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ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION
Monday, February 1, 2021
Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission
CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission was called to order on Monday,
February 1, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. via teleconference, by Chair Allen Root.
ROLL CALL
Present: Commissioners Richard Beller, Ashley Mayou, Micah Smith, Vice Chair Christie
Withers and Chair Allen Root
Absent: Commissioners Michael DeMartini and Mandi Pickens
Staff: Senior Planner Shawna Scott and Deputy City Clerk Megan Wilbanks
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
None
--End of Public Comment--
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
1.Minutes of the Architectural Review Commission meetings of December 7, 2020.
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BELLER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
SMITH, CARRIED 5-0-2 (Commissioner DeMartini and Pickens absent), to approve the
Minutes of the Architectural Review Commission meeting of December 7, 2020.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
2. Review of a mixed-use project consisting of 9 residential units and approximately 10,400
square feet of commercial space, as a part of the Jones Subdivision Tract No. 3066. The project
includes a request for a 40 percent parking reduction for the commercial use. The project is
consistent with the previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration for SBDV-0067-2014
(Tract No. 3066), City Council Resolution No. 10620 (2015 Series); Project address: 3806
Ranch House; Case #: ARCH-0256-2020; Zone: C-C-SP; Travis Fuentez,
owner/applicant.
Associate Planner Kyle Bell presented the staff report and responded to Commissioner
inquiries.
Applicant representative, Scott Martin, provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to
Commissioner inquiries.
Public Comments:
None
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: MOTION BY VICE CHAIR WITHERS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
MAYOU, CARRIED 5-0-2 (Commissioner DeMartini and Pickens absent) to recommend that
the Planning Commission approve the project with the following recommendations:
• Consider designated parking for commercial activities during business hours and provide
adequate signage for navigation to parking areas.
• Recommend that the applicant consider alternative railing designs for the private
residential balconies to offer more privacy.
3. Review of new mixed-use project comprised of a new three-story structure with 10 two-
bedroom residential units and 934 square feet of commercial space, with surface parking and
associated site improvements. The project includes a 35% density bonus, a request to provide
eight residential parking spaces in tandem, and a request for exception from mixed-use
development standards to allow for one of the ground-floor residential units to be setback 40
feet from the front property line where a 50-foot setback is the standard. This project is
categorically exempt from environmental review (CEQA); Project address: 1131 Olive; Case
#: ARCH-0388-2020; Zone: C-T; Arris Studio Architects, applicant.
Assistant Planner Kyle Van Leeuwen presented the staff report and responded to
Commissioner inquiries.
Applicant representative, Shawn Ridenhour, provided a PowerPoint presentation and
responded to Commissioner inquiries.
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Public Comments:
None
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SMITH, SECOND BY VICE CHAIR
WITHERS, CARRIED 5-0-2 (Commissioner DeMartini and Pickens absent) to recommend
that the Community Development Director include the following as conditions of approval:
• Incorporate a 6-foot solid fence screening/noise attenuation at the back of the property
between the project and the highway
• Provide noise attenuation for buildings with respect to Highway 101, to be verified by a
noise study that shows compliance with the noise regulations in the Municipal Code
• Provide 50% minimum screening of railings at residential units
COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
3. Staff Updates
Senior Planner Shawna Scott provided a brief agenda forecast.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:44 p.m. The next Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review
Commission is scheduled for Monday, March 1, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. via teleconference.
APPROVED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION: XX/XX/2021
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