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CITY OF ORANGE
LEGAL NOTICE OF DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE
PUBLIC MEETING
MEETING LOCATION: City Council Chamber, 300 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange.
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demand on the City’s website.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2025
TIME: 5:30 P.M. (or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard)
SUBJECT: DESIGN REVIEW NO. 5159 – FRIENDS CHRUCH ORANGE
PROPERTY LOCATION: 527 W ALMOND AVENUE & 180 S CYPRESS STREET | APN: 390-
661-05
REQUEST: An adaptive re-use of a historic steel frame warehouse (West Building)
to a church/religious assembly use and the remodel of an existing office
building (East Building) with site improvements to the connecting plaza
for Friends Church Orange located at 527 W Almond Avenue (West
Building) and 180 S Cypress Street (East Building).
ENVIRONMENTAL
INFORMATION:
The proposed project is categorically exempt from the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA Guidelines
Section 15301 (Class 1 – Existing Facilities), and Section 15331 (Class 31 –
Historic Resource Rehabilitation/Restoration) because the project consists of an
adaptive re-use which will result in the restoration or rehabilitation and minor
alteration of existing deteriorated private structures involving negligible or no
expansion of the former use and does not involve an addition of more than
10,000 square feet where the project can be served by all public services and is
not located in an environmentally sensitive area. Alterations to the exterior and
interior of the historic building are compatible with the character of the historic
packing house and will not negatively impact historic materials or features, in
conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties.
PROPERTY OWNER: Lisa Perrine, Cibola Systems
PROJECT APPLICANT: Kyle Zimmerman, Friends Church Orange
FURTHER INFORMATION: All interested parties may submit comments and may be heard on any
relevant matter relating to the proposed actions by mail, email, voicemail,
or in-person, as set forth in the December 17, 2025, Design Review
Committee agenda to be posted on the City’s website at
www.cityoforange.org. To obtain further information about the project,
please contact Arlen Beck, Associate Planner at the Planning Division of
the City of Orange, 300 East Chapman Avenue via telephone at (714)
744-7272 or abeck@cityoforange.org.
If you challenge any decision to this request in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or
someone else raised at the public meeting described in this notice, or in a written correspondence delivered to the
Design Review Committee at, or prior to, the public meeting.