07-29-19 PC Agenda
City of Orange
Planning Commission Agenda
Adjourned Regular Meeting
Monday, July 29th, 2019
REGULAR SESSION
7:00 PM Council Chambers
Commissioners:
Ernest Glasgow, Chair
Dave Simpson, Vice-Chair
Rick Martinez
David Vazquez
Doug Willits
Staff:
Anna Pehoushek,
Assistant Community
Development Director
Mary Binning
Senior Assistant City Attorney
Robert Garcia
Senior Planner
Ashley Brodkin
Associate Planner
Tiffany Chhan
Planning Aide
Jessica Wang
Administrative Specialist
Simonne Fannin
Recording Secretary
Location:
City Council Chambers
300 E. Chapman Avenue
Orange, CA 92866
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 449
Orange, CA 92866-1591
Telephone Number:
(714) 744-7220
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REGULAR SESSION – COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1. OPENING
1.1 Call to Order:
1.2 Flag Salute:
1.3 Roll Call:
1.4 Public Participation
Opportunity for members of the public to address the Commission on
matters not listed on this agenda.
1.5 Continued or Withdrawn Items:
1.6 Assistant Community Development Director Reports
1.7 Announcement of Appeal Procedures (details found on last page of this
agenda)
2. CONSENT CALENDAR:
2.1 Approval of minutes from the regularly scheduled meeting of
July 15th, 2019.
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the
Planning Commission and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no
separate discussion of said items unless members of the Planning Commission,
staff or the public request specific items removed from the Consent Calendar for
separate action.
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3. NEW HEARINGS:
3.1 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3080-19--BACK IN THE DAY
CLASSICS.
A request to allow retail auto sales at an existing industrial
building in the industrial manufacturing (M-2) zone.
NOTE: The proposed project is categorically exempt from the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA
Guidelines 15301 (Class 1 – Existing Facilities) because the project
consists of permitting retail auto sales and service and does not involve
expansion of the existing building beyond that existing at the time of the
City’s determination. No public review is required.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 06-19 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING CONDITIONAL
USE PERMIT NO. 3080-18 ALLOWING FOR RETAIL
AUTO SALES AND LIMITED SERVICES IN THE
INDUSTRIAL ZONE AT 1040 WEST HOOVER AVENUE.
3.2 TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 008-16 (TPM 2016-125),
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3017-16, MAJOR SITE PLAN
REVIEW NO. 0845-15, ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT NO.
0243-16, AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO.
1845-16.
A request to develop 278 multiple family residential apartment units with
an internal parking structure and a commercial office parking structure
on a 5.77-acre site to replace existing surface parking associated with
existing office building at 3800 W. Chapman Avenue.
NOTE: Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 1845-16 was prepared to evaluate
the physical environmental impacts of the project, in conformance with
the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per
State CEQA Guidelines Section 15070 and in conformance with the City
of Orange Local CEQA Guidelines. The Mitigated Negative Declaration
finds that the project will have less than significant impacts to the
environment, with the implementation of standard conditions and
mitigation measures. The 20-day public review period was initiated on
March 29, 2017, ending on April 17, 2017. The public review period
was extended until December 3, 2018 at the request of the applicant.
Copies of the document were available for public review at the three
Libraries and at City Hall.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 14-19 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING TENTATIVE
PARCEL MAP NO. 008-16, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
NO. 3017-16, MAJOR SITE PLAN REVIEW NO. 0845-15,
DESIGN REVIEW NO. 4843-16, ADMINISTRATIVE
ADJUSTMENT NO. 0243-16, AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE
DECLARATION NO. 1845-16 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A HORIZONTAL MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT ON A
5.77-ACRE SITE, CONSISTING OF 278 MULTIPLE
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT UNITS WITH AN
INTERNAL PARKING STRUCTURE AND A
COMMERCIAL OFFICE PARKING STRUCTURE TO
REPLACE EXISTING SURFACE PARKING ASSOCIATED
WITH THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED AT
3800 WEST CHAPMAN AVENUE.
3.3 TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP 009-16 (TPM 2016-126),
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3020-16, MAJOR SITE PLAN
REVIEW NO. 0846-15, DESIGN REVIEW NO. 4844-16,
ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT NO. 0244-16, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW NO. 1846-16.
A request to develop 213 multiple family residential apartment units
with an internal parking structure and a commercial office parking
structure on a 8.94-acre site to replace existing surface parking located
at an office complex addressed as 500 and 600 City Parkway West.
NOTE: Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 1846-16 was prepared to evaluate the
physical environmental impacts of the project, in conformance with the
provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per
State CEQA Guidelines Section 15070 and in conformance with the City
of Orange Local CEQA Guidelines. The Mitigated Negative Declaration
finds that the project will have less than significant impacts to the
environment, with the implementation of standard conditions and
mitigation measures. The 20-day public review period was initiated on
March 29, 2017, ending on April 17, 2017. The public review period was
extended until December 3, 2018 at the request of the applicant. Copies
of the document were available for public review at the three Libraries
and at City Hall.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 15-19 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING TENTATIVE
PARCEL MAP NO. 009-16, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
NO. 3020-16, MAJOR SITE PLAN REVIEW NO. 0846-15,
DESIGN REVIEW NO. 4844-16, ADMINISTRATIVE
ADJUSTMENT NO. 0244-16, AND ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW NO. 1846-16 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
HORIZONTAL MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT ON A 8.94-
ACRE SITE, CONSISTING OF 213 MULTIPLE FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT UNITS WITH AN
INTERNAL PARKING STRUCTURE AND A
COMMERCIAL OFFICE PARKING STRUCTURE TO
REPLACE EXISTING SURFACE PARKING ASSOCIATED
WITH THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED AT
500 & 600 CITY PARKWAY.
3.4 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3083-19-- ORANGE SENIOR
HOUSING
A proposal to demolish an existing 10,589 square foot office building to
construct a 74-unit senior affordable apartment building on a 1.54-acre
site in the Commercial Professional (C-P) zoning district.
NOTE: Categorical Exemption: The proposed project is categorically exempt
from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
per State CEQA Guidelines 15332 (Class 32 – In-fill Development
Projects) because the project meets the following criteria:
The project would not trigger any exceptions from State CEQA
Guidelines 15300.2 based on location, cumulative impacts, significant
effects, location near a scenic highway, location on a hazardous waste
site, or causing substantial adverse change to a historical resource
because the project is not on an environmentally sensitive site, does not
contribute to cumulative impacts, will not have a significant effect on the
environment, is not near a scenic highway, is not on hazardous waste
site, and is not a historical resources site. No environmental public
review is required.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 12-19 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING CONDITIONAL
USE PERMIT NO. 3083-19, MAJOR SITE PLAN REVIEW
NO. 0970-19, DESIGN REVIEW NO. 4970-19, TWO
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CONCESSIONS, TWO DEVELOPMENT STANDARD
WAIVERS, AND THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING
10,589 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF 74 SENIOR AFFORDABLE
APARMENTS LOCATED AT 1249 E. KATELLA AVENUE.
4. ADJOURNMENT:
The next regular Planning Commission Meeting will be held on August 5th,
2019.
APPEAL PROCEDURES
Any final determination by the Planning Commission may be appealed, and
such appeal must be filed within 15 calendar days after the Planning
Commission action. This appeal shall be made in written form to the
Community Development Department, accompanied by an initial appeal deposit
of $1,000.00.
The City Clerk, upon filing of said appeal, will set petition for public hearing
before the City Council at the earliest date. All owners of property located
within 300 feet of the project site will be notified by the City Clerk of said
hearing. For additional information, please call (714) 744-7220.
If you challenge any City of Orange decision in court, you may be limited to
raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing
described on this agenda or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning
Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.