HomeMy WebLinkAboutDRB 2013-09-04 Agenda AGENDA SAN RAFAEL DESIGN REVIEW BOARD REGULAR MEETING Wednesday September 4, 2013, 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 1400 FIFTH AVENUE SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA Members of the public may speak on agenda items. An opportunity for public comments will be provided prior to the Board beginning its discussion on each item. Sign language interpreters and assistive listening devices may be requested by calling (415) 485-3198 (TDD) or (415) 485-3064 (voice) at least 72 hours in advance. Copies of document are available in accessible formats upon request. Public transportation to City Hall is available through Golden Gate Transit, Line 20 or 23. Para-transit is available by calling Whistlestop Wheels at (415) 454-0964. To allow individuals with environmental illness or multiple chemical sensitivity to attend the meeting, individuals are requested to refrain from wearing scented products. Members of the public may speak on Agenda items. CALL TO ORDER STAFF COMMUNICATION BOARD COMMUNICATION APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Minutes, August 20, 2013 NEW BUSINESS 2. 118 Linden Lane: Appeal of the Zoning Administrator approval of an Environmental Design Review Permit (ED13-024) and an Exception (EX13-002) to allow a 1,241 square foot lower floor addition and a 1,462 square foot upper floor addition to the existing one-story single family home. The existing carport structure would be re-designed as a two-car garage. An Exception is requested to allow a portion of the new addition toward the rear of the house to encroach 2 feet into the required 10 foot side yard setback; APN: 015-061-15; Single Family Residential (R10) District; Alfred and Michelle Partridge, owner/applicant; File No.: AP13-002. The Board’s recommendation on this appeal will be forwarded to the Planning Commission for a final decision at a separate public hearing. Project Planner: Caron Parker 3. 5800 Northgate Mall Drive (Northgate Mall Renovation Amendment) – Requests for Environmental and Design Review Permit and Use Permit amendments to the ‘Mall Renovation Project-Phase I’ (which was approved in 2008 for partial demolition and renovation of the main mall leasable building area, allowance to build-back up to 55,000 square feet of area proposed to be removed, construction of new leasable pad buildings, and renovation of the site parking lot, landscaping and frontage improvements), to revise the project as follows: a) permit renovation and re-use of the vacated 29,538 square foot pad building located in the east parking lot that was previously to be removed, and b) permit reduction in the parking rate from the required 4 space per 1000 sq. ft. building area ratio to 3.8 per 1,000 sq. ft. ratio; APN: 175-060-12, 40, 59, 61, 66 & 67; General Commercial (GC) District; Macerich, owner/applicant; File No.’s: ED13-027 & UP13-001. Project Planner: Kraig Tambornini ADJOURNMENT: I. Next Meeting: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 II. I, Marlena Gallegos, hereby certify that on Friday, August 30, 2013, I posted a notice of the September 4, 2013 Design Review Board meeting on the City of San Rafael Agenda Board. III. PC Liaison: Commissioner: Robertson Board Members: Bob Huntsberry Jeff Kent Stewart Summers Mohit Garg Cheryl Lentini Alt.: Serge Fedorov