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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 1987 0617 CC REG ITEM 11QCLINT HARPER, Ph.D. Mayor ELOISE BROWN Mayor Pro Tern THOMAS C. FERGUSON Councilmember JOHN GALLOWAY Councilmember BERNARDO PEREZ Councilmember MAUREEN W. WALL City Clerk MOORPARK ITEM /, . STEVEN KUENY City Manager POPpK ` "` %O CHERYL J. KANE £° ? City Attorney ° PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P. Director of o MOORPARK, CALIFORNIAommunity Development vo ° City Coun cii "Aeeting R. DENNIS DELZEIT 04gTep ,Jy City Engineer of /' / 148 j JOHN V. GILLESPIE Chief of Police ACTIOIN :.-THOMAS P. GENOVESE MEMORANDUM City Treasurer 3 y .0 BY�.L - 'TO : The Honorable City Council FROM : Patrick J. Richards, Director of Community Development , DATE= June 11, 1987 (CC meeting of 6/17/87) SUB.TECT : TRACT WALL /FENCE PLAN - FRONT ELEVATION WALLS At issue is whether or not Calprop received approval to install wrought iron fencing at slopes along the front elevations of lots. The City Council considered an appeal of the Planning Commission decision from Calprop at their meeting of March 4, 1987. At that time, Calprop was appealing the Planning Commission decision to require all walls and wrought iron fences to be six (6) feet in height; walls to be built along the front elevations, in lieu of wood fences,and the use of slumpstone on up- slopes at rear yards,in lieu of wrought iron fences. It is staff's opinion that the Council only addressed two of the three requests made by Calprop at the March 4, 1987 meetinb. In not taking any specific action on the front elevation issue, the Planning Commission's decision to require slumpstone walls remained. Attached is a copy of the March 4, 1987 minutes and several letters from City staff and Calprop regarding the matter. RECOMMENDATION Uphold the action of the Director of Community Development and require the use of slumpstone walls on slopes at front elevations. Attachments: 3/4/87 CC Minutes 3/4/87 Staff report 4/7/87 City letter 4/3/87 Calprop letter 5/12/87 City letter 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, Califomia 93021 (805) 529 -6864 Mint , ites of the City Council Moopark, California 8 March 4, 1987 AT THIS POINT IN THE MEETING, it was the concurrence of Council to reorder the agenda. The following items were heard with the remaining items continued to March 11, 1987. 10. COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS: 10.A. Councilmember Brown gave a brief report concerning bicentennial activities and requested that Council appoint a Bicentennial Committee. She also asked if it was possible to publish the Planning Commission agenda any sooner, and commented on the lack of bus benches available for public use. 10.C. By consensus the Council appointed Councilmembers Brown and Perez and the City Manager to an ad hoc committee to review the Rules of Procedure for City Council Meetings. 10.0 -1. Mr. Joseph Latunski, 289 Casey Road, asked that the Council not limit citizen's access to speak at Council Meetings. AT THIS POINT the Council recessed, the time being 12:20 a.m. The full Council reconvened at 12:30 a.m. 11. STAFF REPORTS /RECOMMENDED ACTION ITEMS: 11.A. Consideration of Appeal No. 12, a request to appeal the Planning Commission's action on the approval of the wall plan for Tract No. 4037 /RPD -1044 ( Calprop). The applicant is appealing the decision of the Commission to require a wall height of six feet. Staff's Recommendation was for Council to deny the appeal. Mike Rubin gave the staff report. 11.A -1. Robin N. Stone, 5456 McConnell, Los Angeles, representing Calprop Corporation, asked the Council to uphold their appeal. 11.A -2. Steven Brodsky, 4572 Vista Del Valle, supported the Planning Commission's decision, urged the Council to deny the appeal, and also asked for a solid plaster or block perimeter wall at the project site, not wrought iron fencing. Councilmember Perez voiced his support of the Planning Commission's decision. Mayor Harper felt the 6' height was preferred, and felt wrought iron fencing could be used between the houses. MOTION: Councilmember Perez moved to uphold the Planning Commission's action pertaining to all requests of the applicant. The motion failed for lack of a second. MOTION: Councilmember Galloway moved and Councilmember Ferguson seconded a motion to allow a wall height of 5', and to permit wrought iron fencing on upslope portions of side yard fencing rather than continuous use of slumpstone block. The motion was approved with Councilmember Perez and Mayor Harper voting no. Mayor Harper commented he could not support the 5' wall height. CLINT HARPER, Ph.D. Mayor ELOISE BROWN Mayor Pro Tern THOMAS C. FERGUSON Councilmember JOHN GALLOWAY Councilmember BERNARDO PEREZ Councilmember MAUREEN W. WALL City Clerk May 12, 1987 MOORPA CERTIFIED MAIL Ms. Susanne Liebman Project Manager CALPROP CORPORATION 5456 McConnell Avenue, Suite 245 Los Angeles, California 90066 Dear Ms. Liebman: FILE COPY STEVEN KUENY City Manager CHERYL J. KANE City Attorney PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P. Director of Community Development R. DENNIS DELZEIT City Engineer JOHN V. GILLESPIE Chief of Police THOMAS P. GENOVESE City Treasurer RE: PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 1044 - Wall /Fence Plan In response to your May 7, 1987 letter; please be advised that your review of the recorded meeting on March 4, 1987 centered on a discussion dealing with the use of wrought iron fence on an up slope at the rear of a property not the wall between homes at the front of the lots. The City Council took no action regarding your interest to change from block wall to wooden fence or wrought iron along the front of the lots. (Please refer to my April 7, 1987 letter to you on this subject.) Once again I am telling you not to consider any other material between houses at the front other than slumpstone block. Until directed by the City Council I will continue to advise you to meet the conditions of approval and adhere to the approved fence /wall plan. in erely, atrick J. "c ards irector o Community Development file: PD- 1044 /TR -4037 cc: The Honorable City Council Steven Kueny, City Manager Dennis Delzeit, City Engineer Michael A. Rubin, Senior Planner Bud Florine, Building & Safety 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529 -6864 MOORPARK FILE COPT' CLINT HARPER, Ph.D. STEVEN KUENY Mayor City Manager ELOISE BROWN Pv�PK "� `° CHERYL J. KANE Mayor Pro Tem F ° ? City Attorney THOMAS C. FERGUSON ° PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P. Councilmember o Director of JOHN GALLOWAY Community Development Councilmember 90 v R. DENNIS DELZEIT BERNARDO PEREZ °QgTEO City Engineer Councilmember JOHN V. GILLESPIE MAUREEN W. WALL Chief of Police April 7 , 1987 City Clerk THOMAS P. GENOVESE City Treasurer CERTIFIED MAIL Ms. Susanne Liebman, Project Manager Calprop Corporation 5456 McConnell Avenue, Suite 245 Los Angeles, CA 90066 Dear Ms. Liebman: RE: PD -1044 - WALL /FENCE PLAN In response to your April 3, 1987 letter regarding the action of the City Council on March 24, 1987, please be advised that the Council took action to grant your appeal on two issues (height of walls and iron fence on side yard up slopes at the rear). They did not want to take any action to allow the use of wrought iron across the front elevations. No action by the Council is a denial of that portion of your appeal. Do not construct any product material other than the approved block wall along the front elevations within the project. S'ncerely, ATRICK J. iCHARDS irector 6,Y Community Development PJR:igb cc: City Manager City Engineer Michael Rubin, Sr. Planner Building & Safety 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529 -6864 rrro REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT P P April 3, 1987 Mr. Michael A. Rubin Senior Planner City of Moorpark 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, CA. 93021 Re: PD -1044 - Wall /Fencing Plan Appeal Dear Mr. Rubin: With reference to your letter dated March 24, 1987 whereby you summarized the City Council's action on our above - referenced appeal, you accurately addressed the approval of our overall height as well as the use of wrought iron up the sideyard slopes. The additional approval received by the Council which was not addressed in your letter, however, involves the use of wrought iron fencing along the front elevations of the houses. This third issue was also addressed at the Council meeting and acted on by the Council with an approval for its use. Concerning the slough wall along Moorpark Road and with reference to tract condition No. 16, the wall is presently being erected as agreed to. Should you have any additional comments concerning this matter, please feel free to call me. Sincerely, CALPROP CORPORATION Susanne Liebman Project Manager SL:jm b7 Q APR 6 11987 CITY OF MOORPARK Calprop Corporation, 5456 McConnell Avenue, Suite 245, Los Angeles, California 90066 (213) 306 -4314 • 870 -1591