Miller Lisa - Opposed ,
September 4, 2020 C�MMUNiTY DEVELOPME�T'
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City of orange,CA �EP Q,� 2020
Attn: Design Review Commitfiee
300 E. Chapman Ave C��Y C�� C�F�A�G'�'
Qrange, C 92865
RE: Design Review Meeting 9/16/2020, Redevelopment/Rezoning of the 301�343 E.Grove Ave Property
pear Committee Members;
I tive at 20�D N.5haffer Street in Orange. The shopping center property at 3Q1-343 E. Grave Ave comes right up to my
backyard. I have the following concerns regarding conversivn of the Grove shopping center property into 32,two-story
residential condominium units.
1. Incre�sed qarking on Grove Ave bv the condominium residents spillin�over an to Shaffer Street. As it stands
now�her�are already daily cars that use�hafi stretch of Grove in front of the Shopping center to park during the
day and overnight. Neighborhood parking will become a reaf problem when 32 unit condo resident owners park
their ex�ra cars and visitor cars on Shaffer Street wher�the Grove Ave and Shaffer Park parking�i11s up. Shaffer
residents need the parking in front of their houses to put out trash cans and provide parking for fiheir own
guests, Can parking p�rmits be issued as part of the deal to restrict Shaffer St parking ta anly residen�s living on
. Shaffer from Meats�Co Taft? I don't think the Ci�y o�F 4range really wan�ks to go to battle with the Shaffer St
residents over lost parking�fter the candas have been built. That could be nasty fo�-everyone cancerned.
2. Loss of backvard privacY. I have seen how close the�wo-story Phase 1 housing development on the 1997 N.
Orange Olive Road property is to the backyards of the hom�s on Shaffer Street. Too close. There is no backyard
privacy tha�is out af view from the condos that back up to Shaffer Street homes. �'he Shaffer home owners
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should not be forced to grow natural barriers or spend considerable funds building higher fences to pro�ect their
backyard privacy. The two-story complex will make creating the privacy barrier a necessi�Cy Can� natur�f
barrier or fence be included in the design to protect the pt'ivacy be�ween the condos and the Shaffer Street
backyards? The barrier should be high ertough to pratect backy�rd privacy and stop the abili�y of anyone
c(imbing over i�to someone else'S backy�rd.
3. Se tember 16 Desi n Review Co mittee meetin otentiall not o en to the ublic due to CQVID cvnCerns.
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7he meeting should be postponed until the public�an be there tv camment in person. Due to th�la5ting impact
of the proposed zone change artd redeuelopment affecting the Shaffer Street neighborhood it would seem only
fair�Co allow in person n�ighbor comr�ents. Not allowing in person interaction would appe�r the Design View
Gommittee is�ffording the owner of the property an Grove preferential treatment over the rest of the loca{
community, Please make some safe sociat distancir�g allowances for the meeting on September 16 so the local
neighbors may attend.� I
1`hank ou,
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is Miller
2000 N.Shaffer St,Orange CA 92865