12-07-2022 DRC MinutesAPPROVED BY THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 21, 2022
MINUTES
City of Orange
Design Review Committee
December 07, 2022
1. OPENING/CALL TO ORDER
Chair Imboden called the meeting to order at 5:32 p.m.
1.1 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Committee Member Skorpanich led the flag salute.
1.2 ROLL CALL
Present: McDermott, Fox, Skorpanich, and Imboden
Absent: Farfan
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Public Speaker:
Tim McCormack wished Chair Imboden a happy birthday.
3. CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar 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 removed from the Consent Calendar for
separate action.
3.1. Approval of meeting minutes of the Design Review Committee of the City of
Orange for the November 16, 2022, Regular Meeting.
ACTION: Approved minutes as presented.
3.2. Design Review No., 5065-22, Maloney Residence,426 S. Cambridge Street
ACTION: Approved.
Approval of the Consent Calendar
A motion was made by Committee Member Skorpanich, seconded by Vice Chair
McDermott, to• approve the Consent Calendar. The motion carried by the following
vote:
Ayes: McDermott, Fox, Skorpanich, and Imboden
Noes: None
Absent: Farfan V
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4. NEW ITEMS
4.1. Design Review No. 5030-21, Street Lights Mixed-Use Apartment Development,
840 The City Drive South
The following spoke on behalf of the project:
Scott Levy, Applicant; Fazal Khan, Architect; Rob Streza, Landscape Designer.
The Committee Members discussed the following:
Podium wall interface with sidewalk
Height of adjacent building
Open space to building
Street tree and tree well size
Parking deck screening and lighting
Height limits
F.A.R. calculations
Open space courtyard
Pool courtyard location
Placement and proportion of decorative stone
Expansive vertical wall at northern portion of the project and options for
articulation
A motion was made by Committee Member Fox, seconded by Vice Chair McDermott,
to approve Design Review No. 5030-21, Street Lights Mixed-Use Apartment
Development, with the following conditions:
1) (to replace Condition #12) The landscape treatment between the proposed site wall
that runs parallel to the City Drive shall be broken up into zones, and the zone that runs
adjacent to the pool courtyard shall contain minimum 20 feet tall trees arranged in an
aesthetically pleasing way per the landscape architect's design. The • proposed
landscaping that was presented in the addendum dated December 5, 2022 that
contains hedges will remain at the northern and southern ends of the wall;
2) The stone cladding proposed on the building should be limited to the first two stories
of the building with the exception to the area adjacent to entrance "T";
3) Larger tree wells with grates shall be used for the street trees to enhance the
pedestrian environment and the tree wells shall be as large as permissible by code
clearance requirements;
4) Install screening to ceiling mounted lights in parking structure and add a lip 'to the
façade edge of approximately 1 foot; '
5) Tall palm trees shall be planted against the tall blank wall ' on northeast tower
element of the project adjacent to the proposed murals; .
6) Any existing trees that are damaged 'in construction shall be replaced with similar
stature trees.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: McDermott, Fox, Skorpanich, and Imboden
Noes: None
Absent: Farfan
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5. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was'adjourned at 7:33 p.m.
The next Regular Design Review Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday,
December 21, 2022 at 5:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber.
Anna Pehoushek
Assistant Community Development Director
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