09-02-15 - DRC Agenda
DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE
AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
Conference Room “C”
Administrative Session – 5:00 P.M.
Regular Session – 5:30 P.M.
Design Review Committee:
Tim McCormack, Chair
Carol Fox, Vice Chair
Robert Imboden
Anne McDermott
Craig Wheeler
Staff:
Robert Garcia
Senior Planner
Sharon Penttila
Recording Secretary
Location and Mailing Address:
300 E. Chapman Avenue
Orange, CA 92866
Conference Room “C”
Telephone Number:
(714) 744-7220
Notice to Public:
If you are interested in addressing the Design Review Committee on any item, please
fill out your full name and address on a gray card provided at the meeting and submit
the completed card to the Chair. The Design Review Committee Chair will call your
name and allow you to speak when the item is considered. When you speak to the
Design Review Committee, 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 th e
Committee, the staff, the applicant, or the audience. Speaking time is limited to three
(3) minutes per person, so please organize your comments accordingly.
The Chair will:
1. Introduce the item
2. Receive the staff report
3. Receive the applicant’s presentation
4. Receive public input
5. Lead Committee discussion and determination
NOTE: Any Public Record that is distributed less than 72 hours prior to the Design
Review Committee meeting will be made available at the Design Review Committee
meeting and at the City Clerk’s office counter at City Hall, 300 E. Chapman Avenue,
Orange, CA 92866.
NOTE: 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 and/or Packet will be made available in
appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability. Please contact the
Community Development Department/Planning, either in person at 300 E. Chapman
Avenue, Orange, CA 92866 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 (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].
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Administrative Session – 5:00 P.M.
The Committee holds an Administrative Session to receive general information from
the staff and to conduct an initial review of Minutes of prior meetings. The Session is
open to the public; however, no public testimony is taken and no decisions are made.
Following the Administrative Session, the Regular Session will begin at 5:30 p.m.
1. Review of Agenda
2. Policy/Procedural Information
3. Review of Minutes: August 19, 2015
Regular Session - 5:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
Opportunity for members of the public to address the Design Review Committee on
matters not listed on the Agenda.
CONSENT ITEMS:
(1) APPROVAL OF MINUTES: August 19, 2015
All matters that are listed above as Consent Items are considered to be routine by the
Design Review Committee and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no
separate discussion of said items unless members of the Design Review Committee,
staff, or the public request specific items to be removed from the Consent Items for
separate action.
AGENDA ITEMS:
Continued Items:
(2) DRC No. 4741-14 - THE LAN LE DUPLEX
A proposal to demolish an existing single family residence in order to
construct a duplex development consisting of two detached dwelling units on
an existing parcel.
4520 East Washington Avenue
Staff Contact: Anne Fox, 714-744-7236, afox@cityoforange.org
DRC Action: Final Determination
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New Agenda Items:
(3) DRC No. 4808-15 578 N. Lemon Street Garage Reconstruction
578 N. Lemon Street
A proposal to construct a 423 SF detached garage at the rear of a contributing
residence in the Old Towne Historic District. The garage is proposed to
replace a detached garage/carriage house building that demolished without
permits.
Staff Contact: Kelly Ribuffo, 714-744-7223, kribuffo@cityoforange.org
DRC Action: Final Determination
(4) DRC No. 4749-14 – Orange-Olive Residential (MBK Homes)
2025 N. Orange-Olive Road
A proposal to construct 25 detached single family residential condominium
units on a 2.33-acre site currently used for RV parking and storage.
Staff Contact: Jennifer Le, 714-744-7238, jle@cityoforange.org
DRC Action: Recommendation to Planning Commission
(5) DRC No. 4777-14 – University Food and Gas Station
480 N. Glassell Street, Old Towne Historic District
The applicant proposes to remodel an existing service station and convenience
store in the Old Towne Historic District (Historic District).
Staff Contact: Marissa Moshier, 714-744-7243, mmoshier@cityoforange.org
DRC Action: Final Determination
(6) DRC No. 4807-15 – Killefer Square
541 N. Lemon Street
A proposal to rehabilitate a historic school building, listed in the National
Register of Historic Places, for use as dormitory rooms and to construct nine
new buildings with 65 units of apartment-style student housing. The proposed
student housing use will require approval of a Specific Plan for the
development. Prior to embarking on development of the Specific Plan, the
applicant is requesting preliminary review by the DRC to receive feedback on
the proposed project, including rehabilitation of the historic building and the
mass, scale and design of the new construction.
Staff Contact: Marissa Moshier, 714-744-7243, mmoshier@cityoforange.org
DRC Action: Preliminary Review
ADJOURNMENT:
Adjourn to the next regular meeting on Wednesday, September 16, 2015
APPEAL PROCEDURE
Any final determination by the Design Review Committee may be appealed, and such appeal must be filed within
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15 calendar days after the action is taken. This appeal shall be made in written form to the Community
Development Department, accompanied by an initial appeal deposit fee of $1,000.00.
The Community Development Department, upon filing of said appeal, will set petition for public hearing before
the City Planning Commission at the earliest possible date.
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 meeting described on this agenda, or in a written correspondence delivered to the
Design Review Committee at, or prior to, the public meeting.
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