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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: 03/01/2021
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