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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/17/1984 - Minutes PC~ ~ City of Orange Orange, California PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES December 17, 1984 Monday, 7:30 p. m. The regular meeting of the City of Orange Planning Commission was called to order by Chairman Hart at 7:30 p.m. PRESENT: Commissioners Hart, Greek, Mason, Master ABSENT: None STAFF John Lane, Administrator of Current Planning and Commission Secre- PRESENT: tary; Jim Reichert, Associate Planner; Gene Minshew, Assistant City Attorney; Gary Johnson, City Engineer; and Toba V. Wheeler, Recording Secretary. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chairman Hart announced that due to the fact that he was losing his voice, Vice Chairman Master would preside at the meeting. IN RE: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF DECEMBER 3, 1984 Moved by Commissioner Greek, seconded by Commissioner Master, that the minutes of December 3,-1984, be approved as recorded. AYES:. Commissioners Hart, Greek, Mason, Master NOES: None MOTION CARRIED IN RE: NEW HEARINGS TENANT DISLOCATION IMPACT REPORT - ORANA TRAILER PARK Discussion and action pertaining to a Tenant Dislocation Impact Report prepared for the Orana Trailer Park located on the south side of Chapman Avenue, approximately 150 feet west from Main Street. Mr. Lane made the presentation in accordance with the memorandum from Staff, and said there are only two decisions for the Planning '~ Commission to make at this meeting: 1) whether or not the Tenant Dislocation Impact Report is sufficient, and 2) whether or not the relocation assistance plan is also going to be a requirement for this conversion. Vice Chairman Master opened the public hearing. Dario Franceschi, broker for Ashwill-Snyder Company, representing the present owner/seller of the property, said his client has offered each tenant $500, plus $75 a year for each year of residence at the trailer park, plus $100 a month for every month earlier that they move within the six-months legal notice period. _,. _:r...,,....~. Planning Commission Minutes December 17, 1984 Page Two Chairman Hart said he would like more evaluation of the matter. Mr. Lane responded that the lack of evaluation was due to the lateness of the submission as well as the .fact that it really had not been required as an action of the Planning Commission. Chairman Hart pointed out that some precedents have been established in previous actions of a similar nature. Vtice Chairman Master said that perhaps what Chairman Hart was referring to is that previous plans have been .more elaborate and extensive. Commissioner Greek said it is diffi- cult to receive a document at 5:00 p.m. that requires action on the same evening when there's nothing that has been approved as an offer. He suggested that time might be saved if a copy of the Lamplighter proposal, a plan in connection with another mobile home park tenant dislocation that was acceptable to the City, might be given to Mr. Franceschi so he could see the items that are missing from the current proposed plan. He said he feels the current proposal is premature and inadequate and there should be more documentation and recommendations presented at a public hearing. ® Richard L. Sp ix, an attorney with the Senior Citizens Legal Advisory Program, 2T00 North Main Street, Santa Ana, representing the resi- dents of Orana Trailer Park, spoke regarding compliance with the conversion impact report and said the report is inadequate because: 1) it fails to address adequacy of vacant spaces in the alternative parks listed, 2) no quantified otal`of vacant spaces is''disclosed, 3) there is no discussion of homeowners loss of equity on cost of moving or affordability of rents in other parks, 4) the-only alter- native parks mentioned are in other counties, and 5) there is no demographic profile on the homeowners, the age and condition of their homes or the resale potential of their homes. He said that without this information an informed decision on the part of the Planning Commission is impossible. He pointed out additional non- compliance with legal requirements in actions of this nature and urged the Planning Commission to think of his clients` health and welfare in reaching its decision. He said that before the Planning Commission can approve a project it -must be found to be consistent with the City General Plan including the City's housing element, and this project cannot be consistent with the conservation of a maximum number of affordable housing units as required by the City's housing element, so the City cannot convert its existing mobile home parks to employment generators consistent with State housing element laws without considering the environmental consequences. Several residents of the Orana Trailer Park.--Blanche Karosky, Ruth Reimer, and Francis Hartco--as well as Bill Gullidge representing resident Louis Bata, spoke of the hardships they would experience in having to vacate their present premises and move to another location. Ted Edwards, current owner of the trailer park, said that the financial offer made to the residents was outlined by a county-wide Planning Commission Minutes December l7, 1984 Page Three non-profit agency that deals with this type of problem. He paid he also investigated the cost of moving the mobile homes and the top charge would be $1400, only $200 more than the $1200 offered to the homeowners. Chairman Hart pointed out the disparity between the actual length of residence claimed by some homeowners and the length of residence listed for them in Mr. Franceschi's report. Commissioner Greek noted that twa reports had been submitted by Mr. Franceschi and they are not in agreement with each other as to this and other pertinent information. He informed Mr. Franceschi what information is needed by the Planning Commission, none of which is included in his report. Vice Chairman Master said that since the information received by the Planning. Commission is inadequate he feels this matter should be postponed until the Planning Commission has received an alternate proposal from Mr. Franceschi and has time to review it. Commissioner Greek pointed out that the concerns voiced by Mr. Spix on behalf of the homeowners are valid concerns and would be satisfied if this matter were handled in the same fashion as the Lamplighter project. He gave Mr. Franceschi a copy of the Lamplighter report.. Vice Chairman Master declared the public hearing closed. Moved by Commissioner Greek, seconded by Vice Chairman Master, that this matter be continued to the meeting of February 20, 1985,. and that the property owner be required to update the Tenant Dislocation Impact Report similar to the one used for the Lamplighter project, which was approved by the City Council., and furnish the Planning Commission with this new Tenant Dislocation Impact Report in plenty of time before the February 20 meeting for the Planning Commission to .review and evaluate it. AYES: Commissioners Hart, Greek, Mason, Master NOES:- None MOTION CARRIED Mr. Minshew pointed out that government code requires that the tenants of the mobile home park must receive this report at least fifiteen days prior to the hearing. Chairman Hart asked Mr. Franceschi to send a copy of the new report to the tenants at least 15 days prior to the February 20 hearing and at the same time remind them of the date of the hearing. Mr. Franceschi agreed. to do this. IN RE: NEW HEARINGS GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT - LAND USE ELEMENT 1-84-A, ZONE CHANGE 1011 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 1326 - WESTERN NATIONAL PROPERTIES Proposed redesignation of the General Plan Land Use Element from Major Commercial to High Density Residential, rezoning from C-2 (General Business) to RMM6 (Residential Maximum Multiple Family) Planning Commission Minutes December 17, 1984 Q Page Four and a Conditional Use Permit for a density bonus to construct 572 apartment units with 500-square-foot dwellings, three-story con- struction and compact parking spaces on approximately 19 acres situated at the northwest corner of Garden Grove Boulevard and The City Drive. NOTE: Environmental Impact Report 884 has been prepared for this project. Mr. Lane made the presentation in accordance with the Staff Report. Commissioner Greek. questioned the amount of median income from which both low and moderate income figures were derived. Mr. Lane responded that current median income is $37,000, so with the Health and Safety Code definitions of low income as 80% of the median and moderate income as 120% of the median, low income would be $30,327.20 and moderate income would be $45,490. Commissioner Master questioned an item in a letter from William K. Davis, Davis Developments, 1400 Bristol Street North, Newport Beach, regarding the height of a building he proposes to erect on his property which is across the street from the site on which this project is proposed to be built. Mr. Lane responded that the eight- to ten+storyy building being con- sidered by Mr. Davis is conceivably possible but he believes it would undoubtedly require some discretionary permit because his previous plan showed a four-story building. He said that if the zoning on the property under consideration in this°item is.approved for residential, then the location of Mr. Davis' proposed building will be 150 feet from the nearest residential zone, which would mean a heightldistance-from-residential relationship of four to one, and therefore, technically, if the rezoning occurs, Mr. Davis could build only about 38 feet high, which isn't even-four stories. Mr. Lane said he thinks Mr. Davis could argue that he already had a four-story building approved on the prior Conditional Use Permit, but certainly if he wanted to go more than four stories he would have a real problem., He said there is no question that if this rezoning occurs, it will have an effect on Mr. Davis' property; however, Mr. Davis could file a Conditional Use Permit for a height variance ands-the deve1~opers~of the proposed apartment complex under discussion could indicate support of Mr. Davis' project. Vice Chairman faster opened the public hearing. David Stone, Chairman of Western National Properties, 630 The City Drive.South, Orange, the applicant, said he would go on record .that Western National Properties will be supportive of Mr. Davis' project. Mr. Scone gave a brief description of the proposed project and out- lined the developer's plans., following which there was a ten-minute slide presentation featuring another project by the same developer to which this proposed project will be similar. Michael Hayde, also of Western National Properties, gave a brief history of the project since the developer's initial involvement in the area approximately eight. years ago when the first 30 acres were acquired and developed Planning Commission Minutes December 17, 1984 Page Five into 312 units of duplexes and apartments. He said they were very interested in acquiring the present site when it went up for sale 2Z years ago and subsequently were joined by J. C. Penney Company in a joint venture partnership to develop what they consider will be a fine residentia'i community. He outlined architectural plans which would be developed along the lines of the first duplex/apartment complex resulting in a 47.3-acre residential community with an overall density of 18.7 units to the acre. He discussed median .income and pointed out that this project would be affordable housing. He said the developers met,~with Mr.'Davis ~lix or eight months ago and dis- cussed this project and at that time Mr. Davis had no problems with it, and that when he heard last week that Mr. Davis did have a problem now, he contacted him and assured him that they are fully in favor of the development of his office park across the street from their project and, in fact, feel it will furnish potential tenants for them. In response to a question from .Commissioner Mason regarding building heights in the proposed apartment complex, Mr. Hayde said there are three-story buildings only in the center portion and all the street-side buildings are two stories high. Commissioner Mason also asked regarding units for the handicapped and Mr. Hayde responded that the iapartment complex will meet the requirements for percentage of units equipped for the handicapped. Mr. Lane said he believes there will be sixteen of these units. Carl McLaren, 695 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, the architect for Mr. Davis said he has two areas of concern: 1) the impact to Mr. Davis' project, and 2) the impact to the City. He said they would prefer another commercial usage in that area and feels the site would afford the City another opportunity to have additional office buildings.. Other persons speaking in opposition to the project were Edward Low., president of the Lampson Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association, who said that there is already overcrowding at the school and a traffic problem which would be increased by additional residents •, Anna Fairchild, 16272 Arletta Circle, Garden Grove, .who said there is no way to bus children out of the district and there is no room at Lampson Elementary School; and Clyde Hersinger, 2717 North Patty Lane, Santa Ana, who said his home lies directly south of the proposed project and he objects to the density, the three- story units and the potential of .increased traffic. frrr Howard B. Jones, 2`1.00 West Orangewood, Anaheim, a real estate broker with Coldwe1l-Banker, the realty firm which sold the property, said he had been trying unsuccessfully for three years to lease this property to another commercial outfit after The Treasury-went out of business. Vice Chairman Master declared the public hearing closed. Mowed by Comm,ilssioner~Meson, seconded by Chairman Hart,. that the Planning Commission approve Environmental Impact Report 884 as acceptable and certified.. Planning Commission Minutes December 17, 1984 Page Six AYES: Commissioners Hart, Greek, Mason, Master NOES: None MOTION CARRIED Commissioner Greek questioned the 1.6 maximum professional population quoted by Mr. Hayde and was told by Tom Holm, Director of Environ- mental Planning for Phillips-Grant-Reddick, that that is the correct figure and it is reasonable for this type of development. Chairman Hart commented that he does not see the overcrowding of the schools as a valid argument against this project because, in fact, there are schools being closed. Moved by Commissioner Greek, seconded by Commissioner Mason, that the Planning Commission accept°the amendment to the General Plan, Land Use Element 1-84-A, from Major Industrial to High Density Residential. AYES: Commissioners Hart, Greek, Mason NOES: Commissioner Master MOTION CARRIED Moved by Commissioner Greek, seconded by Commissioner Mason, that the Planning Commission approve Zone Change 1011 from C-2 to RMM6. AYES: Commissioners Hart, Greek, Mason NOES:. Commissioner Master MOTION CARRIED Commissioner Mason noted that on the plot plan it shows three-story units along Garden Grove Boulevard and The City Drive, contrary to Mr. Hayde`s c1 aim that three-story units will be erected only in the center portion of the development. Discussion on this followed, with the developers agreeing that this can be changed. Commissioner Greek pointed out that Standard Condition 4-C calls for special locking devices (both inside and outside-.key) as approved by the Police Department, whereas the Fire Department prefers only outside locking devices (single key deadbolt), and he feels that in the interest of easy evacuation in case of fire the single-key deadbolt device is better. Moved by Commissioner creek, seconded by Commissioner Mason, that the Planning Commission approve Conditional Use Permit 1325, with a revision in Standard Condition No. 4-A that no key be required on the inside (single-key deadbolt), and with the condition that there be no three-story units erected along Garden Grove Boulevard and that any three-story units along The City Drive be set back at least 60' from the property line. AYES:. Commissioners Hart, Greek, Mason NOES: Commissioner Master MOTION CARRIED IN RE: NEW HEARINGS GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT - LAND USE ELEMENT 4-84-A - GARDNER CHESLEY Planning Commission Minutes December 17, 1984 Page Seven TRUST AND THE CITY OF ORANGE Proposed redesignation of the Land Use Element from High Density Residential to Local Commercial on approximately four acres situated on the west side of Glassell Street, south from LaVeta Avenue. NOTE: Negative Declaration 929 has been prepared for this project. Chairman Hart excused himself from this portion of the meeting due to personal involvement with the item to be discussed. The presentation was made by Stan Soo-Hoo, Administrator of Advance Planning. Vice Chairman Master opened the public hearing~.~. Randall Fairbairn, representing the owners of the property, said he thinks the Staff Report is very complete and he has no problems. Vice Chairman Master declared the public hearing closed. Moved by Commissioner Greek, seconded by Commissioner. Mason, that the Planning Commission accept the findings of the Environmental Review Board to file Negative Declaration 929. AYES: Commissioners Greek, Mason, Master NOES: None ABSTAINED: Commissioner Hart MOTION CARRIED Moved by Commissioner Greek, seconded by Commissioner Mason, that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council that it approve General P1 an Amendment 4-84-A for the reasons given in the Staff Report. AYES: Commissioners Greek, Mason, Master NOES: None ABSTAINED: Commissioner Hart MOTION CARRIED Commissioner Hart was recalled to the meeting. IN RE: NEW HEARINGS GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT - LAND USE ELEMENT 4-84-B, ZONE CHANGE 1020 - Proposed redesignation of the Land Use Element from Local Commercial to High Density Residential and rezoning from C-2 (General Business) to RMM6 (Residential Maximum Multiple Family) on approximately 1.5 acres on the west side of Olive Street between Chapman Avenue and Maple Avenue. NOTE:. Negative Declaration 930 has been prepared for this project. ® Planning Commission Minutes December 17, 1984 Page Eight Mr. Lane made the presentation. Vice Chairman Master opened the public hearing. Applicant Don Ebberts, Ebberts Construction Company, said he agreed with the Staff Report and has no problems. Vice Chairman Master declared the public hearing closed. Moved by Chairman Hart, seconded by Commissioner Mason, that the Planning Commission accept the findings of the Environmental Review Board to file Negative Declaration 930. AYES: Commissioners Hart, Greek, Mason, Master NOES: None MOTION CARRIED Moved by Chairman Hart, seconded by Commissioner Mason, that the Planning Commission recommend to .the City Council that it approve General Plan Amendment 4-84-A for the reasons given in the Staff Report. AYES: Commissioners Hart, Greek, Mason, Master NOES: None MOTION CARRIED Moved by Chairman Hart, seconded by Commissioner Mason, that the Planning Commission approve Zone Change 1020 from C-2 to RMM6. AYES: Commissioners Hart, Greek, Mason, Master NOES: None IN RE: NEW HEARINGS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 1386 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY Proposed helistop at the Southern California Edison Serrano Sub- station situated approximately 2300 feet northeast from the inter- section of Loma Street and Mesa Drive. NOTE: Negative Declaration 948 has been prepared for this project. Mr. Lane made the presentation. Vice Chairman Master asked if the City of Villa Park has been informed of this matter and Mr. Lane responded that a notice was sent to the City of Villa Park but as yet no reply has been received. Vice Chairman Master opened the public hearing. Pat Buttress, representing Southern California Edison Company, said this would be a new helistop to ensure continuity and quality of electric service. He said it would probably be used for only four daytime flights per month. A discussion followed regarding the Planning Commission Minutes December 17, 1984 Page Nine flight patterns and direction of takeoffs and landings and the possible effect on residences in the area. Vice Chairman Master delcared the public hearing closed. Moved by Chairman Hart, seconded by Commissioner Greek, that the Planning Commission accept the findings of the Environmental Review Board to file Negative Declaration 948. AYES: Commissioners Hart, Greek, Mason, Master NOES: None MOTION CARRIED Moved by Chairman Hart, seconded by Commissioner Greek, that the Planning Commission approve Conditional Use Permit 1386, with the addition of a third Condition stating that takeoffs and landings should be to the east unless wind conditions don't permit. AYES:. Commissioners Hart, Greek, Mason, Master NOES: None MOTION CARRIED IN RE: OTHER BUSINESS MEMORANDUM TO DESIGN REVIEW BOARD FROM CITY COUNCIL RE SELF-STORAGE DEVEL PMENT Mr. Lane said a copy of this memorandum was sent to the Planning Commission only as a matter of information. IN RE: LETTER FROM RESIDENT OF ORANGE RE PGSSIBLE .DRUG STORE Mr. Lane presented a letter from Lillian R. Lejeune, 2344 Beatom Way, Orange, requesting that the R1anning Commission look into the possi- bility of having a drugstore come into the West Orange area. Chairman Hart said it is not the business of the Planning Commission to solicit possible businesses. Mr. Minshew suggested that the matter be referred to the Chamber of Commerce. Moved by Commissioner Greek, seconded by Chairman Hart, that a letter be sent by the Planning Department to Mrs. Lejeune thanking her for her concern and informing her that her letter will be referred to the Orange Chamber of Commerce because this matter is not in the purview of the Planning Commission. AYES: Commissioners Hart, Greek, Mason, Master NOES: None MOTION CARRIED IN RE: OTHER BUSINESS MEMORANDUM FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT Mr. Lane presented a memorandum from Rey Montoya, Captain/Deputy Planning Commission Minutes December 17, 1984 Page Ten Fire Marshal, informing the Planning Commission that the rounded curbing planned for the Fire Department turnaround in Tentative Tract No. 10653: meets with the approval of the Fire Department. IN RE: OTHER BUSINESS REQUESTS FOR EXTENSION OF TIME Mr. Lane presented requests for extension of time in connection with Tentative Tract No. 10233, Site No. 25; Tentative Tract No. 10112, and Tentative Tract No. 12299. The following action was taken: a. Tentative Tract No. 10233, Site 25 - hearing set for January 7, 1985. b. Tentative Tract No. 10112 - hearing set for January 7, 1985. c. Tentative Tract No. 12299 - hearing set for February 4, 1985. IN RE: ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 10:45 p.m. to reconvene to a regular meeting on Monday, January 7, 1985, at 7:30 p.m., at the Civic Center Council Chambers, 300 East Chapman Avenue, Orange, California. 0