10-07-19 PC Agenda
City of Orange
Planning Commission
Monday, October 7th, 2019
REGULAR SESSION
7:00 PM Council Chambers
Commissioners:
Ernest Glasgow, Chair
Dave Simpson, Vice-Chair
Rick Martinez
David Vazquez
Doug Willits
Staff:
Anna Pehoushek,
Assistant Community
Development Director
Mary Binning
Sr. Asst. City Attorney
Chad Ortlieb
Senior Planner
Monique Schwartz
Associate Planner
Tiffany Chhan
Planning Aide
Jessica Wang
Administrative Specialist
Simonne Fannin
Recording Secretary
Location:
Council Chambers
300 E. Chapman Avenue
Orange, CA 92866
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 449
Orange, CA 92866-1591
Telephone Number:
(714) 744-7220
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REGULAR SESSION – COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1. OPENING
1.1 Call to Order:
1.2 Flag Salute:
1.3 Roll Call:
1.4 Public Participation
Opportunity for members of the public to address the Commission on
matters not listed on this agenda.
1.5 Continued or Withdrawn Items:
1.6 Assistant Community Development Director Reports
1.7 Announcement of Appeal Procedures (details found on last page of this
agenda)
2. CONSENT CALENDAR:
2.1 Approve minutes from the September 16th Planning Commission
meeting.
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the
Planning Commission and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate
discussion of said items unless members of the Planning Commission, staff or the
public request specific items removed from the Consent Calendar for separate
action
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3. NEW HEARINGS:
3.1 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3100-19 – ORANGE HOME
GROWN FARMERS AND ARTISANS MARKET, 303 WEST PALM
AVENUE. - The applicant proposes to host a permanent weekly Farmers
and Artisans Market at Chapman University’s Becket Building parking lot,
and along Palm Avenue between Cypress Street and Lemon Street, with a
potential future expansion into Chapman University’s Dodge College of
Film and Media Arts parking lot.
NOTE: The proposed project is categorically exempt from the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA Guidelines
15304 (Class 4 – Minor Alterations to Land) because the project is for a
weekly farmers market which will be a minor temporary use of land with
negligible effects on the environment which will not alter the land use or
density of the site. No public review is required.
Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 18-19 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
NO. 3100-19 ALLOWING A PERMANENT FARMERS AND
ARTISANS MARKET WITH LIVE ENTERTAINMENT LOCATED
AT 303 WEST PALM AVENUE, INCLUDING THE USE OF THE
PALM AVENUE RIGHT-OF-WAY BETWEEN LEMON STREET
AND CYPRESS STREET AND THE NORTHERN PARKING LOT
OF 283 NORTH CYPRESS STREET.
3.2 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP) NO. 3093-19 – MEYER
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC, 1927 N. GLASSELL STREET,
UNIT A. - The applicant is requesting to allow an administrative office
area in excess of 25% of the total gross floor area in the Light
Manufacturing (M-1) zone.
NOTE: The proposed project is categorically exempt from the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA
Guidelines 15301 (Class 1 – Existing Facilities) because the project
consists of the operation of a business within an existing industrial
building that involves a negligible or no expansion of the use beyond what
currently exists. There is no environmental public review required for a
categorical exemption.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. PC 11-19 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
NO. 3093-19 TO ALLOW ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE AREA IN
EXCESS OF 25% OF THE TOTAL GROSS FLOOR AREA IN THE
LIGHT MANUFACTURING (M-1) ZONE LOCATED AT 1927 N.
GLASSELL STREET, UNIT A
3.3 OPERATIONAL STATUS OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO.
2948-14; JR MOTEL, 428 E. LINCOLN AVENUE. - On July 6, 2015,
the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. PC 19-15 approving the
JR Motel, a 23,128 square foot, two story with basement, 28-room motel
on two then-vacant parcels located at 428 E. Lincoln Avenue. Since the
time of operation, City inspections have determined that violations of
building and fire codes have occurred, rooms have been subdivided to
increase the number of guest rooms beyond that approved, the floorplan
has been enlarged without approval, and the use of the building may not
be operating as the purported motel use.
NOTE: The proposed project is categorically exempt from the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA
Guidelines 15309 (Class 9 – Inspections) because the project performance
is being reviewed by the Planning Commission. Should the Planning
Commission recommend an enforcement action to be brought back to the
Planning Commission, such action would be categorically exempt from
the provisions of CEQA per State CEQA Guidelines 15321 (Class 21 –
Enforcement Actions by Regulatory Agencies) because enforcement of
project conditions of approval and the Orange Municipal Code would be
occurring. No public review is required.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Review the status report of observed operating conditions and OMC and
CUP violations, and provide direction to staff on the course of action the
Planning Commission wishes staff to return with to the Planning
Commission. Planning Commission action may include any one of the
following:
1) Receive and file the status report on the Conditional Use Permit
(CUP) and operating or code violations.
2) Receive and file the status report on the CUP and impose additional
conditions of approval to assure the use operates as a motel and in
compliance with the CUP.
3) Direct staff to initiate the revocation of the CUP and set a date for a
Planning Commission hearing.
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4. ADJOURNMENT:
The next regular Planning Commission Meeting will be held on Monday,
October 21st, 2019.
APPEAL PROCEDURES
Any final determination by the Planning Commission may be appealed, and such
appeal must be filed within 15 calendar days after the Planning Commission action.
This appeal shall be made in written form to the Community Development
Department, accompanied by an initial appeal deposit of $1,000.00.
The City Clerk, upon filing of said appeal, will set petition for public hearing before
the City Council at the earliest date. All owners of property located within 300 feet
of the project site will be notified by the City Clerk of said hearing. For additional
information, please call (714) 744-7220.
If you challenge any City of Orange decision in court, you may be limited to
raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing
described on this agenda or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning
Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.