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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/12/1990CITY OF DIAMOND BAR MINUTES OF CITY PLANNING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 12, 1990 The Planning Commission of the City of Diamond Bar convened in a regular session at 7:00 p.m. in the Walnut Valley School District Board Meeting Room, 880 South Lemon Street, Walnut, California. PRESENT: 5 COMMISSIONERS: Chairman Schey, Vice Chairman Harmony, Grothe, Lin and Kane ABSENT: 0 COMMISSIONERS ALSO PRESENT: Bill Curley, City Attorney Dennis Tarango, Acting Planning Director Robert Searcy, Assistant Planning Director Karen Castro, Supervising Planning Technician Dawn Anderson, Planning Technician MINUTES: Chairman Schey asked the Commission to consider the Minutes of January 24, 1990. Motion was made by Commissioner Kane and seconded by Commissioner Grothe to approve the minutes. MOTION CARRIED unanimously. MATTERS FROM THE PUBLIC: There were none. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. Conditional Use Permit 89257: 1220 South Brea Canyon Road, Diamond Bar Friends Church, Private School. 1 - -- fi 1 711"14,1W� -�- � Secretary Tarango gave a brief description and background information pertaining to the project. The site is approximately 87,000 square feet on a rectangular piece of property bounded by the Orange Freeway and a vacant parcel. There is residential development to the north, east and west of the project site. Presently, the church and private school have approximately 160 students and the hours of operation are from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Secretary Tarango referred to the site plan and indicated the location of the classrooms and where the proposed 4,000 square foot two-story structure is to be built. The church meets the parking requirements. After reviewing the play area, staff made the recommendation to condition the approval of the addition by requiring a chain link fence to be constructed bisecting the playground so children could not gain access to the vacant area of the property. The original Conditional Use Permit was approved 7 years ago and they want to continue with the present use and also add 75 students which would be approximately 47 percent. Chairman Schey opened the meeting for questions from the Commission to staff. Concerns for traffic increase, sufficient parking, sufficient street lights, enforcement of noise control generated from the freeway and other general questions were expressed. Commissioner Schey ,opened the meeting for Public Hearing. Mike Flack 1418 Blossom Circle, Upland, California, currently serving as Senior Pastor of the Church. He answered the Commission's questions pertaining to the safety of the children and the potential traffic increase by stating that there are staggered times for drop off and pick up beginning from 6:37 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m, to 6:00 p.m, The yard is fenced in to protect students from traffic. Parents are required to take students to the classrooms so that there are not any wandering outside the school yard. Ernie Benavides, Associate Pastor of the church and Chief Designer of the facilities, stated that the STC ratings were done for traffic and noise control when the project went through the Regional Planning Department at the County offices. A one-hour wall will be constructed along the traffic side of the 57 Freeway constructed of 7/8 inch stucco exterior on metal lath 5/8 inch drywall on the inside which brings them down to an STC rating of about 45. The meeting was opened to questions from the Commission to the applicants. The applicant indicated that there is thick vegetation that goes down to a 3 to 1, 2 to 1 slope and they propose to put on top of that a 6 foot chain link fence, Chairman Schey closed the public hearing, 2 I el - - - - ----_ - The conditions recommended by Public Works Department regarding street improvements and lighting along Via Sorella were brought up by the Commission. The Applicants indicated that they had not been made aware of these recommendations. Motion was made by Commissioner Kane and seconded by Commissioner Harmony to re -open the meeting to public hearing. MOTION CARRIED unanimously. Larry Fraser, member of Diamond Bar Friends Church, pointed out that Via Sorella is a dead end street with access to only one house. These improvements would be very costly and he felt that they were unnecessary. Secretary Tarango stated that the Public Works recommendations are not part of the Planning! Department's recommendations. Discussion among the Commission and staff followed. Mr. Benavides indicated that when the church was built, they did street improvements along Brea Canyon Road and up around the corner and are still paying for these improvements. He also indicated that the lighting from the Freeway sheds light on that street. Mike Flack stated that they maintain a light pole on Via a Edison on Sorella that they have c'ontr'acted with Californi a monthly basis. Ray Stevenson, 2545 Brea Canyon Cut-off, stated that he felt these requirements were unnecessary. Diana Hardley, 1356 Ridewood, Hacienda Heights, felt that putting in sidewalks would present problems such as skateboarders and children loitering. Chairman Schey declared Public Hearing closed. Discussion among the Commissioners folloed. Motion was made by Commissioner Kane and seconded by Commissioner Lin to approve the project as recommended by staff not including the P'u,blio Works Department's recommended improvements, but including the relocation of the fence and the one year limitation on the existing temporary buildings. Harmony did not,a'gree with relocating the fence. He pointed out that they di'd give pubic notice to the neighbors about this hearing and none of th m have testified against the approval of this"project. He �elt that the curbs and gutters are necessary, but was flexillble on requiring street lights. Two were in favor of the motion, three were opposed. 3 r Bill Curley gave the Commission counsel on the procedure of continuing a project. The Commission stated that they wanted to establish some kind of design review process. Secretary Tarango explained the 1 - Stop process used by the County and stated that staff wanted to start a First Stop process were the project would be reviewed by all interested agencies in one meeting. He also stated that this project had been through this process already. If staff receives no response from the Agency, they take this as a negative response. Motion was made by Commissioner Harmony and Seconded by Commissioner Orothe to accept the plan as recommended by staff excluding the recommendation to relocate the fence, but including the recommendations from the Public works Department. Motion was made by Commissioner Harmony to amend the previous motion by deleting the requirement of providing sidewalks along Via Sorella. Chairman Schey moved the amendment and seconded by Commissioner Harmony. MOTION CARRIED unanimously. Vote called for motion as amended. MOTION CARRIED unanimously. The resolutions will be presented at next meeting, but in the future they will be part of the Planning Commission packet and presented at the meeting. 2. Conditional Use Permit 39417: 21323 Cold Springs Lane, Complete Pet Care Center. Secretary Tarango gave a brief description and background information pertaining to the project. The building is presently being used as a veterinarian facility and now the owner want's to expand to 1,200 square feet. Staff recommended that all supplies be kept inside the building. Discussion among the Commissioners followed. The hours of operation was discussed. The current hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Commissioner Schey declared the Public Hearing open. 4 -- Ray Moorehead, former owner of hospital, stated that they have in the past occasionally met a client at the office after hours for an emergency, but the building was not open to the public at that time. The, question of extending the hours from the current 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. to 24 hours was brought up. The Commission indicated that if the applicant wanted to change the hours of operation, staff would have to re -notify the surrounding property owners informing them of the new request. The decision of the Commission at this time would be based upon the current hours of operation. Motion was made by Commissioner Grothe and seconded by Commissioner Harmony to approve CUP 89417 as recommended by staff. Mr. Curley stated that Condition No. 5 be deleted from the report and not be part of the approval. Motion was made by Commissioner Kane and seconded by Chairman Schey to approve the Conditional Use Permit, deleting Condition No. 5. MOTION CARRIED unanimously. 3. Zone Change 83056, withdrawn zone change from R1 (Single Family Residence) to C1 (Restricted Business), located at. Diamond Boulevard and Pomona Freeway. Secretary Tarango gave a brief description and background information pertaining to the project. He directed the Commission to the letter from the applicant dated ,.lune 15, 1988, requesting withdraw of the project. Motion was made by Commissioner Kane and seconded by Commissioner Grothe to withdraw CUP 83056. Commissioner Harmony requested that this project be put on the agenda when the General Plan is presented to them so that the zoning is changed from R1. Mr. Curley mentioned that when the General Pian is considered, the Zoning Map will be change to coincide with the it. MOTION CARRIED unanimously. OTHER MATTERS 1. Preview of Future Active Aoolications: Commissioners were given a brief description of each of the cases that are scheduled to be heard by them on February 26, 1990. Discussion followed between staff and the Commission regarding what the Commission would like to see for the next meeting for each case. Commissioner Grothe reiterated that he would like to see comments from all concerned departments pertaining to the project to help expedite their decision. Mr. Curley directed the Commission on procedures and rights when reviewing projects. Particularly the different actions they may take pertaining to a project. The City Council is preparing a Development Review Process. 5 1 ,rte.. --r - - -T-- - 7 -- T, - ,,, r ri° rnm gw pry, - - - - - - - ._...�I4-0J..,L�.-.� u� ism ,. w. ���� i� i i i i_..._..»-d,-•-•-___•.i.i..am-�-�.�...a. 2. Review Planning Commissioners Procedural Handbook: There were no questions or changes pertaining to the handbook. Motion was made by Commissioner Kane and seconded by Commissioner Grothe to approve the handbook. MOTION CARRIED unanimously. An information packet for the league of California Cities was discussed. The Council recommends that the Commission attends these meetings. Commissioner Harmony suggested that they include a section on the agenda for open discussion among the Commissioners. He also requested that they be given business cards to identify themselves especially when visiting project sites. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Commission, Motion was made by Commissioner Grothe and seconded, and carried unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 9:30 p.m. to the next regularly schedule meeting of February 26, 1990 to be held at the Walnut Valley Unified School District Board Room at 7:00 p.m. ATTEST: ( J� Dennis A. Tarango Secretary, Planning Commission M David Schey Chairman --