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Home My WebLink About1993-02-09 � � MINUTES ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION FEBRUARY 9, 1993 ***************************************************************** I . CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 12 : 20 p.m. Commissioners Present: Current Meeting Year to Date Present Absent Present Absent Rick Holden X 8 1 Frank Urrutia X 8 1 Chris Van Vliet X 9 0 Wayne Connor X 8 1 Richard O'Donnell X 7 2 Ronald Gregory X 8 1 Staff Present: Phil Drell Steve Smith Jeff Winklepleck Donna Bitter II . APPROVAL OF MINUTES : It was moved by Commissioner Urrutia, seconded by Commissioner Connor, to approve the minutes of the January 26 , 1993 meeting as submitted. Motion carried 6-0 . III . It was moved by Commissioner Urrutia, seconded by Commissioner Connor, to approve the following cases by minute motion. Motion carried 6-0. A. Final Drawings : 1 . CASE NO. : PP 90-23 APPLICANT (AND ADDRESS) : MR. ROBERT WHITNEY c/o ENJOY DEVELOPMENT, 22750 Hawthorne Blvd. , Torrance, CA 90505; ENJOY DEVELOPMENT, 1431 Statford Court, Del Mar, CA 92014 NATURE OF PROJECT/APPROVAL SOUGHT: Final approval of revised landscape plan LOCATION: Southeast corner of Fred Waring Drive and Town Center Way ZONE: P.C. ( 3) S .P. Jeff Winklepleck presented the revised plan noting Eric Johnson' s recommendations . Commissioner Connor questioned the area where the grass was not called out on the plans . Mr. Winklepleck noted that there was a .- '� '�rr+' MINUTES ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION FEBRUARY 9 , 1993 stretch of turf area along Fred Waring Drive. Commissioner Gregory felt that the well around the trees should be topped with p.s . gold instead of the dirt as proposed. Commissioner Connor discussed how he felt this dirt area was awkward and thought the grass should continue up to the trunk of the trees . Commission approved the revised landscape plan subject to the grass around the trees extendinq all the way up to the trees with the root barrier dropped a few inches below the surface. 2 . CASE NO. : 392 C APPLICANT (AND ADDRESS) : FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENCE, 74-025 Larrea Street, Palm Desert, CA 92260 NATURE OF PROJECT/APPROVAL SOUGHT: Approval of reading room addition LOCATION: 74-025 Larrea Street ZONE: R-3 ( 3) Jeff Winklepleck outlined the proposed plan for a 1, 024 square foot addition to the existing building at a height of 14 feet. He noted that Eric Johnson had reviewed the landscape plan and felt the Nandina domestica should be replaced with Leucophyllum frutescens . Commissioners Gregory and Connor felt that this change would not work because of the shady area it was in. Commission approved the room addition as submitted. 3 . CASE NO. : 4089 SA APPLICANT (AND ADDRESS) : BEST SIGNS, INC. for LAURA ANNE, 2600 So. Cherokee Way, Palm Springs, CA 92264 NATURE OF PROJECT/APPROVAL SOUGHT: Approval of business identification signage LOCATION: 73-907 Highway 111 ZONE: C-1 S.P. Commission approved signage as submitted. 2 • � � MINUTES ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION FEBRUARY 9 , 1993 IV. The following case was added during the study session by a unanimous vote: 1 . CASE NO. : 4094 SA APPLICANT (AND ADDRESS) : McDONALD' S RESTAURANT, 72-755 Highway 111, Palm Desert, CA 92260 NATURE OF PROJECT/APPROVAL SOUGHT: Approval of revised business identification signage LOCATION: 72-755 Highway 111 ZONE• PC ( 3) S.P. Mr. Holden presented plans for revised signage noting that the applicant was requesting approval for a 36" 'M' in yellow with red copy to match the McDonald' s logo color. Commissioner Van Vliet felt that the size of the letters were acceptable, however, felt the colors were too bright. Commissioners Urrutia and Connor felt the signage should be all one color and preferred the red over the yellow. Commission approved the signage subject to the following conditions : 1) Two upper signs in red letters only; 2 ) Deletion of the existing small sign on the west elevation; 3) Illumination at a maximum of 4500; 4 ) Paint upper sign background area to an earth tone color complimentary to the building color. V. CA5ES : 1 . CASE NO. : APPLICANT (AND ADDRESS) : TOTAL T.V. OF CALIFORNIA, INC. , 27-700 Avenida Ballaza, Cathedral City, CA 92234 NATURE OF PROJECT/APPROVAL SOUGHT: Adjourn meeting to site for inspection of proposed antenna location LOCATION: Deep Canyon Tennis Club, 73-120 Frank Feltrop 3 . ` � � MINUTES ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMIS5ION FEBRUARY 9 , 1993 Drive ZONE: PR-7 (S.P. ) Commission met at the Deep Canyon Tennis Club and inspected the mock-up of the satellite dish in the maintenance area. Staff ineasured the dish and found the mock-up to be a 6 ' dish instead of the proposed 8 ' and the overall height to be approximately 2 feet less than what was being requested. Commission walked around the clubhouse facility, approximately 200 to 300 yards to the south of the maintenance yard, and felt there were several areas in and around that facility which could work and would be superior aesthetically to the proposal in the maintenance yard. Mr. Fitzgerald of Total T.V. of California, Inc. indicated that he had another location in mind and presented it to the commission. As commission departed the site, this location was south of the main entrance from Highway 74 immediately inside the perimeter wall . An 8 foot dish mock-up had been installed set in a grove of mondale pine. Commission indicated that with the addition of a few trees and the color of the dish being close to the mock-up, that this location could be deemed acceptable. Mr. Fitzgerald indicated that he would file an amended application in the near future. VI . ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 1 :45 p.m. . � � / �.—r-- F,• �.1j9,�Li�, <- � SMITH ` " ASSOCIATE PLANNER SS/db 4