05-28-2024 Intracorp Residential Project CITY OF ORANGE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Orange will hold a Public
Hearing at a Regular Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., or as
soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the City Council Chamber, 300 E. Chapman Avenue,
Orange.
SUBJECT:Intracorp Small Lot Residential Project. Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 1882-22
and related Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, General Plan Amendment
No. 0004-22 No. 0004-22, Zone Change No. 1307-22, Tentative Tract Map No. 0051-
22, Major Site Plan Review No. 1111-22, Design Review No. 5092-22, and
Administrative Adjustment No. 0293-23.
PROPERTY LOCATION: 901 E. Katella Avenue, Orange, CA (APN 375-461-41)
REQUEST: A proposal to redevelop an existing 2.71-acre former AT&T facility with 48, two-and
three-story single family small lot homes, open space recreation areas, guest parking, and related
site improvements. The proposal includes a request to change the General Plan land use
designation from General Commercial (Max. 1.0 FAR) to Medium Density Residential (15-24
dwelling units per acre) and the Zoning from Commercial Professional to Residential Multiple
Family to allow a small lot residential subdivision on the site and to establish consistency between
the use, General Plan, and Zoning. The applicant is also requesting an Administrative Adjustment
for a 2-foot, 5 inch to 3-foot reduction to the required 30-foot wide entry drive widths off
Cambridge Street and Katella Avenue.
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION:Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) No. 1882-22
was prepared to evaluate the physical environmental impacts of the project, in conformance with
the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The analysis contained in
MND No. 1882-22 determined that the project will have less than significant impacts to the
environment with the implementation of Project Design Features and Mitigation Measures. The
public review period began on November 9, 2023, and ended December 11, 2023. Copies of the
document were available for public review at City Hall, in the Offices of the City Clerk and
Community Development Department and were posted to the Departments web page on the City’s
web site.
PROJECT APPLICANT: Intracorp Homes, Emilie Simard
FURTHER INFORMATION:All interested persons may be heard on any relevant matter
relating to the proposed action by attending the public hearing in person; or by submitting written
comments as set forth in the May 28, 2024, City Council agenda. To obtain further information
about the project, please contact Monique Schwartz, Senior Planner, at the Planning Division of the
City of Orange, 300 East Chapman Avenue, by telephone at (714) 744-7224, or via e-mail at
mschwartz@cityoforange.org.
Dated: May 16, 2024 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE
PHONE: (714)744-5500 BY: PAMELA COLEMAN, CITY CLERK