Architectural Review Commission Meeting Update
Regular Meeting

August 1, 2005                            Monday                                 5:00 p.m.

ROLL CALL:      Commrs. Allen Root, Jim Lopes, David Smith, Greg Wilhelm, Charles Stevenson, Vice-Chair Michael Boudreau, and Chairman Zeljka Howard

 ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA:  

PUBLIC COMMENT: 

PUBLIC HEARINGS:

NOTE:  Any court challenge to the action taken on public hearing items on this agenda may be limited to considering only those issues raised at the public hearing, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of San Luis Obispo at, or prior to, the public hearing.  If you wish to speak, please give your name and address for the record. 

1.        215 Bridge St.  ARC-64-03; Architectural review of building designs and site plan for residential and commercial planned development; M-PD zone; Bridge Street Corporation, applicant. (Continued from June 23, 2004)  (Phil Dunsmore) 

2.        799 Brizzolara St.  ARC 9-05; Review of home design for a new common interest subdivision. R-1-S zone; Kelly Gearhart, applicant. (Jaime Hill)

 On a 6-0 vote, the ARC continued action on the proposed subdivision and home design to a date uncertain with direction to The ARC continued action on the proposed subdivision design to a date uncertain with the following direction to the applicant:  

1.      Redesign the homes’ stairwell to allow a door directly from the den to the rear yard.

2.      Eliminate the sidewalk and parkway from one or both sides of the drive to allow for staggering of front yard setbacks, larger rear yards, and deepening the garages to create storage space.

3.      Look into using an S-curb along drive.

4.      Determine average street yard setback along Brizzolara to determine appropriate setback for Lot 5.

5.      Reduce fence height between units to 5-feet.

6.      Move common recreational amenities out of the creek setback area.

7.      Design an alternate drainage basin with porous paving system in the driveway rather than the creek setback and reduce the creek bank slope to no more than 3:1(explore using a product similar to Readymix.org).

8.      Add a clarifier to the storm pipe drain for filtering site runoff.

9.      Changes to the landscape palate include replacing the shrubs in the side yard with climbing vines, reducing the size/number of shrubs in the rear yards, varying the type of ground cover used in the creek setback, using Magnolias or other evergreens as street trees, and planting Oaks in the Creek area and using a more vertical growing tree in rear yards.

 3.        1423 Calle Joaquin.  ARC 118-03; Review of new signage for an auto dealership, including exceptions to the sign regulations. Kimball Motor Company, applicant. (Jaime Hill) 

The ARC voted 6-0 to approve the signs as submitted, including an exception to the sign regulations to allow monument signs in excess of the 6-foot maximum height and 24-square foot maximum area, and with conditions to include landscaping at the base of the structures and bevel the top of the Chevrolet signs base. Discussion centered on various ways the bases could be articulated and what could be done to the Chevrolet sign, which is the property of that auto maker. 

3.      174 Suburban Rd.    ARC 5-05; Review of two new commercial structures; C-S-S zone; KDS Enterprises LLC, applicant. (Buzz Kalkowski) 

4.      2695 Johnson Ave.   ARC 94-05; Review of a garage conversion and replacement parking. R-1 zone; Brad Daane, applicant. (Phil Dunsmore) 

COMMENT & DISCUSSION: 

6.    Staff: 

A. Agenda Forecast 

4.    Commission: 

       A.    Minutes:

       B.    Recent Project Review – Lessons Learned 

ADJOURNED to a regular meeting scheduled for Monday, August 15, 2005 at 5:00 p.m., in the Council Hearing Room at City Hall, 990 Palm Street.