with Phase I. Phase I trill also include all recreational facilities except one golf hole. As soon as Phase I is started, then fa month later the map for Phase II will be prepared. !Moved by Comm. Adams, seconded by Comm. Woodward to approve the ,proposed amendment to application 3-TM-75. !AYES; Comm. Adams, Cooper, Woodward, Chairman Gatto NOES: None ;ABSENT: Comm. O'Keefe. Motion carried, 4-0 A. Modification of Use Permit 11-U-73 - HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, located at the southeast corner of the.intersection of Homestead Road and Wolfe Road. This was taken off calendar at the beginning of the meeting. 5. Abandonment of easement of light and air designated as a building setback line, Tract 5561 located westerly of and adjacent to Linda Vista Drive approximately 700' southerly of Hyannisport Drive. The Assistant Planning Director stated the subdivision map was recorded with an incorrect front setback line. The staff recommended abandonment of the building setback easement, thereby removing an unnecessary requirement from the development of this tract. 0 7.- MINUTES OR THE SEPTEMBER 22, 1:975 PLANNING CW1ISSION MEETING Moved by Comm. Adams, seconded by Comm. Woodward to approve the abandonment of easement of light and air designated as a building setback line, tract 5561< AYES- Comm, Adams, Cooper, Woodward, Chairman Gatto NOES: None ABSENT: Comm. O'Keefe Motion carried, 4 -0 6. Staff request to initiate procedure to rezone existing publicly owned park sites,to "PR" "Parks and Recreation". Zone. Upon :recommendation of the staff, it was moved. by Comm.. Adams, seconded by Comma Cooper to initiate a public hearing to rezone property to reflect a. change in use. AYES. Comm Adams, Cooper, Woodward, Chairman Gatto NOES None ABSENT. Comm. 0°Keefe Motion carried, 4-0 7. Vallco Village Expansion request.. Vallco Village requested permission to expand to the south for the' purpose of expansion and relocation of the bank facility -and to develop a recreation center to be located on "uncommitted property" Chairman Gatto explained this proposal must include trip end data. I -loved by Comm. Woodward, seconded by Comm. Cooper to have this matter. put on the October 13, 1975 agenda. Motion carried,.4-0 B. Mariani Properties request. Architect Charles Peterson, representing the Mariani Properties, requested in writing 'a general plan amendment to consider commercia zoning along with the industrial.on the easterly side of Saratoga Sunnyvale Road. They are further asking that their property -be excluded from the Highway 9 Conceptual Plan. Chairman Gatto said he wasnot sure this was the proper forum to remove the property ,from the Highway 9 Conceptual Plan.: PC-205 Page 7 Setback line requirement removed Public hearing initiated Vallco Village expansion on Oct. 13 agenda 'C-205 P"agC 3 MINUTI.S OF THE SEPT K1,1BER 223, 1975 PLANNING COI211ISSIOWMEZHNG ved by Comm. Cooper to set the above matter for public hearing. is motion died for lack of a second. Comm. Woodward opted to broaden this public hearing to include review of the entire east side south to the Catholic Church. Comm. Cooper said she did not necessarily want to include the other properties since this was not the request.. IThe Assistant City Attorney said no individual can initiate an amendment Ito the General Plan -- only the City Council or the Planning Commission can do this. Ile said this request map be more properly addressed to the City Council since this may involve the expenditure of City Funds and !the core area EIR may be involved. Comm. Adams and Woodward were in favor of including the donut shop and ,the body shop in this request; Comm. Cooper and Chairman Gatto were not. i ,14oved by Comm. Cooper, seconded by Comm. Adams, that a'_.1 privately 'instituted requests for amendments to the General Plan be directed to lthe City Council. Motion carried, 4-0 i :Vallco Park General Manager Walter Ward said their request has a time Tr"oblem. Vallco Park has agreed to pick up all costs for studies as ;necessary. ;REPORT OF THE PLAN Z G ',MISSION 'Comm. Cooper has decided not to continue on the Social Concerns Subcommittee Eof the PPC and suggested interested Commissioners might wish to fill the vacancy. REPORT OF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR: None. `ADJOURNMENT ,Chairman Gatto adjourned this meeting at 1_0:35 p.m. ATTEST: APPROVED: /s/ John M. Gatto Chairman /s/. Wm__E. Ryder City Clerk