CITY OF MERCED
Site Plan Review Committee
MINUTES
Via Teleconference
July 14, 2022
Chairperson McBRIDE called the meeting to order at 1:31 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL
Committee Members Present: Chief Building Official Frazier, City Surveyor Cardoso (for City Engineer Beltran), and
Director of Development Services McBride
Committee Members Absent: City Engineer Beltran, excused Staff Present: Deputy City Manager Quintero, Director of Economic Development Mendoza, Management
Analyst Brown, Associate Planner Mendoza-
Gonzalez, Development Services
Technician/Recording Secretary Davis
2. MINUTES
[Secretary's Note: Rick Telegan joined the meeting to ask Chairperson McBRIDE for a clarification of why his item was removed from the agenda.]
M/S FRAZIER/CARDOSO, and carried by unanimous voice vote, to approve the Minutes of June 23, 2022, as submitted.
COMMUNICATIONS
None.
ITEMS
4.1 Site Plan Application #498, submitted by Angry Chickz, applicant for David Mkhitaryan, property owner. This request allows the construction of a 4,316-square-foot quick service restaurant (Angry Site Plan Review Committee Minutes
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Chickz) with a drive-thru on a 0.50-acre vacant parcel located at 62 W. 16th Street, within a General Commercial (C-G) Zone.
Associate Planner MENDOZA-GONZALEZ reviewed the
application for this item. For further information, refer to Draft Site Plan Resolution #498.
Associate Planner MENDOZA-GONZALEZ recommended adding
Condition #42 requiring the applicant to submit a revised site plan that addresses concerns regarding vehicle congestion between vehicles entering the site, vehicles exiting the site, and parked vehicles backing out of their stalls. The revise site plan would need to be approved by the Director of Development Services.
Committee Member Cardoso proposed adding Condition #43
requiring the developer to install a fence along the south property line to create a buffer between the subject site and the railroad tracks adjacent to the south.
The applicant's architect was present to address the Committee.
M/S CARDOSO-FRAZIER, and carried by the following vote to adopt Environmental Review #22-29 (Categorical Exemption) and approve Site Plan Application #498, subject to the Findings and forty-one (41) Conditions set forth in Draft Resolution #498, with the additions of Conditions #42 and #43:
(Note: Underline is added language)
"42) The applicant shall submit a revised site plan with new vehicle circulation. The site plan shall be reviewed and approved by the Director of Development Services. The site plan qualifies for a 5% parking reduction based on bus transit nearby. A replacement parking reduction may be granted in accordance with MMC 20.38.050 - Parking Reductions.
"43) The applicant shall install a 7-foot-tall fence along the southern property line."
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AYES: Committee Members Frazier, Cardoso, and
Chairperson McBride
NOES: None
ABSENT: Committee Member Beltran
4.2 Site Plan Application #499, submitted by Kainth Hospitality, Inc., property owner. The applicant is requesting approval to construct an extended-stay hotel and lodging complex (86 rooms) with associated amenities (pool, gym, manager's office, laundry room, etc.) on an approximately 1.35-acre vacant lot located at the southside of Motel Drive at the southwest corner of Yosemite Parkway and Motel Drive. within a Thoroughfare Commercial (C-T) zone.
Development Services Technician II DAVIS reviewed the
application and refers to comments submitted prior to the meeting by Ron Price with Merced Irrigation District (MID). Refer to Draft Site Plan Resolution #499 for further information.
The applicant was in attendance to answer questions from the Committee.
M/S FRAZIER-CARDOSO, and carried by the following vote, to adopt a Categorical Exemption regarding Environmental Review #22-30, and approve Site Plan Application #499, subject to the Findings and • twenty-nine (29) Conditions set forth in Draft Resolution #499:
AYES: Committee Members Frazier, Cardoso, and
Chairperson McBride
NOES: None
ABSENT: Committee Member Beltran
5. INFORMATION ITEMS
5.1 Calendar of Meetings/Events
There was no discussion regarding the calendar of meetings/events.
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6. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairperson MCBRIDE adjourned the meeting at 2:14 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kim Espinosa, Secretary
Merced City Site Plan Review Committee
APPROVED:
Sult sol
Scott McBride, Chairperson/
Director of Development Services
Merced City Site Plan Review Committee