CITY OF MERCED
Site Plan Review Committee
MINUTES
Planning Conference Room
2nd Floor Civic Center
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Chairperson McBRIDE called the meeting to order at 1:33 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: None
Staff Present: Planning Manager Espinosa, Management
Analyst Brown, Associate Planner Mendoza-
Gonzalez, and Senior Planner Nelson
2. MINUTES
M/S FRAZIER/CARDOSO, and carried by unanimous voice vote, to approve the Minutes of August 25, 2022, as submitted.
COMMUNICATIONS
None.
ITEMS
4.1 Site Plan Application #501, submitted by Richard Perez, for Blalock Florence, property owner, to allow Type 47 alcohol sales for an existing restaurant located at 3144 G Street, within a Neighborhood Commercial (C-N) Zone.
Associate Planner MENDOZA-GONZALES reviewed the
application for this item. Refer to Draft Site Plan Review Resolution #501 for further information.
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There was no one in the attendance for the applicant.
There was a brief discussion regarding the type of license being requested and confirmation that there is no outdoor seating proposed with this request.
M/S CARDOSO-FRAZIER, and carried by the following vote, to adopt a Categorical Exemption regarding Environmental Review #22-36, and approve Site Plan Review #501, subject to the Findings and twelve (12) Conditions set forth in Draft Site Plan Resolution #501:
AYES: Committee Members Cardoso, Frazier, and
Chairperson McBride
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
4.2 Site Plan Application #502, submitted by Merced Toyota, for Robert and Bettee Gastell, Trustees, property owner, to construct a 7,220-square-foot building for auto service bays, detailing bays, and a carwash (Toyota customers only) at 1400 Auto Center Drive, within a General Commercial (C-G) Zone.
Associate Planner MENDOZA-GONZALEZ reviewed the
application for this item. Refer to Draft Site Plan Review Resolution #502 for further information.
Jim Xu with Golden Valley Engineering was in attendance representing the applicant.
Committee Member CARDOSO indicated that Condition #28 should be updated to indicate that trees are not allowed to be planted on top of the existing easements.
Jim Xu questioned if a sand and oil separator is going to be required for the service areas. Associate Planner MENDOZA-GONZALEZ recommended modifying Condition #29 so that the applicant could work with the Engineering Department to determine if it would be needed based on code requirements. Details could be worked out during the building permit stage.
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M/S CARDOSO-FRAZIER, and carried by the following vote, to adopt a Categorical Exemption regarding Environmental Review #22-37, and approve Site Plan Review #502, subject to the Findings and thirty-three (33) Conditions set forth in Draft Site Plan Resolution #502 with the modifications to Condition #28 and Condition #29 as follows (underlined text is added text, strikethrough text is deleted text):
Conditions:
"28) Structures or trees shall not encroach within any existing easements.
29) A sand and oil separator (or equivalent technology) shall be installed for the carwash as required by the City's Engineering Department. The applicant shall work with the Engineering Department to determine if a sand and oil separator shall be required for the service areas."
AYES: Committee Members Cardoso, Frazier, and
Chairperson McBride
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
4.3 Site Plan Application #503, submitted by Benchmark Engineering on behalf of Hostetler Investments, LLC, and Bellevue Merced, LLC, property owners, to allow modifications to Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map (VTSM) #1280 (Large Lot map for Bellevue Ranch North). The modifications consist of changes to the street alignment and lot configuration due to biological constraints. The project site consists of approximately 520 acres of land, generally located north of Bellevue Road, west of G Street. The property has various General Plan designations and is zoned Planned
Development (P-D) #42.
Senior Planner NELSON reviewed the application for this item.
Refer to Draft Site Plan Review Resolution #503 for further information. Ms. NELSON also advised the Committee that Finding Site Plan Review Committee Minutes
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K had been modified as shown in the Memo to the Site Plan Committee dated October 12, 2022.
Rick Mummert and Matt Rodgers with Benchmark Engineering and Tiffanie Marshall with Stonefield Home, Inc. were in attendance representing the property owner.
Committee Member CARDOSO questioned how the conditions of approval from the original map would be affected by the modified map. He voiced concern over confusion between the conditions of approval and the modified map when the final map is submitted for plan review. After a brief discussion, it was determined that the applicant would submit a conforming map indicating the changes as requested by Committee Member CARDOSO. The applicant agreed to this.
M/S McBRIDE-FRAZIER, and carried by the following vote, to adopt a Categorical Exemption regarding Environmental Review #22-39, and approve Site Plan Review #503, subject to the Findings, and five (5) Conditions set forth in Draft Site Plan Resolution #503, with the modification of Finding K and Condition #3, and the addition of Condition #6 as follows (underlined text is added text, strikethrough text is deleted text):
Finding K:
"The wetland delineation also made the following lots unbuildable as shown on the original tentative subdivision map: a portion of Lot V-25A, Lot V-25B, Lot V-26, a portion of Lot V-29DB, and Lot V- 35B, and a portion of Lot V-36B."
Conditions:
"3) The project shall comply with all conditions set forth in Planning Commission Resolution #2857, for Vesting
Tentative Subdivision Map (VTSM) #1280, except as
previously modified or modified by this approval. The
applicants shall identify any specific conditions modified by this approval prior to or concurrently with the submittal of the Final Map.
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"6) All dedications to the City shall be identified on the Tentative Map (conforming copy)."
AYES: Committee Members Cardoso, Frazier, and Chairperson McBride
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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 2:31 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
anymor
Kim Espinosa, Secretary
Merced City Site Plan Review Committee
APPROVED:
Scott McBride, Chairperson/
Director of Development Services
Merced City Site Plan Review Committee