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08-17-2020 -105 & 180 S Water St - Fire Station No 1LEGAL NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING/ZONE CHANGE NO. 1301-20, NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. 1862-18, AND TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 0016-20 TO: All Interested Parties SUBJECT: Zone Change No. 1301-20, Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 1862- 18, and Tentative Parcel Map No. 0016-20, Orange Fire Station No. 1 and Headquarters Project SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING DATE/TIME/LOCATION:  August 17, 2020  7:00 P.M. (or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard)  Pursuant to the Governor’s State of California Executive Order N- 29-20, dated March 17, 2020, and given the health risk associated with COVID-19, this hearing may be conducted utilizing video conferencing and electronic means. Members of the public can 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 at www.cityoforange.org. Should the Governor’s order remain in effect, members of the public may not be permitted to attend the meeting in person but comments received prior to the meeting will be considered as part of the deliberation process.  Please refer to the August 17, 2020, Planning Commission agenda to be posted on the City’s website at www.cityoforange.org for location details and updates. PROJECT LOCATION: 105 S. Water Street, Orange, California PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed project includes construction of a new Fire Station No. 1, which will be approximately 16,574 square feet in size, as well as an attached two-story headquarters which will include approximately 11,353 square feet of space. In addition, the existing storage building located on the site will be retrofitted and refurbished and will provide approximately 3,780 square feet of space to serve as reserve apparatus storage for the new facility. The parking lot for the proposed project will be located across Water Street mid-block to the west and will consist of two ungated visitor spots, two automated security gates, and approximately 54 gated staff parking stalls. The project proposes a zone change of the main fire station and headquarters parcel from Office Professional (O-P) and Single Family Res. 6,000 sq. ft. (R-1-6) to Public Institution (P-I) for consistency with the existing General Plan Land Use designation of Public Facilities Max 0.5 FAR and Institutions Max 2.0 FAR (PFI). A tentative parcel map is proposed to merge lots to create a single lot for the fire station and headquarters building. PROJECT APPLICANT: City of Orange Fire Department LEAD AGENCY: City of Orange, 176 S. Grand Street, Orange, CA 92866 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION: Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 1862-18 was prepared to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the proposed project in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act. The City invites you to comment on the Mitigated Negative Declaration. The public review period begins on June 25, 2020 and ends on July 25, 2020. Written comments must be received in the offices of the City of Orange Division Public Works Department, Design/Construction Division at 300 East Chapman Avenue, Orange, CA 92866, or via email at edlopez@cityoforange.org, by 5:30 P.M. on July 25, 2020. Copies of the Mitigated Negative Declaration are available for public review at the following locations:  Orange City Hall, Offices of the City Clerk and Community Development Department, 300 East Chapman Avenue, Orange, CA 92866  https://www.cityoforange.org/292/Project-NoticesRelated- Environmental-Doc FURTHER INFORMATION: To obtain further information about the project, please contact Eduardo Lopez at the City of Orange Public Works Department, Design/Construction Division at (714) 744-5527 or via e-mail at edlopez@cityoforange.org. If you challenge any decision to approve 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.