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HomeMy WebLinkAbout022894 CC/PC Jnt. Minutes MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING HELD JOINTLY WITH THE TEMECULA CITY COUNCIL AND TEMECULA PLANNING COMMISSION MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1994 A special meeting of the Temecula City Council and the Temecula Planning Commission was held on Monday, February 28, 1994, 7:00 P.M., at the Temecula City Hall, 43174 Business Park Drive, Temecula, California. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Ron Roberts. Councilmember Munoz. PRESENT: 5 ABSENT: 0 PRESENT: 2 ABSENT: 3 COUNCIL MEMBERS: COUNCIL MEMBERS: COMMISSIONERS: COMMISSIONERS: Birdsall, Munoz, Parks, Stone, Roberts None Fahey, Ford Blair, Hoagland, Salyer Also present were City Manager Ron Bradley, City Attorney Scott Field, City Clerk June S. Greek and Recording Secretary Gail Zigler. PRFSFNTATIONS/ PROC! AMATIONS None PUBLIC COMM!=NT None CITY COUNCl! RIrPORTS None COUNCl! 1. BUSINFSS Resolution of ADDointment - Interim City Manager Ron Bradley advised the Council Section 2, Exhibit A of the Resolution is not attached and will be brought back for City Council approval at the next regular meeting. It was moved by Mayor Pro Tem Stone, seconded by Councilmember Parks to approve staff recommendation with the deletion of Section 2 of the resolution and direction that the letter of agreement with the City Manager be placed on a future agenda. CC/PCMINO2/28/94 1 3/21/94 JOINT CITY COUNCIl/P! ANNINC, COMMISSION MINUT;S FI:BRUARY ;P8. 1994 RECOMMENDATION: 1.1 Adopt a resolution entitled: RESOLUTION NO. 94-25 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA APPOINTING AN INTERIM CITY MANAGER 3. Development Code Work Program Senior Planner John Meyer presented the staff report. He told the Council and the Commission an advisory committee has been meeting to work on the development codes and they are satisfied with the organization and contents of the draft code. Mr. Meyer said staff expects some issues to arise in the future regarding the County (msc) manufacturing service commercial zones. He said staff plans on holding several industrial area neighborhood meetings and advised that staff has held one such meeting and it became apparent there may be some resistance to elimination of the MSC district. Mr. Meyer explained to the Council the Business Park land use designation is the city's industrial and manufacturing land use designation which will be split into two districts: the Business Park district and the Light Industrial district. Councilmember Birdsall asked what will happen to those businesses that no longer fit in the Business Park zone. John Meyer explained there will legal non-conforming uses allowed within the district. He said after meeting with the property owners along Felix Valdez, which has been designated as an office professional district through the General Plan, it became apparent these property owners are not happy with the new designation and staff has agreed to re-evaluate the land use designation on their behalf. He said they expressed a desire to see no limitations to a single designation and they did not want to be designated office professional. Councilmember Munoz asked, should the Council and Commission agreed to allowing the legal non-conforming uses, what length of time would be allowed before there was conformance with all designations of the districts. Mr. Meyer said the bulk would occur in approximately 3 to 5 years. Chairman Ford asked if a existing business could expand under the non-conforming use policy. John Meyer explained the decision of the committee was a business could continue to operate and/or sell the business and continue to operate under the non-conforming use policy however, it could not expand or rebuild under the policy. CC/PCMIN02/28/94 2 3/21/94 JOINT CITY COUNCIl/P! ANNIN~ COMMISSION MINUTr:S F!=BRUARY ,:~8. 1994 Councilmember Munoz said he feels conforming uses should be achieved through natural attrition. City Attorney Scott Field explained there are a range of non-conforming use ordinances from the strict to the very lenient. Planning Director Gary Thornhill said the goal is to eliminate retail/commercial uses. He said staff can group the uses and if a use does not fit into the broad category then it would be a legal non-conforming use. The overall consensus of the Council and the Commission was to direct staff as follows: 2. 3. 4. The goal is to eliminate, to the greatest extent possible, non-conforming uses. Non-conforming uses are to eliminated generally through normal attrition. That the test for any replacements shall be "Is it an in-kind replacement". That the building permit will be used as a triggering mechanism for investigating if a non-conforming use is attempting to re-establish in the zone. To move forward with a process of narrowing the zone districts and not fall back to the MSC designation. Chairman Roberts declared a recess at 8:30 P.M. The meeting reconvened at 8:40 P.M. 2. Presentation and Discussion of Old Town Development Concepts Zev Buffman provided an update on the status of the Old Town Development Concept. He displayed conceptual drawings of the interior/exteriors of components of the project as follows: 600 Seat Cabaret Theatre 950 Seat Opera House Showboat Arena Virtual Reality Palace Mr. Buffman said there has been a great deal of interest in the project expressed by the entertainment industry. Councilmember Munoz asked Mr. Buffman what degree of financial commitment he is asking for. Mr. Buffman said the initial cap on the cost of the study was $250,000, which he would share equally with the City of Temecula. Commissioner Fahey asked if the committee who worked on the Old Town Specific CC/PCMIN02/28/94 3 3/21/94 JOINT CITY COUNCIl/P! ANNIN~ COMMISSION MINUTI:S F!=BRUARY 98, 1994 Plan will be re-formed to work on the project. Planning Director Thornhill supported reactivating the group back together. It was moved by Councilmember Birdsall, seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Stone to instruct staff to place the funding of the recommended first phase (initiating special studies) at a cost of $250,000 to be shared equally by the City and T.Z.B.G., Inc. on the agenda of March 8, 1994 as follows: AYES: 5 COUNCILMEMBERS: Birdsall, Munoz, Parks, Stone, Roberts NOES: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None It was moved by Councilmember Birdsall, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Stone to re- activate the Old Town Specific Plan Steering Committee to serve as an advisory group to the City during the project development. AYES: 5 NOES: 0 ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: Birdsall, Munoz, Parks, Stone, Roberts COUNCILMEMBERS: None COUNCILMEMBERS: None ADJOURNM!:NT It was moved by Mayor Pro Tern Stone, seconded by Councilmember Munoz to adjourn at 10:05 P.M. ~ '~rts, Mayor ATTEST: [SEAL] CC/PCMIN02/28/94 4 3/21/94