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Home My WebLink AboutPC 01-12-76CITY OF CUPERTINO, STATE OF -CALIFORNIA 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014 Telephone; 2.52--4505 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 present: Assistant Planning Director Cowan Assistant City Attorney Kilian Assistant City Engineer. Whitten APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of Adjourned Regular Meeting of December 11, 1.975. Page 8, unr',er ADJOURNMENT, should he "Vice -Chairman Adams adourned. . . . .1976." Moved by Comm Adams, seconded by Comm. Woodward approved the Minutes of December 11, 1975, as corrected. Motion carried, 5-0 Minutes of Regular Meeting of December 22, 1975. Moved by Comm. O'Keefe, seconded by Comm. Adams to approve the Minutes of December 22, 1975, as recorded. Motion carried, 4-0--1 Comm. Woodward abstained 1'C--21.3 Page 1 12/11/7S Minutes approves 12/22/75 Minutes approvers PC --213 Pa':, 2 12—U-76 cont'd to Jan. 26th -- MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 12, 1976, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING POSTPONEMENTS Upon recommendation of the staff, it was moved by Comm. Woodward, seconded by Comm. Adams to continue application 12-U--75 to January 26, 1976. Motion carried, 5-0 WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS There were none. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS There were none. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Application 12-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 Hearing continued. CONTINUED TO January 26, 1976. 2. Application 13-Z-7'6.of CITY OF CUPERTINO: REZONING AND PREZONING. 17.9 acres from various City and County zoning districts to zoning districts which are consistent with the adopted_G-eneral Plan. The - -.17...9. acres are generally located in an area bounded by Alcalde Road, Foothill .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--t-his, where blight is already being experienced, this would provide instability of the neighborhood. From a technical point of view, 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 for small properties at the present time. The staff does not believe -it is appropriate -to change the zoning on the two lots on Alcalde. MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 12, 1976 CITY PLANNING COMMISSION Chairman Gatto said he is not convinced that accidental land uses are all that bad. He is concerned there will be a lack of main- tenance of the existing duplexes on Rl lots. The Assistant City Attorney's point of view is that the General Plan has become too specific and has become a regulatory document; If you are going to change the zoning in an area you have to also; change the General Plan. � Chairman-Gatto said some of these duplex lots are large enough that they would 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 neighborh We really are talking about very few lots in the area. Comm. Adams said he sees no way 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. There are also 6 duplex lots less than 8500 sq. ft. The Assistant City Attorney said an amendment to the General Plan is the best way to handle this. Comm. O'Keefe said he endorsed the Assistant City Attorney in that the General Plan is becoming too specific. PC -213 Page 3 Chairman Gatto saidimprovement of this area will come via economic rather than altruistic motivations. ! Chairman Gatto asked for comments from the audience. There were none. Moved by Comm. Adams, seconded by Comm. Cooper to take applicatio4 13-Z-75 taken 13-Z-75 off calendar, I off calendar Application was taken off calendar to permit the staff to prepare a General Plan Amendment so the Zoning Map can be in conformance with the General Plan. Motion carried, 5-0 S PC -213 MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 12, 1976 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Page 4 3. Application 23-Z-75 of I. K. ISHIMATSU: REZONING 2.8 acres from OA (Administrative and Professional Offices) to RIC (Residential, Single-family, Cluster) Zone or whatever zone may be deemed 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 photograph displayed on the screen. Mr. Rodger Griffin, 19660 Junipero Way, 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 intensityis 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, which is more than adequate. Each plan A or B is single story or `with a . loft. The homes are detached. They have maintained the grove of trees on the site. Mr. Ishimatsu, who is the developer in this case, will retain his home on the site, with the 15 homes built around it. They willbe all wood exterior, earth .tones, with 13,050 sq. ft. for the single story plan and 16,000 sq. ft. in the loft plan. Setbacks are in keeping with or greater than that existing along Finch Avenue. They have no objection to pulling the fence back some 10' on Lot 1, as suggested by the staff. As figured on today's market which is $24 per square foot for a standard tract house, these 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 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 Comm. Adams to approve application 23-Z-75 in accordance with the staff's recommendations. AYES:- Comm. Adams, Cooper, O'Keefe, Woodward, Chair --man Gatto NOES: None Motion carried, 5-0 " ' J.1: ril;.'ut ES OF Till, ri?:'3 1?, 1.,9%6 1'i.:c.;.Lt:G CO: I1S:i70.`; :ll:J.:,r UNFINISHED BUSINES There was none. NEW BUSINESS There was none. REPORT OF THE PLANNING CO1ISS10N Chairman Gatto announced the City Council has established the procedure whereby the Chairman of each Committee and Commission is invited to lunch the first Thursday after the first Monday of each month. Chairman Gatto asked the Commissioners to indicati to him items they would like to have him bring up. at these meetings. Chairman Gatto stated there .i.s an opening on the H -Control Committee at this time. REPORT OF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR The Assistant Director said the Planning Commission should review the new Sign Ordinance now. It was decided the Commission would meet at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, February 18, 1976, for this purpose. ADJOUR; HEN'T Chairman Gatto adjourned this meeting at 8:38 p.m. APPROVED: Is/ John M. Gatto Chairman ATTEST: /s/ . E. Ryder City Clerk Review of new Sign Ordinance !8 pr.3 Feb. 18th