08-25-1980 PC MIN
ELI(R DJEB~ PLA}TNTI'JGC 01;,:1101 I S S 10 IT
li"]jLD AT TIrE ELl~ RI~VER P1JB1IC LIBP-B_R)-
~f..UGUST 25, 1980
l'ilen1~ber Present: Comrnissioners Fo):, Lucas, !Iracy,and Zabee
.A..Iso Present: Herbert S ..li.d01phson, COITill1tlni t~1" Development Director
1. Meeting Called to Order
T'he meeting V1as called to order by Cornmissioner Fox at 8:05 p .ffi\1
2 fa 1:{linutes
The minutes of the July 28, 1980 Planning Co~mission meeting were read
and approved.,
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Item #5
Lot 15,
i~orman Hillesla11d, C1~scussion on variance and lot 1tridth size,
Block 3, Ri\rerviev.jHeig~hts, '\'lJaS add.ed.
40 Gal'Jr Sant";ire, Proposal fer his PeUoDq
Ivlr ~ Johnson ste..:ted ~Nlr. Sa!lt\'iire has aslced the Ci tjr to d.esign and re'l:te~ll
hisP'LTD and as \~Jorl:ing for the Gi ty, has ta.1:en JYlr 0 Sallt'VJiret s concept and
made sorne changes c It ,}1ould be consistent 1~ti th th.e land 118e pIa-fl. ..
service read ~;otlld be recomn1ended for the corr..mercial sectioll en the higrlvJa::l
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,eX1- "t~ng ail r ~ILrll an 0_ 1--lC.l. 00 0""CreetJS. \";2 -r;n no connec"tl.on 'to "tf.!.e res~uen"tla.l.
section. 'Fhe residential 1iould have at lea.st threee:xi ts, one to connect
'~Ji th Fa1..m Dri"\re i11 Elk Rills on the north ,ea.st to the property line,.
providing access to 1'vlin Lak:es r08..d infut1..1re, and 'kJest to Fifth Street 4\
Fa~'m Drive has 6 or 7 residents no".] and 8..n access out of tl1is area could
create some probl.ems vii th t11.ese residents 0 Gomrnissioner Lucas said most
of t116 traffic 'f;'I0111d 1~lant to go sOtrth. lilr 0 J or..nson said most of this traffic
"Jill come south \\ri tha signaled intersection at Main and HighvJay 169- tie
also pointec_ out tllreeenvironmentall~y sensi ti ve areas . One on the sicle
near the high1.,;ay should be respected and m:aintainecl; one near tl1e top of
the hill opposite F'a\^mDri ve and one at a south-east point of the site 9
lilr .. Johnson stated. most of tIns area can be drained to the soutb., possibly
into trleexisting sevier lil1e on Fifth Street 0 He sa..id the Ci t~v Engineers
have been as1r:ed to st"LHiy this a,s to the capaci ty of this line ':ii th the
possibility of an interceptor. M.r. Santvlire controls 34 acres being put
into the PCTJ). It '~la.s originall~{ zon.e R1-C .r:Iihere is a possibili ty 01 125
uni ts t';i th this zoning al1d uncler the P-Ul) v'Jould permi t an additional 20
per cent or 150 units.
The 1)asic concept is to de-velop the commercial along the highl"^Jay, "t~7ith a
serv-iceroac..., maintain tIle '"Jet spots, ma.intain the lO"!;Jer densi t;{ residentis~l
along south sid.e of Elk Hills, maintain higher density residential t01~Jard
the center of the siteil (Basically 9 acres of commercial, about 8 units -
5 or 6 single fan-lily lots along n[Jl".'th edge - 15 to 20 to\.'rfl.hol.:tses ina cluster,
20 to 25 quad houses, and 3 to fl apartment buildings [2-3 floorsJo)
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Cornmissioner Fo:{ a..sked about propert~r ovlned by George Deitz. [fIr. J o:b~1'J.son
said he had talked to lf1r. Deitz that mornin,g and he indicated. h.e "lill keep
it as long as heovmed it 7 but if it ;"Jere sold tl1at could be de1.reloped
if the ne't~; o"mer so ctesired. Cornmissioner Fox also commented on the fact
that Elk Hills side should be backed by a.II residentialo filr. Santiriire
said he h,ad \.;anted to pl1t up a duplex on one lot, but had no objection to
singlefauli4.Y there 0 Commissioner Lucas aslced Iilr 0 J oIL.'>1sonabou"t the resu.l ts
of the COnSlliller Stu~", alldhe said he should have it this week. Commissioner
]'ox felt there should be an easement pro"\Tid.ed for the continuation of Elk
Dri'ie. I:lr . Johnson said there is an access of 85 feet vihich'VJould leave room
for the high lines and the road. Commissioner Zabee asked 1'Jha.t ty:pes of
commercial l'jould be in the comrnercial areao Tilr. Johnson stated it vJould
be mostly offices, possibl~t some residential . Gornfnissioner Fox asked~ ;~hat
vTouldgo into the free standing cornmercial lot 0 I'flr * Sant;-rire said he could
see a car ~iash ora restatlrant like I(entuc}~ Fried Chick:en. l!Ir. Santv:lire
also saicl Gene Y~reuser has retained a lot for a garden store to have large
an10unts or supplies onr~'1J.d. He v:10l11d also like to ha'le a };>111S11 t~vpe of
t!sign1i at the entrance to the cornmercial area "-Ji th each uusiness narn6 on it 0
There was discussion or ~ne intersections at School Street and 1690
Commissioner Fo:x: aslced abottt one out lot and lilr') Sant~Jire said it vJottld 'be
maintained b~l the tOl~Jr.J101.1Se ovmers .TI1he Commission stated it lik:ed the
basic concept o"nd design of this p.U flDo
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JQ j)Jorman .hI.' .l.,esl.anu.,?" \lar~a!lce,;)lscUSS:Lon
I/Ir 0 Adolphsonex:plained the variance to the COITunissioners it Commissioner
Z,at>ee sa\.; no problems '-Ii th it 0 Cornmissioner Lucasfel t it should conform
1ii th the other nroperties in the area. Comrnissioller F'ox Sa1-j no reason not
to grant the \la~riance a GOI;iTI;iI SS IOl"m;F::. LUCP...S 1'/[OV~ rIO R,ECOlvUiiEI"J1) TO TEE CI~PY
GOUlJCIL .A..I'PRO'VAL OF THIS 1IP..RIP",l'JCE BE GPl.:llfPED 0 COT'illiIISSIONisR Z.~B:ElE SECOltDEJJ
TFIE }IOTI01T 4 Tmi. I:'lOTI01T CliP~lIED 3-0.
60 ...t....djourn...ment
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 nom.
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FIerbert ;3 0 Adolphson
CO~uunity Development Director
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