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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - March 7, 1984 (24)'l CITY COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 1, 1984 do yl�"' Q P R,IC Il%ARIW; Following introduction of the Subject by City Manager SFT RE Glaves, Counci 1 on motion of Counci I Member Reid, Murphy I01NISICM 'Ib second. set a Publ is Hearing March 21, 1084 at 8:00 p.m. to ,M -1,I' S"TA14)AWS consicuer nviking revisions to the present street standards. .ie p} ' rater .., MEMORANDUM, City of Lodi, Public Forks Department TO: Community Development Director FROM: Public Works Director DATE: February 7, 1984 SUBJECT: Street Standards Revisions This department is preparing to recommend to the City Council that some minor changes be made in the City's Street Desien Standards. These changes will result in a standard distance (2.5') between the batk of the sidewalk and the right-of-way line. Presently this dis�ance varies from 0.5' in industrial streets to 2.5' in arterial streets. It is felt that these changes should first be reviewed by the Planning Com:yission. This change will make subdivision design and construction simpler and has been informally requested by local engineers. The existing and proposed Standards are shown on Exhibit A. In the cases of the Minor Residential, Standard Residential and Industrial Streets, the curb -to -curb width is slightly reduced. It is felt in these cases the reduction will not ad- versely affect vehicular travel and will certainly result in lower devel- opment costs. Two additional changes are included in Exhibit A. These are the addition of a Major Collector and reduction, of Industrial Sidewalk to 4 feet. Both changes have been previously utilized by Council action in specific cir- cumstances and it is felt they should be made a Standard. Public Works staff will be in attendance at the next Planning Commission meeting to cd�c.uss these changes. ___U A/L4 ( Y V - %" vv Jack► L. Ronsko Pub l)Chmen i c Works Director t JLR/RCP/eeh n MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION MONDAY FEBRUARY 13, 1984 7:30 P.M. The Planning Commission of the City of Lodi met and called to order by Chairman Joanne Hoffman at 7:30 p.m. COPPISSIONERS PRESENT: Fred Baker; Susan Hitchcock -Akin; ROLL CALL Michael Lapenta; Harry Marzolf; Roger Stafford; and Chairman Joanne Hoffman. COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Lee Ekstrom. OTHERS PRESENT: Richard Prima, Associate Civil Engineer; and David Morimoto, Assistant Planner. TENTATIVE MAPS Mr. Ken H. Glantz, of Glantz, Diemler, Dorman, Consulting TENTATIVE SUB. MAP Engineers, requested the approval of the Tentative Sub- THE MEADOWS division Map of The Meadows Unit No. 1. A 7.04 acre tract, containing 12 duplex and 10 fourplex lots along the extension (K. GLANTZ) of S.uth Mills Avenue between the Lakeshore Village Sub- division and Century Boulevard in an area zoned P -D (24), Planned Development District No. 24. The project is a portion S. MILLS b LAKE - of The Meadows Planned Development. This development was prev- SHORE VILLAGE iously called Lobaugh Meadows. P -D (24) Staff introduced the matter and made the following comments: First, in response to a question about Century Boulevard, it was indicated that Century Boulevard would not be immediately con- structed as a part of this first unit. There were several reasons for this including the fact that half of the right of way for Century Boulevard was outside of the City Limits and it was not normal City policy to construct streets outside of the City limits. Also, because the lots on Century Boulevard were all backup lots; none of these lots would require the construc- tion of Century Boulevard to provide access to those ?its. Finally, there was no immediate plans to construct the Century Boulevard bridge crossing over the Woodbridge Irrigation Canal; therefore, the road would not serve any immediate purpose since it would have no connections to the east or Nest. 2. There was a question concerning the storm drainage for this project. Staff explained that the project was located in the G -Storni Drainage Basin area which includes the area from Vine Street to the north, Harney Lane to the South, the Woodbridge Irrigation Canal to she east, and Lower Sacramento Road to the west. It is the intent of the City to construct a storm drainage basin to serve this entire area. The basin will be located at a 2. site currently owned by the City located at the southeast corner of Century Boulevard and Lower Sacramento Road. At present the City's Master Storm Drainage funds are being used on other projects within the City, and, therefore, the City has no funds to construct this basin. In order to provide storm drainage for The Meadows project, the applicant has agreed to construct, on a temporary basis, a portion of the basin large enough to serve his project. The basin will be constructed on the City's property, however, it will only be designed to serve The Meadows project. In the future, if more development is approved for the G -Basin area, the City will construct the permanent basin facility. The following persons were present and spoke in favor of approving the Tentative Map: 1. Ken Glantz, of Glantz, Diemler, Dorman, Consulting Engineers, 1150 West Robinhood Drive, Suite 1C, Stockton, California. Mr. Glantz stated that he represented a group of local individuals that were developing The Meadows Subdivision. As a first step they were requesting approval of the 22 lot subdivision known as "The Meadows Unit No. 1". This unit would contain 12 duplex lots and 10 fourplex lots to be located along both sides of Mills Avenue. The lots would be sold to local builders who would construct the duplex and fourplex units. In response to inquiries from the Planning Commission Mr. Glantz made the following statements: 1. It was probable that most of the units would become rental units, although they could become condominiums if the future future owners decided to go through the condominium approval process. 2. Concerning driveways, the developer felt that the best solution would be to have joint driveways between pairs of lots; however, at this point he did not know whether the developers would require this of future builders. 3. The parking could be either in the rear of the buildings or along the street. If they were located along the street the parking would be landscaped and bermed to screen them from the street. Mr. Glantz further indicated that the owners were inte,ested in developing an attractive project since they also own land to the east and west which would be developed in the future. Also present to speak on the matter was James Gerard of Gerard and Gerard Real Estate. Mr. Gerard indicated that his firm had been selected to market the lots for this project. He indicated that there was strong demand in Lodi for lots in which to construct two, three and four unit dwellings. He noted that while the lots K t 3. were not yet for sale his office had already received a number of inquiries from local builders interested in purchasing the lots. He noted that with the rising price of single-family homes many people were interested in living in duplex and fourplex units. He also stated that he was impressed with the developers of this project and was confident that the project would be an attractive addition to the City of Lodi. After further discussion, it was moved by Commissioner Stafford and seconded by Commissioner Lapenta, and unanimously passed that the Planning Coarission approve the Tentative Subdivision Map of The Meadows Unit No. 1, with the following conditions: 1. That the developer install all on and off-site utilities and street improvements; 2. That the engineered improvement plans be prepared for all public improvements prior to final map filing; 3. That the public utility easements, as required by the various public utility companies and the City of Lodi, be dedicated; 4. That the developer pay all appropriate fees in effect at the time of the map filing, or issuance of building permit and enter into all applicable agreements; 5. That existing wells and septic tanks be abandoned in con- formance with City requirements; 6. That the street right-of-way be dedicated; 7. That vehicular access to Century Boulevard be denied to lots 11 and 12; 8. That necessary facilities be provided for terminal storm drainage in accordance with the Master Storm Drainage program, and to the approval of the Public Works Director; PLANNING MATTERS The next item was a proposed change to the City Street Design Standards. Rich Prima, Associate Engineer of the Public Works Department, was present to introduce this matter. Mr. Prima explained that the Public Works Department was pro- posing to change the City Street Design Standards. The change was to create a standard distance of 2i feet between the back of sidewalk and the right-of-way line. Presently this distance varies from 1/2 of one foot in industrial streets, to 21 feet in arterial residential streets. This change will make sub- division design and construction simpler by creating a uniform standard in all streets. Following some discussion by the Planning Commission, it was PROPOSED CITY STREET DESIGN STANDARDS 4. a roved by Commission Baker and seconded by Commissioner Marzolf and unanimously passed that the Planning Commission recommend to the Lodi City Council that they approve the proposed change to the City Street Design Standards. The next item for review was a discussion of the proposed PROPOSED revision to the City's Planning Fee Sc'iedule. Assistant REVISION TO Planner Morimoto introduced this matter to the Planning CITY'S PLANNING Commission,. He explained that the Planning Fees had not FEE SCHEDULE been revised since 1973. Since then the passage of (DISCUSSION) Proposition 13 and'the general inflation had resulted in the present fees being far less than the actual cost to the City or processing the various planning matters. There was some general discussion about the various fee items. Mr. Morimoto then recommended that the Planning Commission hold off any formal discussion on this matter until Community Development Director James Schroeder were present at the meeting. Mr. Schroeder was the author of the Fee Schedule, and would be better able to answer questions regarding the contents. Chairman Hoffman agreed to hold off any formal discussion until some later meeting. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE Assistant Planner Morimoto reminded the Commissioners of an STANISLAUS COUNTY upcoming Stanislaus County Planning Commissioner's Workshop PLANNING COMMIS - scheduled for Fc3ruary 25, 1984. The Workshop to be held in SIONER'S WORKSHOP the Riverbank Community Center, in Riverbank. The Workshop is an annual event put on by the various Planning Departments in the Stanislaus County. The Planning Commissioners in the City of Lodi have been invited to attend and were requested to contact Barbara Baber, Planning Department Secretary by February 17 if they wish to attend. The final item was a discussion of the Measure A, Greenbelt MEASURE A - Initiative. It was suggested that this item be postponed GREENBELT INITIAT M until James Schroeder, Community Development Director, and DISCUSSION POST - Ron Stein, City Attorney, were present to discuss this item PONED. with the Commission. There being no further business, Chairwoman Joanne Hoffman ADJOURNMENT adjourned the meeting at 8:50 p.m. Attest DAVID MORIMOTO Acting Secretary