CITY OF MERCED
Site Plan Review Committee
MINUTES
Planning Conference Room
(via Teleconference)
April 28, 2022
Chairperson MCBRIDE called the meeting to order at 1:33 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL
Committee Members Present: Chief Building Official Frazier, City Engineer Beltran, Director of Development Services
McBride
Committee Members Absent: None
Staff Present: Planning Manager /Recording Secretary
Espinosa, and Fire Inspector Manuel Abeyta
2. MINUTES
M/S BELTRAN/FRAZIER, and carri ed by unanimous voice vote, to approve the Minutes of April 14, 2022, as submitted.
3. COMMUNICATIONS
None.
4. ITEMS
4.1 Site Plan Application #494, submitted by Robert Vermeltfoort, applicant for Chase Merced LP., property owner, to build three new buildings, a 999 -square-foot drive -through (Starbucks), a 4,088- square-foot mini -mart (7 -Eleven), and a 4,837- square-foot office/retail building (future tenant) at the northeast corner of Olive Avenue and State Highway 59, with zoning of Planned Development (P-D) #12, with a Business Park (BP) General Plan designation.
Planning Manager ESPINOSA reviewed the application. Refer to Draft Site Plan Resolution #49 4 for further information. Ms.
Site Plan Review Committee Minutes
April 28, 2022
ESPINOSA indicated that MID has requested an additional Public Utilities Easement (PUE) and that the Fire Department requires a minimum 22 feet of width at the driveway entrances.
Robert VERMELTFOORT, the project architect, was in attendance and indicated that they could accommodate the additional width for the driveways and the MID request (as a private matter on private property).
Fire Inspector ABEYTA confirmed the driveway modifications would meet Fire Department requirements.
M/S FRAZIER - BELTRAN, and carried by the following vote, to approve Site Plan Application #4 94, subject to the Findings and twenty-nine (29) Conditions set forth in Draft Resolution #494, with the addition of Condition #29 as follows:
(Note: Strikethrough deleted language, underline added language.)
“29) All driveway entrances shall be a minimum of 22 feet in width on either side of any center median.
AYES: Committee Members Frazier, Beltran, and Chairperson McBride
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
5. INFORMATION ITEMS
5.1 Calendar of Meetings/Events
There was no discussion regarding the calendar of meetings/events.
6. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairperson MCBRIDE adjourned the meeting at 1:53 p.m.