MN022008
City of Anaheim
Planning Commission
Action Agenda
Wednesday,February 20, 2008
Council Chamber, City Hall
200 South Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim, California
Commissioners Present
:Chairman: Kelly Buffa
Gail Eastman,Stephen Faessel,
Panky Romero,Pat Velasquez
Commissioners Absent
:Peter Agarwal, Joseph Karaki
Staff Present
:
CJ Amstrup, Planning Services ManagerScott Koehm, Associate Planner
Linda Johnson,Principal PlannerMinoo Ashabi, Contracted Planner
Mark Gordon, Assistant City AttorneySandip Budhia, Associate Engineer
Dave See, Senior PlannerGrace Medina, Senior Secretary
Ted White, Senior PlannerDonna Patino, Secretary
Agenda Posting: A complete copy of the Planning Commission Agenda was posted at10:00 a.m.
onThursday,February 14, 2008, inside the display case located in the foyer of the Council
Chamber, and also in the outside display kiosk.
Published:Anaheim Bulletin Newspaper onThursday,February 7,2008
Call to Order
Preliminary Plan Review 1:30P.M.
•STAFF UPDATE TO COMMISSION ON VARIOUS CITY DEVELOPMENTS
AND ISSUES (AS REQUESTED BY PLANNING COMMISSION)
•PRELIMINARY PLAN REVIEW FOR ITEMS ON THEFEBRUARY 20, 2008AGENDA
Workshop on General Plan Housing Element Update -Rescheduled to the March 3, 2008
Planning Commission Meeting
Recess to Public Hearing
Reconvene to Public Hearing 2:30 P.M.
Attendance: 20
Pledge of Allegiance:
Commissioner Velasquez
Public Comments
Consent Calendar
Public Hearing Items
Adjournment
FEBRUARY 20, 2008
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION AGENDA
Anaheim Planning Commission Agenda -2:30 P.M.
Public Comments: None
Consent Calendar:
Commissioner Velasquezoffered a motion, seconded by Commissioner Eastmanand MOTION
CARRIED, for approval of Consent Calendar Item 1Band to continue Item 1A,as recommended by
staff. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
Minutes:
1A.Continued to March 3, 2008
Receiving and approving the Minutes from the Planning
Commission Meeting of January 23, 2008.
VOTE: 5-0
Continued from the February 4, 2008, Planning
Commission Meeting(Motion)
Commissioners Agarwal and
Karaki absent
1B.Receiving and approving the Minutes from the Planning Consent Calendar Approval
Commission Meeting of February 4, 2008.(Motion)
VOTE: 5-0
Commissioners Agarwal and
Karaki absent
02/20/08
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PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION AGENDA
Public Hearing Items:
2a.CEQACATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, CLASS 1Approved
Eastman/Romero
2b.CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2007-05293Approved
Eastman
Owner:
City of Anaheim
200South Anaheim Boulevard
Anaheim, CA 92805
Applicant:VOTE: 5-0
Raymond Smith
Federal Heath Sign Company
Commissioners Agarwal
4602 North Avenue
and Karaki absent
Oceanside, CA 92056
Location:2000 East Gene Autry Way, 2000 South State College
Boulevard and 2379 East Orangewood Avenue
(Angel Stadium of Anaheim):
Property is
approximately 98.5 acres, having a frontage of 675 feet
on the east side of State College Boulevard, 1,445 feet
on the north side of Orangewood Avenue, and 100 feet
on Douglass Road.
Project Planner:
Request to permit the modification of two (2) legally non-conforming
twhite@anaheim.net
reader board signs within the Angel Stadium of Anaheim parking lot,
including the "Big A" sign.
Conditional Use Permit Resolution No. PC2008-23
OPPOSITION:
None
Mark Gordon, Assistant City Attorney, presented the 22-day appeal rights ending at 5:00 p.m. on
Thursday, March 13, 2008.
DISCUSSION TIME
:6minutes (2:32to 2:38)
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3a.CEQACATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, CLASS 1Approved
Faessel/Velasquez
3b.DETERMINATION OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE ORApproved, with
Faessel
NECESSITY NO. 2007-00038modification to
Condition Nos. 5
Owner:and 7,deletion of
Anaheim GWII, LLC
Condition Nos. 8
17140 Bernard Center Drive #310
and 10
San Diego, CA 92128
Applicant:
Lucille Kring
VOTE: 5-0
Pop The Cork, LLC
1619 West Lorane Way
Commissioners Agarwal
Anaheim, CA92802
and Karaki absent
Location321 West Katella Avenue (Anaheim GardenWalk)
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Property is approximately 19.3 acres generally located at
the northwest corner of Katella Avenue and Clementine
Street, having approximate frontages of 728 feet on the
north side of Katella Avenue, 1,185 feet on the west side
of Clementine Street between Disney Way andKatella
Avenue (excluding Fire Station No. 3 at 1713-1717 South
Clementine Street) and 800 feet on the south side of
Disney Way.
Project Planner:
Requestor Determination of Public Convenience or Necessity to
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skoehm@anaheim.net
permit sales of beer and wine for on and off-premises consumption
within a proposed bar/wine store at Anaheim GardenWalk.
Determination of Public Convenience or NecessityResolution
No.PC2008-24
OPPOSITION:
None
Mark Gordon, Assistant City Attorney, presented the 22-day appeal rights ending at 5:00 p.m. on
Thursday, March 13, 2008.
DISCUSSION TIME
:10minutes (2:39to 2:49)
02/20/08
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4a.CEQANEGATIVE DECLARATIONApproved
Faessel/Eastman
(PREVIOUSLY-APPROVED)
4b.CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2007-05292Approved,modification
Faessel
to Condition Nos. 2, 3
Owner:and 4
RRM Properties
770 Ponce De Leon Boulevard, Suite 307
Coral Gables, FL 33134
VOTE: 4-1
Applicant:
Rachel Fenton
Commissioner Romero
NSA Wireless, INC.
voted no
2527 Camino Ramon, Suite 350
San Ramon, CA94583
Commissioners Agarwal
and Karaki absent
Location:195 and 201 East Commercial Street:
Property is
approximately 2.69 acres, having a frontage of 322 feet
on the north side of Commercial Street approximately
668feet east of the centerline of Anaheim Boulevard.
Requestto permit the continued use of a telecommunications facility
Project Planner:
disguised as a palm tree with accessory ground-mounted equipment
mashabi@anaheim.net
and no time limitation.
Conditional Use Permit Resolution No. PC2008-25
OPPOSITION:
None
Mark Gordon, Assistant City Attorney, presented the 22-day appeal rights ending at 5:00 p.m. on
Thursday, March 13, 2008.
DISCUSSION TIME
:32minutes (2:50to 3:22)
02/20/08
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5a.CEQACATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, CLASS 1Approved
Romero/Faessel
5b.CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2008-05300Approved,with
Romero
modification to
Owner:Condition No. 2
RREEF America Reit II
c/o RREEF Management Co.
Attn: Dan Patterson
1630 South Sunkist Street
Anaheim, CA 92806
Applicant:VOTE: 5-0
Tom Hubbard
Flightdeck Air Combat Center
Commissioners Agarwal
1601 Sunkist Street, Suite A
andKaraki absent
Anaheim, CA 92806
Location:1601 South Sunkist Avenue, Unit A:
Property is an
approximate 2.54-acre site located within a 9.8 acre
industrial business park at the southwest corner of
Cerritos Avenue and Sunkist Street, having frontages of
500 feet on the south side of Cerritos Avenue and 1,350
feet on thewest side of Sunkist Street.
Project Planner:
Requestto permit a 3,600 square foot indoor recreation facility
mashabi@anaheim.net
including seven flight simulation stations serving individuals and
small corporate groups.*
* Advertised with a request to permit fewer parking spaces than
required by code. This request is not needed as the number of
parking spaces complies with code requirements.
Conditional Use Permit Resolution No. PC2008-26
OPPOSITION:
None
Mark Gordon, Assistant City Attorney, presented the 22-day appeal rights ending at 5:00 p.m. on
Thursday, March 13, 2008.
DISCUSSION TIME
:7minutes (3:23to 3:30)
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6a.CEQAMITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATIONApprovedand
Velasquez/Romero
ANDMITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAMrecommended City
NO. 154*Council Approval, with
revisionto mitigation
measure pertaining to
securityplan
6b.GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2007-00462Recommended City
Velasquez
Council approval
6c.RECLASSIFICATION NO. 2007-00210Approved
Velasquez
6d.SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2007-00049Recommended City
Velasquez
Council approval
6e.CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2007-05242Approved, with
Velasquez
WITH WAIVER OF CODE REQUIREMENTmodification to
Condition No. 4;
deletion of Condition
Nos. 10, 11, and 38;
final elevation plans to
return to Planning
Commission as a
Reports &
Recommendations Item
6f.DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NO. 2007-00004Continued to
Velasquez/Romero
March 17, 2008
6g.FINAL SITE PLAN NO. 2007-00010Approved
Velasquez
6h.TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 2007-163Approved
Velasquez
6i.TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 17219Approved
Velasquez
6j.REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW OFApproved
Velasquez/Romero
ITEM NOS. 6c, 6e, 6g, 6h and 6i
Owner:
P A Poon & Son Inc.
16841 Marina Bay Drive
VOTE: 5-0
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Commissioners Agarwal
Applicant:
Greg McCafferty
and Karaki absent
Sheldon Group
901 Dove Street,Suite 140
Newport Beach, CA92660
02/20/08
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PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION AGENDA
Location:2232 South Harbor Boulevard (the vacant Toys R Us
site):
Property is approximately 4.8 acres, having a
frontage of 382 feet on the east side of Harbor Boulevard
and located 252 feet south of the centerline of Wilken Way.
Request to develop a mixed use project consisting of a 105 room hotel,
Project Planner:
dsee@anaheim.net
with 14,714 square feet of accessory commercial uses on the western
1.5-acre portion of the project site adjacent to Harbor Boulevard, and a
191-unit, 3to 5 story condominium complex, including nine live/work
units, on the eastern 3.3-acre portion of the project site. Proposed
General Plan Amendment No.
project actions include the following:
2007-00462
–Request to amend the General Plan to redesignate the
eastern 3.3 acres of the property from the Commercial Recreation to
Reclassification No. 2007-00210
the Mixed Use land use designation;
–Request for a reclassification to change the zoning on the eastern 3.3
acres of the property from the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (SP92-2)
zone to the Multiple Family Residential, Mixed Use Overlay (RM-4 (MU)
Specific Plan Amendment No. 2007-00049
Overlay) zone; –Request
to remove the eastern 3.3 acres of the property from the Anaheim
Resort Specific Plan and increase the hotel density from Low Density to
Medium Density for the western 1.5 acres of the property adjacent to
Harbor Boulevard and to permit reduced front and interior setbacks and
Conditional Use Permit No. 2007-05242
distance between driveways;
–Requesttopermit a mixed use project with 191 condominium units, to
include live/work units, for the rear 3.3-acre portion of the property, and
for a 105-unit hotel with 14,714 square feet of accessory commercial
uses on the front 1.5 acres of the property adjacent to Harbor
Boulevard with waivers of minimum lot frontage adjacent to a public or
Development Agreement No. 2007-00004
private street; –Request
for approval of a Development Agreement between the City of Anaheim
and West Millenniumto construct the proposed mixed use project;
Final Site Plan No. 2007-00010
–Request for approval of a Final Site
Tentative Parcel Map No.
Plan for the proposed mixed use project;
2007-163
–Request to establish a 2-lot subdivision to separate the
Tentative Tract Map No. 17219
commercial and residential land uses;
CEQA
–Request to establish a 191-unit condominium complex; and,
Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Plan No.
149
–Request for approval of a CEQA Mitigated Negative Declaration
(MND) and Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP) No. 149 for the Toys
R Us mixed use project. The MND and MMP has been prepared to
serve as the primary environmental document for GPA2007-00462,
CUP2007-05242, DAG2007-00004, FSP2007-00010, RCL2007-00210,
SPN2007-00049, SUBTPM2007-163, and SUBTTM17219 and
subsequent actions related to implementation of the project.
Implementation is intended to include, but not be limited to, the
approval of subdivision maps, grading permits, street improvement
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plans, final site plans, and other related actions for the Toys R Us
mixed use project. Future actions related to the project that require
additional discretionary review will utilize this document for CEQA
purposes to the extent possible, consistent with Section 15070 of the
CEQA Guidelines.
*Advertised as Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 149
General Plan Amendment Resolution No. PC2008-27
Reclassification Resolution No. PC2008-28
Specific Plan Amendment Resolution No. PC2008-29
Conditional Use Permit Resolution No. PC2008-30
Final Site Plan Resolution No. PC2008-31
Tentative Parcel Map Resolution No. PC2008-32
Tentative Tract Map Resolution No. PC2008-33
OPPOSITION:
None
Mark Gordon, Assistant City Attorney, presented the 10-day appeal rights for the Tentative Tract Map
and the Tentative Parcel Map ending at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2008, and the 22-day
appeal rights for the remaining items ending at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 13, 2008.
DISCUSSION TIME
:46minutes (3:30to 4:16)
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 4:27 P.M.
TO MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008AT 1:00P.M.
FOR PRELIMINARY PLAN REVIEW
02/20/08
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