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CITY OF ATASCADERO
DESIGN RE VIE W COMMITTEE A GENDA
Committee Meeting
Thursday, January 26, 2012
4:00 P.M.
City Hall
Conference Room 4
6907 El Camino Real
Atascadero, California
Roll Call: Chairperson, Roberta Fonzi
Committee Member, Bob Kelley
Committee Member, Chuck Ward
Committee Member, Christian Cooper
Committee Member, Susan DeCarli
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. APPROVAL OF DRAFT ACTION MINUTES OF JANUARY 12, 2012
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT REVIEW
2. PLN 2012-1428,99 CENT ONLY STORE
DRC review of proposed fagade improvements for new 99 Cent Only Store at the Vons
Shopping Center.
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City of Atascadero Design Review Committee Agenda Regular Meeting, January 26, 2012
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COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS AND REPORTS
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
ADJOURNMENT
Next regular meeting of the Design Review Committee will be held on February 9, 2012.
Agendas, Minutes and Staff Reports are available online at www.atascadero.or? under
City Officials & Commissions, Design Review Committee.
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DATE: 1-26-12
CI TY OF A TASCADERO
DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE
DRAFT ACTION MINUTES
Regular Meeting - Thursday, January 12, 2012
3:30 P.M.
City Hall Conference Room 4
6907 El Camino Real, Atascadero, California
CALL TO ORDER — 3:30 p.m.
Chairperson Fonzi called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chairperson Fonzi, Committee Member Kelley, Committee Member
Ward, Committee Member Cooper
Absent: Committee Member DeCarli
Recording Secretary: Community Development Director Warren Frace
Staff Present: Warren Frace, Community Development Director
Alfredo Castillo, Assistant Planner
Others Present: Mike Hawkins, Applicant
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION: By Committee Member Kelley and seconded by Committee
Member Cooper to approve the Agenda.
Motion passed 4:0 by a roll -call vote. (DeCarli Absent)
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
City of Atascadero Design Review Committee Draft Action Minutes
January 12, 2012
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CONSENT CALENDAR
(All items on the consent calendar are considered to be routine and non -controversial by City Staff and will
be approved by one motion if no member of the Committee or public wishes to comment or ask questions)
1. APPROVAL OF THE ACTION MINUTES OF DECEMBER 15, 2011.
MOTION: By Committee Member Kelley and seconded by Committee
Member Ward to approve the minutes.
Motion passed 4:0 by a roll -call vote. (DeCarli Absent)
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT REVIEW
2. PLN 2011-1424,9990 EL CAMINO REAL (HAWKINS)
Second DRC review of storage building on commercial site.
Associate Planner Taylor presented the staff report. Issues included the following:
1. Remove parking lines/colored asphalt.
2. Landscape shrubs/no artificial.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Mike Hawkins stated that there are no eating areas around BBQ. Likes it the way it is; pictures
easier than plans.
Committee Member Fonzi
- Is the building temporary or permanent?
- Operations
- Signage (Mike — no signage)
Committee Member Kelley
- Occupancy definitions
- Additional shrubs ok
- Parking lot okay as is
Committee Member Ward
- Looks good as is
Committee Member Cooper
- First Review
- Some more shrubs ok
- No signs good
City of Atascadero Design Review Committee Draft Action Minutes
Committee Member Bob Kelley
- No more windows
- Photos ok
Committee Member Fonzi
- Mike will plant real shrubs
Staff — Landscape coordination at corner.
January 12, 2012
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MOTION: By Committee Member Fonzi and seconded by Committee
Member Kelley to approve site plan and architecture approved
as submitted by applicant subject to the following:
• Staff and applicant to coordinate on planting additional
shrubs around the street side of the storage building.
Motion passed 4:0 by a roll -call vote. (DeCarli Absent)
COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS AND REPORTS
- Eagle Ranch
- Bubba's
Players
99 ¢ Store
Tool Outlet — Bowling Center possible
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
None
ADJOURNMENT — 4:05 p.m.
The next regular meeting of the Design Review Committee is scheduled for January 26, 2012.
MINUTES PREPARED BY:
Warren Frace, Community Development Director
Adopted
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DATE: 1-26-12
Atascadero Design Review Committee
►sW'i Report In Brief - Community Development Department
Callie Taylor, Associate Planner, (805) 470-3448, ctaylor@atascadero.org
PLN -2012-1428
Fagade Improvements for new 99 Cent Only Store
7101 EI Camino Real
Owner: Jerry Taft
Applicant: 99 Cent Only Stores & ATC
Design Group (Chris Post)
Address: 7101 EI Camino Real
APN: 1 030-081-042
General Plan:
General Commercial (GC)
Zoning:
Commercial Retail (CR)
Project Area:
1.541 acre lot
With existing 20,418 sq. ft.
building
Existing Use:
Video Palace, Grocery
Discount Center, and
former furniture store
Proposed: I Fagade Improvements
❑ Proposed front fagade elevation change for new 99 Cent Store
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❑ Additional signage proposed on front & back of building, plus monument sign
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❑ Staff recommendation for additional architectural elements on blank walls
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❑ Staff recommendation for onsite landscaping: no landscape is existing or proposed
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❑ Staff recommendation for trash enclosure at back of lot
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DATE: 1-26-12
Background:
The subject site is developed with a 20,418 square foot building and parking lot within
the Vons shopping center. The existing building has three tenant spaces, including the
Video Palace, Grocery Discount Center, and one vacant space which was formerly
used as a furniture store.
The Vons center consists of individual parcels under separate ownership. The City has
worked with several of the property owners in recent years in order to update the
shopping center with major facade improvements and new landscaping. Updates
include the Vons store facade remodel, the old Rite Aid building remodel, and new
buildings including Carl's Jr., Lube and Go, the new Rite Aid building and the drive
through Starbucks. The subject site at 7101 EI Camino Real is one of the last buildings
in the center to be updated.
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Proposed Fagade Improvements:
The 99 Cent Only Store has expressed interest in opening a store where the Grocery
Discount Center and Video Palace current are located. The 99 Cent Only Store is
proposed at approximately 13,500 square feet, and there would be a remaining 7,000
square foot lease space available in the building where the furniture store was
previously located. As part of their tenant improvement permit, the 99 Cent Store would
complete fagade improvements on the building. The applicant has agreed to complete
the fagade improvements on the entire building faqade, which includes the two lease
spaces to be occupied by 99 Cent Store, and the vacant furniture store fagade which
will remain available for rent. This will create a uniform fagade and a complete building
appearance.
The proposed fagade improvements include removing the existing scalloped roofline,
and replacing it with a pop out entry structure similar to Vons and Rite Aid, with a tile
roof on the center structure. The fagade would be done in stucco with neutral tan and
brown paint colors, and a small amount of stone veneer at the base of the building.
Blue metal awnings would be installed above the windows and doors. Staff is in support
of the proposed elevations and color scheme, with only minor modifications to the
details recommended for DRC review and discussion.
Applicant Proposed Front Elevation and Signage
Staff Recommended Front Elevation and Signage
Staff recommends additional architectural elements or landscape on blank walls 411
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DATE: 1-26-12
Staff recommends that additional detailing be added to the sides of the building where
there are large blank walls. Other buildings recently completed in this shopping center
include architectural elements that give dimension to large unornamented walls on the
fapade, and help to incorporate the cart corrals into the building. Options include:
1) wall trellises with climbing vines (staff recommended),
2) additional stone veneer, or
3) wood trellis structures, or
4) additional landscaping and trees along sidewalk
Examples of Recommended Architectural Detailing on Blank Walls
Proposed Signage:
Front Elevation- The applicant is proposing one main sign with the 99 Cent Store logo
above the front entry. It is proposed at 72 square feet in size. Four (4) additional
smaller signs would be placed below the roof line on the sides of the building to call out
the type of products ("Dairy, Frozen Foods, Deli, Fruits & vegetables"). The four smaller
signs total 60 square feet of sign area, for a total square footage of 132 square feet of
signage proposed on the front of the building. All signs would be individual illuminated
channel letters, similar to the existing Vons and Rite Aid signs. Additional wall signage
would be submitted for the adjacent vacant tenant space when that space is leased out.
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The Atascadero Municipal Code allows wall signs in the Commercial Retail zone to be
up to 40 square feet in size, with only one wall sign allowed per business frontage. The
132 square feet of signage proposed on the front of the building exceeds the size
allowed by the ordinance. However, the Sign Ordinance allows additional signage
which exceeds the size limitations of the code to be approved through the
Administrative Use Permit (AUP) process.
If DRC finds that the proposed signage is consistent with the Appearance Review
Manual, staff can process the AUP to allow the front elevation signage as proposed by
the applicant. It is staff's opinion that the proposed signage on the front of the building
is in scale will the size of the building, and staff recommends approval of the five (5)
front elevation wall signs as proposed.
Rear Elevation: The applicant is also proposing one wall sign on the rear elevation. The
Municipal Code does not allow wall signs to be installed facing residential properties.
The back of the subject property backs up to Santa Ysabel Ave and there is a multi-
family zone and several residential units across the street. Staff recommends that this
sign not be installed as it is not permitted by the zoning ordinance and it would be
unusual to have a sign facing Santa Ysabel.
Proposed Rear Elevation and Signage
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Monument Sign: The applicant has expressed that it is very important to the 99 Cent
Store to have a highly visible monument sign. However, the subject site is an interior lot,
and does not have frontage on EI Camino Real or Highway 41. The applicant is in
discussion with the adjacent property owners to try to co -locate a 99 Cent Store sign on
an existing monument sign in the center.
One option is to enlarge the size of the existing Rite Aid monument sign on EI Camino
Real to add a space for the 99 Cent Store. This would increase the square footage and
height of the existing monument sign above what the code currently allows. However, if
DRC finds that the larger monument sign is acceptable, an AUP can be processed to
allow the increase in square footage as proposed.
Proposed addition of
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Site Landscaping:
The Atascadero Municipal Code requires a
minimum of 10% site landscaping on commercially
zoned sites, with specific standards regarding
street trees, landscape fingers and shade trees in
parking lots, and buffering along public roads.
Typically, when a site has been previously
developed and is being renovated, staff will work
with the applicant to identify landscape areas that
need maintenance or replanting, and will work to
improve key areas of the site.
The subject site at 7101 EI Camino Real has
almost no existing landscaping on site, so there is
very little existing planter area to work with. There
are two small planters at the front of the parking
rows which are each planted with one large Italian
Cypress tree. There are no shade trees or planters
within in the parking lot and no landscape planters
or trees in front of the building. Also, there is no
buffering at the back of the building facing Santa
Ysabel. The trash dumpsters, shipping palettes,
extra shopping carts, and parking areas are in full
view at the back of the site, whereas the adjacent
properties along Santa Ysabel are planted with
vegetation to buffer the commercial lots from the
sidewalk and residential zone across the street.
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Staff is recommending that additional landscape planters be installed in key locations
throughout the site. Strategically placed landscaping would have a major impact on the
front parking lot, the front of the building, and the appearance of the back of the site as
viewed from Santa Ysabel. Staff recommends the following landscape areas and a
trash enclosure be added to the site plan. The trash enclosure could be made of stucco
to match the building, and incorporated into the rear facade.
The additions recommended by staff below do not bring the site into full compliance with
the current landscape requirements of the Municipal Code, however, these additions
would have considerable impact on the parts of the site which are severely lacking
vegetation.
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Attachment 2: Proposed Elevations
Attachment I Proposed Site Plan
Attachment 4: Proposed Monument Sign Option
Attachment 5: Site Photos
Attachment 6: Examples of projects recently approved in center Vons center
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