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CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2011
CALL TO ORDER - Mayor/Agency Chair Amundson called the special meeting to order at 8:00
a.m.
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEMBERS:
PRESENT: Council/Agency Member Chandler, Harbicht, Kovacic, Segal and Amundson
ABSENT: None
STUDY SESSION
a. Report, discussion and direction regarding Single Family Design Review and
Development Standards.
Jason Kruckeberg, Assistant City Manager/Development Services Director explained the City's
Single Family Design Review and Development Standards process; that the City's Design
Guidelines have been in place since 2006 and revised in 2009; that about 65% of all lots in the
City are developed with a single family home; and that the typical development pattern over the
last number of years have been to tear down existing homes and build larger ones. He noted
that the Development Services Department receives more than 60 applications per year for new
homes and another 20 to 25 for additions to existing homes; he explained that the two-prong
approach to reviewing—new homes and additions are "development standards" and "design
guidelines"; that the development standards in the zoning code are referred to as the "shall"
statements which are things that must be done and are a typical range of zoning restrictions
such as setbacks, building height, lot coverage, encroachment plane, etc.; and that design
guidelines are more subjective and have only been in place for single family homes for about 5
years and updated in 2009; and the "should" statements are interpretive and are administered
by staff on a cases-by-case basis in the context of their neighborhood and streetscape. He
indicated that the City does not have an FAR (floor area ratio) requirement for single family
homes which has been discussed on several occasions by the City Council and decided to
leave it out of the zoning standards.
He further reported that market buyers coming into Arcadia want a new home and tend to seek
the maximum within the development standards; that the design process goes through at least
three iterations of plans to arrive at a design that is acceptable to staff; that the design review
process for areas not in a homeowner association is a staff level function and no public hearing
is required; and within homeowner association areas a public hearing and neighborhood
notification is part of the process.
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53:0033
PUBLIC COMMENTS (5 minutes per person)
Josh Gross of Mursol Construction
Ernie Barr, Rancho Santa Anita ARB
Mr. Consiglio, President Upper Rancho
Vince Vargas, ARB Chair Santa Anita Oaks
Robert Tong, Architect
Mary Dougherty, President Santa Anita Oaks HOA
It was moved by Council Member Kovacic, seconded by Council Member Segal and carried on
roll call vote to direct staff to look at more aggressive privacy guidelines in those cases of new
second story homes being built in a predominately single story area.
AYES: Council/Agency Member Kovacic, Segal, Chandler, Harbicht and Amundson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
It was moved by Council Member Segal, seconded by Council Member Harbicht and carried on
roll call vote to table a decision regarding notification of surrounding property owners in design
review cases.
AYES: Council/Agency Member Segal, Harbicht, Chandler, Kovacic and Amundson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
The meeting adjourned at 10:15 a.m.
44--eter Amundson, Mayor
ATTEST:
James H. Barrows, City Clerk
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