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HomeMy WebLinkAboutASAC Minutes - 05-05-1977CITY OF CUPERTINO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014 Telephone: 252-4505 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ARCHITECTURAL AND SITE APPROVAL COMMITTEE HELD ON MAY 5, 1977, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA SALUTE TO THE FLAG Ch. Sallan called the meeting to order at 7:06 PM with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL Members present: Claudy, Ripplinger, Ch. Sallan Members absent: Bond, Irvine Staff present: Senior Planning Technician Mark Caughey Deputy City Clerk Ellen Pagnini Noting that two Members were absent, Ch. Sallan announced to the applicants that they were welcome to postpone their hearing until the full complement of the Committee is present. Ch. Sallan also announced that it was imperative that she leave the meeting at 11 PM, which would mean there would not be a quorum if the meeting should run later than that. ELECTION OF OFFICERS: Postponed. INFORMAL REVIEW OF PLANNED DEVELOPM tT USE PERMIT APPLICATIONS: 8-U-77 San Jose Building Design, Inc.: Construction of 20 single-family cluster homes and four commercial buildings located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Foothill Blvd. and Stevens Creek Blvd, HC -193 Page 1 The Senior Planning Technician stated 8-U-77 has been removed from the agenda. HC -193 Page 2 MINUTES OF MAY 5, 1977 H -CONTROL MEETING 9-U-77 Starcrest Investors, Inc.: Construction of 11,625 sq. ft. of commercial and recreational/entertainment space located at the southeast corner of the inter- section of Homestead Road and Stelling Road. The Senior Planning Technician placed the plans on the bulletin board for perusal by the Committee. After an informal review, Ch. Sallan recapped that the Members who were present basically supported the staff's contention that employee parking should be on the east side to minimize the traffic through the residential area. Ramps and designated parking stalls should be, implemented for use by the handicapped people. 11-U-77 Sobrato-Berg Properties: 234,000 sq. ft. of light located at the southeast North De Anza Blvd. Construction of approximately industrial building space quadrant of Mariani Avenue and Mr. John Sobrato reviewed his conceptual and preliminary plans with the Committee. He was the first to admit that this is a very large develop- ment. He said they are making every effort to minimize its effect on the established area. Comm. Ripplinger questioned why the City allowed such a development to take place when we have an insufficient water supply. Mr. Sobrato said he is somewhat concerned about the adjacent residential, so they have gone to single story building in that area. The morning of this meeting he was able to purchase some more trip ends so the building in the front will have three stories instead of two. They have changed the front parking lot to the Drachman System (compact and standard size spaces). He stressed that they are saving every tree on the property. The rendering showed the mature trees drawn to scale and the site plan shows the actual drip line of the trees. He cautioned, however, that if another tenant comes in and wants another configuration for the front portion (not within the scope of 9-U-77), this may have to change. Present negotiations are with Syva Company in Stanford Industrial Park. The conceptual plan for the front portion shows 104,000 sq. ft. of building. Ch. Sallan said she is very much in favor of the conceptual plan which saves all the trees. She is concerned that there is the possibility that this may not reach fruition. The building exteriors were discussed next. There will be quite a bit of brick used. The cap on the 18' high buildings will be 7 to 8'. Member Claudy said people have told him they don't like that huge strip of white around the Zilog building. Mr. Sobrato said he has been congratulated about the design of that building. MINUTES OF MAY 5, 1977 H -CONTROL MEETING Mr. Sobrato felt the main concern with the residents in the area of the Zilog building is the placement of the building. Member Claudy asked about the loading dock for this proposal. Mr. Sobrato said the main loading dock, located in the northeast corner, will be depressed. There will also have to be some secondary docks. The Senior Planning Technician said the City is still awaiting comments from the School District about this proposal. The City's sound expert said that by keeping the landscaping space next to the wall narrow and landscaping along the building, the noise attenuation will be kept down. Ch. Sallan felt that the 5' wide perimeter landscaping would be a bit tight. Mr. Sobratto offered to move the front building somewhat and narrow down the courtyards. Ch. Sallan suggested he check with a landscape architect to see if adding 2 feet to the width would do any good as far as the plantings are concerned.. Mr. Sobrato said the two courtyards consist of 1.5 acres• The development is so large that by looking at the plans it is hard to imagine the courtyards will be that large. Ch. Sallan recapped: 1) There should be an increase in the perimeter planting along the southerly and easterly borders of the property. 2) The building configuration is acceptable to the Committee; another configuration which eliminates the stand of pepper trees would not necessarily be acceptable. 3) The landscaping is needed most on the southerly property line because it will be seen more readily there. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH OF OFFICE Deputy City Clerk Ellen Pagnini administered the Oath of Office to Ch. Sallan and Member Ripplinger. Since Member Irwin was absent, his Oath of Office will be administered at the next meeting. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of Regular Meeting of April 21, 1977. Page 5, paragraph 6, line 4: Delete "setting" and replace with "taking place 50 feet from Wolfe Road." Page 10, paragraph 2, line 1: Add "de facto" before "sign program' HC -193 Page 3 HC -193 Page 4 MINUTES OF MAY 5, 1977 H -CONTROL MEETING Moved by Member Claudy, seconded by Member Ripplinger, to approve the Minutes of April 21, 1977 as amended. Motion carried, 3-0 POSTPONEMENTS; None. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: None. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS; IThe Senior Planning Technician said Mr. James J. Garber was present to lidiscuss his proposed development at the corner of Alpine Drive and Salem ;Avenue. 'Mr. Garber answered Ch. Sallan that the color of the exterior will be grey stain which will go with the charcoal redwood shake mansard roof. It will be compatible with others in the neighborhood. After a brief ;discussion, Ch. Sallan said the Committee had no problem with this ,proposal. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. Application HC -51,220.1 - Beekman Place Homeowners Association requesting approval of architecture and landscaping to construct a fence to enclose the common areas in Beekman Place, located on the east side of Blaney Avenue. :Member Claudy commented that he is concerned that the City of Cupertino is becoming a City within walls. :Colored slides were shown of the development. Mr, Lindsey Shears, President of the Beekman Place Homeowners Association, said they engaged an architect who advised a 6' high stucco fence that would tie in with the materials used on the homes. Mr. Shears said the parks are paid for and maintained by the homeowners. They now have a plague of traffic through their common areas, particularly from school -age :residents of the nearby apartment complex. They have bicycles, dune buggies, motorcycles and dogs. He said they are asking permission to :build fences on their own property. The fences will match fences on both sides of them. 'The Senior Planning Technician answered `'ember Ripplinger that the common areas belong to the homeowners. Member Claudy clarified that the prime reason is to cut down on traffic through the common areas. MINUTES OF MAY 5, 1977 H -CONTROL 1 ETING Mr. Shears answered Ch. Sallan that they would be willing to place shrubbery along the front of the fence if this is approved. It could be difficult to maintain and water, however. Member Claudy was not in favor of this proposal, although he sympathized with the privacy problem. He believes the same objective could be accomplished with a nice wrought iron fence. If the Committee approved this wall, he would me more concerned about the landscaping outside the wall than inside. Ch. Sallan asked the applicant if the homeowners would consider some other type structure that would retain the view corridor. When it became apparent this is what the Committee would agree to, Mr. Shears opted for a continuance so he could check into it. HC -193 Page 5 Since there were no comments from the audience, it was moved by HC -51,220.1 Comm. Claudy, seconded by Comm. Ripplinger to continue application; continued HC -51,220.1 to sometime in the future, when the applicant is ready to come back. Motion carried, 3-0 2. Application HC -51,374.2 - Self Sery Food Corporation (Burger Pit) requesting approval of site, architecture and landscaping for the remodeling of an existing restaurant located at the southwest corner of Stevens Creek Blvd. and Blaney Avenue. Colored slides of the site were shown. The Senior Planning Technician said the proposal is to extend the screen and to screen the screen. He referred to details contained in the April 29, 1977 staff report. The Traffic Engineer suggested eliminating the easterlymost parking stall and shifting all the stalls to the west and restriping them to 9.5' minimum width. Reciprocal driveway easements should be required of this applicant; and of adjacent Night Kap and Westridge Florist whenever they comei to the City for something. Mr. Frank Hopkins, President of Self Sery Food Corporation, said the problems here have been the roof apptrtenances. Burger Pit has been at this location for many years. They have dedicated 15' on Stevens Creek Blvd and 10' on Blaney Avenue, which reduced the size of the site considerably, The shopping center next door has inadequate parking so their clients use Burger Pit's parking stalls. Night Kap customers also use their parking stalls. HC -193 Page 6 MINUTES OF MAY 5, 1977 H -CONTROL MEETING Mr. Hopkins said the equipment will be moved off the roof and placed on the ground except for one exhaust fan and one other piece of equipment that will be screened. He questioned the advisability of reducing the 10' sidewalk on Stevens Creek Blvd. to 5'. Ch. Sallan said the City is very much interested in reducing the width of this sidewalk in order to increase the parking. Gemco has reduced their sidewalks to 5'. Mr. Hopkins said it would be a hardship to reduce his 32 parking spaces to 30. The ideal would have been for them to purchace the land behind them, but that is impossible. He said there are some posts along Blaney Avenue which will make a 5t sidewalk somewhat of a problem. Member Claudy said the Ordinance says th&parking spaces must be 9.5' wide, so only 13 spaces will fit in the back parking lot. Another concern of his is that there are no spaces marked for the handicapped. He suggested the stalls designated for the handicapped be made slightly wider. The applicant agreed to this. The Senior Planning Technician answered Ch. Sallan that there are not enough parking spaces involved here to allow the Drachman System. Member Ripplinger asked if the driveway is too wide here. The Senior Planning Technician said the minimum ingress/egress is 32'; maximum is 40'. The applicant agreed to the choice of plants listed in the staff report. He would like to avoid the reduction of sidewalk width, if possible. He would prefer to keep the Blaney Avenue driveway open. Ch. Sallan answered the applicant that he will have to post a bond for the landscaping until the drought is over. Member Ripplinger said he would hate to see the sidewalk width reduced right away and have to have 5' of dirt there until the end of the drought. Until such time as the City Council rescinds that policy, that area could remain status quo. The applicant would really like to retain the 32 parking spaces. The Committee decided that if there is a technical problem with the air conditioning equipment it could be resolved at staff level. The Committee would like to see 5' more landscaping, but not 5' of dirt until the end of the drought. The amount of the bond would be based upon what it would cost the City to go in and do the job if it became necessary. Since there were no comments from the audience, it was moved by Member Ripplinger, seconded by Member Claudy to close the public hearing. Motion carried, 3-0 MINUTES OF MAY 5, 1977 H -CONTROL MEETING Moved by Member Claudy, seconded by Member Ripplinger to approve application HC -51,374.2, based on the staff's Information Exhibit B, subject to the standard H -Control conditions with the following further conditions: 1-8. Architectural and Site Approval Standard Conditions to the extent that they do not conflict with the special conditions enumerated herein. In the event a conflict does exist, the special conditions as enumerated herein shall apply. 9. That the recommendation of approval is based on Exhibit B and staff information, of this application except as may be amended by special conditions contained herein., 10. Parking stalls 19-32 shall be shifted westerly and restriped to City standard specifications as per staff exhibit. 11. All conditions of approval contained in ASAC Resolution 589 adopted January 22, 1976 shall be binding upon the applicant particularly conditions 8, 9, 10 and 11 of said Resolution. 12. The sidewalk shown on Exhibit B adjacent to Stevens Creek Blvd. shall be reduced in width to 51. The sidewalk shall remain adjacent to curb line and the remaining 5' wide area shall be landscaped and maintained by the owner of the subject property at such time as the drought is ended. This condition shall not be enforced until such time. Final con- figuration of all public sidewalk areas shall be subject to approval of the Director of Public Works. 13. Screening devices for roof -mounted mechanical equipment shall be constructed in a manner to minimize public view of said equipment and still permit safe and efficient operation thereof, subject to staff's approval. 14. The equipment area on Exhibit "B" at the south end of the restaurant building shall be fully enclosed in a manner subject to staff approval. 15. Landscaping approach is approved conceptually and the appro priate planting materials are subject to later review. Motion carried, 3-0 Ch. Sallan noted the site and landscaping will be discussed in depth at the ;May 19th meeting, or later. HC -193 Page 7 HC -51,374.2 approved Ch. Sallan called a recess at 9:00 PM. The meeting reconvened at 9:12 PM. HC -193 I MINUTES OF MAY 5, 1977 , H -CONTROL MEETING Page 8 3. Application HC -51,406.1 - Clayton T. Woods requesting approval of site, architecture, landscaping and grading for five detached single-family dwelling units located at the southwest corner of Foothill Blvd. and Alcalde Road. Mr. Clayton Woods stated he is the applicant and the architect. Colored slides were shown of the site and of the developed duplex and single family homes in the immediate area. Mr. Woods said the major concern when designing this was to give privacy to this R1C zone. This was originally zoned for duplexes. House 1 has the least amount of concern; the primary rooms ]gook out upon a considerable amount of open space. House.2, in the middle of the property, will have two Canary Island pines to provide good screening, particularly from House 4. Each home has a certain portion of private yard. Wing walls have been introduced to maximize privacy between Houses 4 and 3. Lot 5 has more open space in the back yard and is about 75` from Lot 1. Member Claudy would like to see addition of one more 15 -gallon tree at the corner of Lot 4. The applicant readily agreed to this. He said this type tree affords privacy from other homes, yet affords a view of the foothills since it is narrow at the top. There will be grasscrete in 2 parking spaces in lieu of asphalt. These 2 parking spaces are being provided to satisfy the Ordinance, although the applicant feels they will not be needed. Basically the April 29, 1977 report by Edward L. Pack Associates, Inc., concerns the traffic situation on Foothill Blvd. This project will not have the traffic of large trucks that is experienced at Stevens Creek Blvd. and Foothill Blvd, but there is one quarry up near the dam and there is the traffic going to the dam. There is a 48 db level, which is 3 db above the maximum in Title 25. To mitigate this noise level during suraner, windows can be closed and forced air turned on, or a wall could be built along Foothill Blvd. In reference to the architecture, the exterior will be redwood with earth tone stains, shake roof, and redwood fence set back from the street. Landscaping was discussed next. Mr. Woods agreed with the staff report in that this is a neighborhood in transition. His initial feeling was to keep the landscaping as natural as possible. He said there has been a change in the Department of Public Works since he purchased this property. They are now being required to widen Foothill Blvd, to put in curbs, gutters, electroliers, sidewalks, etc. Through the use of mounds, they plan to give a more visual separation from Foothill Blvd. They have been required to add 2 more parking spaces in front of Unit 5 so grasscrete and turf ,rill be put in. He said 90% of the people prefer to have a lawn. MINUTES OF MAY 5, 1977 H -CONTROL MEETING ( HC -193 Page 9 Ch. Sallan said it would be a shame to give up the environment up there. She believes the structures will fit in, but she does not believe all that grass would be out of character. Member Claudy lives next to the hills with no development behind him. He has grass in the front yard, and he likes it. Mr. Woods said he feels strongly that there should be lawns in the fronts of these homes. This lawn area is common area. The staff recommended willow trees. Mr. Woods would like somethin the homeowners will like and will agree to maintain., Ch. Sallan asked for comments from the audience. There were none. Moved by Member Claudy, seconded by Member Ripplinger, to close the public hearing. Motion carried, 3-0 Moved by Member Claudy, seconded by Member Ripplinger to approve HC -51,406.1 application HC -51,406.1, subject to the H -Control Standard approved Conditions to the extent that they do not conflict with the following special conditions: 1) Recommendation of approval is based on Exhibits A, B, 3-1 and C of this application except as amended by special conditions contained herein. 2) The wing wall shall be added on the rear of Units 2 and 4 to mitigate visual privacy intrusion of back yards of adjacent buildings. 3) A minimum of one Canary Island pine shall be added in the southwest corner of the back yard of Building 4 to further minimize visual intrusion. 4) Recommendations of the project sound study shall be imple- mented to conform to the intent of Condition 19 of Planning Commission Resolution No. 1643. These recommendations shall be met by utilizing recommendation 1 on Page 2 of the Edwin Pack Acoustical Report, Project No. 9043, dated April 29, 1977. Motion carried, 3-0 The applicant was informed this will go to the City Council on May 16, 1977. HC -193 Page 10 MINUTES OF MAY 5, 1977, H -CONTROL MEETING 4. Application HC -51,002.16 - Jack Paulson requesting approval of site, architecture, landscaping, grading and lighting for a four -unit apartment complex on the east side of Alpine Drive. Exhibit B-3 was distributed to the Committee Members by the Senior Planning Technician. Colored slides of the site were shown. A sight distance drawing was prepared by the adjacent single-family homeowner downhill from this property. There was a discussion of whether or not the wing walls should be extended to 8 feet. The Committee felt that 5' would be sufficient. The trash enclosure will be fully enclosed with a gate. The Committee had no problems with the architecture. Landscaping was discussed next. Ch. Sallan asked Mr. Paulson if he would be willing to put cutouts at each of the vertical posts. He agreed to this. Landscaping will be put into the cutouts. Ch. Sallan asked for comments from the audience. Mrs. Paula Keena stated she owns the property to the north of this. They will be sharing the only common fence and would like to work out something compatible for both property owners. She also stated that parking on Alpine Drive is hazardous. She said she is happy the upstairs window is opaque so there will be no privacy problem. Mr. Bill Steiner said he lives in the house behind this property, on Vista Knoll. He likes this plan as presented but wanted to bring up some other points. He is not sure of the value of the wing walls. He believes the people would rather have the morning sun and the view and a little less privacy. As to the rear fence, he would like to have a firm commitment for the 6' fence measurement to start from pad level. Mr. Paulson was agreeable to this. Mr. Paul Hardin, 10397 Vista Knoll, said it appears the owner has attempted to develop something that is acceptable to the neighborhood. After discussion of the landscaping, the applicant said he was willing to put in shrubbery instead of the pinus contorta noted on the plans. Moved by Member Claudy, seconded by Member Ripplinger, to close the public hearing. Motion carried, 3-0 MINUTES OF MAY 5, 1977, H -CONTROL MEETING The Committee decided it would be best to leave the wing wall at 4'. The plants along the front of the garage are to be left to the staff's discretion. Moved by Member Claudy, seconded by Member Ripplinger to reopen the public hearing. Motion carried, 3-0 The lighting was discussed next. The applicant proposed bullet lights as exterior lights for the back patios. He wpuld also like to put lights on the sides of the garage. He said that if they are put in the planting areas they usually become damaged. He agreed there could be brick planter boxes with lights in them. Member Ripplinger said the applicant's proposal for putting the lighting on the side of the garage will do the job nicely. Member Claudy agreed, although he would prefer to see the low, mushroom type lights. Ch. Sallan said this would be left to the discretion of the staff. Moved by Member Claudy, seconded by Member Ripplinger, to close the Public Hearing. Motion carried, 3-0 Moved by Member Ripplinger, seconded by Member Claudy to approve application HC -51,002.16 with the standard H -Control conditions with the following further conditions: 1) The recommendation of approval is based on Exhibits A, A-i, B, B-1, C and E. 2) The fence on the east property line of subject property shall be constructed, relocated or otherwise adjusted to obtain a line of sight angle from east elevation second story windows equal to that achieved with an 8' high fence on the east pro- perty line as per Exhibit A-1. 3) That the trash enclosure area will be fully enclosed and screened with landscaping subject to staff approval. 4) That the patio lighting will be the fixtures in Exhibit E and walkway lighting will be to staff approval. 5) Planting along the east fence line will be modified per the applicant's option and brought back for staff approval. 6) On the west elevation of the garage there will be column - type plants in cutouts at each of the garage partitions. Motion carried, 3-0 HC -193 Page 11 HC -51,002.16 approved HC -193 Page 12 MINUTES OF MAY 5, 1977, H -CONTROL MEETING (UNFINISHED BUSINESS There was a brief discussion of the Minutes of the last Public Safety Commission meeting, It was noted that at the last Council Meeting, Mayor Frolich instructed the Code Enforcement Officer speak to the people at Zilog Corporation, who never have their trash container inside the enclosure. Member Claudy asked the Senior Planning Technician to check Section 25 of the California Code regarding mitigating noise on public streets. He should also check on the requirements for the handicapped. A standard condition should be developed which can be added to the H -Control standard conditions. Ch. Sallan said that perhaps we are going in the wrong direction with these walls separating the homes from major streets. Ch. Sallan wanted to know where we stand on the water situation. She is concerned that so many developments are going in with the landscaping being delayed. Member Ripplinger said perhaps we should have a moratorium on development until the emergency is over. It was pointed out that there are ways of cutting down water usage and still keeping plants alive. NEW BUSINESS Since she would be unable to attend the next Mayor's Meeting, Ch. Sallan appointed Member Claudy to represent the Committee at this meeting. INTER COMMISSION NOTES: None ADJOU RNMENT Moved by Member Claudy, seconded by Member Ripplinger to adjourn this meeting at 11:00 PM to 7:00 PM on May 19, 1977. ATTEST: Is/ Wm. E. Ryder City Clerk Motion carried, 3-0 APPROVED: Is/ John Claudy Chairman