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02-21-18 Commissioners: Ernest Glasgow, Chair Dave Simpson, Vice-Chair Daniel Correa Adrienne Gladson Doug Willits City of Orange Planning Commission Regular Agenda WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018 REGULAR SESSION 7:00 PM  City Council Chambers Staff: Anna Pehoushek, Assistant Community Development Director Gary Sheatz, Senior Assistant City Attorney Kelly Ribuffo Associate Planner Simonne Fannin Recording Secretary Location: 300 E. Chapman Avenue Orange, CA 92866 City Council Chambers Mailing Address P.O. Box 449 Orange, CA 92866-1591 Telephone Number: (714) 744-7220 If you are interested in addressing the Planning Commission on any item on this agenda, please PRINT today’s date, your full name, address (with zip code) and phone number (optional) as well as the agenda item number on a yellow card provided on the table at the front door. Submit the completed card to the recording secretary at the front of the chambers. The Chair will call your name and allow you to speak when the item is considered. When you speak to the Commission, state your full name and address for the record. Members of the public must direct their questions to the Chair and not to other members of the Commission, the staff, or the audience. Speaking time is limited to three (3) minutes per person, so please organize your comments accordingly. Regular Planning Commission meetings will be broadcast live on Time Warner Cable, Channel 3 and AT&T U-Verse, Channel 99 on the 1st and 3rd Mondays. You may also stream the meeting LIVE on the internet by logging onto the City of Orange website at www.cityoforange.org, clicking on Council Online; scroll down to find the meeting date & click on Video to watch. Upcoming event dates will become “In Progress” video links when the meeting begins. Click the link to watch the live event. If a legal holiday falls on the 1st or 3rd Monday, the meeting will be held on Wednesday of that week. NOTE: Any public record that is distributed less than 72 hours prior to the Planning Commission meeting will be made available at the Planning Commission meeting and at the City Clerk counter at City Hall, 300 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange, CA 92866. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES Planning Commission Agenda – February 21, 2018 Page 2 of 4 In compliance with Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12132) and the federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation thereof, the Agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability. Please contact the Planning Division either in person at 300 E. Chapman Ave., Orange, CA. or by calling (714) 744-7220 no later than 10:00 AM on the City business day preceding the scheduled meeting. If you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (714) 744-5500. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. [28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title 11]. 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: None 1.6 Assistant Community Development Director Reports 1.7 Announcement of Appeal Procedures (details found on last page of this agenda) 1.8 Election of Chair and Vice Chair 2. CONSENT CALENDAR: 2.1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF FEBRUARY 5, 2018. 2.2 ADOPT PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 4- 18 DENYING APPEAL NO. 0551-18 OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR APPROVAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN REVIEW NO. 0093-17 AND MINOR SITE PLAN NO. 0923-17 APPROVING CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ON THE VACANT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 837 AND 839 N. CAMBRIDGE STREET Planning Commission Agenda – February 21, 2018 Page 3 of 4 3. COMMISSION BUSINESS: 3.1 THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE SOUTHWEST PROJECT AREA REMOVES CONTENT RELATED TO THE OLD TOWNE THEMATIC DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES A PORTION OF THE OLD TOWNE ORANGE HISTORIC DISTRICT. THIS ACTION IS INTENDED TO CLARIFY THAT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DESIGN STANDARDS FOR OLD TOWNE IS THE ESTABLISHED POLICY DOCUMENT FOR DESIGN REVIEW IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. LOCATION: PORTIONS OF OLD TOWNE LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FORMER MERGED AND AMENDED SOUTHWEST REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA. NOTE: The amendment to Design Standards for the Amendment to the Southwest Project Area (Southwest Design Standards) that removes content related to the Old Towne Thematic District is categorically exempt from the provisions of the Californi a Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA Guidelines 15308 (Class 8 - Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment) and 15331 (Class 31 - Historical Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation). The amendment deletes text and modifies graphics related to a geographic area of the former Merged and Amended Southwest Redevelopment Project Area that falls within the boundaries of the Old Towne Orange Historic District in order to recognize the 2017 update to the Historic Preservation Design Standards for Old Towne (Old Towne Design Standards) as the primary policy document regulating historic properties. The Old Towne Design Standards are intended to protect and preserve the character of Old Towne as a historic district by assuring the maintenance and protection of the environment through the preservation of historic resources and appropriate standards for new construction in the historic districts, as required by the Class 8 exemption. In addition, the Old Towne Design Standards are written such that projects that are found to be in conformance with the Design Standards also will be in conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (Secretary’s Standards). The Old Towne Design Standards are consistent with and uses extensive guidance from the National Park Service on interpreting and implementing the Secretary’s Standards, including the Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings. The content of the Southwest Design Standards pertaining to the Old Towne Historic District has not been entirely consistent with either the Old Towne Design Standards or the Secretary’s Standards. Therefore, removal of Old Towne content from the Southwest Design Standards results in clarified City policies with respect to project implementation in conformance with the Secretary’s Standards as described in the Class 31 exemption for Historical Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation. No public review is required. 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 separ ate 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 Planning Commission Agenda – February 21, 2018 Page 4 of 4 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 5-18 recommending an amendment of the Design Standards for the Amendment to the Southwest Project Area to remove content related to the Old Towne Thematic District to the City Council 4. ADJOURNMENT: The next regular Planning Commission Meeting will be held on March 5, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber. 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.