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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Minutes - 01-28-1974CITY OF CUPERTINO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014 Telephone: 252-4505 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR. MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD ON JANUARY 28, 1974, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER CITY HALL, CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA SALUTE TO THE FLAG Chairman O'Keefe called the meeting to order at 7:34 P.M. with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL Comm. present: Adams, Buthenuth, Gatto, Nellis, Chairman O'Keefe Comm. absent: None Staff present: Director of Planning and Development Sisk City Attorney Adams Director of Public Works Viskovich Associate Planner Cowan APPROVAL OF MINUTES f Minutes of Regular. Adjourned Meeting of January 9, 1974 Page 2, second paragraph, first sentence should read: "If an application is denied by the Planning Commission it would go to t City Councilonly by appeal." Second sentence remains the same. Page 3, fourth paragraph should read: "Comm.. Nellis believes they has to be flexibility for the Commission to consider a part of a planned development." Page 4, last paragraph, last line: Strike "adoption" and replace with "consideration". Page 5, second paragraph, second line: Strike "have been" and replace with "will be". Last line, strike "hills" and replace with "valley floor". Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Comm. Adam3 to approve the Minutes of January 9, 1974 as amended. AYES: Comm. Adams, Buthenuth, Gattc, Nellis, Chairman O'Keefe NOES: None PC -139 Page 1 Jan. 9th Minutes approved''. Motion carried, 5-0 PC -139 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING JANUARY 28, 1974 Page 2 Minutes of Regular Meeting of January 14, 1974 Page 7, next to the last paragraph, first line: Delete "2 lots" and replace with "one lot". Moved by Comm. Nellis, seconded by Comm. Adams to approve the Minutes of January 14, 1974, as amended. AYES: Comm. Adams, Buthenuth, Gatto, Nellis, Chairman O'Keefe NOES: None Motion carried, 5-' POSTPONEMENTS: Application 15-Z-73 and 18 -TM -73 of DAVID & THELMA B. CAMPBELL. Postponed to February 11th meeting, per applicant's request. Applications 20 -TM -73 and 21 -TM -73 of F. E. ROBLES. Postponed to February 11th meeting as per City's request. The Planning Director stated that the applicant is doing additional work on 15-Z-73 and 18 -TM -73, but plans to be ready by February 11, 1974. 18 -TM -74 & Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Comm. Nellis to continue applications 15-Z-73 15-Z-73 and 18 -TM -74 to February 11, 1974. postponed to Feb. 11th AYES: Comm. Adams, Buthenuth, Gatto, Nellis, Chairman O'Keefe NOES: None Motion carried, 5-0 The Planning Director said the applicant of 20 -TM -73 and 21 -TM -73 was instructed that if he wanted his application heard at this meeting additional information would have to be in to City Hall by the previous Friday. Nothing came in. 20 -TM -73 & Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Comm. Adams to continue applications 21• -TM -73 20 -TM -73 and 21 -TM -73 to February 11, 1974. postponed to Feb. 11th Motion carried, 5-0 WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS --- There were none. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING JANUARY 28,1974 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Comm. Nellis wanted to discuss the report by the Planning Director and H -Control Committee Member Sallan sometime at this meeting. Chairman O'Keefe placed it under the Report of the Planning Director, at the end of the agenda. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. CITY OF CUPERTINO: Public Hearing to consider 1973 Comprehen- sive General Plan. A. Goals B. Town Center C. Vallco Park The staff requested additional time to prepare the report on the Goals. There were staff reports on the Town Center and on Vallco Park dated January 25, 1974. The Associate Planner stated considerable time has been spent on determining intensity levels of the Town Center. The January 25, 1974 Staff Report has Alternatives A, B and C. Alternative A shows Joint Development (32 Trip ends at peak hour for entire 52 -acre area); Alternative B shows Individual Development (16 Trip ends at peak hour for each property); and Alternative C shows Joint Development of. Separate Plans on either side of Torre Avenue extension (24 trip ends at peak hour for each plan). The Associate Planner then went over several conceptual alterna- tives that were placed on the bulletin board. Comm. Gatto asked if the setbacks will vary with the different alternatives. The Planned Director said they will. The Director of Public Works answered Comm. Gatto that the widen- ing of the major streets would have to be done regardless of whethe-. the Town Center is developed individually or jointly. The dedica- tion will have to come from the adjoining property owners. Comm. Nellis asked what trip ends the consultant used for the Town Center. The Director of Public Works said they used 25 trip ends. When we state we will accept 32 trip ends this will mean we are willing to decrease the level of service. We have always worked around a B or C level.. The 32 trip ends would lower this level perhaps to a -C level. The intersection however is near PC -139 Page 3 P C-139 Page 4 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING JANUARY 28, 1974 breakdown level. These projections, including the Highway 85 extension, are for 1995. Comm. Nellis questioned whether the basic residential/commercial mix is valid with small parcels. She is concerned we will end up with strip commercial along the major streets and residential in the rear. Comm. Adams agreed this could make for a patchwork arrangement and this is not what we were hoping to achieve in the Town Center. Chairman O'Keefe noted that alternatives must be provided in case the property owners cannot get together. Comm. Nellis said perhaps it would be better to consider professional offices on the corner if the property owners can't get together. In response to Chairman O'Keefe's question, the City Attorney said we must offer an alternative in case they can't get together. We should give consideration to perhaps Alternate B to stimulate development but not provide such stimuli that we lose sight of our goal for the Town Center. We must not make it impossible for a particular property owner to develop his property. Comm. Buthenuth said incentive is not there for all property owners to get together if the properties are allowed to develop individually. We should set this up so we get the biggest portion of the Town Center developed. If the right incentives are established for Alternate A we will get Alternate A. Comm. Nellis added that we must also establish Alternate B in case Alternate A fails. Comm. Adams is concerned that if the Town Center is developed individually we will have strip commercial on Stevens Creek Boulevard and along Saratoga -Sunnyvale Road. A percentage of commercial and residential mix should not be applied to individual properties in the Town Center. This is not a Planned Development. Chairman O'Keefe said that if they are developed individually it would be difficult to tie them together architecturally. Comm. Gatto said he sees the possibility for incentives if the Town Center is developed as Town Center North and Town Center South. We should start with a conceptual plan, and if the property owners want to develop then we plug in the pieces of the puzzle as they develop. If two property owners side by side can develop 12 units per acre and together they can develop 16 units per acre, it would be to their advantage to get together to develop. Also the side yard setback would not be as difficult to achieve with a larger parcel as with a smaller one. Within each development provision must be made to get to a main artery for circulation. C1 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF JANUARY 28, 1974 Comm. Nellis said if you locate the commercial where is the incen- tive for the commercial property owners to get together with the others? Comm. Gatto said it could be with increased trip ends per acre. Comm. Buthenuth is concerned about assigning the commercial to one area because it will be more difficult to get the property owners together. Chairman O'Keefe said there are good revenue producers who don't want to develop right away. This must also be taken into consideration. Comm. Gatto suggested we work with net rather than gross acres so that setbacks for right-of-ways are established. The Planning Director asked the commissioners what kinds of land uses they would like to see on Town Center property. Comm. Gatto hopedfor specialized commercial and residential. The degree would depend on the property owners getting together. There has to be a continuity between the elements. The commercial would for the most part be on the westerly portion. Comm. Buthenuth agreed. He said with Alternate A we -would wind up with the biggest portion of commercial. Comm. Nellis believes the way to go on this is intensity levels. Comm. Adams said if we can't get Alternate A he would suggest steering toward 150,000 square feet of commercial and approximately 400 dwelling units over that entire area and a combination of the two with the attempt to consolidate the commer- cial. He said he would be in favor of moving that commercial farther east toward Torre Avenue, and away from that critical intersection. Comm. Buthenuth believes we will end up with a graduated schedule for the Town Center property. Comm. Nellis asked at what point do you start giving incentives for getting together? Is there going to be something between the point where each would get 16 trips per acre and one total development getting 32 trip ends? Comm. Buthenuth felt it should be on a sliding scale. Comm. Gatto said we will need some performance schedules. Comm. Nellis felt we woul need trip ends and perhaps dwelling units as criteria on the slidin scale. She would like the staff to develop some guidelines on setbacks, heights of building, etc. Chairman O'Keefe asked for comments from the audience. Mr. Val Domer of Northern California Savings called attention to the fact that their undeveloped property is completely surrounded by improved streets, etc. Other parcels in the Town Center are virtually undeveloped. He said they could conceivably suffer PC -139 Page 5 PC -139 Page 6 Vallco Park MINUTES OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF JANUARY 28, 1974. because of the setback requirement spoken of at this hearing. He answered Comm. Nellis that the prospect is very good for the properties to get together at this point. Since there were no further comments -from the audience, Chairman O'Keefe called a recess at 9:26 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 9:44 p.m. c. Vallco Park The Planning Director referred to the January 25, 1974 Staff Memo regarding a conceptual plan for Vallco Park. He said something that must be resolved is the committed vs. the uncommitted property; future long term uses at Vallco Park. The Director of Public Works went over the October 16, 1973 Staff Memo listing the categories for construction phasing in Vallco Park. He noted that three of the subject properties are under separate owner- ship. I. In order to develop an alternative, the following assumptions should be agreed upon by the City: 1. That those properties termed "ccmmitted" represent a fixed figure with regard to the amount of traffic"they generate and that that figure and the existing develop- ment represents the total amount of traffic that can be handled on the roads as they are proposed for improvement. 2. That the property termed "committed" cannot be altered as far as their priority to develop, although the amount of area they would be allowed to develop can be changed. 3. That because Vallco Park, Ltd. owns the Regional Shopping Center site they should be expected to bear most of the burden with regard to land that cannot be developed. 4. That the remaining acreage that cannot be developed should be distributed equitably among the remaining undeveloped parcels that are owned by people other than Vallco Park, Ltd. With these assumptions in mind, the following proposal is set forth as an alternative for distributing the acreage that cannot be de- veloped more equitably: t' MINUTES OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF JANUARY 28, 1974 PC -139 Page 7 The total amount of land that cannot be developed until the collector distributor system is installed or alter- nate modes of transportation are developed is 69 acres. Vallco Park, Ltd. owns 51.7 acres which were deemed "uncommitted" which leaves 17.3 acres to he distributed among the other property owners. As shown on the chart, there are a total of 218.6 acres undeveloped in Vallco Park. Vallco Park, Ltd. owns 131.3 acres including 30.5 acres under a lease agreement with Watkins -Johnson. If we assume that Watkins -Johnson is a separate ,holding, there are then 100.8 acres owned by Vallco Park, Ltd., with a remaining 117.8 acres owned by people other than Vallco Park, Ltd. • By distributing the 17.3 acres of "uncommitted" land among the remaining 117.8 acres we then reduce the amount of development on each of these properties by 14.7%. In essence the 14.7% figure will have to be translated into number of trips per acre. According to the Traffic Consultant industrial development averages 25 trip ends per acre. This would have to be reduced by 14.7%, resulting in 21.4 trips per acre allowed for each of the undeveloped parcels owned by "other property owners. Comm. Gatto is concerned about the possibility of a lower level of service for a substantial length of time as the developments occur, and the City is metering the levels of service going to bid, etc. for the improvements. The Director of Public Works agreed there is a possibility of phasing the improvements also. After further dis- cussion, Director of Public Works said based on total improvements we could handle all committed areas and uncommitted areas except 14.7% of those properties and not the 51 acres of Vallco Park uncommitted. Chairman O'Keefe asked for comments from the audience. Mr. Walter Ward, General Manager of Vallco Park, stated they would like to study this further. For instance the Mine property is residential, fronting on a Sunnyvale street so he thinks it should be removed as a traffic generator. There were also a few other points they would like to study. PC -139 Page 8 Agenda items continued 15-Z-73 18 -TM -73 continued 20 -TM -73 continued 21 -TM -73 continued 17-Z-73 19 -TM -73 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF JANUARY 28, 1974 Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Comm. Adams, to continue agenda items 1, 2 and 3 until February 11, 1974. AYES: Comm. Adams, Buthenuth, Gatto, Nellis, Chairman O'Keefe NOES: None Motion carried, 5-0 4. Applications 15-Z-73 and 18 -TM -73 of DAVID & THELMA CAMPBELL: PREZONING 0.66 acres from Santa Clara County R1-10 (Residential, single-family, 10,000 sq. ft. per dwelling unit) to City of Cupertino R1-10 (Residential, single-family, 10,000 sq. ft. per dwelling unit) zone or whatever zone may be deemed appropriate by the Planning Commission; TENTATIVE MAP to divide 0.66 acres into two parcels. Said property is located at 22701 San Juan Road. First Hearing. Applications 15-Z-73 and 18 -TM -73 have been postponed to February 11, 19 74 . 5. Application 20 -TM -73 of F. E. ROBLES (Juanita Williams): TENTATIVE MAP to legalize an existing .305 acre parcel in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 568. Said property is within a R1-10 (Residential, single-family, 10,000 sq. ft. per dwelling unit) zone and is located adjacent to Mount Crest Drive approximately 100 feet from the intersection of Linda Vista Drive and Mount Crest Drive. First Hearing. Application 20 -TM -73 has been continued to February 11, 1974. 6. Application 21 -TM -73 of F. E. ROBLES (Juanita Williams): TENTATIVE MAP to remove lot line between two parcels to consolidate said parcels into one building site. Said property consists of .694 acres and is located within a Rl-10 (Residential, single-family, 10,000 sq. ft. per dwelling unit) zone located northwest of Mount Crest Drive and south of Linda Vista Drive. First Hearing. Application 21.-T4-73 has been continued to February 11, 1974. 7. Applications 17-Z-73 and 19 -TM -73 of JAMES H. THOMAS and MAURICE M. DAVIS: REZONING 4.92 acres from R1-10 (Residential, single-family, 10,000 sq. ft. per dwelling unit) zone to R2-4.25 (Residential, duplex, 4.250 sq. ft. per dwelling unit) zone or whatever zone may be deemed appropriate by I MINUTES OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF JANUARY 28, 1974 the Planning Commission; TENTATIVE MAP to divide 5.007 acres into eighteen lots. Said property is located adjacent to and westerly of Vista Drive southerly of the intersection of Forest Avenue and Vista Drive. First Hearing. The Planning Director stated these applications broach the old question of Torre Avenue alignment. There is an offically adopted plan line. If there is to be no Torre avenue extension he asked if Vista Drive would replace it. The Director of Public Works said the staff feels strongly that extension of Torre Avenue is needed to help divert traffic from that busy intersection. The question is whether or not the commis- sion feels this traffic should go through residential streets (Vista Drive) or if a new Torre Avenue should he constructed. There are 12 duplex homes fronting on Vista Drive. The. Director of Public Works went on to say preliminary figures are 700 vehicles per peak hour assigned to Vista Drive. He asked if that is too much of a burden to nut on the duplexes. By comparison he said we have residential along Blaney Avenue. He stated we could bulb Forest- Avenue to Vista Drive so it does not go through. Comm. Buthenuth said we don't know what is going to happen to Mariani Avenue and all those people living in that area can only go through to Stevens Creek Boulevard. Comm. Nellis would like to set a Public Hearing for the realignment since this appears to be the real issue here. Chairman O'Keefe asked for comments from the audience. The applicant, Mr. Davis, answered the Planning Director, that he would like to have the zoning resolved and the Tentative Map could be held in abeyance pending the outcome of the realigning. Moved by Comm. Nellis, seconded by Comm. Buthenuth, to close the Public Hearing on Application 17-Z-73.. PC -139 Page 9 Public Hearing', closed Motion carried, 5-0 PC -139 Page 10 17-Z-73 approved 19 -TM -73 continued February 25, 1974 Public Hearing on Torre Avenue 3 -EA -74 Civic Center Expansion MINUTES OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COI ISSION MEETING OF JANUARY 28, 1974 Moved by Comm. Nellis, seconded by Comm. Buthenuth, to recommend to the City Council approval of Application 17-Z-73. AYES: Comm. Adams, Buthenuth, Gatto, Nellis NOES: None ABSTAIN: Chairman O'Keefe Motion carried, 4-0-1 Moved by Comm. Nellis, seconded by Comm. Gatto, to continue Application 19 -TM -73 to the first meeting in March. AYES: Comm. Adams, Buthenuth, Gatto, Nellis NOES: None ABSTAIN: Chairman O'Keefe Motion carried, 4-0--1 Moved by Comm. Nellis, seconded by Comm. Gatto, that a Public Hearing be set for February 25, 1974 to consider an amendment to the adopted,. plan line for Torre Avenue. AYES: Comm. Adams, Buthenuth, Gatto, Nellis NOES: None ABSTAIN: Chairman O'Keefe Motion carried, 4-0-1 UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None NEW BUSINESS 8. Environmental Review Committee - Recommendation for Negative Declaration: (a) Application No. 3 -EA -74 Project Name: Civic Center Expansion Applicant: City of Cupertino Location: NE corner of intersection of Torre Ave. and Pacifica Dr. Present Zoning: Planned Development with Professional Office and Related Commercial and Quasi - Public Use Intended Discretionary Action Requested: Application for tentative map 4 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF JANUARY 28, 1974 The Planning Director referred to the Environmental Review Committ recommendation for the 4.15 acres at the NE corner of Torre Avenue and Pacifica Drive. This application is for the purpose of divisi of land into four parcels to facilitate the purchase over a four year period, for a Civic Center expansion. Moved by Comm. Adams, seconded by Comm. Gatto, to instruct the Planning Director to file a negative declaration with the County for Application 3 -EA -74. AYES: Comm. Adams, Buthenuth, Gatto, Nellis, Chairman O'Keefe NOES: None Motion carried, 5-0 (b) Application No. 2 -EA -74 Applicant: G. C. McKinney Location: - Westerly and adjacent to Linda Vista Drive approximately 2,054 feet southerly of McClellan Road Present Zoning: Al -43 (Agricultural -Residential, single-family, 1 --acre lots) Discretionary Action Requested: No application has been filed. The Planning Director said the purpose of this is for a proposed future residential subdivision, single-family, residential in accordance with the adopted General Plan of 0 to 4 dwelling units. The Committee felt this project had no significant environmental impact. Moved by Comm. Buthenuth, seconded by Comm. Gatto, to instruct the Planning Director to file with the County a negative declaration on Application 2 -EA -74.., AYES: Comm. Adams, Buthenuth, Gatto, Nellis, Chairman O'Keefe NOES: None HC -139 Page 11 2 -EA --74 G. C. McKinney Motion carried, 5--0 PC -139 Page 12 Minute Order MINUTES OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF JANUARY 28, 1974 REPORT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION Comm. Nellis wanted to refer the letter from American Realty to the ASAC. The Associate Planner said it has been discussed by that committee. The Planning Director noted the committee has gone through the Sign Ordinance and would like to come before the Planning Commission to discuss it. Comm. Buthenuth noted there was an exhaustive study on that six years ago. If we attempt to do what the H -Control is proposing we might end up with most of our signs being illegal. The staff felt the sign people and the land owners should become involved in this discussion. After further discussion, it was felt this matter should be returned to the H -Control committee asking for their rationale and for industry input. It was felt that priority at this time was for the completion of the General Plan. Perhaps a joint meeting with the Committee could be arranged for some time when the staff does not have sufficient input on the General Plan studies. Comm. Nellis noted that Member Sallan was concerned about the role of the H -Control under the Planned Development Ordinance. She pointed out the recommendations of Ms. Sallan in her letter to the Commissioners. Comm. Gatto said we have City Staff that reviews a project, the direction is in the General Plan: conceptual -definitive --specific. He does not see H -Control getting into the picture until the defini- tive plan is established. The City Attorney said we must give consideration to certain statutory duties of the Planning Coim-pission, one of which is Public Hearings. It is not appropriate to delegate these functions where the public has no chance to respond. He answered Comm. Nellis that the present system is the best that we can hope for. Comm. Gatto noted there is a sub- stantial legal difference between the Planning Commission and H -Control. The Planning Commission recommends that the A&S Committee confer with representatives from sign companies, shopping center owners and business- men that would be directly affected by the changes recommended by the A&S Committee Resolution No. 366 prior to the Sign Ordinance reviews being heard by the Planning Commission. Motion carried, 5-0 REPORT OF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR The Planning Director indicated the recently adopted guideline is 30 days for the review period for an EIR. Our present guidelines allow a period of ten days for the draft of an EIR before hearings can be held. FA MINUTES OF THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF JANUARY 28, 1974 • ADJOURNMENT Moved by Comm. Gatto, seconded by Comm. Buthenuth, to adjourn the meeting at 11:26 p.m. ATTEST: /s/ Wm. B. Ryder City Clerk Motion carried, 5.0 APPROVED: Is/ Daniel P. 0`keefe. Chairman PC -139 Page 13 a C