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Agenda
Architectural Review Commission
Monday, April 20, 2020
5:00 p.m. REGULAR MEETING TELECONFERENCE
Broadcasted via Webinar
Based on the threat of COVID-19 as reflected in the Proclamations of Emergency issued by both
the Governor of the State of California, the San Luis Obispo County Emergency Services Director
and the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo as well as the Governor’s Executive Order N-
29-20 issued on March 17, 2020, relating to the convening of public meetings in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the City of San Luis Obispo will be holding all public meetings via
teleconference. There will be no physical location for the Public to view the meeting. Below
are instructions on how to view the meeting remotely and how to leave public comment.
Additionally, members of the Architecture Review Commission (ARC) are allowed to attend the
meeting via teleconference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present.
Using the most rapid means of communication available at this time, members of the public
are encouraged to participate in ARC meetings in the following ways:
1. Remote Viewing - Members of the public who wish to watch the meeting can view:
• Televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20
• View a livestream of the meeting online at: https://www.slocity.org/channel20
• View the Webinar (you must register using a valid email address):
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2. Public Comment - The ARC will still be accepting public comment for items within their
purview. Public comment can be submitted in the following ways:
• Mail or Email Public Comment
➢ Received by 3:00 PM on the day of meeting - Can be submitted via email to
advisorybodies@slocity.org or U.S. Mail to City Clerk at: 990 Palm St. San Luis
Obispo, CA 93401
➢ Emails sent after 3:00 PM and up until public comment is opened on the item –
Limited to one page emailed to cityclerk@slocity.org and will be read aloud during
the public comment period on the item specified.
• Verbal Public Comment - Call (805) 781-7164; State and spell your name, mention the
agenda item number and leave your comment. Verbal comments must be received by
3:00 PM on the morning of the meeting and will be limited to 3 minutes. Voicemails will
be forwarded to ARC members and saved as Agenda Correspondence.
All comments submitted will be placed into the administrative record of the meeting.
Architectural Review Commission Agenda for April 20, 2020 Page 2
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Allen Root
ROLL CALL: Commissioners Richard Beller, Michael DeMartini, Mandi Pickens, Micah
Smith, Christie Withers, and Chair Allen Root
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The general public has been encouraged to submit comments
on any subject within the jurisdiction of the Architectural Review Commission that does not appear
on this agenda. Although the Commission will not take action on any item presented during the
Public Comment Period, the Chair may direct staff to place an item on a future agenda for formal
discussion.
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
1. Minutes of the Architectural Review Commission meetings of March 2, 2020 and April
6, 2020.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Note: Any court challenge to the actions taken on public hearing items on this agenda may be
limited to considering only those issues raised at the public hearing, or in written correspondence
delivered to the City of San Luis Obispo at, or prior to, the public hearing.
2. Project Address: 1141 Ella; Case #: ARCH-0816-2019; Zone: R-2; Albert Linderman,
owner; Didier & Beatrice Cop, applicant. Review of new three-story, 3,439-square foot
single-family residence on a sloped lot. The single-family dwelling includes an attached four-
car garage and a 967-square foot accessory dwelling unit. Project includes requested
exceptions from the Hillside Development Standards of the Zoning Regulations to allow
portions of downhill building walls to exceed 15 feet in height and to allow retaining walls up
to 12 feet in height. This project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA).
(Kyle Van Leeuwen – 30 minutes)
Recommendation: Review the proposed project in terms of its consistency with the
Community Design Guidelines, and applicable City Standards, and provide comments and
recommendations to the Community Development Director.
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COMMENT & DISCUSSION
3. Staff Updates
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission is scheduled for
Monday, May 4, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. via teleconference.
APPEALS
Any decision of the Architectural Review Commission is final unless appealed to the City Council
within 10 days of the action. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Commission may file an
appeal with the City Clerk. Appeal forms are available on the City’s website (www.slocity.org). The
appropriate appeal fee must accompany the appeal documentation.
The City of San Luis Obispo wishes to make all of its public meetings accessible to the
public. Upon request, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to
persons with disabilities. Any person with a disability who requires a modification or
accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should direct such request to the City Clerk’s
Office at (805) 781-7100 at least 48 hours before the meeting, if possible. Telecommunications
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Agenda related writings or documents provided to the City Council are available for public
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Meeting audio recordings can be found at the following web address:
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Minutes - DRAFT
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION
Monday, March 2, 2020
Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission
CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission was called to order on Monday,
March 2, 2020 at 5:06 p.m. in the Council Hearing Room, located at 990 Palm Street, San Luis
Obispo, California, by Chair Allen Root.
ROLL CALL
Present: Commissioners Richard Beller, Micah Smith, Christie Withers, Vice-Chair Amy
Nemcik and Chair Allen Root
Absent: Commissioners Michael DeMartini and Mandi Pickens
Staff: Community Development Director Michael Codron, Senior Planner Shawna Scott and
Deputy City Clerk Megan Wilbanks
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
None.
--End of Public Comment--
PRESENTATION
1. Community Development Director Michael Codron provided a presentation on SLO
Forward
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2. Consideration of Minutes of the Regular Architectural Review Commission Meeting of
December 2, 2019.
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WITHERS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
BELLER, CARRIED 5-0-2 (Commissioners DeMartini and Pickens absent) to approve the
minutes of the Regular Architectural Review Commission meeting of December 2, 2019.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
Vice Chair Nemcik recused herself from Item #3 due to the close proximity of her residence to the
proposed project; she exited the room at 5:35 p.m.
3. Project Address: 487 Leff Street; Case #: ARCH-0506-2019; Zone: R-2-PD; Housing
Authority of San Luis Obispo (HASLO), applicant . Development review of a new, two-
story, 13,118-square foot office building as part of an existing Planned Development (PD
0274). The project includes an amendment to the adopted Precise Plan approved through
Resolution No. 2249 (1971 Series) to address the new office development as it relates to the
Planned Development. The project also includes exceptions for parking and trash enclosures
within the street yard setback (0 feet where a 20-foot setback and 10-foot setback, respectively,
are normally required), exceptions to sign regulations, and a 40% parking reduction and off -
site parking. The project is categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA).
Associate Planner Kyle Bell presented the staff report and responded to Commissioner
inquiries.
Applicant representative Scott Smith with HASLO, David Gibbs, RRM, Darren Cabral, RRM
responded to Commissioner inquiries.
Public Comments:
Julie LeBrec
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WITHERS, DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND,
to recommend that the Planning Commission approve the project as presented.
ACTION: MOTION BY CHAIR ROOT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SMITH,
CARRIED 3-1-1-2 (Commissioner Withers dissenting, Vice Chair Nemcik recused,
Commissioners DeMartini and Pickens absent) to continue the item to a date uncertain with
the following conditions:
• Plans shall be revised to incorporate lower plate heights of the building to reduce the mass
and scale of the structure.
• Plans shall be revised to reduce the bulk and mass of the vertical support column along the
High Street elevation.
• Plans shall consider incorporating pitched roof elements into the project to address further
compatibility with adjacent residential structures.
• Plans shall consider simplifying materiality of the project by reducing either the number of
colors or types of materials to reduce clutter and simplify the design.
• The applicant shall demonstrate safe vehicle circulation for vehicles that maneuver in and
out of the on-site parking space closest to the intersection of High Street and Leff Street.
Vice Chair Nemcik rejoined the meeting at 6:52 p.m.
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RECESS
The Commission recessed at 6:52 p.m. and reconvened the meeting with all members present at
7:56 p.m.
4. Project Address: 810 Orcutt Road; Case #: ARCH-0847-2019; Zone: C-7; Mark and
Missy Cameron, owner/applicant. Development review of a new 23-foot tall, 4,131-square
foot warehouse structure to be constructed on the rear portion of an existing lot, with an
existing 2,000-square foot structure to remain. The project includes proposed site
improvements to the surface parking area. The project is categorically exempt from
environmental review (CEQA).
Assistant Planner Kyle Van Leeuwen presented the staff report and responded to
Commissioner inquiries.
Applicant representative Carol Isaman with Isaman Design Inc. responded to Commissioner
inquiries.
Public Comments:
None.
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BELLER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
WITHERS, CARRIED 5-0-2 (Commissioners DeMartini and Pickens absent) to recommend
that the Community Development Director approve the project with the following
consideration for the applicant:
• Consider adding more contrasting or lighter colors to the front of the building
COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
Senior Planner Shawna Scott provided a brief agenda forecast.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:16 p.m. The next Regular meeting of the Architectural Review
Commission is scheduled for Monday, March 16, 2020 at 5:00 p.m., in the Council Hearing Room,
990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California.
APPROVED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION: XX/XX/2020
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ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION
Monday, April 6, 2020
Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission
CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission was called to order on Monday, April
6, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. via teleconference, by Chair Allen Root.
ROLL CALL
Present: Commissioners Richard Beller, Michael DeMartini, Mandi Pickens, Micah Smith,
Christie Withers and Chair Allen Root
Absent: None
Staff: Senior Planner Shawna Scott and Deputy City Clerk Megan Wilbanks
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
None
--End of Public Comment--
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Consideration of Minutes of the Regular Architectural Review Commission Meeting of
February 10, 2020.
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WITHERS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
BELLER, CARRIED 5-0-1 (Commissioner Smith abstaining) to approve the minutes of the
Regular Architectural Review Commission meeting of February 10, 2020.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
2. Project Address: 1030 Orcutt; Case #: ARCH-0556-2019; Zone: C-S; Jules Rogoff,
Laundry Express, owner/applicant. Development review of a three-story mixed-use project
within the Commercial Services zone, consisting of 15 residential units on a site with an
existing 1,587-square foot laundromat. The project includes the following requests: street yard
setback reduction for 10 feet where 15 feet is normally required, ground floor residences within
the first 50 feet of floor area adjacent to the street, tandem parking, and a 5% shared parking
reduction to reduce the required parking by one space. The project is categorically exempt
from environmental review (CEQA).
Associate Planner Kyle Bell presented the staff report and responded to Commissioner
inquiries.
Applicant representative, Randy Dettmer, and Applicant/Owner, Jules Rogoff, responded to
Commissioner inquiries.
Public Comments:
None
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BELLER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
SMITH, CARRIED 4-2-0 (Commissioners DeMartini and Withers dissenting) to recommend
that the Planning Commission approve the project with the following recommendations:
• Consider additional glazing and horizontal siding to provide greater articulation and
interest along the street facade (south elevation) and the north elevation.
• Consider accent colors on doors, window frames, and other elements to provide greater
contrast/interest.
• Consider eliminating the proposed roof system to provide for a solar panel array, roof
system may be replaced by cornice or another detailed element.
• Improve access to bicycle parking by re-aligning with the garage door of the workshop
space.
• Provide clarification on the uses within the workshop area to ensure compatibility with
noise limitations in proximity to residential uses.
• Provide more clarification of the colors and materials consistent with the colors and
materials board.
• Provide clarification to ensure parking spaces are reserved for required parking and not the
private use of the workshop area.
• Consider widening the vertical siding element along the proposed stair tower to improve
proportionality of the feature.
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3. Project Address: 3700 Ranch House; Case # ARCH-0825-2019 and SBDV-0826-2019;
Zone: R-3-SP; WC Taylor Ranch, LLC, owner/applicant. Development review of a three-
story condominium project consisting of 40 residential units throughout 14 separate buildings
within Tract 3044 (South Morros), as part of the Orcutt Area Specific Plan. The project
includes exceptions from the following specific development standards: fence height exception
for a portion of a fence and retaining wall within the street yard of 13 feet in height, where
normally limited to 3 feet, an exception to the side yard setback of 16 feet where normally a
23 foot setback is required, as well as minor exceptions to the open space requirements for
common interest subdivisions. The project also includes an affordable housing alternative
incentive request for relief of site development standards to allow a maximum height of 37 fee
for two buildings, where normally limited to 35 feet. The project is in consistent with
previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration ER-137-11, City Council Resolution No
10462 (2013 Series)
Associate Planner Kyle Bell presented the staff report and responded to Commissioner
inquiries.
Applicant representatives, Carol Florence and David Kosco, with Oasis Associates, Inc.,
responded to Commissioner inquiries.
Public Comments:
None
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BELLER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
PICKENS, CARRIED 6-0-0 to continue review of the project to a date uncertain, with the
following recommendations to the applicant:
• Redesign the architectural style of the project to incorporate and respect the architectural
styles identified in the Orcutt Area Specific Plan (OASP) in consideration of compatibility
of neighboring projects and the historical context and vision of the OASP.
• The revised architectural style should apply articulation equally to each elevation and
incorporate materials and colors that reflect a more traditional architectural style as
reference in the OASP and as demonstrated in the neighboring approved projects.
• The applicant shall provide additional renderings of the project to provide a better
perspective of the architectural form of the structures in consideration of their context on
the site. Consider additional renderings along the streetscape and as viewed from the
interior of the site.
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4. Project Address: 3885 South Higuera; Case #: ARCH-0805-2019; Zone: M-SP; Tank
Farm Center LLC, applicant. Review of a Sign Program for the Public Market at Bonetti
Ranch as required by prior Architectural Review with exceptions to the sign standards relating
to proposed wall, hanging, monument and directory signs.
Assistant Planner Cassidy McSurdy presented the staff report and responded to Commissioner
inquiries.
Applicant representative, Sean Beauchamp, and Owner/Applicant, Taylor Judkins, responded
to Commissioner inquiries.
Public Comments:
None
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEMARTINI, SECOND BY
COMMISSIONER WITHERS, CARRIED 6-0-0 to approve the project as presented with the
inclusion of the Staff Recommendation:
• Plans submitted for a sign permit shall include colors and materials of all signs for
determination of compatibility with the structure upon which they are placed. In addition,
no sign shall allow for internally lit cabinet or channel lettering as required by previous
Cultural Heritage Committee (CHC) Resolution No. 1008-16.
COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
Senior Planner Shawna Scott provided a brief agenda forecast.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:57 p.m. The next Regular meeting of the Architectural Review
Commission is scheduled for Monday, April 20, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. via teleconference.
APPROVED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION: XX/XX/2020
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Item Number: 2
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION REPORT
1.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SETTING
The proposed project is a new three-story single-family residential structure, which includes a 3,439-
square foot, four-bedroom home, a 967-square foot accessory dwelling unit, and a 1,031-square foot,
four-car garage. The project is located on a flag lot, with an average slope of approximately 22%. The
project also includes grading and paving for vehicle access and landscaping. The applicant is requesting
exceptions from the Hillside Development Standards of the Zoning Regulations to allow portions of
downhill building walls of 28 feet (stairwell) and 24 feet (right-side wall section) where 15 feet in height
is the standard, and to allow retaining walls up to 12 feet in height where six feet is the standard.
General Location: The 11,616-square foot project site is an existing flag lot parcel with direct access
to Ella Street. The property is situated on the on north-west slope of Terrace Hill, with the adjacent
property to the south designated as the Terrace Hill Open Space. All other adjacent properties,
including the parcel below the flag lot, are developed with residential uses.
Present Use: Vacant Flag Lot
Zoning: Medium-Density Residential (R-2)
General Plan: Medium-Density Residential
Surrounding Uses:
East: Single-Unit Dwelling, Detached
West: Single-Unit Dwelling, Detached
North: Single-Unit Dwelling, Detach
South: Terrace Hill Open Space
2.0 PROPOSED DESIGN
Architecture: Modern
Design details: Rectilinear design with flat
roof, balconies created by offsets in wall
plains, use of recessed windows and glass as
a prominent material, integrated light well
providing egress, light, and ventilation.
Materials: Stucco, glass windows and balcony walls, metal railings and window framing
Colors: Charcoal grey (Black Fox), taupe (Moth Wing), and beige, with dark bronze on window framing
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FROM: Shawna Scott, Senior Planner BY: Kyle Van Leeuwen, Assistant Planner
PROJECT ADDRESS: 1141 Ella Street FILE NUMBER: ARCH-0816-2019
APPLICANT: Didier and Beatrice Cop REPRESENTATIVE: TJ Esser, Vellum Design Build
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For more information contact: (Kyle Van Leeuwen) at 781-7091 or kvanleeuwen@slocity.org
Figure 1: Subject Property
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3.0 FOCUS OF REVIEW
The ARC’s role is to 1) review the proposed project in terms of consistency with the Community Design
Guidelines (CDG) and applicable City Standards and 2) provide comments and recommendations to
the Community Development Director.
Community Design Guidelines: https://www.slocity.org/home/showdocument?id=2104
4.0 COMMUNITY DESIGN GUIDELINES/DISCUSSION ITEMS
The project must be consistent with the requirements of the General Plan, Zoning Regulations, and
CDG, specifically Chapter 7.2. Hillside Development. Staff has identified the discussion items below
related to consistency with CDG Chapters 2 (General Design Principles), 5 (Residential Project Design),
and 6 (Site Planning and Other Design Details).
Figure 2: Project Rendering
Highlighted Sections Discussion Items
Chapter 7.2 – Hillside Development
§7.2.A.3 – Placement of
Structures
The structure is located as close as possible to the street and in the most
accessible portion of the site, while maintaining compliance with setback and
driveway slope requirements, and is at the lowest feasible elevation, which
minimizes the silhouette of the structure against the ridge of Terrace Hill. The
ARC’s review of the project should take into consideration consistency with
this subsection, and conformance to development standards such as setback.
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§7.2.B.1 – Overall design
The project design places the lower floor below existing grade, reducing the
amount of structure that will be visible downhill, and the massing is broken
up by offsets and recessed windows on downhill facing wall planes. The ARC
should discuss whether the structure keeps a low profile and conforms to the
natural slopes, emphasizes horizontal rather than vertical features and,
overall, maintains as low a profile as feasible.
§7.2.B.2 – Exterior wall
surfaces
The project provides small scaled elements, overhangs, and articulation to
create shade and shadow to break up the overall form. The ARC should discuss
if the project has applied these aspects effectively to break up building forms
and achieve light and dark building surfaces that will blend with similar
contrasts found in the surrounding vegetation, which consists primarily of
seasonal grasses and mature trees along the east and west property lines.
§7.2.B.4 – Colors and
Materials
The exterior colors of the project emphasize dark earth tones, such as grey
and beige, as called for on north-facing slopes. The ARC should discuss
whether the colors and materials help blend the structure with the natural
appearance of the hillside, or if lighter colors would be more consistent with
this guideline.
5.0 PROJECT STATISTICS
Site Details Proposed Allowed/Required*
Front Setback 23.5 feet 20 feet
Density (units/acre) 2 2
Maximum Height of Structures 28 feet 35 feet
Max Building Coverage 22% 50%
Total # Parking Spaces 4 3
Environmental Status Categorically exempt from environmental review under CEQA Guidelines
section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures)
Zoning Regulations Exceptions
The project includes requests for exceptions from the Hillside Development Standards (17.70.090)
to allow portions of downhill building walls to exceed 15 feet in height and to allow retaining walls
up to 12 feet in height. Exceptions to the hillside regulations can be supported, subject to specific
findings as provided in this section. These findings can be made in part because:
1.The exception furthers the intent of the regulations, to protect scenic hillside areas
and natural features, by keep the massing of the structure at a lower overall
elevation.
2.The exception proposed a design solution that is equivalent for quality,
effectiveness, durability, and safety, and, in the case of retaining needing
exception, are either interior to the site and will not be easily seen for the public
right-of-way and will facilitate requirements for light and egress.
3.The exception will not constitute a grant of special privilege because other
properties in the area have similar design aspects.
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6.0 ACTION
6.1 Recommend approval of the project. An action recommending approval of the application
will be forwarded to the Community Development Director for final action. This action may
include recommendations for conditions to address consistency with the Community Design
Guidelines.
6.2 Continue the project. An action continuing the application should include direction to the
applicant and staff on pertinent issues, including identification of specific Community Design
Guidelines.
6.3 Recommend denial the project. An action denying the application should include findings
that cite the basis for the recommendation for denial and should reference inconsistency
with the General Plan, CDG, Zoning Regulations or other policy documents.
7.0 ATTACHMENTS
7.1 Project Plans
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