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Home My WebLink About04-06-2020 ARC MinutesMinutes 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. Minutes – Architectural Review Commission Meeting of April 6, 2020 Page 2 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. Minutes – Architectural Review Commission Meeting of April 6, 2020 Page 3 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. Minutes – Architectural Review Commission Meeting of April 6, 2020 Page 4 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: 04/20/2020