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HomeMy WebLinkAboutASAC Minutes - 10-20-1977CITY OF CUPERTINO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA 10300 TORRE AVENUE, CUPERTINO, CA 95014 TELEPHONE: 252-4505 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ARCHITECTURAL AND SITE APPROVAL COMMITTEE HELD ON OCTOBER 20, 1977 IN THE LIBRARY CONFERENCE ROOM, ROOM 105, CITY HALL, CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA SALUTE TO THE FLAG The meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. by Chairperson Claudy with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL: Members Present: Ripplinger, Irvine, Sallan, Chairperson Claudy Members Absent: Bond Staff Present: Mark Caughey, Senior Planning Technician NOTICE: Chairperson Claudy announced that no public hearing will be initiated after 11 p.m. If a hearing is in progress at that time, it will be continued until its completion or until midnight, whichever comes first. INFORMAL REVIEW OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT USE PERMIT APPLICATION: The application has been postponed. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of Regular Meeting of September 22, 1977. There were no correction to these minutes; therefore, Member Irvine moved and Member Ripplinger seconded that they be approved as submitted. Motion Carried 4-0 Approval of minutes of Regular Meeting of October 6, 1977. Member Ripplinger asked that the Consensus statement on Application 28-U-77 should read, "The architecture should be compatible with other design in the area, perhaps carrying over the arches from across the street." Member Ripplinger moved and Member Irvine seconded that the minutes of October 6, 1977 be approved as amended. Motion carried 4-0 POSTPONEMENTS - There were none HC -205 Page 1 HC -205 Page 2 Approval of Application HC -51,445.1 MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 20, 1977 ASAC MEETING WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS - There were none. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - There were none. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Application HC -51, 445.1 - Gaetano S. DiVittorio requesting sign approval for a tailor shop in an existing building located at the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Lazaneo Drive and DeAnza Boulevard. The applicant, Gaetano DiVittorio, was present. His tailor shop now oc- cupies the site on a 3 year temporary use permit. The signs he now has are 2 wall signs which are not consistent with the ordinance. lie now proposes that the wall signs be removed and a double-faced ground sign be created from them with a wooden "wrap" around the ground sign face. Mr. DiVittorio said that the sign will only be there temporarily since he has a limited permit. He said that the shop is difficult to find because it has an odd -numbered street address and there are also odd -numbered street addresses on the opposite side of the street. The sign will not be illum- inated. Staff suggested that a planter be added under the sign since there is no other landscaping on the site. Mr. DiVittorio was agreeable to this. Chairperson Claudy said that he would like to see the street number added to the face of the sign. Applicant agreed to this. Consensus: Members saw no problem with the sign but agreed that the street number should be added to the sign face. Member Irvine moved and Member Sallan seconded to close public hearing since there was no comment from the audience. Motion Carried, 4-0 Member Ripplinger moved approval of Application HC -51,445.1 subject to the standard ASAC conditions 1-8 and conditions 9-11 as contained herein: 9. That the recommendation of approval is based on Exhibits F, Revision 1 and F-1 of this application except as may be amended by special conditions contained herein. 10. The approved ground sign (Exhibit F, Revision 1) shall include a landscaped planter box at its base. Further, the sign faces shall be framed by a continuous wood wrap, subject to staff approval, and the street numbers shall be applied to the bottom of the sign. 11. The approved ground sign shall be removed at such time as the subject tailor business ceases to occupy the site, or on July 18, 1980, when the use permit granted by Planning Commission Resolution No. 1711 expires. Member Irvine seconded the motion. Motion Carried, 4-0 MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 20, 1977 ASAC MEETING 2. Application HC -51,075.332 - Vallco Park, Ltd. (Tandem Computers, Inc.) requesting approval of a sign for an industrual building located at 19333 Vallco Parkway. Mr. Jay Mackro, Facilities Manager for Tandem Computers, was present. The Committee Members saw no problem with the sign. Chairperson Claudy asked about street numbers on the sign, although they would detract from the simplicity of the sign design. Mr. Mackro said that there are only two businesses on the street at the present time, and did not think that street numbers would be necessary. He also said that the street is now presently a dead-end street. Since there were no comments from the audience, Member Sallan moved, Member Irvine seconded that public hearing be closed. Motion carried, 4-0 Member Ripplinger said that he still thinks the numbers of the address should be on the sign since there may be additional development on that street in the future. Member Sallan moved that Application HC -51,075.332 be approved subject to Standard ASAC conditions 1-8 and 9 as contained herein. 9. That the recommendation of approval is based upon Exhibits F and F-1 of this application except as may be amended by special conditions containe herein. A roll call vote was taken with the following results: Member Ripplinger - no Member Irvine - yes Member Sallan - yes Chairperson Claudy- yes Motion carried, 3-1 3. Application HC -51,403.2 - Any Mountain, Ltd. (Eldon R. Hoffman) requesting modification of site and previously approved ground sign for a commercial building located at the southwest corner of the inter- section of DeAnza Boulevard and Mariani Avenue. Mr. Hoffman was present. He stated that the sign is a free-standing sculpture and the words Any Mountain will be in a wood face with white plastic letters illuminated from within. That will be the only illuminatioi The sign will stand in a pond. Members agreed that the sign is very creative and were in favor of the design. Member Ripplinger asked if the street address will be displayed on the building. Mr. Hoffman said that they plan to display the street number on the building. Possible location of the numbers was discussed. Mr. Hoffman wants to use graphics to display the numbers. Chairperson Claudy indicated that graphics have been denied in application before, but that each case is reviewed individually. HC -205 Page 3 Approval o Appli catio HC -51,075. HC -205 MI�L'TES OF THE OCTOBER 20, 1977 ASAC MEETING Page 4 Site changes are that the shape of the pool of water has been changed to more closely resemble that of a river rather than a still pond. Members saw no problem with this. Comments from the audience were that the sign was very creative and unique and would be an asset to Cupertino. Member Irvine moved and Member Sallan seconded that public hearing be closed. Motion carried 4-0 Approval o Applicatio HC -51,403. Member Sallan moved that Application HC -51,403.2 be approved subject to the Standard ASAC Conditions 1-8 and conditions 9-13 as contained herein: 9. That the recommendation of approval is based upon Exhibits F 1st Revision and D 1st Revision of this application except as may be amended by special conditions contained herein. 10. The Architectural and Site Approval Committee or its staff shall retain authority to review lighting intensity of any sign approved under this application consistent with Section 7.07 of the Ordinance 746. 11. Prior to issuance of permits for installation of the approved ground 3ign structure, staff shall review the proposed landscaping improvements on the DeAnza Boulevard frontage of the site for substantial conformance to those delineated on Exhibit C 1st Revision of Application HC -51,403.2. It is the Committee's intent that the modified watercourse depicted on Exhibit D 1st Revision of this application not result in decreased quantity of plantings on the DeAnza Boulevard Parkway frontage. 12. The applicant will appropriately position the street address, subject to staff approval, so that it is visible from De Anza Boulevard to motorists. 13. The area of the sign upon which the words "Any Mountain" appear will be wood as opposed to bronze. Member Irvine seconded the motion. Motion carried, 4-0 UNFINISHED BUSINESS Mr. William Rudolph, Huntington Beach, CA, and J. Scott Erwin of Vallco Park in Cupertino presented to the committee modification in architecture on File #51,075.404. The building will be a Mexican restaurant. It was found to be necessary to install two additional exhaust fans to the building. Therefore, in order to screen, the architect proposes to add 2 false chimneys to blend in with the rest of the building. A quadrafbil window will be retained, a skylight will be added because of a garden in the restaurant. MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 20, 1977 ASAC MEETING Mr. Rudolph explained that the two exhaust fans must be added because more food preparation will have to be done at the restaurant itself because of its distance from the main company commissary in Southern California. The grease in the exhaust dictates the size of the fans, and they must be accessible for cleaning and maintenance. Members agreed that this was a reasonable solution to a difficult problem Chairperson Claudy said that he was glad to see that the quadrafoil window was retained. The subject of roof lights was also brought up. Mr. Rudolph said that there will be several lights: 2 on the north side, 4 on the south side, 5 along Wolfe Rd. and 7 in the rear. They will be bullet type and the fixture itself will not be visible. It will illuminate the roof and part of the stucco wall. Member Ripplinger commented that this seems like a lot of light. NOTE: The Committee reviewed Sheets E5 and A6 of the drawings and concur with the changes. Further Unfinished Business was as follows: Chairperson Claudy noted that Cicero's Pizza on the corner of DeAnza and Stevens Creek was to bring in a sign program for approval that would c form to the sign ordinance within 6 months of the adoption of that ordinan It has now been 6 months, and there has been no sign submitted for approval. Mark Caughey distributed copies of the City Council's reasoning for approve of the GPI sign. The Council also said that they did not feel the Spinnin' Wheels Skatepark sign should have been approved. Mr. Caughey said that the skatepark people are willing to go back to a simpler sign that had previously been approved. INTER COMMISSION NOTES There were none. The Committee adjourned at 8:14 p.m. until the next regular meeting. APPROVED: Is/ John Claudy Chairman ATTEST: Is/ Wm. E. Ryder City Clerk HC -205 Page 5