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ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION
Monday, September 9, 2019
Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission
CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission was called to order on Monday,
September 9, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Hearing Room, located at 990 Palm Street, San Luis
Obispo, California, by Chair Root.
ROLL CALL
Present: Commissioners Richard Beller, Micah Smith, Christie Withers, and Chair Allen Root
Absent: Commissioners Michael DeMartini, Mandi Pickens, and Vice-Chair Amy Nemcik
Staff: Senior Planner Shawna Scott and Deputy City Clerk Kevin Christian
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
August 28, 2019.
ACTION: By consensus, this item was deferred to the next regular meeting of the
Architectural Review Commission, to be held on September 16, 2019.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
2.Project Address: 564 Higuera; Case #: ARCH-0150-2019; Zone: C-D; Design review of
a four-story mixed-use project consisting of 36 residential dwellings and 68 square feet
of commercial space, including a request for a 22 percent density bonus in exchange for
providing affordable units within the project. The project is categorically exempt from
environmental review (CEQA).
Associate Planner Walter Oetzell presented the staff report and responded to Commissioner
inquiries.
Applicant representative, Scott Martin of RRM Design Group, and applicant, Damian Mavis,
reviewed the project in relationship to the City’s Major City Goals, addressed the project’s unit
size and quantity differences from the currently entitled design, and responded to
Commissioner inquiries.
Public Comments:
James Lopes
James Papp
Victoria Wood
Jim Duffy
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BELLER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
SMITH, CARRIED 3-1-3 (COMMISSIONER WITHERS DISSENTING) to forward the
project to the Planning Commission with the following recommended conditions:
1.Remove water tower
2.Use corrugated metal as accent only
3.Reduce projecting gable with corrugated metal on rear elevation
4.Reduce corrugated metal on right elevation
5.Consider reducing the depth of the upper balconies on rear elevation
6.Consider reducing light well and pitch of upper story rooms, reduce height of closet, reduce
metal stair tower by approximately four feet
7.Planning Commission should verify that colors shown on elevations are consistent with the
actual samples
Note: A second motion was made due to a clerical error. It was determined that the original
motion carried and stands as the record.
RECESS
The ARC recessed at 6:20 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. with all ARC Members present.
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3.Project Address: 279 Bridge; Case #: ARCH-0255-2019; Zone: M; Design review of a
mixed-use project consisting of three buildings approximately 8,636, 31,726, and 6,850
square feet each, including: Building A (5,719-square foot [sf] shell with a 2,917 sf
mezzanine); Building B (7,200 sf commercial shell on the ground level with 16 loft-style,
two-bedroom residential units above); and Building C (3,421-sf commercial shell on the
ground level with two residential units above) with associated parking and site
improvements. Project includes a request for a mixed-use parking reduction of six
percent, and an Addendum to a previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration (ER
# 0286-2014).
Senior Planner Shawna Scott presented the staff report and responded to Commissioner
inquiries.
Applicant representatives, Jim Duffy and Aisling Fearon of Ten Over Studios, and applicant
Devon Gallagher reviewed the changes from the previously entitled project design, the addition
of housing units, and responded to Commissioner inquiries.
Public Comments:
Marti Kessler
James Papp
Jim Nielson
John Semon
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WITHERS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
SMITH, CARRIED 3-1-3 (COMMISSIONER BELLER DISSENTING) to approve the
project and forward it to the Planning Commission with the following recommended direction:
1.Revised plans to show additional variability and articulation on Building B
2.Consider additional screening for rear parking
Note: A second motion was made due to a clerical error. It was determined that the original
motion carried and stands as the record.
RECESS
The ARC recessed at 7:30 p.m. and reconvened at 7:35 p.m. with all ARC Members present.
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4.Project Address: 545 Higuera; Case #: ARCH-1713-2018; Zone: C-D; Design review of
a four-story mixed-use project consisting of approximately 5,209 square feet of
commercial use on the ground floor and 56 residential units above, including provision
of 10 percent low-income affordable units, an associated 19 percent density bonus, and a
request for a standard incentive to apply affordable housing parking standards identified
in Zoning Regulations Section 17.140.040.K. Project includes: a request for a mechanical
parking lift; parking, landscaping, and site improvements; and a categorical exemption
from environmental review (CEQA).
Senior Planner Shawna Scott presented the staff report and responded to Commissioner
inquiries.
Applicant representative, Joel Snider of Ten Over Studio, and applicant Taylor Judkins,
presented highlights of the project and responded to Commissioner inquiries.
Public Comments:
James Lopes
Jean Martin
James Papp
Jim Andre
Eugene Jud
Victoria Wood
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BELLER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
SMITH, CARRIED 4-0-3 to continue the project to a date uncertain, with the following
direction:
1.Revise plans to: incorporate a step back at the third floor (not fourth); step-back bookends
facing Higuera and Marsh; slide upper floor in and constrict upper units closer together
(refer to Community Design Guidelines 4.2.B).
2.Revise colors by using a darker color on upper (fourth) floor to provide contrast and help
it visually recede more and using a lighter color on the spandrel covers (lines between
floors).
COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
Senior Planner Shawna Scott provided a brief agenda forecast.
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ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. The next Regular meeting of the Architectural Review
Commission is scheduled for Monday, September 16, 2019 at 5:00 p.m., in the Council Hearing
Room, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California.
APPROVED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION: 10/07/2019