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Home My WebLink AboutPC Minutes - 12-09-1974CITY OF CUPERTINO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 9501.4 Telephone: 252-4505 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA DECEMBER 9, 1974 SALUTE TO THE FLAG Chairman O'Keefe called the meeting to order at 7:36 p.m. with the Salute to the Flag, ROLL CALL Conn. present: Cooper, Gatto, Woodward, Chairman O'Keefe Comm. absent: Adams Staff present: Director of Planning and Development Sisk Director of Public Works Viskovich Assistant City Attorney Kilian Associate Planner Laurin Associate Planner Cowan APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of Regular Adjourned Meeting of November 20, 1974. Page 3, 7th paragraph, last sentence should read: ''Comm. Cooper wondered if a curve was set that would only apply to property ab a 10% slope." Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Comm. Woodward to approve the Minutes of November 20, 1974 as amended. Motion carried, 4-0 POSTPONEMENTS: Item 4#1 - Application 33--Z-74 of MARK J. ALEXANDER (per staff request) Item #3 - Application 13-Z-74 of SAN CARLOS HOMES & DEV. CO. (per applicant's request) Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Comm. Cooper to continue 33-Z-74 to January 13, 1.975 and 13-Z-74 to January 27, 1975. Motion carried, 4-0 PC --175 Page 1 33-Z-74 cor_t'd to 1/13/75 13-Z-74 cont'd to 1/27/75 PC -1.75 Page 2 9-Z-74 recommended for approval MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 9, 1974 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS - None ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. Application 33-Z-74 of MARK J. ALEXANDER: PREZONING .11 acres from Santa Clara County R2 (Residential, duplex) to City of Cupertino R1-7.5 (Residential, single-family, 7,500 sq. ft. per dwelling unit) or whatever zone may be deemed appropriate by .the Planning Commission., Said property is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of University and Alhambra Avenues. First Hearing continued. 2. CONTINUED TO 1/13/75. Application 9-Z-74 of CITY OF CUPERTINO: REZONING 5+ acres from CG (General Commercial) zone to Al -43 (Agricultural/Residential, sin: ?le -family: 1=acre_` lots)_ -zone or whatever zone may be deemed -ap-p-ro-p-i-iate by thePlanning Com fission. Said property is located r _,r-ximately i2OO--f-eet-we-ateriv of the _i-ntersaction _of Re hart Road and Lindy Lane, adjacent to Regnart Creek. First Hearing continued. Associate Planner Cowan summarized the past history of the property, as noted in the December 6, 1974 memo from the Planning Director. The staff feels the present zoning is inconsistent with the General Plan and the general topography and character of the area and, therefore, recommended approval of the application for rezoning. Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Comm. Woodward to close the public hearing since there were no comments from the audience. Motion carried, 4-0 Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Comm. Woodward to recommend to the City Council approval of application 9-Z-74. AYES: Comm. Cooper, Gatto, Woodward, Chairman O'Keefe NOES: None ABSENT: Comm. Adams Motion carried, 4-0 MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 9, 1974 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING 3. Application 13—Z-74 of SAN CARLOS HOMES & DEVELOPMENT CO.: REZONING 20.7 acres from A (Agricultural/Residential - 10,00( sq. ft. minimum lot) to P (Planned Development with resident- cluster use intent with approximately 3.6 dwelling units per acre) or whatever zone may be deemed appropriate by the Planning Commission. Said property is located southerly of and adjacent to Voss Avenue at its westerly terminus. First Hearing continued. CONTINUED TO 1/27/74 4. CITY OF CUPERTINO: Public Hearing for annual review of five-year capital improvement program. The Director of Public Works submitted copies of the new five- year capital improvements program. Comm. Woodward asked about the Community Development Act, as it relates to this five-year capital improvements program. The Director of Public Works said this relates chiefly to capital improvements and the Community Development Act lends itself to the social aspects. The two can very well go hand in hand. The Planning Director stated that after the citizen input has been analized it may be found that some items in the five-year capital improvements program can be lifted out of this program and placed into the Housing and Community Development Act expenditure. I Comm. Gatto was assured by the Director of Public Works that something that has not even been thought of as yet could be in- serted into the Program at any time. If it is something"is needed immediately the City Council can insert it immediately. Mr. Nick Szabo, 10235 Creston Drive, President of the Creston Homeowners Association, said they are experiencing a traffic problem and asked the Planning Commission to add to the Program a traffic light at the intersection of Starling Drive and Foothill Blvd. It is their only exit from that subdivision for some 250 homes to Foothill Blvd. It is extremely difficult to make left turns at peak hours. They have a couple of thousand trips of Kaiser-Permanente cement trucks (that just don't stop very quickly to contend with. Even though this does not have the proper number of warrants, he contends the hazard justifies it. Comm. Cooper was answered that this would have to be a cooperative effort on the part of Cupertino, Los Altos and the County. The Director of Public Works said that until this meets warrant, we would never get the cooperation from the other jurisdictions. PC -175 Page 3 ≥'C-1.75.. MINUTES. OF THE DECEMBER. 9, .1974 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING fame 4 The Director of Public Works said another study will be made and a subsequent recommendation will follow. Mr. Szabo said the school bus turns left at this intersection. There followed a discussion of the submitted report. The Director of Public Works said the east side is pretty well served by parks. Linda Vista Park serves the southwest portion, and Monta Vista and Varian Parks will serve the western portion of the City. Comm. Cooper said she would like to see a higher amount of money put into park land acquisition. She would like to see something in the Program to speak to the purchase of land in the section behind Gemco. She would like to pass on to the City Council the need for a park in this general area, to serve the many children in that area. She would like to see this as a priority item; perhaps it could be considered in the Housing. and Community Development Act deliberations. Chairman O'Keefe asked for comments from the audience. ha.._Ann Anger, Monta Vista , ::<id in the area Comm. Cooper is talking about there__ is on ion ucr the Williamson Act under the ownership of Otis Forge She feels it s important to keen this n ed. Moved by Comm. Cooper, seconded by Comm. Gatto to recommend to the City Council that a higher amount of money be designated, or set aside, in land banking each year to permit the City to be in a better position to purchase it as land becomes available. Comm. Gatto said -he seconded the motion for discussion. Last year, when the parks were reviewed by the Planning Commission, there appeared to be a need for additional parks in only two small areas: Garden Gate area and a small piece near Wolfe Road. Comm. Cooper said one of the concerns of the people is the need for some open area in the core area. Comm. Woodward agreed that it is nice to put money aside for land. We have to identify our needs, however. He would be mQre.in favor of using, say, $100,000 to develop Linda Vista Park and then the following year to start setting aside money for future park land acquisition. AYES: Comm. Cooper NOES: Comm. Gatto, Woodward, Chairman O'Keefe ABSENT: Comm. Adams Motion died 1-3 MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 9, 1974 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Moved by Comm. Woodward, seconded by Chairman O'Keefe, to take the position in favor of development of parks and deferment of saving for additional land inasmuch as no specific need is identified. Comm. Gatto felt there was the need for a happy balance somewhere between park development and park land acquisition. Comm. Cooper suggested that perhaps funds from some other catego could be shifted to park and open space acquisition. Comm. Gatto would: like to see land acquisition separate from the parks category. Chairman O'Keefe withdrew his second and Comm. Woodward withdrew his motion. Comm. Gatto said there should be a study of historical buildings and/or grounds made very soon. If we wait too long they will no longer be available. Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Chairman O'Keefe that there should be a separate category for structures or sites that evolve from the historical preservation evaluation. Motion carried, 4-0 As to street improvements, Comm, Woodward was in favor of adding Stevens Creek Blvd., between Bubb Road and Byrne Avenue. The Director of Public Works said that once the new plan line is established (hopefully before the end of the fiscal year) the property owner can petition the City to purchase the land necessa for these improvements. Bicycle lanes were discussed next. The Director of Public Works said it runs $1000 per mile for development of bicycle lanes. There will be arterial bicycle lanes throughout the County, and Cupertino will augment them. After further discussion, it was moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Chairman O'Keefe to take this matter off calendar for the present time and to readvertise it when appropriate. Motion carried, 4-0 PC -17 Page 5 Separate category for historical structures/site- 5-yr program taken off calendar PC -175 MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 9, 1974 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Page 6 5. Application 34-Z-74 of RODERIC E. & GLORIA G. CASTOR: PREZONING 0.30 acres from Santa Clara County R-1 (Residential, single- family, 10,000 sq. ft. per dwelling unit) to City of Cupertino P1--10 (Residential, single-family, 10,000 sq. ft. per dwelling unit) or whatever zone may be deemed appropriate by the Planning Commission. Said property is located at 22433 Santa Paula Avenue. First Hearing. Associate Planner Cowan said this property is in a semi -developed area in Monta Vista. Application was filed in response to our annexation policy in regard to water service. This proposal is consistent with Cupertino's infilling plan. Chairman O'Keefe asked for comments from the audience. There were none. Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Comm. Woodward to close the public hearing Motion carried, 4-0 Toved by -Comm._ im crajp r o eeemmee the ry-Council. L o cL o f ap...li-won :i4 -Z--! 4. for approval -------- ------------ AYES: Comm. Cooper, Gatto, Woodward, Chairman O'Keefe NOES: None (ABSENT: Comm. Adams Motion carried, 4-0 6. CITY OF CUPERTINO: Public Hearing to consider vacation of a roadway approximately 0.998 acres, more or less, located along the easterly side of Blaney Avenue between Interstate Freeway 280 and Homestead Road, as provided in Section 8320 et seq. of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, fixing time and place for public hearing, and providing for notice thereof. The Director of Public Works explained this involves the property swap with P.G. & E, details of which can be found in his staff report of December 6, 1974. ,Since there were no comments from the audience, it was moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Comm. Woodward to close the public hearing. Motion carried, 4-0 MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 9, 1974 PLANNING CO.LTM1ISSION MEETING Moved by Comm. Woodward, seconded by Chairman O'Keefe to recommend to the City Council the abandonment of that portion of the easterl, side of Blaney Avenue between Interstate Freeway 280 and Homestead Road in accordance with the staff's recommendation. AYES: Comm. Cooper, Gatto, Woodward, Chairman O'Keefe NOES: None ABSENT: Comm. Adams Motion carried, 4-0 Moved by Comm. Woodward, seconded by Chairman O'Keefe to adopt a resolution, subject to City Council approval, to improve above - mentioned property, subject to Architectural. and Site Committee approval. The Assistant City Attorney advised that the agreement has already been signed with no statements in regard to improvement of this land; however, the Planning Commission can suggest it. AYES: Comm. Cooper, Gatto, Woodward, Chairman O'Keefe NOES: None ABSENT: Comm. Adams Motion carried, 4-0 7. CITY OF CUPERTINO: Public Hearing to consider abandonment of a portion of roadway, Torre Avenue, south of Homestead Road to Interstate Freeway 280. The Director of Public Works explained that the City has adopted a new plan line. The original plan line required Torre Avenue, the present one does not. Since there were no comments from the audience, it was moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Chairman O'Keefe to close the public hearing; Motion carried, 4-0 Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Comm. Cooper to recommend abandonment of said portion of Torre Avenue, south of Homestead Road to Interstate Freeway 280, in accordance with the staff recommendation. AYES: Comm. Cooper, Gatto, Woodward, Chairman O'Keefe NOES: None ABSENT: Comm. Adams Motion carried, 4-•O PC -175 Page 7 Abandonment of property recommended (P.G. & E.) H -Control revie, recommended Portion of Torre Avenue abandoned PC -175 Page 8 Abandoned part of Torre Ave. goes into PUD MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 9,.1974 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Moved by Chairman O'Keefe, seconded by Comm. Cooper that the property owners shall incorporate said portion of Torre Avenue into their development since this is a modification of the PUD. 'Motion carried, 4-0 Recess was called at 9:25 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 9:40 p.m. 8. CITY OF CUPERTINO: Public Hearing to consider an amendment to City Ordinance No. 220 regulating residential single-family (R-1) zones. Associate Planner Cowan explained the staff's recommended change of wording for clarity. Since there were no comments from the audience, it was moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Comm. Cooper to close the public hearing. Motion carried. 4-0 _Ocd. 220 Mova4--Cumm. Cooper, seconded by Chairman O'Keefe to recommend Y -o the_ ila c Lidn.Lat to CYdlLianc ;tO . �2_ __ e il'latill�_Yc sidZntial recocrneirdei single-family-{R-i}- zones S e-ti.on 9 d. -to be-as--nd-In_th€ ?ecembe-r - 6, 1974 staff report and Section 10.4 to be reworked as stated in said staff -report. AYES: Comm. Cooper, Gatto, Woodward, Chairman O'Keefe NOES: None ABSENT: Comm. Adams Motion carried, 4-0 9. CITY OF CUPERTINO: Public Hearing to consider an amendment to City Ordinance No. 002(v) regulating activities in the Park and Recreation Zone. The Planning Director said this revision was prepared to redefine permitted land uses in public parks and to provide the Planning Commission with the opportunity to review park site plans prior to adoption. [he Assistant City Attorney recommended new wording for. Section 6.2, Drior to final recommendation to the City Council. lie further answered 2omm. Woodward that Section 6.3 should so state that there Shall be xiblic hearing on this, as required under State Law. here were no comments from the audience. MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER ) , 1974 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Chairman O'Keefe to close the public hearing. Motion carried, 4-0 Moved by Comm. Cooper, seconded by Comm. Gatto to recommend to the City Council approval of changes to the Ordinance No. 002(v) in accordance with recommendations of the staff and City Attorney. AYES: Comm. Cooper, Gatto, Woodward, Chairman OKeefe NOES: None ABSENT: Comm. Adams Motion carried, 4-0 10. CITY OF CUPERTINO: Public Hearing to consider 1973 Comprehensive General Plan. a. Hillsides The Planning Director noted that Exhibit C-1 includes a statement of policies for the hillsides. There has also been some additiona work on the slope/density formula. Exhibit C-1 as discussed first. Comm. Cooper would like a list of definitions included. Comm. Gatto suggested rather than a description of the actual curve, that instead the paragraph reference the graph showing the curve. Then the graph can be modified without disturbing the policy statements. It was decided the second paragraph on page 4 would be reworded. Comm. Cooper would like to cite some examples for Policy Statement #1 in order to clarify it. Chairman O'Keefe asked for comments from the audience. Mr. Lawrence Hill, Saratoga, asked about Policy Statement 3. In the case of the Catholic Church property, a good portion of that is an existing cemetery. The portion close to the core area could be sold to another party. If the north side is going to be develol now and he wanted to know if an overall plan for that property that may be sold must be included. The Planning Director said this was the basic intent on these larger properties Chairman O'Keefe said that although the parcel is not directly related, nevertheless, it should be included in the overall plan. Comm. Cooper wanted to include the character of the area that the City is striving for. PC-i7 Page 9 Ord . 002(v) recommended changes =d PC -175 Page 10 MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 9,. 1974 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Comm. Woodward wanted Section 5 updated. He said the expansion and contraction of the Urban Service Area should be based on the General Plan. Ms. Ann Anger, Monta Vista, said she is concerned about large acreages clustering the dwelling units intc a small area and being given credit for much unbuildable land. She cited De Anza Oaks as a prime example. Mr. Sam Bradlyn, Cupertino, said that in the lower foothills we should not use cluster housing to increase density. Only the actual, usable acreage should be used to compute density. Mr. John Finnemore, Cupertino, said that item 6 seems to be in conflict with item 2. The Planning Director explaind the difference between them. Comm. Gatto said additional credit may be given if any property develop- ment meets a social need. The character of the neighborhood should be of prime concern. Comm. Gatto felt it would be a grave mistake to close doors to the developers to design around the amenities. He felt that each application should be evaluated on its own merits. There are too many unknowns.. Woodward thinks the r!anning Commission snou.id come up_witn some � ere was consi:derable discus ion on &e-ction _4 . Chairman O'Keefe would like to leave the door open for the developers to come in with something imaginative. He would prefer to b._. more general in the policy statements. Comm. Woodward said we are talking about planned communities here, which are Lsr;e. He could see nothing wrong with two large developments that were entirely different, as long as they were attractive within their environment. Comm. Cooper would like to be able to give the developer some direction so he won't have to keep coming back in with proposals. Comm. Gatto wanted to add the statement to the effect that the hills aie to act as a backdrop to the valley floor and the developers should recognize this. Associate Planner Laurin said the conclusions in the December 6, 1.974 memo ;could be essentially the same, although the Planning Commission has decided to put a curve (or knee) in the upper end of the curve rather than cut it off sharply. The number of d•.-elling units will change very .lighciy with this chanr;c. lie went on to explain his memo of December 6th and its accompanying attachments. MINUTES OF TIME DECEMBER 9, 1974 PLANNING CO'-DIIISSION MEETING Mr. Finnemore brought to the attention of the Planning Commission some implications of this document. Associate 1" :ner Laurin explained the curve is generally the same as th• .untv's. The lower land density should coincide with CupertL. in the flat land. Mr. Finnemore feels we are not providing for a nsit::icn. Ile contends we are not treating the upper foothills the same as the lower foothills. As a iesult, we will have many requests to have upper foothill property treated as lower foothills. Comm. Woodward submitted the thought that the hills themselves constitute the transition. Ms. Ann Anger said she was hoping for lower density than she has seen here. She is afraid we will end up with too much density in our hills. Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Chairman O'Keefe to continue this discussion to December 18, 1974. Motion carried, 4-0 UNFINISHED BUSINESS Comm. Gatto suggested the Fence Ordinance be reviewed by the H —Control prior to Planning Commission review. NEW BUSINESS Comm. Cooper requested a graph large enough for her to see the various curves and significance as well as the negatives and positives. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMITTEE 11. Application 69 —EA -74 Applicant Shapell Industries of No. Calif., Inc. Location Silver Oak Way & Foothill Blvd. Discretionary Action Requested: Rezoning .55 acre from CG (General Com- mercial) to R2-4.25 and .51 acre from R3-2.2 (Residential, multiple, 2,200 sq. ft. per dwelling unit) to R2-4.25 (Residential, duplex, 4,250 sq. ft. per dwelling unit); Tentative Parcel Map to divide two recorded parcels consisting of 1.06 acre into 4 duplex lots. PC -1 75 Prato 11 Hil (sides discussion continued to Dec. 18th P;175 ., 1 i ;_ <_ 1... 7 0 -PA -7 4 no;. deci. 1I LULi?S. UP THE ULCLP .'.E 9 197/i "IAMN iPC CCUbti SSI Ott MEETING NoW by Comm. Gtto, Secs';':dcd by Co:rn. (':ondl'..nrd to ask the Planning Director to fil.o a ncgati`dc declaration on Notion carri€-d, 4-0 12. Applic<.tiori 70--EA-74 Applicant. City of Cupertino I)iscrot ionary Action Requested: Amendment to Urban Service Are? to include 50 -acre parcel owned by Kaiser Cement and Gyp a:n Corp. within the City's corporate limit. Moved b}' Cola::?. Car to, seconded b Co"s. Cooper to ask the Planning Director to file a negative declaration on 70 -EA -74. Motion carried, 4-0 - Apr.! hcr.tton /I-1'". /4 ,a-. __.LCLL _ -- - - - _ 1- - - -- i_-._re --t "c' -a t h i L_LIcL _.a '-11:. )iu; b Rood ond `•lcC l < ni dead. ---------------------------------- I - Moved C' Gatto, seconded ha Co:.::. Cooper to ask the PLa ning Wrcctot" to^file_. a :hE=gari.e dcclarau.r on 71-I u-7 4. Notion carried, .-0 I REFOR. OF Tlit_ PLANNING CO:."1SSION - None I RECUUT (TiP I'iiE PLANNING DIRECTOR IThe P1,...ni• Director saL I tilde ..s a short course fcr Piano Lap Ceismissioners `j ra P by tieUniversity of California at t orkel cv and the i`il rican .st .tut. :2 Planners, e .,old .1anua Y S'_ and I'eb:...ar- 1 ,t at ,C' _ rt Loch. .here will hr -another in Northera California next Juno 1. 'r e similar to this a -re. Brochures were disrlibuted. . .. . .l. c,,,, .e, n_rc•• .... 1 Lv Cr....... „rd -and to adjourn :-.,i:, ...�c,th;hp .:t. .,,..:i :a..... ATTEST: City Clerk Tic i a c r r I —0 APPROVED: 411 --Dan Chairman P. O'Keefe