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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6/5/1989 - Minutes PCPLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES _ City of Orange Orange, California June 5, 1989 Monday - 7:00 p.m. PRESENT: Commissioners Bosch, Greek, Hart, P4aster, Scott ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: John Godlewski, Sr. Planner & Commission Secretary; Jack McGee, Administrator of Current Planning; Bob Herick, Assistant City Attorney; Gary Johnson, City Engineer; and Sue Devlin, Recording Secretary PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN RE: IN RE: MINUTES OF r1AY 15, 1989 tloved by Commissioner Scott, seconded by Commissioner Greek, that the Minutes of May 15, 1989 be approved as recorded. AYES: Commissioners Bosch, NOES: None ABSTAIN: Commissioner Master Greek, Bart, Scott P40TION CARRIED ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 2-89 - CITY OF ORANGE: A memo was submitted to the Commission requesting a continuance to June 19, 1989. The landscape portion of the grading ordinance is not in a form to be acted upon at this time; however, the grading portion of the ordinance is. Moved by Commissioner Scott, seconded by Commissioner Hart, that the Planning Commission continue Ordinance Amendm?nt 2-89 to June 19, 1989 until the landscape ordinance is completed and the Commission has an opportunity to review it. AYES: Commissioners Bosch, Greek, Hart, Master, Scott IQOES: None P90TION CARRIED ITT RE: CONTINUED HEARINGS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 1759-89 - REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS: A proposed Conditional Use Permit to allow establishment of a pre-school at an existing church site on R-3 zoned property located on the east side of Tustin Street, 500 feat south of Palmyra Avenue, addressed 395 South Tustin Street. Planning Commission Minutes June 5, 1989 - Page 2 NOTE: Negative Declaration 1290-89 has been prepared for this project. This item was continued from the May 15, 1989 Planning Commission Meeting. Mr. Godlewski informed the Commission of additional information received pertaining to Conditional Use Permit 1759-89. In the May 23 memorandum, it outlined the fact that the leases for tenant parkinq on the property run on 30 day terms that can be cancelled by either party with 30 day notice. It is also noted that the agreement with the auto repair building next door has been cancelled as of May 16, 1989 and they should be off the property by June 16. On the second page of the memo there is an outline of the actual number of parking spaces and uses for the Church. Commissioner Scott, in reviewing the site, realized that unless properly fenced to prohibit the intrusion on the neighboring businesses to continue using that lot, he felt the C.U.P. should be revoked until sur_h time they are prevented from using the temporary parking lot. Chairman Bosch's thoughts were by not allowing the occupancy permit until some standard of barriers could be built. He wanted the applicant to address this issue. Gail Biller, 18732 Fairwood Lane, Santa Ana, stated they had plans, as soon as the property is cleared, to bull doze it and put in a sprinkler system and grass. There is a group of people meeting within the Church to see what is the best use for the development of that land. A decision should be made in the near future. Commissioner Scott asked if she would be opposed to restricting the occupancy until the time the lot is secured? Ms. Biller did not oppose; they could handle that. Chairman Bosch noted, in reviewing the conditions, that under Conditions 3-5 which relate to the Crime Prevention Bureau and Building Security Standards, one standard is not. specifically named that is required by the Building Security Ordinance. It is with reference to the existing lighting to be upgraded or should be in compliance with Ordinance 7-79 prior to move-on. He suggested adding that to the motion as 3n added condition. Moved by Commissioner Master, seconded by Commissioner Scott, that the Planning Commission accept the findings of the Environmental Review Board to file Negative Declaration 1.290-89. AYES: Commissioners Bosch, Greek, Hart, Master, Scott NOES: None MOTION CARRIED Planning Commission Minutes June 5, 1989 - Page 3 Moved by Commissioner Master, seconded by Commissioner Hart, that the Planning Commission approve Conditional Use Permit 1759-89, subject to the conditions listed in the staff report and with the added condition that requires the erection of barriers approved by the Department of Public Works to prevent vehicular access onto the unpaved lot and posting of signs prohibiting parking, as well as adding the lighting requirements. Also, add a condition to construct, restore or maintain, as required by previous permits, a block wall fence along the northerly property line of the vacant lot adjacent to Orange Engine and a non-climbable, see-through design fence, acceptable to the Police Department, along the Tustin Street frontage. (see discussion below) AYES: Commissioners Bosch, Greek, Hart, Master, Scott NOES: None MOTION CARRIED Commissioner Greek questioned the perimeter fencing in Item 5 -- it needs to be more specific. His concern is that since the adjacent lot is considered part of the property, even though it is a separate parcel, the fencing should be along Tustin Street. Mr. Godlewski stated the Police Department is not actually requiring fencing be located anywhere, but the condition only says that any perimeter fencing shall be of a non-climbable design. Commissioner Greek would like to revise the condition to indicate the perimeter fencing be along the Tustin Street frontage. Ms. Biller explained the lot being discussing, facing Tustin, the unpaved area is bordered by Tustin and on the far side is Orange Engine. There is no fence there. They would be glad to put up a fence along the property line. There is a block wall fence enclosing the rest of the area going back to the river bank area., to the back and along side the Care Unit and fencing up to the entrance of the driveway. Commissioner Greek would like to see a condition as part of the motion that the fencing be installed along the northerly property line and westerly property line along Tustin Street. It would preclude that vacant lot from being used as a parking lot. Chairman Bosch, in response to Ms. Biller, thought the block wall along the northerly boundary and then the non-climbable metal fence design on Tustin would be fine. Planning Commission Minutes June 5, 1989 - Page 4 IN RE: NEW HEARINGS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 1762-89 - INDEPENDENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: A proposed Conditional Use Permit to allow the addition of a pre-school to an existing church school on property zoned R-1-8 located on the south side of Meats Avenue between Tustin Street and Park Lane, addressed 1820 East Meats Avenue. NOTE: Negative Declaration 1291-89 has been prepared for this project. There was no opposition. Mr. Godlewski explained the applicant has two existing Conditional Use Permits on the property; one for the original church school, and another one for a large addition to the facility which was only partially built. In addition to that, they are requesting the addition of the pre-school on the site. The existing church and school has a parking requirement for 63 parking spaces. Sixty-five parking spaces are provided on the site. The evaluation of the daily code requirement for parking is in the staff report, Page 3. The public hearing was opened. Applicant Ross Boydell, 1125 East Mayfair, represented the church. He felt there was an obvious need for this type of facility within the City of Orange. He spoke about Condition 1 in regards to that piece of property deeded over when Target was built. That property contains the major access to the church. He referred to the staff report, Page 2, Item 7, that the Public Works Department indicated this parcel may be sold at some future date. Staff indicated to Mr. Boydell that since that piece of property originally belonged to the church, that the church would have first option to get it back. There is another driveway up on Park, but this is the main driveway for the church. Commission wanted Mr. Johnson to elaborate on the piece of property being referred to for the record. Mr. Johnson has not done a title search on the property. The reason why the right-of-way exists is because it was part of the realignment of access point on Meats in conjunction with the development of Target. This property was originally bought by the State and turned over to the City, with some strings attached. It was bought for highway purposes and should remain as a highway. There is very Planning Commission Minutes June 5, 1989 - Page 5 little chance that since the State bought the property, that it would be returned to the church. His understanding is that the property was acquired in fee by the State and turned over to the City subject to a director's deed. Chairman Bosch said the relocation of the driveway party other than the church. condition is only requiring if the property is sold to a The public hearing was closed. Moved by Commissioner Hart, seconded by Commissioner Scott, that the Planning Commission accept the findings of the Environmental Review Board to file Negative Declaration 1291-89. AYES: Commissioners Bosch, Greek, Hart, Master, Scott NOES: None MOTION CARRIED Moved by Commissioner Hart, seconded by Commissioner Scott, that the Planning Commission approve Conditional Use Permit 1762-89 subject to the conditions as shown in the staff report. AYES: Commissioners Bosch, Greek, Hart, Master, Scott NOES: None MOTION CARRIED Commissioner Greek would like a condition added that the parking lot be constructed or upgraded to current City standards. It needs landscaping and the lighting needs to be upgraded as part of Condition 8. Commissioner Scott stated, in reading the staff report, staff recommended the landscaping be deleted because i.t is being used as a playground and is so striped. Chairman Bosch thought the intent of staff was because there was more than enough excessive landscaping elsewhere on the site, it more than offsets the negative impact of lack of landscaping distributed throughout the parking area. The multiple use, therefore, is something that does not cause detriment to the property. Commissioner Greek felt there should be consistent standards. Chairman Bosch wanted to encourage staff on the upgrading of the zoning ordinance this year to more stringently codify continuity of standards across all uses. Then, have a method of enforcing it after a project is built. Planning Commission Minutes June 5, 1989 - Page 6 IN RE: MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT 89-11 - Request to approve the temporary installation of a cellular phone antenna and relay switching facility at 1920 East Katella Avenue. ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT 89-12 - Request to approve the temporary installation of a cellular phone antenna and relay switching facility at 1922 East Chapman Avenue. These two items were brought before the Zoning Administrator, but because a Conditional Use Permit of a similar nature was previously before the Planning Commission, the Zoning Administrator felt it best a decision be made by the Commission. Both are requests from PacTel Cellular to install temporary cellular telephone relay stations in the City. The importance of coming before the Commission was made known to PacTel at their earlier C.U.P. application and they are now bringing in the Administrative Adjustme nts in order to be in compliance with the City codes. Commissioner Scott asked if a permit was required when installing a 60 foot wooden pole? Mr. Godlewski said there was a debate on that and he was not the authority at this point to answer that. He was advised that the wooden poles do not require a permit, but that was from the applicant. In response to the question of temporary utility poles requiring a permit, it was his understanding that they do not and these fall into that category. Temporary power poles, however, do require a permit. Commissioner Greek asked if the P.U.C. had been contacted? Mr. Godlewski stated a request has been sent to the P.U.C., but they won't have a response back until the C.U.P., previously looked at, comes back to the Commission. Commissioner Scott thought they requested a response from other cities on how they handled this regarding location, permits, etc. Commissioner Greek said there needed to be some process for these types of uses. They are a dangerous structure and need to be inspected for proper construction. He prefers to wait for additional information before action is taken. ~~Ir. Godlewski clarified that these two requests are for temporary facilities. If they decide to put in a permanent facility, the applicant understands a Conditional Use Permit Planning Commission Minutes June 5, 1989 - Page 7 before the Planning Commission is required before a permanent facility can be placed there. Staff is still looking into Commission's previous requests. Commission felt some kind of permit needs to be issued for this type of use. !4oved by Commissioner Scott, seconded by Commissioner Greek, that the Planning Commission continue these Administrative Adjustments for 30 days or until the first meeting in July, at which time the answers can be acquired by staff to answer Commission's concerns. Staff to report on what action must occur or can occur, or can the Commission recommend to Council if in fact they don't have recommendations that lead to final action by that time. AYES: Commissioners Bosch, Greek, Hart, Master, Scott NOES: P1one MOTION CARRIED IN RE: ADJOURNMENT Moved by Commissioner Hart, seconded by Commissioner Scott, that the Planning Commission adjourn to a study session on a proposed development - Hewes Park - 11:30 a.m., June 12, 1989 at the site on Esplanade, north of LaVeta; then adjourn to a study session with City Council on the Irvine Company East Orange Update, 7:00 p.m., Conference Room "C", same date. AYES: Commissioners Bosch, Greek, Hart, Master, Scott NOES: None MOTION CARRIED The meeting adjourned at 7:50 p.m. /sld