06-19-13 - DRC Agenda
DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE
AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013
Conference Room “C”
Administrative Session – 5:00 P.M.
Regular Session – 5:30 P.M.
Design Review Committee:
Carol Fox, Chair
Robert Imboden, Vice-Chair
Tim McCormack
Craig Wheeler
Joe Woollett
Staff:
David Khorram
Chief Building Official
Mark Schwarz
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 the
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 A.M. 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].
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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: June 5, 2013
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: June 5, 2013
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. 4640-12 – BJ’s RESTAURANT & BREWHOUSE
A request to approve the final Landscape Plan for the new BJ’s Restaurant and
Brewhouse.
460 S. The City Drive
Staff Contact: Robert Garcia, 714-744-7231, rgarcia@cityoforange.org
Continued from DRC meeting: November 7, 2012
DRC Action: Final Determination
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New Agenda Items:
(3) DRC No. 4684-13 – PEREZ ADDITION
A proposal to remodel an existing residence.
1932 W. Sycamore Avenue
Staff Contact: Doris Nguyen, 714-744-7223, dnguyen@cityoforange.org
DRC Action: Final Determination
(4) DRC No. 4676-13 – CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS
CENTER (DMAC) AND RECREATION COMPLEX [Associated with
previously approved Filmmaker’s Village]
A proposal to create a Digital Media Arts Center in the building formerly
known as the California Wire & Cable Company by preserving and restoring
the historic facade along Maple Ave. and Cypress St. and retrofitting the
interior to include offices, classrooms and support uses. The project also
includes preserving and restoring the façade of the former Baja Shop Motor
Sports building which will be developed with lockers and restrooms.
Additionally, the project includes the site’s associated SCE farm, soil
remediation farm, bio-filtration areas, open green space, ½ basketball court, a
sand volleyball court, and seven new lighted tennis courts which create the
Recreation Complex portion of the project. Not a part of this project, but
integral to, is the previously approved parking structure in the southwest
corner of the property. The drive entry into the site which leads into the
parking structure is a part of this project. The project is proposed in three
phases.
On the Chapman University Campus, bounded by N. Cypress Street to the east
[addresses 220 through 296], W. Maple Ave. to the south, the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad tracks to the west and, W. Palm Avenue to the
north
Staff Contact: Lucy Yeager, 714-744-7239, lyeager@cityoforange.org
DRC Action: Recommendation with Conditions to both the Zoning
Administrator (relative to Administrative Adjustment for
landscape requirement adjacent to building, Variance request
for height of certain fences and certain building setbacks) and
the Community Development Director which has final
consideration of the project
(5) DRC No. 4694-13 – CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY WILSON ATHLETIC FIELD
REPLACEMENT LIGHTING–EAST SIDE
A proposal to replace three 80 foot light poles with two 90 foot light poles on
the east side of the athletic field.
Approximately 300 E. Walnut Avenue
Staff Contact: Lucy Yeager, 714-744-7239, lyeager@cityoforange.org
DRC Action: Recommendation with Conditions to the Community
Development Director which has final consideration of the
project
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ADJOURNMENT:
Adjourn to the next regular meeting on Wednesday, July 3, 2013.
APPEAL PROCEDURE
Any final determination by the Design Review Committee may be appealed, and such appeal must be filed within
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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