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March 22nd, 2019CITY OF CUPERTINO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA HC--52 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino IPagel Telephone; 252-4505 MINUTES OF TdE.REGULAR MEETING OF THE ARCHITECTURAL AND SITE APPROVAL COIuITTEE. ON MARCH22, 1972 IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER j CITY HALL, CUPERTINO,-CALIrOR:NIA SALUTE TO THE FLAG The meeting was called to order at 7.31 P114 b-y Vice -Chairman Adams with the Salute to the Flag, ROLL CALL j Members present: Gatto, McLaren, Sargent, Vice -Chairman Adams Members absent: None Staff present: Senior Planning Technician Mike Sheppard 3 Recording Secretary Lois Inwards MINUTES OF ;:THE_ PREVIOUS-1EETING � l � le Approval of Architectural and Site Approval Minutes of March 8, 1972. Moved by Member McLaren, seconded by Member Sargent to approve the Mar. 8th Minutes Minutes of March 8, 1972 as written. kapproved as wr i tt en Motion carried, 4--0 J WRITTEN CoiT., JN!CATIONS 2. None requested ORAL COiWiZjIdICATIONS 3. It :.:Tas .noted that Shell Oil Company cabled on the telephone to ask for a continuance to the next regular_ meeting to revievj their two applications. HC-51,153.1 and HC--515103.1. 1iC-..51,153-.1 an:d i C=5.,103.1 So..'moved by M&Iiber Gatto, seconded by Member McLaren, continued Motion carried, 4-0 ,a HC-52 INUTES OF THE MARCH 22, 1972 H-CONTROL MEETING age 2 IAdvertised public hearing No comments =rom audience PUBLIC HEARINGS F. Application HC-51,015.14 - Pauline Woodruff (Sun 'N Soil) requesting exception to the Sign Ordinance located in the Cupertino Crossroads Center at Stevens Creek Blvd. and Saratoga -Sunnyvale Road. Pauline Woodruff, P.O. Box 748, Cupertino, was present to speak to this application HC-51,015.14. Member McLaren noted that this application was explored thoroughly at a previous meeting and was unanimously recommended to the City Council for approval. The reason it is back to this Committee is that it was not an advertised public hearing. ice -Chairman Adams asked for commeats from the audience. There were one. Public Hearing Moved by Member Gatto, seconded by '.ember Sargent to close the Public closed Hearings. Motion carried, 4-0 hC-51,015.14 Moved by Member McLaren, seconded by :Member Gatto to recommend to the approved City Council application HC-51,015.14, subject to the standard conditions w!conditi_ons of the Architectural and Site Approval Committee, to allow the exception to the Sign Ordinance. Amendment to the motion: Moved by Member McLaren, seconded by ` ..e-ber Sargent to allow the sign to be in conformance with the other signs in that shopping center; that this is a hardship case since the shop is visible only to passersby within the mall. Vote on the amendment: AYES: Members Gatto, McLaren, Sargent, Vice -Chairman Adams NOES: None Amendment carr'_ed, 4-0 Vote on the motion: AYES: Members Gatto, McLaren, Sargent, Vice -Chairman Adams NOES: None Motion carried, 4-0 6 MINUTES OF THE MARCH 22, 1972 H-CONTROL MEETING 5. Application HC-51,285.1B Family Horses-Lytle.requesting exception to the Sign Ordinance for a free-standing pole sign located at the southwest corner of Saratoga -Sunnyvale Road and Kirwin Lane. HC-52 Page 3 The Senior Planning Technician said the site, architecture, land- 210 feet linear_ scaping, lighting and undergrounding of utilitieswaspreviously does not ?near granted this applicant. The ground sign was approved by this body combined frontagE but before reaching the Council it was learned that the applicant. on corner lots was lacking the required frontage necessary by ordinance to, allow him a ground sign. Section 6.041 of the Sign Ordinance states that ground signs shall be permitted on all lots with at least 2,10 feet linear frontage on a public right-of-way and on lots with less than 210 foot frontage where the building setback is fifty (50) feet deep or more The City Attorney's interpretation of. the Ordinance is that the 210 feet must be "linear'" (on one public street), not the combination of the two frontages on a corner lot. Colored slides and the site plan of the property in question were displayed. The Senior Planning Technician explained that the property fronting on Saratoga -Sunnyvale Road is zoned commercial back 200 feet from the road, with residential adjacent to it. This occurs -on -both sides of Kirwin Lane. Mr. Lawrence Raich, 1.971 Kirby Way, San Jose, and Mr. Milt Raff: 2334 Kayla Court, San Jose, were present to discuss their _applica- tion. Vice -Chairman Adams stated that since this is an application for an exception -to the Ordinance it requires the opinions of the_ Committee members whether.or not this exception is warranted.. As he recalled, the original intent of that section of the Ordinance ! was to prevent blockage of the view around the corner.. Member McLaren-feels that in cases like these you have to judge each application individually. She noted that the applicant has put in extensive improvements, including a drainage channel.and they will be sitting there practically by themselves. This .is a very difficult lot to build. She reminded the Committee that when Key Chevrolet came in for approval of their signs she recalls Residential zone 200 feet back from Hwy 9 Prevent °blocking of view around. corner There is.a case for hardship here HC-52 Page 4 Change of the Ordinance may be warranted San Jose and Santa Clara cor-b:ine both sides of corner for linear footage computation 3asically a residential street Public Hearing closed IC-51,285.1B continued INUTES OF THE MARCH 22, 1972 H-CONTROL MEETING ember Sargent said that although he has nothing against the sign itself, e hesitated setting a precedent. Every case that comes up could create hardship of some kind. Perhaps a change in the Ordinance is warranted. 4r. Raich said this sign is proposed strictly from an aesthetic stand- point. An alternative would be a building sign. He is more concerned about how this sign affects the deve'opment of this property. He added that the cities of Santa Clara and :pan Jose combine the linear footage on both sides of a corner lot. .4e:,lber Sargent said Kirwin Lane is basically a residential street. Noting the adjacent service station's signs, he wondered whether the proposed sign would give them adequ-ite identification. Mr. Raich said the proposal is to locate the sign as far as possible from the residential properties. Member Sargent said that ,hen we are talking about commercial streets an exception could be considered; this is one commercial lot on a residential street. ice -Chairman Adams asked for comments from the audience. There were one. ed by Member Gatto, seconded by Member Sargent to close the Public rings. ,Motion carried, 4-0 :•eember Sargent would prefer to have the Sign Ordinance modified than to grant an exception. 'lember Gatto agreed ;with the City Attorney's interpretation that 210 feet linear means along one frontage. Vice --Chairman Adams reviewed t-+e five conditions under which the H-Control Committee can recom.m. end .-,apr.oval of an exception. r. Raich answere,:i Member Gatto's question that he had no objection to continuing this application for the purpose of modifying it. oved by Member Gatto, seconded by Member McLaren to continue application C-51,285.1E - Family Homes - Lytle to the next regular meeting. Motion carried, 4­0 MINUTES OF THE 14ARCH 22.5 1972 H-CONTROL MEETING MINUTE ORDER: Moved by Member Gatto, seconded by Member Sargent to clarify Section 6.041 of the Sign Ordinance as follows. linear is to be .interpreted as a straight line in one .direction; on corner lots at least one of. the frontages must be 210 feet linear; the locati of the sign is subject to the City°s approval. Motion carried, 4-0 HC-52 Page 5 Guidelines for sign I � 6. Application HC-51,126.7 The Dsign Company requesting approval of sign plan for Foothill Apartments located at 10210 Foothill Expressway. Referred back to H-Control from the City Council meeting of February 22, 19726 jThe Senior Planning Technician stated that the applicant's proposal Council prefers` ;i has been referred back to the Committee because the City Council a more permanent i felt that as proposed, it is temporary in nature. The applicant sign here has taken the_Council°s recommendation and revised the plans accordingly. He has submitted two alternatives, very similar in . design and style. Mr. Gene. Barber; 800 University Avenue, Palo Alto, said the pro - Reinforced proposed sign has a reinforced concrete base. They have attempted concrete base to duplicatethe geometric design and will follow through with the flowers and shrubs as are used in the development. The double - Redwood sign faced sign is redwood with redwood cut-out letters. w/redwood letter,. Member McLaren noted that according, to the plans given her, -Exhibits A and B"are reversed. It was established that A should be the lower, wider sign; i Vice -Chairman Adams.asked for comments from the audience. There were none. 1 Moved by'Member Gatto, seconded by Member.Sargent to close the Public Hearing Public Hearing closed Motion carried, 4-0 Moved by Member Gatto, seconded by Member Sargent to recommend to HC=51,126.7 to the City Council approval of HC-51,126.7 - Dsign Company, sub approved ject to the standard conditions, Exhibit A-1 Revised, the'sicn to w/conditions be wood over concrete, the wood area being 6 ' x 4 ° , . approximately i 7 e above grade., AYES: Members Gatto, McLaren, Sargent, Vice -Chairman Adams NOES: None Motion carried, 4-0 1 IiC- 52 Page 6 The proposal No Use Permit required NUTES OF THE MARCH 22, 1972 1-1-CON71ROL MEETING 7. Application HC-51,296.1 - Home Savings and Loan Association requesting approval of site, architecture, landscaping, lighting and undergrounding of utilities; for a commercial building located at Stevens Creek Blvd., east of Gemco. the Senior Planning Technician said the applicant's proposal is to construct a 2,000 sq. ft. commercia.'_ temporary building which will be replaced in 1975 or 1976 with a permanent, 9,000 sq. ft. building. An assessment_ district has been formed in this area which will include a dedicated street to run from Stevens Creek Blvd. to Alves Drive, between this proposed development and Gemco. When this occurs, the ingress/egress onto Stevens Creek 31vd. will be deleted in favor of an entrance off the new street (3an,lley Avenue). Due to a change in elevation, this parking lot and acc,_ss will be completely separate from that of the Bank of America on the ,idjacent property. The site plan and building architecture were displayed. ,lember 1,1cLaren was co-icerned that tilis proposal had not been before the Planning Commission. It was noted taat this is Corimcrcial property, not Planned Development and, thus, foes not require a Use Permit. Member Gatto noted that banks use this vehicle to set up operation within a certain length of ti.:.e or else they could lose their license. This gives them the opportunity to build up t1neir clientele before building their permanent building. Building The Senior Planning Technician said the builr_'ing materials of this materials temporary building are a synthetic nission the roof, synthetic slump stone and glass walls. The signing is not a part of this application. Vice -Chairman Ada.1s commented that lie would like to see a little more greenery on the property. 1n illustration of the type of parkins lot lihtin�; was displayed. • Change in lr. Bob Manning, 2206 Loma Vista Street, Pasafena, said the proposed elevation from building will have wood siding, p1 = e glass and synthetic slump stone B of A lot for .calls and a roof of synthetic miss -ion tile. The east end of the drainage building will have block --type wall:: and the balance of the building will have glass ,calls. He said thf.v have constructed several of these buildings already and they are ver, atr.racti-re. In order to drain their lot, they will 'nave to raise the elevation one to two feet above that of the Bank of America. They prefer to h ve their customers park in their parking lot rather than s.:are a common. parking lot with the sank of America. `.00d frame and Aember McLaren asked for more deta.ls on the type of construction proposed. steel const. 4r. Manning said it i.s wood frame :1nd steel c is :nel construction. Their closest one of this type is in San Mateo, and it is without the roof AC units are element. The air conditioning units are wall -mounted and hidden from wall --mounted iew along the right side of the b,:ildinE;. o MINUTES OF THE MARCH 22, 1972 H-CONTROL MEETING HC-52 Page 7 Mr. Manning ,said they are proposing a temporary grading of the lot Problem with because. the, construction of Ba:ndley Ai 7enue is well beyond their two elevations plans for building their permanent building. Precautions will be ID taken to avoid dumping of excess water on the Bank of America property. next door,. Vice -Chairman Adams was against having two different elevations here and would prefer to see some suitable transition rather ,than an abrupt change in elevation. Member Sargent asked if it would be possible to set this building Suggest setting farther back on the lot and add some landscaping to help alleviate building back this massive parking lot along with those of Bank of America and & adding Gemco'. Mr. Manning said their permanent building will be a land- landscaping mark building and they will want it where it will get maximum exposure. The first phase building will have to be somewhere in the remainder of the property. They want to preserve the maximum amount of parking area for the temporary and the permanent building during the construction phase. Member McLaren was concerned about setting a precedent for putting Modular bldg in a temporary g modular building. She did not feel the City of goes on a Cupertino needs temporary buildings, especially in this .location. permanent Member Gatto said. these buildings are modular only in the sense foundation that they are built elsewhere and put on a permanent foundation and hooked'up to the utilities. This is not a trailer, as such. Member Gatto noted that Stevens Creek Blvd. is being given.the 'Staff to check. "boulevard" treatment, and he was opposed to having the building on whether or. not up so close to the front of the property. He sugg Iested the staff this is free of review their findings to see if this is free of all governmental all govt.rules rules as to a time -table on temporary buildings. He also felt re timetable on that the amount of landscaping that could be installed and main temp, bldgs. Ask tamed after inclusion of the permanent building has not been given: enough thought. The matter of a trash enclosure was introduced. Mr. Manning said No trash they do not have self -containing trash disposal in any of their enclosure planner buildings. Member Sargent asked what happens if Bandley Avenue does not go Bandlev half through at the time of construction of the permanent building street will go Mr. Manning said that _n that case, a.half-street will be con- in if not all } structed.along their property, 1 HC-52 Page 8 Sumxiiary of hearing thus far UTES OF THE MARCH 22, 1972 H-CONTROL MEETING Vice -Chairman Adams summarized the ':searing thus far: The Committee does not feel that it would like to lave the temporary building in its present location. They would like to see it a little farther back, with more landscaping treatment on Loth frontages. He asked if the applicant objected to a continuance of his application to allow him time to work further with the staff. Mr. Manning did not object. ember Sargent did not want the app_i.cant to feel from this that upertino does not want Home Saving:; in our Community. ice -Chairman Adams said he had no objection to the proposed construction. Some parking 1r. Manning said that it was his un�iers_anding that this, being in the front Commercial zoning, has no statutory setback requireM:ents. lie wanted to clarify that they would not be penalized fro:,, 1)utting some parking in the front if Chey should decide to .:ove the ter-,povary building some 50 feet back from Stevens Creek, Kv�!. Landscaping �Ie_nber Sargent sugges�ed the applicant try to pin down the City as to the discussion time --table for the development of B-indley Avenue. If it is within a reasonable ten- th of time, tais C07-11'ttee T -7 0'_11 1�i not object to overlooking ithe lands, cap in- in the area of t;.at street. also suggested more !of the landscaping e put along the wont where it s;or't have to be disturbed 'Jaen the p:=rmanent buildi Ig goes in. Relocate front Member Gatto noted chat r;ost of tl...._r bus"-ness mill be vehicular and with door i~he present location of the te:zporar- building, their front door is jl_ocated for pedesl_rian traffic. here were no comments from the and i.ence. Dublic Bearing ►loved by Member Gatto, second.od by 'Ierd)er McL.�_ren to close tie Public Ilearin closed Mot.on carried, 4-0 -1C.-51,295.1 oved by Member Gatto, seconded by :t nber Sar e_�L to continue application continued �11C-51,29b.1 - Iome Savings and Loan Association. to tie next regular.continued keeti.ng to allow the :applicant fort her study of is proposal. M, oii carrie l . 4 0 V MINUTES OF THE MARCH 22, 1972 H-CONTROL MEETING 8. Application HC-51,153.1 -- Shell Oil.Company requesting approval of landscaping and signs for Existing service statior located at the northwest corner of Saratoga -Sunnyvale Road and Stevens Creek Blvd, HC-51,153.1 - Shell Oil Company application continued.. 9. Application HC-51,103.1 -- Shell Oil Company requestin;o approval of landscaping and signs for existing .service stati located at the southwest corner of Stevens Creek Blvd. and Wolfe Road HC-51,103.1 - Shell 0ilCompany application continued, HC-52 Page 9 HC-51,153.1 continued IHC-515103.1 continued i 10. Application HC=-51,273.2 - Ditz--Crane requesting approval of site, architecture and.landscaping for Northpoint Unit Two located at Homestead Road and Blue Jay Drive. The Senior Planning Technician said Planning Commission Resolution. Conde 4 deleted Condition A on this project was deleted by ,-the City Council at their last.meeting. This would have required one cluster to be built prior to issuance of Unit Two building- permits. The Senior Planning Technician said the applicant's proposal for Phase Two is essentially the same as Phase One. One areaof concern expressed -'by the Planning Commission was the question of the sound mounding and masonry walla The plans were exhibited. Member McLaren felt that i was the chief reason this t being perhaps _ b..._n reviewed was becauseofthe extension of Torre Avenue. Architect Warren Gilbert, 168 Daphne Street; San Jose,'placed the Overall plane landscaping plan for the entire development on the board. He said the changes are minimal. As Blue Jay Drive continues toward #280 they have allowed slightly more space to allow for the rise in elevation. They have corrected the drawing where two units were .deleted from one play area and one from another. in Phase Two..:They lost one unit in the process and relocated the other two. Member Mc.Laren brought up the sound mound and masonry wall.. Mr. Gilbert said these were approved by the Council at their last meeting. Vice -Chairman Adams asked for comments from the audience. There were none. i,,C-52 Page 10 IPublic Hearing closed HC-51,273.2 approved w/conditions UTES OF THE MARCH 22, 1972 H-CON^'ROL MEETING t oved by Member Sargent, seconded by Member Gatto to close the Public ;Hearing. Motion carried, 4-0 (Moved by Member Sargent, seconded by Member Gatto to recommend to the ~City Council approval of application iC-51,273.2 - Ditz-Crane, with the standard conditions, Planning Commission Resolution No. 1044, and previous conditions as stipulated and submitted. exhibits. .AYES: Members Gatto, McLaren, Sar;2nt, Vice -Chairman Adams ;NOES: None Motion carried, 4--0 UNFINISHED BUSINESS Hember Gatto proposed ways of makir.; this body a little more effective. He suggested the staffs oral report be more concise. In retard to the role of the Committee in the future, Ile passe,^ out to the Committee Me,-:,bers copies of so::ie of his thoup'ats. He noted that the City is updating its General Plan -, this t r_e and c:,anges ,,a -ill affect this body. Th^ manner in which thy, General r1.n is realized T,*11 affect this body. Rezoning applic�.. "_ ..ons will require an a_lienr".ment to the General Plan prior to or c( act._rrent w __Jj the rezoning application. There is no guarantee, 1>ut it is ir)?icated that the General Plan needs revisions, which involves a rather lengthy procedure. Applications will come in and be viewed as ei he-r a (,se Permit or as a Planned Development. If it goes as indicated, ther:. wil. b:, no need for a Planning Commission and an Architectural and Site Approval Committee to (o the same work. Perhaps a restructuring or co-nbiniiiS of the two bodies would be in order. The staff indicated they are still wor::i_ng on a draft of a resolution for sign copy changes. EW BUSINESS ancy Sallan, a member of the Goal- Cx,.aittee, ilas been sworn in as the ew ,:,ember of this Commit --tee. f 0 C MINUTES OF THE MARCH 22, 1972 H-CONTROL MEETING REVIEW OF CHANGE OF COPY ON SIGN FACE 11. Raym.ond A. Martinez requesting change.of copy of an existing sign located at'10061 South Blaney Avenue, This .business is located behind the Burger Pit. Although it is Barber shop still a.. b,4rber shop, it has changed hands All signs in this cent changed are fastened to the fascia and are illuminated. The proposal is hands for 15P1 high red, plastic letters on a 4` high, white,'plastic background MINUTE ORDER: Moved by Member Sargent, seconded by Member McLaren to approve Change of copy theB change of .copy on the.sign n at 10061 South - g ut_ Blaney Avenuea`appro�ed Motion carried 4-0 12. Straw Hat Pizza requesting change of copy of an existing sign. located at Stevens Creek Blvd.; change from Pizza Supreme to Pizza Palace. The Senior, Planning Technician said the Straw Hat people changed their name., some months back and they would like to have the new name on their sign. Member McLaren asked if this wouldn't be a good time to ask them Staff to notify about their landscaping, since little has been done about it since Mr. Meyers that the building was built. The Planning Technician said!Architect people are Ed Meyers is in the process of preparing an overall landscape jparking their design plan for everything west of Mervyns in that Center; New cars'& walking sprinklers have been installed and dead plants removed. The staff through the was asked to 'notify Mr. Meyers that people are parking their cars landscaping in the lots and then walking through. the landscaping to get to the stores. MINUTE ORDER: Moved by Member Gatto, seconded by Member McLaren to allow the Withhold approves-1 staff to. withhold approval: of t-his change of copy.to ensure that until Innd- 1IC-52 fINUTES OF THE ti<'1RCH 22, 1972 ii-CONTROL"IEETING page 12 Grand Opening plans Hember Gatto suggested the City could require bonds to ensure completion of landscaping. Vice -Chairman Adams said the election of Chairman and Vice -Chairman should take place by the second meeting in April of each year. Election will be on April 19th. Me Planning Technician said the P.l�=ing Director wanted him to tell the 'o-.-mittee t .at Shell Oil has acquired two stations on Steve -is Creek Blvd. dell wants to have a grand opening for 2 weeks in April, including streamers, balloons, etc. The Sign Ordinance does not address itself to c-rand openings other than te::porary signs. Member ;IcLaren suggested �leig lights in lied of strea:ers and balloons. Member Gatto feels they should be allowed to advertise and create some type of fanfare on a short-term basis. The Vice -Chairman would �;o along ,;Tith that, as long as it is in good taste an('_ safety is considered. Me:ber McLaren suggested a bond be submitted to ensure clearing u^ afterwards. Me:_ber Sar6ent agreec_ It was decided Shell st-iould submit a plan to the staff 'tor their approval. DJ0URIT IFNIT 'oved by I- ber Gatto, seconde' by 'Member Sargent to adjourn the nceti.g at 7.0:45 PM. Iot on carried, 4- 0 ATTEST: %s/ 141m. E. nyder __ City Clerk APPROVED : /s/ Victor J. Adams lice Chairman is