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Home My WebLink About01/14/2014 MinutesMINUTES OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION JANUARY 14, 2014 1 MTTWIIIN��o Vice Chairman Frank Farago called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Commissioner Shah led the Pledge of Allegiance. 1. ROLL CALL: Present: Commissioners Ashok Dhingra, Jimmy Lin, Jack Shah, and Vice Chairman Frank Farago Also present: Grace Lee, Senior Planner; James Eggart, Assistant City Attorney; Natalie Tobon, Assistant Planner; Andrew Gonzales, Planning Consultant; and Stella Marquez, Administrative Coordinator. 2. RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING COMMISSIONER TONY TORNG: VC/Farago read a statement regarding Tony Torng's service to the City of Diamond Bar and presented him with a Certificate Plaque in honor of his service to the Planning Commission. 3. MATTERS FROM THE AUDIENCE/PUBLIC COMMENTS: None 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: As presented 5. CONSENT CALENDAR: 5.1 Minutes of the December 19, 2013, Special Meeting. C/Dhingra moved, C/Shah seconded, special meeting minutes as presented. vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: 6. OLD BUSINESS: None 7. NEW BUSINESS: None to approve the December 19, 2013, Motion carried by the following Roll Call Dhingra, Shah, VC/Farago None Lin None JANUARY 14, 2014 PAGE 2 PLANNING COMMISSION 8. PUBLIC HEARING(S): 8.1 Development Review No. PL2013-523 — Under the authority of Diamond Bar Municipal Code Section 22.48, the applicant Steve Sun and property owners Yan Li and Kai Zhang, requested Development Review approval to construct a 2,796 square foot two-story addition to an existing single-family residence on a 0.18 gross acre (8,020 square foot) lot. The subject property is zoned Low Medium Density Residential (RLM) with a consistent underlying General Plan land use designation of Low Medium Density Residential. PROJECT ADDRESS PROPERTY OWNER 21287 Gerndal Street Diamond Bar, CA 91765 Yan Li and Kai Zhang 21287 Gerndal Street Diamond bar, CA 91789 APPLICANT: Steve Sun 4028 Rosemead Boulevard #35 Pico Rivera, CA 90660 AP/Tobon presented staff's report and recommended Planning Commission approval of Development Review No. PL2013-523, based on the Findings of Fact, and subject to the conditions of approval as listed within the resolution. C/Lin said the report refers to the project address as Walnut. AP/Tobon responded that the property lies within Diamond Bar but has a ZIP Code of 91789, the Walnut ZIP code. C/Lin asked why staff's report indicated that as part of the approval a restriction would be imposed to prohibit the residence as being used as a "boarding" house. SP/Lee stated that for various additions, the City requires a deed restriction/covenant to indicate it will remain a single family home. C/Lin asked what enforcement power the City would have after the fact and ACA/Eggart explained that boarding houses are prohibited in this zone so traditional code enforcement, as With any other code violation, would prevail. C/Lin commented that the size of the addition is not comparable to dwelling sizes in the neighborhood and asked if the typical square footage for dwellings in this area was about 2,000 square feet. SP/Lee explained that staff looks at compatibility issues. Homes are now being expanded and during the review process, staff looks to make certain that there is sufficient buffering and visual screening and allows for additions as long as they meet the City's Development Code regulations with respect to lot coverage and setbacks. JANUARY 14,2014 PAGE 3 PLANNING COMMISSIOR C/Shah asked if there was a requirement for the size of tree plantings along the east side of the property. SP/Lee responded that staff specified that Podocarpus be planted, which provides sufficient height and width to provide visual screening. VC/Farago opened the public hearing. Steve Sun, applicant, said that he concurred with the conditions of approval for the project. VC/Farago closed the public hearing. C/Shah moved, C/Dhingra seconded, to approve Development Review No. PL2013-523, based on the Findings of Fact, and subject to the conditions of approval as listed within the resolution. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: Dhingra, Lin, Shah, VC/Farago None None 8.2 Development Review No. PL2013-261 — Under the authority of Diamond Bar Municipal Code Section 22.48, applicant Skyler X. Denniston and property owner Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., requested approval of a Development Review (DR) application to construct an approximately 33,850 square foot, two-story addition to an existing 31,050 square foot, single -story medical office building (MOB) on a 10.01 acre site. The project, identified as Kaiser Diamond Bar MOB Phase 11, consists of the expansion of the existing MOB facility on an unimproved 3.82 acre portion of the property, including removal,reconfiguration and expansion of available onsite parking and landscaping; relocation intended to be inclusive of all physical changes to the project site and to the existing Phase I improvement as may be required to construct and operate a multi -functional medical facility. PROJECT ADDRESS: 1336-1368 Bridge Gate Drive Diamond Bar, CA 91765 PROPERTY OWNER/ Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. APPLICANT: National Facilities Services c/o Skyler X. Denniston 825 Colorado Boulevard Suite 222 Los Angeles, CA 90041 VC/Farago recused himself from consideration of this matter stating that he is employed by Kaiser Foundation. He passed the gavel to C/Shah and left the meeting. JANUARY 14, 2014 PAGE 4 PLANNING COMMISSION PC/Gonzales presented staff's report and recommended Planning Commission approval of Development Review No. PL2013-261, based on the Findings of Fact, and subject to the conditions of approval as listed within the resolution. C/Shah opened the public hearing. Skyler Denniston, applicant, thanked staff for their superb job in getting this project to the Planning Commission this evening. This proposal is for Phase 11 for a project that was started in 2007. He thanked the Planning Commission for its consideration. C/Lin commended Mr. Denniston on the plan and asked if the operation was a medical office or if it was intended,, for patients. Mr. Denniston said the addition is strictly for outpatient medical office with no overnight care and no urgent care facilities. It is similar to a professional office building and opens at 8:00 a.m. and closes at about 5:00 p.m. C/Lin asked what the $173,000 contribution for traffic improvements involves and Mr. Denniston explained that it was a fair -share contribution to a future improvement to Grand Avenue and the SR/60. C/Lin commented that the grading plan did not include a drainage treatment plan for the parking lot and it appeared to him that rainwater would flow down onto the street. Jacque Alasaka 'Perkins & Will Design Architects responded that a bio -filtration swale has been designed along Bridge Gate (as shown on the plan) to divert water runoff from the structure to the swale and ultimately into the ground as opposed to natural filtration over the entire field. C/Shah said he did not see the traffic study. Mr. Denniston responded that staff's report references a traffic study. Currently, the existing facility generates about 1100 daily trips and this project will generate about 1230 with about 2350 average daily trips upon completion. There is no significant increase in traffic flow in any segments. The traffic study yielded the "fair -share" contribution since there were no significant thresholds in traffic generation on the study segments. C/Shah closed the public hearing. C/Lin asked how the fair -share contribution would be recorded. ACA/Eggart explained that for mitigation fees, the City is required to comply with certain accounting and reporting requirements for specific projects. Each year the City Council reviews a report regarding the status of those funds. If the funds are not spent within a certain period of time the money goes back to the developer. JANUARY 14, 2014 PAGE 5 PLANNING COMMISSION C/Lin moved, C/Dhingra seconded, to approve Development Review No. PI -2013-261, based on the Findings of Fact, and subject to the conditions of approval as listed within the resolution. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: Dhingra, Lin, Shah NOES: COMMISSIONERS: None ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: VC/Farago 9. PLANNING COMMISSIONER COMMENTS/INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: C/Shah wished everyone a Happy New Year. 10. STAFF COMMENTS/INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: 10.1 Public Hearing dates for future projects. SP/Lee stated that the January 28 Planning Commission meeting is canceled due to lack of agenda items. The next Planning Commission meeting will be on February 11, 2014. 11. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS: As listed in tonight's agenda. ADJOURNMENT: With no further business before the Planning Commission, Commissioner Shah adjourned the regular meeting at 7:36 p.m. to February 11, 2014. The foregoing minutes are hereby approved this 11th day of February, 2014. Attest: Respectfully Submitted, Greg Gubman Community Development Director