CITY OF MERCED
Site Plan Review Committee
MINUTES
Planning Conference Room
(via Teleconference)
September 7, 2021
Chairperson HREN called the meeting to order at 1:32 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL
Committee Members Present: Chief Building Official Frazier, City Engineer Beltran, and Principal Planner Hren (on behalf
of Director of Development Services)
Committee Members Absent: None
Staff Present: Planning Manager Espinosa, Senior Planner Nelson, and Associate Planner/Recording
Secretary Mendoza-Gonzalez
MINUTES
M/S BELTRAN-FRAZIER, and carried by unanimous voice vote, to approve the Minutes of August 12, 2021, as submitted.
COMMUNICATIONS
None.
4. ITEMS
4.1 Site Plan Application #479, submitted by Meta Housing on behalf of Devonwood 64, LP, property owner, to construct a 156-unit apartment complex with associated parking and community/office building generally located on the south side of Devonwood Drive between Loughborough Drive and Austin Avenue within Planned Development (P-D) #74. This site has a General Plan designation of High Density Residential (HD).
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Senior Planner NELSON reviewed the application. Refer to Draft Site Plan Resolution #479 for further information.
The Committee had questions about conditions regarding the location of the refuse enclosures, whether carports would be constructed, and the turning radii for refuse and fire trucks. Chief Building Official FRAZIER recommended a modification to Condition #8 regarding the flood zone requirements.
M/S FRAZIER - BELTRAN, and carried by the following vote, to approve Site Plan Application #479, subject to the Findings and thirty-eight (38) Conditions set forth in Draft Resolution #479, with the modification of Condition #8 as follows:
(Note: Strikethrough deleted language, underline added language.) 8) "All plans and supporting documents submitted for
Building Permits shall meet or exceed the building
codes in effect at the time of building permit application submittal. Plans shall identify the flood zone for the
project site and all meet all requirements of that zone.
Plans shall be drawn by a licensed design professional.
The construction work shall be performed by an
appropriately licensed Contractor."
AYES: Committee Members Frazier, Beltran, and Acting
Chairperson Hren
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
4.2 Site Plan Application #478, submitted by Prudential Properties, property owner, to construct a 102,176-square-foot metal building at 2320 Cooper Avenue, within a Heavy Industrial (I-H) Zone.
Associate Planner MENDOZA-GONZALEZ reviewed the application.
Refer to Draft Site Plan Resolution #478 for further information.
M/S FRAZIER - BELTRAN, and carried by the following vote, to approve Modification to Site Plan Application #478, subject to the Findings and thirty-one (31) Conditions set forth in Draft Resolution #478, with the Site Plan Review Committee Minutes
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modification of Conditions #7, #19, and the addition of Condition #32 as follows:
(Note: Strikethrough deleted language, underline added language.) 7) "All plans and supporting documents submitted for
Building Permits shall meet or exceed the building
odes in effect at the time of building permit applicatio ubmittal. This site is located within a Flood AH-16
Zone, and flood zone requirements would need to be
addressed during the building permit stage with the
flood zone shown on the plans. Plans shall be drawn by
a licensed design professional. The construction work
shall be performed by an appropriately licensed
Contractor (B-Contractor).
19) "As required by Merced Municipal Code Section
17.04.050 and 17.04.060, Full public improvements
shall be installed/repaired if the permit value of the
project exceeds $100,000.00. Public improvements
may include, but not be limited to, repairing/replacing the sidewalk, curb, gutter, and street corner ramp(s) so that they comply with ADA standards and other
relevant City of Merced/State/Federal standards and
regulations.
32) "If determined needed by the City Engineer, the project scar dance ly with rost Construction Standards in
MS-4 Permit (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer
System)."
AYES: Committee Members Beltran, Frazier, and Acting
Chairperson Hren
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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INFORMATION ITEMS
5.1 Calendar of Meetings/Events
There was no discussion regarding the calendar of meetings/events.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Acting Chairperson HREN adjourned the meeting at 2:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
K'im Espinosa, Secretary
Merced City Site Plan Review Committee
APPROVED:
Scott McBride, Chairperson/
Director of Development Services
Merced City Site Plan Review Committee