HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-22-2026 CUP 3236 Friend Church Orange 527 W Almond Ave & 180 S Cypress St - PH Notice
CITY OF ORANGE
LEGAL NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION
PUBLIC HEARING
MEETING LOCATION: City Council Chamber, 300 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange.
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demand on the City’s website.
DATE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2026
TIME: 5:30 P.M. (or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard)
SUBJECT: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3236 (FRIENDS CHRUCH
ORANGE)
PROPERTY LOCATION: 527 W ALMOND AVENUE & 180 S CYPRESS STREET | APN: 390-
661-05
REQUEST:
To permit the 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) on a single site that includes
improvements within the connecting plaza 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 .
Further, the project 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 January 22, 2026, Planning Commission
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 hearing described in this notice, or in a written correspondence
delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.