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PC 01-12-76 • + j • CITY OF CUPEI?TINO STATE OF CALIFORNIA P� .G ?_13 • 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014 Page 1 Telephone : 252-,4505 411 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD ON JANUARY 12 , 1976, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA SALUTE TO THE FLAG Chairman Gatto called the meeting to order at 7 :34 p.m. with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL Comm. present ; Adams; Cooper , O'Keefe, Woodward., Chairman Gatto Comm. absent : None Staff presents Assistant Planning Director Cowan Assistant City Attorney Kilian Assistant City Engineer Whitten - • .) APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of Adjourned Regular Meeting of December 11, 1975'. ] age 8 , under ADJOURNMENT , should be "Vice-Chairman Adams - adourned. . . .1976," Moved by Comm. Adams , seconded by Comm. Woodward approved the 12/11/75 Minutes of December 11, 1975, as corrected. Minutes approved Motion carried , 5-0 Minutes of Regular Meeting of December 22, 1975 . • • Moved by Comm.. O'Keefe, seconded by Comm. Adams to approve the 12/22/75 Minutes of December 22, 1975, as recorded. • Minutes approved Motion carried, 4--0--1 Comm.. Woodward abstained PC-2l3 Page 2 MINUTES OF TIlE JANUARY 12, 1976, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING POSTPONEMENTS l2-U-76 cont'd to Jan. 26th Upon recommendation of the staff, it was moved by Comm. Hoodward, seconded by Carom. Adams to continue application 12-U-75 to January 26, 1976. Motion carried, 5-0 WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There ,\.¡ere none. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS There were none. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Application l2-U-75 of PHOTOTECHNOLOGY: USE PERMIT to allow a photo kiosk in a CG (General Commercial) Zone. Said property is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Stevens Creek Blvd. and East Estates Drive. First Heàring continued. CONTINUED TO January 26, 1976. 2. Application 13-Z-76 of CITY OF CUPERTINO: REZONING A~~ PREZONING 17.9 acres from various City and County zoning districts to zoning districts which are consistent with the adopted General Plan. The 17.9 acres are generally located in an area bounded by Alcalde Road, Yoothill Blvd. and Santa Lucia Avenue. First Hearing continued. The Assistant Planning Director identified the properties on the map transparency, as well as the December,22nd proceedings at the Planning Commission meeting on this matter. He said the January 9th staff report discusses the infilling from a philosophical point of view and from a practical point of view. From a land use point of view, it is possible to achieve a mixture of uses in this area. However, the staff felt that in an area such as this, where blight is already being experienced, this would provide instability of the neighborhood. From a technical point of vie,,,, each individual lot is designed for a certain intensity. The staff feels the General Plan would have to be amended if the Planning Commission determines the mixture of uses should be allowed here. Further , he said the City Council is not looking at amendments to the General Plan far small properties at the present time. The staff does not believe it is appropriate to change the zoning on the two 10ts on Alcalde. I" HlNUTES OF THE JANUARY 12, 1'976 CITY PLANNING COHHISSION Chairman Gatto said he is not convinced that accidental are all that bad. He is concerned there will be a lack tcnance of the existing duplexes on Rl lots. land uses¡ of main- j The Assistant City Attorney's point of view Plan has become too specific and has become If you are going to change the zoning in an change the General Plan. is that the General i a regulatory document, ( area you have to also! Chairman Gatto said some of these duplex lots are large enough that they Hou1d qualify for, the designated 0-4 units per acre. The Assistant City Attorney answered Chairman Gatto that you can have a variance application for setbacks, etc., but not for a use of a property. The variance procedure is meant to relieve hardship for use of a particular property. Comm. O'Keefe said we are looking here at stability of neighborho d. We really are talking about very few lots in the area. Comm. Adams said he sees no Hay out of this except with some special arrangement. He observed that already 1/6 of this area is in duplexes. Quite a few of the vacant lots appear large enough for duplexes. The Assistant Planning Director said ,there are 23 single-family lots of less than 10,000 sq. ft. here. Theré are also 6 duplex lots less than 8500 sq. ft. The Assistant City Attorney said an amendment to the General Plan is the best Hay to handle this. Comm. O'Keefe said he endorsed the Assistant City Attorney in that the General Plan is becoming too spec if ic . Chairman Gatto said improvement of this area will come via econom c rather than alxruistic motivations.. Chairman Gatto asked for comments from the audience. There were none. Moved by Comm. Adams, seconded by Comm. Cooper to take applicatio l3-Z-75 off calendar. Application was taken off calendar to permit the staff to prepare a Cenera1 Plan Amendment so the Zoning Hap can be in conformance Hith the General Pla~. Motion carried, 5-0 PC-213 Page 3 13-2-75 taken off calendar PC-213 Page 4 MI~~TES OF THE JANUARY l2, 1976 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING 3. Application 23-Z-75 of 1. K, ISHlMATSU: REZONING 2.8 acres from OA (Administrative and Professional Offices) to R1C (Residential, Single-family, Cluster) Zone or whatever zone may be ùecmed appropriate by the Planning Commission. Said property is located adjacent to and westerly of Finch Avenue approximately 360' southerly of the intersection of Sorenson Avenue and Finch Avenue. First Hearing.. The Assistant Planning Director located the property on an aerial I photograph displayed on the screen. ML Rodger Griffin, 19660 Junipero Hay, Saratoga, with Dick Finnegan's Office, placed the planned development site plan on the bulletin board. The Assistant Planning Director noted that this proposal has no area for group activities; however, the intensity is so low that it is almost an Rl. In terms of privacy, the property is bordered by another, similar project developed by this applicant. Mr, Griffin went over the elevations. The front landscaping is similar to that of the existing development immediately to the south. The parking ratio is 4.7 per unit, \,hich is more than adequate. Each plan A or B is single story or with a loft. The homes are detached. They .j have maintained the grove of trees on the site. Mr. Ishimatsu, who i is the developer in this case, will retain his home on the site, with II the 15 homes built around it. They "ill be all wood exter ior, earth tones, with l3,050 sq. ft. for the single story plan and 16,000 sq. ft. I in the loft plan. Setbacks are in keeping with or greater than that I existing along Finch Avenue. They have no objection to pulling the fence i back some 10' on Lot 1, as suggested by the staff. As figured on today's I market which is $24 per square foot for a standard tract house, these I homes will run about $60,000. Mr. Griffin said they plan to put ! ground cover rather than .grass on the common area to keep maintenance I costs down somewhere around $35 per month, including maintenance of the exterior of the buildings. Moved by Comm. O'Keefe, seconded by Comm. Adams to close the public hearing. Motion carried, 5-0 23-Z-75 approved Moved by Comm. O'Keefe, seconded by Corom. Adams to approve application 23-Z-75 in accordance with the staff1s recommendations. AYES: NOES: Comm, Adams, Cooper, O'Keefe, \oIood\<ard, Chairman Gatto None Motion carried, 5-0 \li\'l''''''( 0" 'j'''¡' J"'l',"": ] '] 19'('J' :",.:.\,." cn'^¡!"C!O\' '.'·,'J:,j·',1'J',:C ¡ ., Jl.L,) j It.. 1\.., '.C.\. _, .. I'J __L,..~" ¡,11 _.d.. ~),).. ,\ , , l'C -:' I J l\lgc 5 UNFUaSllElJ L.USn~ES Thcr c \,¡as none. NE\I ¡mSr:\ESS Ther e I·m s none. REPORT OF THE PLANNI)-;G CmfMISSIO:; Chairman Gatto announced the City Counci,l has established the procpdure v.'hereby the Chairman of each Committe.e and COJI'.missíon J is invited to lunch the first Thursday 2,fter the first Honday of c;;.ch month. Chairman Gatto asked the Commissioners to indicat to him it.ems they \'Jould like to have him bring up at these meetings. Chairman Gatto stated there is an opening on the H-Control COmTílittee. at this tit:H.:'. REPORT OF THE PLAXNEG DIRECTO? . The Assistant Director said the Planni.ng Co';"n_E.d.ssion should RcviC'-',,¡ of n~'.\) revieì'¡ the new Sign Ordin?.I1ce nm·:. It 1·]35 decided the Commission ¡Sign Ordi:>.-;:~((: \·¡ould meet at 8 p ~m. on \.,1edne:s.:Iay, Februélry IS, 1976, for this Is r:i\ rC-;). .l2~:1 purpose. ADJOURt-."),jEc\l Chainaan Gatto adjotJrne.d this meeting at 8:38 p.m. APPROYED: '~..... /"'. M ,e _,... " / ATTEST: ( " yder, City Clerk