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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1/6/1986 - Minutes PC_~ E;! r, PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES City of Orange Orange, California January 6, 1986 Monday, 7:30 p.m. The regular meeting of the City of Orange Planning Commission was called to order by Chairman Master at 7:30 p.m. PRESENT: Commissioners Master, Greek, Hart, Mason, Scott ABSENT: None STAFF Stan Soo-Hoo, Administrator of Current Planning and Commission PRESENT: Secretary; Jack McGee, Associate Planner; Gene Minshew, Assistant City Attorney; and Toba V. Wheeler, Recording Secretary. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Chairman Master announced that it was time to elect new Planning Commission officers and requested nominations for the office of - Chairman. Commissioner Scott suggested that the position be rotated annually and nominated Commissioner Mason for Chairman. There were no other nominations and Commissioner Mason was unan- imously elected Chairman. Commissioner Hart nominated Commissioner Greek for Vice Chairman. There were no other nominations and Com- missioner Greek was elected unanimously. Cbmmhissioner~:Master gave the gavel to Chairman Mason. i IN RE: ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN CONDITLONAL USE PERPIIT 7467 - ANGELOS Mr. Soo-Hoo said that due to a need for clarification regarding the conditions of approval, Staff is requesting that this item be con- tinued to tfi a meeting of January 20, He said the applicant's attorney has been notified and has consented to the continuance, When the applicant's representative was questioned by Chairman Mason, he said that continuance to January 20 meets with his approval. Moved by Commissioner Greek, seconded by Commissioner Master-that this item be continued to the meeting of January 20,--'1985, .~._. AYES: Commissioners Mason, Greek, Hart,-Master, Scott NOES:. None MOTION CARRIED IN RE: CONTINUED HEARINGS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 1.456 - INTERSTATE CONSOLIDATED LNDUSTRIES Proposed drive-through window in conjunction with a fast food restaurant on 2.04 acres in the C-1 zone at the southwest corner of Kate1la Avenue and Tustin Street.. (Continued from the October 14, December 2,-and December 16, 1985, Planning Commission meetings.) Planning Commission Minutes January 6, 1986 Page Two NOTE: Negative Declaration 1042 has been prepared for this project. Mr. Soo-Hoo made the presentation in accordance with the Staff Report, using the diagrams posted on the wall, and pointed out that the Staff Report had been amended to show a reduction of eight parking stalls rather than a deduction of six parking stalls. He said Staff recommends acceptance of the Negative Declaration, approval of the 3.5% reduction in parking and approval of the Conditional Use Permit subject to the conditions listed in its report. Chairman Mason opened the public hearing. Susan Lindquist, 3140 Redhill Avenue,-Costa Mesa., representing the applicant, said the conditions in the Staff Report were acceptable. Chairman Mason declared the public hearing closed. Moved by Commissioner Greek, seconded by Commissioner Hart, that the Planning Commission accept the findings of the Environmental Review Board to file Negative Declaration 1017. AYES: Commissioners Mason, Greek, Hart, Master,-Scott NOES: None MOTION CARRIED Moved by Commissioner Hart, seconded by Commissioner Greek,-.that the Planning Commission approve Conditional Use Permit 1456 subject to the conditions in the Staff Report=including approval of the 3,5% parking reduction. AYES: Commissioners Mason, Greek, Hart =Master,-Scott NOES: None MOTION CARRIED IN RE: ~~.NEW HEARINGS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, 1489, VARIANCE 1787 ~ ORANGE SENLOR HOUSLNG, INC. Proposed development of 75 residential units within the RM-7 (Resi- dential Multi--Family) FP-2 .(Flood Plain Combining District) Zone, with unit sizes smaller than required by ordinance, and less parking spaces and enclosed parking spaces. Proposal is on a 15-acre parcel on the east side of Shaffer Street adjacent to (and including a portion of) Santiago Creek. NOTE: Negative Declaration 1042 has been prepared for this project. Commissioner Greek asked to be excused from the hearing due to a potential conflict of interest. Mr, Soo-Hoo made the presentation in accordance with the Staff Report,-and said Staff recommends acceptance of the Negative ® Declaration and approval of the Conditional Use Permit and the Variance subject to the conditions in its report. Planning Commission Minutes January 6, 1986 Page Three Commissioner Hart asked if, in the final grading,. this site would be as high as the adjoining property. Mr. Soo-Hoo said it would be approximately the same elevation. Chairman Master questioned if Condition 3 on Page 6 was worded correctly, that "the Fire Depart- ment connection shall not be affixed to the building," etc., and was told by Mr. Soo-Hoo that this is now a standard condition. Chairman Mason opened the public hearing. Bruce Johnson, President, Orange Senior Housing, said Mr. Soo-Hoo had interpreted and clarified a number of issues that that there were additional issues needing clarification which he would like to have done at the present time by his architect. Joseph Woollett, 58 Plaza Square,=Orange, the architect, discussed various issues in the Staff Report and said he is satisfied that there is good understanding with City Staff regarding the flood plain, zoning, improvement of the creek adjacent to the site, etc. He said the area of the one-bedroom unit should be noted as 536 square feet instead of 586, obviously a typographical error, pointing out that the maximum allowed by HUD is 540 square feet. He pointed out that. the three wings of the building are similar but not identical. He said he met with the Fire Department to obtain clarification of its conditions so they could be met in the construction, Chairman Mason declared the public hearing closed. Commissioner Master asked if Conditions 3 and 4, v~h_ch Mr, Wob'llett had referred to as having been discussed with the Fire Department, had indeed been clarified by Staff. Mr. Soo-Hoo said he knows of no amendment passed on to Staff by the Fire Department and suggested that perhaps re~pording of the conditions might accomplish what the applicant needs. He suggested that Condition No, 3 be changed to read, "Fire Depart- ed shall not,~be~affixed,-:,..," be reguir m~aii connections`which ma,Y ~ ~ etc., and Condition No, 4-Ge c ng~ deleting the word "three" referring to on-site hydrants. (underlined words added) Moved by Commissioner Scott, seconded by Commissioner Master, that the Plarming Commission accept the findings of the Environmental Review Board to file Negative Declaration 1787, AYES:- Commissioners Mason, Harta_Master, Scott, NOES:. None ABSENT: Commissioner Greek MOTION CARRIED Moved by Commissioner Master,-seconded by Commissioner Scott, that the Planning Commission approve Conditional Use Permit 1489 and Variance 1787; with the changes made in Conditions No. 3-and No. 4 of the Conditional Use Permit. AYES:. Commissioners Mason, Hart, Master,-Scott NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioner Greek MOTION CARRIED Planning Commission Minutes January 6, 1986 Page Four Commissioner Greek returned to the meeting. IN RE: NEW HEARINGS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 1481 - COCO'S Proposed expansion of a restaurant within the 0-P (Office- Professional) Zone located on a 27,468-square foot parcel on the northeast corner of Chapman Avenue and Shaffer Street. NOTE: Negative Declaration 1037 has been prepared for this project. Commissioner Hart asked to be excused from the hearing due to a possible conflict of interest. Mr. McGee made the .presentation in accordance with the Staff. Report and pointed out that Condition No. 8 did not mean there~~would be any physical change in the site since the five feet along Chapman Avenue had been taken when that street had been widened, that all that was necessary was the formal dedication to gain the public right-of-way to be consistent with the rest of the street. He said Staff recommended acceptance of the Negative Declaration and approval of the Conditional Use Permit subject to the eight conditions listed in each report. Chairman Mason opened the public hearing. There being no comments, Chairman Mason declared the public hearing closed. Moved by Commissioner Greek, seconded by Commissioner Scott, that the Planning Commission accept the findings of the Environmental Review Board to file Negative Declaration 1037. AYES: Commissioners Mason, Greek, Master, Scott NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioner Hart MOTION CARRIED Moved by Commissioner Scott, seconded by Commissioner Master, that the Planning Commission approve Conditional Use Permit 1481 for the reasons given in the Staff Report and subject to the conditions in the Staff Report. AYES: Commissioners Mason, Greek, Master, Scott NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioner Hart MOTION CARRIED Commissioner Hart returned to the meeting. IN RE: NEW HEARINGS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 1484 -.HAUPT Proposed construction of a second-story living unit over a three-car Planning Commission Minutes January 6, 1986 Page Five garage in the RD-6 (Residential Duplex) RCD (Residential Combining District) Zone located on a 6,500-square foot parcel on the south side of Palmyra Avenue, approximately 95 feet east of Grant Street (314 East Palmyra Avenue). Mr. McGee made the presentation in accordance with the Staff Report, and said Staff recommends approval subject to the conditions in its report. Commissioner Scott questioned whether or not the parts on the land use map containing an asterisk had been approved previously. Mr. McGee said they had. Commissioner Mason asked if any consideration had been given to making all the alleys in the area one-way. Mr. McGee said Staff and the Environmental Review Board have had some preliminary discussions concerning this and he feels that with more and more receipt of proposals of this nature some action will have to be taken in the future but nothing definite has been done as yet. ~ Chairman Mason opened the public hearing. There being no comments, Chairman Mason declared the public hearing closed. Moved by Commissioner Master, seconded by Commissioner Hart, that the Planning Commission approve Conditional Use Permit 1484 subject to the conditions in the Staff Report. AYES: Commissioners Mason, Greek, Hart, Master, Scott NOES: None MOTION CARRIED IN RE: NEW HEARINGS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 1487, TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP 85-449 - NU WEST, INC. Proposed reparcelization of two existing parcels into three parcels and development of office uses within the M-2 (Industrial) Zone located on 8.1 acres on the southeast corner of Kate1la Avenue and Main Street. NOTE: Negative Declaration 1041 has been prepared for this project. Mr. McGee made the presentation in accordance with the Staff Report, and said Staff recommends acceptance of the Negative Declaration and approval of the Conditional Use Permit and Tentative Parcel Map for the reasons stated in its report and subject to the conditions in its report. Commissioner Mason asked if it has become the policy to change the industrially zoned areas if they have an arterial access. Mr. McGee said Staff has used the arterial access and frontage as something of a criteria in reviewing affice'prbposals, in the industrial area, most of which have been on one of the few major arterials passing through the industrial area. Planning Commission Minutes January 6, 1986 Page Six Commissioner Master said he is aware that the City Council has directed Staff to review the use of M-2 properties, particularly as a result of the office building complex on Katella on which, apparently, the City Council is holding up action. He said he believes Councilman Smith raised the issue of too much M-2 property being converted to office use. Commissioner Scott said part of the concern is that the require- ments in the industrial zone for office use is not as stringent as it is in a commercial zone. He asked if this proposed development would meet all of the requirements if it were being developed in a commercial zone. Mr. McGee said that in terms of parking and those kinds of things it would. Commissioner Greek pointed out that there was no tentative parcel map in the Commissioners' packets and asked how that map can be considered for approval without its being seen by the Commission. Chairman Mason opened .the public hearing. Steve Prothero, 741 East Briardale, Orange, representing the applicant, said he has reviewed the Staff report and has to objections to it; however, he did meet Public Works Department requirements for submission of a tentative ® map. Chairman Mason declared the public hearing closed. Bert K. Ya~asaki, Director of Planning and Development Services, said the City Council,. at the urging of Councilman Smith, instructed Staff to conduct a study on commercial a~d~offceg=uses in the industrial area. He said Staff has always interpreted the Code as allowing, under ~orrditional use permit, offices in the industrial zone. He said there were three locational factors originally that were used to weigh conditional use permit applications: 1) whether it was integrated development,-i.e~.~, did it have commercial as well as industrial andJor office uses combined in the proposal; 2) whether or not it was on a major arterial highway, and 3) whether or not it had any impact upon the adjacent property. He then added a fourth factor that was considered, an area requirement, something like a seven-acre or four-acre minimum size. He said that when the compre- hensive code change was made in the early '80's, Staff proposed that the minimum size of the development be eliminated from the Code restrictions because there was almost a granting of the variances of development size. He said Councilman Smith objected to that but a majority of the City Council eliminated it as one of the conditions of approval.. Mr. Yamasaki said that at this stage Staff is evaluating these applications based upon whether or not it is on a major arterial and in most cases these developments have some integrated feature about them, although this one does not. because it is strictly an office use. He said the agency staff now is reviewing on a parcel-by-parcel basis the vacant or underdeveloped parcels in the industrial area ..and will then probably a1 so be c Planning Commission Minutes January 6, 1986 Page Seven plotting the various conditional use permits which allow some office either exclusive or an an integrated portion and will probably be applying those as part of the studies; however, he is not sure exactly when this will be done. Chairman Mason asked if this had been presented to the City Council and whether. or not it had indicated any preference. Mr. Yamasaki said that at this stage he is giving the Planning Commission a preview of what seems to be developing as Staff begins to complete each stage of the research studies and the report has not been presented to the City Council as yet. Moved by Commissioner Greek, seconded by Commissioner Master, that the Planning Commission accept the findings of the Environmental Review Board to file Negative Declaration 1041. AYES: Commissioners Mason, Greek, Hart, Master, Scott NOES: None MOTION CARRIED Moved by Commissioner Hart, seconded by Commissioner Master, that action on Conditional Use Permit 1487 and Tentative Parcel Map 84-449 be postponed to the meeting of January 20, 1985. AYES: Commissioners Mason, Greek, Hart, Master, Scott NOES: None MOTION CARRIED IN RE: MI_SCELL.ANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT 85-28 - J. P. KAPP Mr. McGee made the presentation in accordance with the memorandum of December 26, 1985, to the Planning Commission from Planning and Development Services. He said Staff recommends denial. Moved by Commissioner Greek, seconded by Commissioner Hart, that the Planning Commission deny Administrative Adjustment 85-28. AYES: Commissioners Mason, Greek, Hart,-Master, Scott NOES: None MOTION CARRIED IN RE: ADJOURNMENT The~fumeeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m., to reconvene at a regular meeting on December 2, 1985, at the Civic Center Council Chambers, 300 East Chapman Avenue,-Orange, California.