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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1991 0313 CC SPC ITEM 03DPAUL W. LAWRASON JR. Mayor BERNARDO M. PEREZ Mayor Pro Tern SCOTT MONTGOMERY Councilmember JOHN E. WOZNIAK )PPARK, CALt��P*�, Councilmember ullyC 11 Mee tncg LILLIAN KELLERMAN City Clerk of ACTION; �4 MOORPARK STEVEN KUENY City Manager CHERYL J.KANE City Attorney PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P. Director of Community Development JOHN F. KNIPE City Engineer JOHN V. GILLESPIE Chief of Police RICHARD T. HARE City Treasurer To: Honorable City Council From: Patrick J. Richards, Director of Community Development D ate: March 13, 1991 (CC meeting of 3/20/91) Subject: PD 1066 (Liston) Status Regarding Tree Removal Background Planned Development Permit No. 1966 (Leonard Liston), was originally a proposed coin operated car wash and auto repair facility. That project was heard by the Planning Commission on October 5, 1987. On October 19, 1987 the Commission approved Resolution 87 -157 denying the project. The applicant subsequently appealed the decision, which was heard by the Council on November 23, 1987. Council referred the permit application back to the Planning Commission for further review due to substantial changes in design of the project. The project was changed to include a full service car wash facility. This included gasoline sales. The Commission considered this project at two meetings and on January 4, 1988 made a recommendation by minute action to approve the project. At it's January 20, 1988 meeting, the City Council approved resolution No. 88 -444 conditionally approving Planned Development Permit 1066 as revised by the applicant. On December 12, 1990 the City staff approved Zoning Clearance 90 -446 to allow construction of the car wash and auto center. Construction began shortly after, and during construction a total of 11 trees located on the project site that were to be saved were cut down. This was brought to the City's attention on March 6, 1991. 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529 -6864 Discussion -Tree Removal During construction most of the trees on the project site were removed. This report will cover a brief summary of the landscaping requirements on all three versions of the project reviewed by the City. The 1st Revision (which called for a self service coin operated car wash, dated 4/8/87) included a Tree Evaluation Plot Plan, which shows the location, sizes (trunk diameters) and identification of all on site trees. These included 1 Apple (12 "), 1 Apricot (8 "), 1 Arizona Cypress (6', possibly off site), 14 Black Acacia's (8"x3, 9 ", 11N5, 12"x3, 15 ", 24 "), 1 Brazilian Pepper (16 "), 1 Cedrus Deodar < Cedar> (17 "), 1 Chinese Elm (8 "), 5 Citrus (5 ", 6 ", 7 ", 8 ", 1 multi trunked tree), 1 Elderbwy (12 "), 3 English Walnut (8"x2, 11 "), 1 Mexican Fan Palm (8 "), 1 Olive (18 "), 2 Plum (3"x2), 1 Silk Oak (25 "), 2 Tamarisk Aphylla (18 ", 24 ") and 2 dead Black Acacia's. The Site Plan indicates that the 6 of the 12 Acacia trees on the southern property line were to be saved. 8 Acacias on the southern property line were circled with a green hi -liter on the Preliminary Landscape Plan and the Tree Evaluation Plot Plan. A Mexican Fan Palm is ' noted that it will be relocated. The original plan submitted by the applicant did not have any tree location plan. The original Site Plan was identical to the 1st Revision's Site Plan except it included 2 extra trees in the location of the 1st Revision's trash enclosure. The 2nd Revision Landscape Plans indicate that 9 Acacias on the southern property line are to be saved, in addition to the Mexican Fan Palm, Olive, Silk Oak and 1 Acacia on the interior of the property. A contradiction in the Landscape Plan and Site Plan exists with the Site Plan showing 4 trees on the north property line and the Landscape Plan showing 5 trees on the north property line with 2 additional trees on the interior of the lot. The 3rd Revision (which was approved by the Council) contains the same Tree Evaluation Plot Plan as the first 2 revisions. The Site Plan and Landscape plan are internally consistent with each other with the exception that the Landscape plan labels the existing Cedrus Deodar as a Black Acacia. The approved landscape plan shows retention of the existing Silk Oak, Cedar, the Black Acacia on the interior and the 12 Acacias on the southern property line (this represents all of the trees on the south). This Plan also indicates that the Olive tree will be saved, but the fate of the Mexican Fan Palm is not indicated. In addition, the Landscape Plan depicts trees in the same location as the Silk Oak, Cedar and Acacia (interior of lot) but does not identify them by name. Also, one tree on the southern property line is not identified. All of the trees on the project site have been removed except for 6 Acacias on the southern property line. The trees which were removed but should have been saved include the Silk Oak (25 "), Cedar (17 "), Olive (18 "), Mexican Fan Palm (8 "), and 7 Acacias (8 "x3, 11"x2, 12 ", 15 ", 1 on the interior of the lot, 6 on the southern property line). This is a total of 11 trees removed of the 17 which should have been saved. Staff has contacted Boething Treeland Farms for estimated replacement values. A 36" box tree (trunk diameter of 3-4.")-would cost , approximately $400.00 of most any species variety. A 48" box tree (trunk diameter of 4 -5 ") would cost approximately $800.00. Replacement costs for larger diameter trees could run from $2,000.00 to $3,000.44 per tree. These figures are averages and could vary, either higher or lower, by the particular species of tree. Recommendation Direct staff as deemed appropriate cc: PD 1066 File PAUL W. LAWRASON JR. Mayor BERNARDO M.PEREZ Mayor Pro Tern SCCTT MONTGOMERY Councilmember JOHN E. WOZNIAK Councilmember LILLIAN KELLERMAN City Clerk MOORPARK STEVEN KUENY City Manager CHERYLJ.KANE City Attorney PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P. Director of Community Development JOHN F. KNIPE City Engineer JOHN V. GILLESPIE Chief of Police RICHARD T. HARE City Treasurer MEMORANDUM •4� To: Honorable City Council From: Patrick J. Richards, Director of Community Development Date: March 13, 1991 Subject: PD 1066 (Liston) Status Report Staff has reviewed the audio tapes of the City Council meetings of November 23, 1987 and January 20, 1988. The subject of the November 23, 1987 meeting was to hear the applicant's appeal and to consider a revised project. During the hearing no mention was made of hours of operation, gasoline sales or tree replacement. The Council referred the project back to the Planning Commission for review and recommendation that meeting. At the January 20, 1988 City Council meeting the Council approved PD 1066 as recommended by the Planning Commission (this was the revised project as a full service car wash and auto repair). During the staff presentation at the January 20, 1988 meeting the following statements were made. . . "all of the Church's concerns have been met or almost eliminated by the fact that the car wash has been changed to a full serve . . . and that it is no longer a 24 hour 7 day a week facility and that there are controlled hours, and the Planning Commission is now completely satisfied with the project literally as you see it on paper, and with the prohibitions that are proposed by staff ". The issue of gasoline sales was not mentioned at this meeting. At the January 20, 1988 the applicant stated . . . "as far as revisions we've made, we have done, as Mike Rubin has discussed, we've done everything that has been asked us in terms of saving trees and setbacks. . . " 79 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529 -6864 At the Planning Commission meeting of January 4, 1988 (when the project was referred to the Commission by the Council for review) the staff presentation dealt with the site plan, building size, stacking area, and building elevations. No mention was made of hours of operation, gasoline sales or tree preservation in the staff presentation. In discussing the changes made, the applicant stated . . . "a European Olive and a, it would save us in the park way area, also a Mexican Fan Palm that we're going to be able to relocate into a ...new landscape area so that we have saved primarily all of the valued trees on the property." The applicant also stated. . . "because of the revised site configuration we have bee-n able to save several more on site trees, and that the original replacement values. . . is $8,624.56; saved several trees since then and we would like to have that value recalculated to reflect the actual amount of trees that we are going to be losing." The Commission approved a motion that CVY- *dition 2a remain and that the replacement value of dollars worth of trees being removed be reevaluated by, and determined by the Director of Community Development. PAUL W. LAWRASON JR. Mayor BERNARDO M.PEREZ Mayor Pro Tem SCOTT MONTGOMERY Councilmember JOHN E. WOZNIAK Councilmember LILLIAN KELLERMAN City Clerk "s FROM: DATE: MOORPARK M E M O R A N D U M THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL STEVEN KUENY City Manager CHERYL J.KANE City Attorney PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P. Director of Community Development JOHN F. KNIPE City Engineer JOHN V. GILLESPIE Chief of Police RICHARD T. HARE -City Treasurer Patrick J. Richards, Director of Community Development March 13, 1991 SUBJECT: PD 1066 (Liston) PROPOSED CONDITIONS RE: GAS SALES The following are proposed conditions the Council may wish to consider as you review the issues related to PD 1066: 1. That delivery os gasoline shall not be between the hours of 10:00 _$ . M. and �-a 96- +I.✓�. lam(. ' OR & ' (�Q That no delivery of any kind may be made between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. 2. That gasoline pump islands shall be limited to three ( 3 ) and no more than two (2) gasoline delivery pumps shall be installed on each pump. 3. That there shall be no outside display of any automobile products for sale (oil, anti - freeze etc.) 4. That all gas price signs shall be made part of an overall sign program to be approved by the Director of Community Development prior to the first occupancy of either the car wash or auto service building. 5. That all necessary permits to store and sell flammable liquids shall be obtained from the Ventura County Fire Department and The Ventura County Environmental Health Department. 6. That no advertising shall be installed on the gasoline pumps except that related to gasoline sales. Staff did review the following projects as they related to gasoline sales and did not find many specific conditions. The repeated 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529 -6864 condition in most of the projects had to do with -delivery restrictions. Embassy Plaza - Needed permits from fire department Delivery was restricted from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Mission Bell - No limit on gasoline delivery. Limited to gas sales and car wash only. Chevron USA - Only fire department permits Union 76 - No limits of any kind.