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CITY OF ORANGE
LEGAL NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION
PUBLIC HEARING
MEETING LOCATION: City Council Chamber, 300 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange.
Members of the public can also access meetings on Spectrum Cable
Channel 3 and AT&T U-verse Channel 99 and streamed live and on-
demand on the City’s website.
DATE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2025
TIME: 5:30 P.M. (or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard)
SUBJECT:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 17 OF THE ORANGE
MUNICIPAL CODE MODIFYING THE DUTIES OF THE DESIGN
REVIEW COMMITTEE
PROPERTY LOCATION: Citywide
REQUEST:
A Public Hearing to consider an ordinance amending Title 17 of the
Orange Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance) to modify the duties of the
Design Review Committee in order to streamline the design review
process for new development and alterations to existing buildings.
Specifically, the proposed ordinance would limit the focus of the Design
Review Committee to projects within a historic district, outside of a district
but identified in the City of Orange Historic Resources Inventory, or other
properties more than 50 years old determined to be historic in
accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act.
ENVIRONMENTAL
INFORMATION:
The proposed project is not subject to the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of
the state CEQA Guidelines (Common Sense Exemption) because it can
be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that it would have a
significant effect on the environment. For this reason, no further CEQA
documentation is required.
PROPERTY OWNER: City of Orange
PROJECT APPLICANT: City of Orange
FURTHER INFORMATION:
All interested persons 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 September 15, 2025, Planning
Commission agenda. To obtain further information about the project,
please contact Hayden Beckman, Planning Manager, City of Orange,
300 East Chapman Avenue via telephone (714) 744-7272 or e-mail at
hbeckman@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.