03-07-2022 ORION SENIOR CITIZEN APARTMENTSCITY OF ORANGE
LEGAL NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING
LOCATION: City Council Chamber, 300 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange. Members of the
public can also 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:
https://www.cityoforange.org/2023/Orange-TV3-Live
DATE: MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2022
TIME: 7:00 P.M. (or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard)
SUBJECT: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3146-21, MAJOR SITE PLAN REVIEW
NO. 1047-21, DESIGN REVIEW NO. 5042-21, AND A DENSITY BONUS
WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONCESSIONS AND WAIVERS TO
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS – THE ORION SENIOR CITIZEN
APARTMENT COMPLEX
PROPERTY 1800 E. LA VETA AVENUE / 585 S. TUSTIN STREET,
LOCATION ORANGE, CA (APN: 390-322-15)
REQUEST: A request to redevelop an existing 3.85-acre rehabilitation center site with a
new 166-unit affordable senior citizen apartment complex and related site
improvements.
ENVIRONMENTAL
INFORMATION The proposed project is categorically exempt from the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA Guidelines
15332 (Class 32 – Infill Development Projects) because the project meets
the following criteria:
a. With the allowed density bonus, the project is consistent with the
existing General Plan designations, General Plan policies and,
applicable zoning designations and regulations.
b. The project is in the City on a site less than five acres and is
substantially surrounded by urban uses.
c. The project site has no value as habitat for endangered, rare or
threated species.
d. The project has been evaluated for significant effects relating to traffic,
noise, air quality, and water quality and no significant effects have been
identified.
e. The site would be adequately served by all required utilities and public
services.
Nothing further is warranted or required to comply with CEQA. No public
review is required for an exemption.
PROPERTY
OWNER: Rehabilitation Institute of California, A California Corporation – Glen Motola
PROJECT
APPLICANT: USA Properties Fund Inc. – Leatha Clark
FURTHER
INFORMATION: All interested persons may submit comments and may be heard on any
relevant matter relating to the proposed actions by mail, email, voicemail or
in-person, as set forth in the March 7, 2022 Planning Commission agenda.
To obtain further information about the project, please contact Monique
Schwartz, Associate Planner at the Planning Division of the City of Orange,
300 East Chapman Avenue telephone (714) 744-7224 or via e-mail at
mschwartz@cityoforange.org.
If you challenge any decision to 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.