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ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION
Monday, February 12, 2018
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 12, 2018 at 5:03 p.m. in the Council Hearing Room, located at 990 Palm Street, San
Luis Obispo, California, by Chair Wynn.
ROLL CALL
Present: Commissioners Amy Nemcik, Allen Root, Micah Smith, Vice-Chair Angela Soll, and
Chair Greg Wynn
Absent: Commissioners Richard Beller and Brian Rolph
Staff: Deputy Director Doug Davidson, Associate Planner Rachel Cohen, and Recording
Secretary Summer Aburashed
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
James Lopes
--End of Public Comment--
PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. 1575 Monterey Street. Architectural review of a new, four-story, 36-guest room hotel with
manager's quarters and a request for a parking reduction with additional bicycle parking to
replace an existing 15-guest room exterior style motel, with a categorical exemption from
environmental review. Case #: ARCH-1016-2017, C-T zone; Harry Patel, applicant.
Associate Planner Rachel Cohen presented the staff report with the use of a PowerPoint
presentation and responded to Commissioners’ inquiries.
Applicant Harry Patel and Architect Tom Jess, provided a summary and responded to
Commissioners’ inquiries.
Public Comments:
Darlene O’Connor
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Allen Cooper
Susan Pyburn
Jon Voorhies
Pam Gillette
Robert Lucas
Thomas Menzie Cliff
James Lopes
Denise Leader Stoeber
Diane Duenow
Farid Shaheeb
Betsey Bertrando
Kathy Daniels
Liz Ann Englehard
Jaime Bustos
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROOT, SECOND BY VICE CHAIR SOLL,
CARRIED 5-0-2 to be continued to a date uncertain with the following items to be addressed:
• Step back the structure away from the south property line. Consider using more of the lot
for the structure with the tallest portions of the structure closer to Monterey Street
• Provide more details of the parking garage including screening measures along the south
property line and consider fully enclosing the garage.
• Consider including a motorcycle parking reduction, as well as a bicycle parking
reduction.
• Provide more articulation/windows along the south elevation with consideration of
privacy concerns (e.g. use frosted glass or high windows, etc.)
• Provide an enhanced landscape plan with additional trees along the south property line.
• Provide additional renderings of the project as viewed from key areas such as from
California/Monterey, California/Higuera and Grove/Higuera.
• Provide a shade study as a part of the re-submittal.
• Provide a section drawing through the site show the relationship between the parking
garage, power lines, and neighboring residences.
• Confirm the cultural/historic determination in the environmental review
2. 1060 Laurel Lane. Conceptual review of the adaptive re-use of an existing 150,000 sq. ft.
building to incorporate a mixed-use project, which consists of 606 residential units and 29,680
sq. ft. of commercial space. Case #: ARCH-1291-2017, M-MU/O-S zones; Atoll Holdings
Inc, applicant. (Kyle Bell)
Project withdrawn by the Applicant.
COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
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Deputy Director Davidson provided a brief agenda forecast.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m. The next Regular meeting of the Architectural Review
Commission is scheduled for Monday, March 5, 2018 at 5:00 p.m., in the Council Hearing
Room, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California.
APPROVED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION: 04/02/2018