CITY OF MERCED
Site Plan Review Committee
MINUTES
Via Teleconference
June 23, 2022
Planning Manager ESPINOSA, sitting in for Chairperson MCBRIDE, called the meeting to order at 1:32 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL
Committee Members Present: Chief Building Official Frazier, City Engineer Beltran, Director of Development Services
McBride (arrived 1:40)
Committee Members Absent: None
Staff Present: Planning Manager Espinosa and Principal
Planner/Recording Secretary Hren
MINUTES
M/S BELTRAN/FRAZIER, and carried by unanimous voice vote, to approve the Minutes of June 16, 2022, as submitted.
COMMUNICATIONS
None.
4. ITEMS
4.1 Site Plan Application #496, submitted by Maracor Development, Inc, for Lamplight Capital & Asset Management, LLC, property owner. The applicant is requesting approval to construct an apartment complex (396 units) with amenities (in-ground pool, club house, playground area, open space, etc.) within Planned Development (P-D) #50 with a General Plan designation of Village Residential (VR). The property is generally located at the northeast corner of Monaco Drive and Horizons Avenue and is also known as Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 206-030-019.
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Principal Planner HREN reviewed the application, including proposed additional conditions relating to the need for conformity with Merced Municipal Code 20.46.030 and 20.46.040 and Density Bonus Law. He also noted that the applicant had expressed interest in revising the wording of Condition #22 to add specificity. Mr.
BELTRAN provided updated language for Condition #22.
Ms. ESPINOSA proposed an additional Condition that specified that changes made due to a Density Bonus Application would comply with this Site Plan Approval.
Mr. BELTRAN proposed an additional condition regarding any potential need for right-of-way for roadways.
The language for the modification and addition of Conditions is shown below:
22) Frontage improvements shall be installed along the project site including Monaco Drive (north and south side along City storm basin), Horizons Avenue, and Cardella Road. Details to be worked out with the Engineering Department during the building permit stage. Roadways, sidewalks, landscaping, curb and gutter shall be installed along the aforementioned roadways, with Cardella Road to a minimum of the Collector equivalent.
These improvements shall be installed prior to the issuance of any Certificate of Occupancy.
46) If the project is developed solely as a market-rate development with no affordable housing units, the project must comply with all aspects of MMC
20.46.030 and 20.46.040 as they relate to the design of multi-family dwellings.
47) If the project is developed with an affordable housing component, the project must comply with MMC 20.46.030 and 20.46.040 as they relate to the design of multi-family dwellings, excepting any waivers or concessions thereto obtained through a process in line with the State Density Bonus Law. Prior to the issuance of the first building permit, waivers or concessions (as appropriate) must be obtained to resolve the following issues, as well as any other elements of the above referenced municipal code sections that the project does not satisfy:
a. 20.46.040 (A)(1): Building construction shall not exceed the plane established by 1:1 height and setback ratio from any exterior property line of a lot or parcel, for more than 50 percent of the allowable building area at any established distance from said exterior property line.
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b. 20.46.040 (A)(2): A minimum of 1 tree per 3 units is required, and toundation plantıngs with a mınımum mean horızontal depth of 3 teet covering the equivalent of a minimum of 50 percent of the overall horizontal building frontage shall be required in the overall project area.
c. 20.46.040 (A)(5)(a): No roof-mounted air-conditioning equipment shall be permitted.
d. 20.46.040 (B): No composition roof materials shall be permitted except three-dimensional, architectural grade shingles.
If any of the above issues are resolved by modifications to the proposed site plan or elevations, no waivers or concessions for those issues shall be required. 48) Any changes in the Site Plan, Elevations, or Conditions of Approval granted through a Density Bonus application will be considered in compliance with this Site Plan approval.
49) In the event that the right of way for the road classifications are not available, the developer shall dedicate to the City the appropriate right of way prior to the issuance of any Certificate of Occupancy.
M/S FRAZIER-BELTRAN, and carried by the following vote, to approve Site Plan Application #496 with the proposed modifications and additional conditions described above:
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.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairperson MCBRIDE adjourned the meeting at 1:52 p.m.
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Respectfully submitted,
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Secretary
Merced City Site Plan Review Committee
APPROVED:
Let molli
Scott McBride, Chairperson/
Director of Development Services
Merced City Site Plan Review Committee