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Home My WebLink About10/27/1982PLANNING COMMISSION Town of Los Altos Hills 26379 Fremont Road �r Los Altos Hills, California MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, October 27, 1982 Reel 101L, Side II, Tract I,000 -End Chairman Rydell called the meeting to order at 7:50 P.m. in the Town Hall Council Chambers. A. ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: rs Present: Rydell and Co Se Chairman Stewart and Strutherschnahl, Absent: None Also Present: Assistant Planner Pat Webb, Secretary Leslie Penfold B. CONSENT CALENDAR: Item Removed B.1 (Rydell) MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Rydell, seconded by CariCO and passed unanimously to approve the balance of the Consent Calendar, namely: 1. Minutes from Variance & Permit Commission - October 13, 1982 Minutes from Planning Commission - September 22, 1982 2. Setting of Public Hearings for November 10, 1982: a) Lands of Schwarz, File #TM 9-81 b) Lands of MJM Investments, File #VAR 8-82 c) Lands of Kao Item Removed: October 13, 1982 Planning Commission Minutes Chairman Rydell asked that on page four under New Business, be noted that a Site Development Committee had been established for Matadero Creek with Commissioners Carico and Lachenbruch the permanent members and the third member a rotating commissioner ** to be chosen. C. REPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 15, 1982: Mayor Perkins addressed the commission regarding the Matadero Creek Process, indicating the principal change is the auction process has been set aside and Fox & Carskadon has been chosen �,- to act as broker. Perkins noted the Site Development Committee will assist in selling the lots, a preliminary review of the potential buyers' plan, will not be binding upon the Town or the potential buyer. ** MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Carico, seconded by Stewart and passed unanimously to approve the October 13, 1982 Planning Commission Minutes;.cc ahs i ned from approval of the minutes. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES - October 27, 1982 PAGE TWO C. REPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 15, 1982: (continued) t Commissioner Struthers reported the City Council also charged %W Bob Owen Homes, 5x the permit cost for illegal grading on Wild Plum Lane; and accepted the roads at Matadero Creek Sub- division as public. D. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. Lands of Fremont Hills Country Club, File #CUP 8010-76, 12889 Viscaino Place, Annual Review (continued from 10-13-82) Chairman Rydell stepped down from this item as he is a member of the Club. Ms. Webb reviewed her staff report of October 22, 1982, giving a brief background of the Country Club and Conditional Use Permit. Ms. Webb indicated past reviews of the Cup have dealt mainly with the horse stables and tennis court. Ms. Webb further noted there is no where in the file a limitation number of club members. The public hearing was then opened Commission questioned Mr. George of the Club how many members they currently had and what is being proposed? and parking? Mr. Neal George, Fremont Hills Country Club, informed the com- mission there presently are 379 members and will be revising this to 425. Mr. George indicated he did not know how many parking stalls were at the club. The public hearing was then closed. Commissioners felt they needed more information regarding the parking facilities at the club, and requested staff make an analysis of existing parking, comparing with Fire Department standards and look into landscaping. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved CariCO, seconded by Lachen- bruch and passed unanimously to continue the Fremont Hills Country Club for staff to investigate the parking situation. E. OLD BUSINESS: 1. Traffic concerns along Page Mill Road & Altamont Road Ms. Webb reported that at the last meeting, commission asked staff to look into the power pole being relocated, in a memo dated October 21, 1982 from Alexander Russell, Consulting En- gineer, Mr. Russell notes PG&E have indicated the cost for re- locating the power pole could run $8,000-$10,000, not including PT&T costs. Commissioners asked staff to investigate this further by checking with Santa Clara County and talking further with PG&E and PT&T. n PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES - OCTOBER 27, 1982 PAGE THREE E. OLD BUSINESS: (continued) 2. Recreation Vehicles Commissioner Stewart indicated he would have a rough draft of the proposed recreational vehicle ordinance ready for the meeting of November 10, 1982, and asked commissioners to go by property at 27011 DeZahara for an example of how recrea- tional vehicles are currently stored. F. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Lands of Foster, Lot #3, Crescent Lane, Appeal of Site Approval and Site Development Expiration Ms. Webb indicated Mr. & Mrs. Foster have appealed a staff decision that their Site Approval and Site Development had expired. Ms. Webb gave a chronology of events and briefly reviewed the City Attorney's memo of October 26, 1982, which upheld staff's decision. Mr. Bruce Ahnfeldt, Foster's attorney, indicated the appeal is rather technical and at this time we're appealing the Site Approval expiration and referred to various sections of the Municipal Code. Commission felt more time was needed for review and Mr. Ahnfeldt and the City Attorney needed to discuss this matter further before the commission could make a decision. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Kuranoff, seconded by Dochnahl and passed by the following roll call vote to continue the Lands of Foster to the November 10, 1982 meeting for more information and time for review. AYES: Commissioners Carico, Dochnahl, Kuranoff, Lachenbruch, Rydell and Struthers NOES: Commissioner Stewart 2. Municipal Code Review Items Ms. Webb prepared a list of items the commission in the past indicated they would like to review. Chairman Rydell appointed commissioners to work on item as follows: a) Antennas, aerial towers, satellite saucers and lighting - Commissioner Kuranoff b) Patios at grade, ornamental garden structures and fences - Commissioner Lachenbruch C) Solar racks and panels - Commissioner Struthers d) Driveways and Recreational Vehicles - Commissioners Carico and Stewart PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES - OCTOBER 27, 1982 PAGE FOUR F. NEW BUSINESS: (continued) L 2. Municipal Code Review Items Chairman Rydell asked commissioners to study these items and return with materials at later meeting. Mr. Art Porzio, Therum Solar Systems, indicated to the commis- sion the variance procedure for a solar system seems more de- tailed than necessary, indicating other town's have a more lenient procedure and setbacks. Mr. Porzio referred to the State Law regarding the use of solar and city requirements which prohibit or restrict use of solar systems. Dr. Tyler, 12800 Alto Verde Lane, indicated to commission he felt the variance procedure was very elaborate and expensive for solar systems. Commissioners asked staff and Commissioner Struthers to look into similar cities for their procedures for solar systems, variances, etc. Commissioner Lachenbruch discussed his suggestions for patios at grade; recommending deleting Section 9-5.504(a) of the Mun- icipal Code and adding new Section 9-5.504 (d) which would read as follows: Portion of patios and decks may extend five feet (5') beyond setback lines defined for other structures, [ if they do not extend two feet (.2') above natural grade. �+ Commissioner Lachenbruch will prepare this in written form and return at a future meeting. 3. Site Development - Preliminary Review Matadero Creek Ms. Webb informed commissioners the need for setting a pre- liminary review for Lot #19, Matadero Creek. The meeting was set for Monday, November 1, 1982 at 4:30 p.m. G. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further new or old business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Leslie Penfold Engineering/Planning Secretary