HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-20-26 DRC25-0025 (237 W Chapman Ave)
CITY OF ORANGE
LEGAL NOTICE OF DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE
PUBLIC MEETING
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: WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2026
TIME: 5:30 P.M. (or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard)
SUBJECT: Design Review 25-0025, The Win-Dow Restaurant
PROPERTY LOCATION: 237 W. Chapman Avenue | APN: 039-173-10
REQUEST: A request for an adaptive reuse of two existing buildings designated as
contributors within the Old Towne Historic District to accommodate a new
restaurant with walk-up window service and full bar, known as The Win~Dow.
Building A, located in the northeast portion of the site, will house the kitchen,
and restrooms. Building B, located on the western side of the property, will
house the bar with food service. Outdoor dining will be available throughout the
remainder of the property. In total, the restaurant will provide 225 dining seats
and 16 bar seats, which are all located outdoors, and an activity/play area for
patrons.
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) because the project involves the
restoration and rehabilitation of an existing, deteriorated structure s to meet
current standards of public health and safety. Additionally, the project is also
exempt under Section 15331 (Class 31 – Historical Resource
Restoration/Rehabilitation), as it includes the rehabilitation of a historic resource
in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the
Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating,
Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings (1995), Weeks and Grimmer.
PROPERTY OWNER: Sixth & Pine Development LLC
PROJECT APPLICANT: Candice Jordan
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 May 20, 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 Alyssa Jurkevics Planning Technician at the
Planning Division of the City of Orange, 300 East Chapman Avenue via
telephone at (714) 744-7236 or ajurkevics@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.