MN032006
CITY OF ANAHEIM
Planning Commission
Action Agenda
Monday, March 20, 2006
Council Chamber, City Hall
200 South Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim, California
CHAIRMAN: GAIL EASTMAN
Commissioners Present
:
KELLY BUFFA, CECILIA FLORES, JOSEPH KARAKI,
ED PEREZ, PANKY ROMERO, PAT VELASQUEZ
(arrived @3:00)
Commissioners Absent
:
NONE
Staff Present
:
Mark Gordon, Assistant City AttorneyDella Herrick, Associate Planner
Greg Hastings, Planning Services ManagerJames Ling, Principal Civil Engineer
Greg McCafferty, Principal PlannerScott Koehm, Associate Planner
Judy Dadant, Senior PlannerJessica Nixon, Planning Aide
Ted White, Senior Planner Elly Morris, Senior Secretary
Amy Vazquez, Associate Planner Marie Witkay, Senior Secretary
Agenda Posting:
A complete copy of the Planning Commission Agenda was posted at 4:00 p.m. on
Friday, March 17, 2006, inside the display case located in the foyer of the Council Chambers, and also
in the outside display kiosk.
Published:
Anaheim Bulletin Newspaper on Thursday, February 23, 2006
Call To Order
Preliminary Plan Review 12:00 P.M.
•
STAFF UPDATE TO COMMISSION ON VARIOUS CITY DEVELOPMENTS
AND ISSUES (AS REQUESTED BY PLANNING COMMISSION)
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PRELIMINARY PLAN REVIEW FOR ITEMS ON THE MARCH 20, 2006 AGENDA
Recess To Afternoon Public Hearing Session
Reconvene To Public Hearing 2:30 P.M.
Attendance: 80
For record keeping purposes, if you wish to make a statement regarding any item on the
agenda, please complete a speaker card in advance and submit it to the secretary.
Pledge Of Allegiance:
Commissioner Perez
Public Comments
Consent Calendar
Public Hearing Items
Adjournment
You may leave a message for the Planning Commission using the following
e-mail address: planningcommission@anaheim.net
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PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION AGENDA
Anaheim Planning Commission Agenda -2:30P.M.
Public Comments: None
This is an opportunity for members of the public to speak on any item under the jurisdiction of the
Anaheim Planning Commission or public comments on agenda items with the exception of public hearing
items.
Consent Calendar:
The items on the Consent Calendar will be acted on by one roll call vote. There will be no separate
discussion of theseitems prior to the time of the voting on the motion unless members of the Planning
Commission, staff or the public request the item to be discussed and/or removed from the Consent
Calendar for separate action.
Commissioner Floresoffered a motion, seconded by Commissioner Romeroand MOTION CARRIED
(Commissioner Velasquez absent), for approval of Consent Calendar Items 1-A and 1-B as
recommended by staff. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
Reports and Recommendations
1A.(a)CEQA MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION (PREVIOUSLY-
Continued to
APPROVED
April 3, 2006
(b)CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2005-04975
(TRACKING NO. CUP2006-05074)
Consent Calendar Approval
Agent: Reky Hiramoto, Beazer Homes, 1800 East Imperial
VOTE: 6-0
Highway, Suite 200, Brea, CA 92821
Commissioner Velasquez absent
Location: 1818 South State College Boulevard:Property is
approximately 3.4 acres located south and east of the
southeast corner of State College Boulevard and Katella
Avenue with frontages of 327 feet on the east side of State
College Boulevard and 105 feet on the south side of Katella
Avenue (Platinum Centre Condominiums).
Request to determine substantial conformance for modifications to
previously-approved exhibits for an attached 265-unit condominium
project within the Platinum Triangle.
Project Planner:
Continued from the March 6, 2006, Planning Commission meeting.
(avazquez@anaheim.net)
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Minutes
1B.Receiving and approving the Minutes from the Planning Commission
Approved
Meeting of March 6, 2006.(Motion)
Consent Calendar Approval
VOTE: 6-0
Commissioner Velasquez absent
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Public Hearing Items:
2a.CEQA NEGATIVE DECLARATION Continued to
2b.WAIVER OF CODE REQUIREMENT April 17, 2006
2c.CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2005-05060
2d.DETERMINATION OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE
Motion: Perez/Flores
OR NECESSITY NO. 2005-00024
Owner:Pietro T. Trozzi, 9471 Gateshead Drive, Huntington Beach,
VOTE: 6-0
CA 92646
Commissioner Velasquez
absent
Agent:Rick Solberg, Solberg & Associates, 201 East Center
Street, Anaheim, CA 92805
Location:3242 West Lincoln Avenue:Property is approximately 1.5
acres, located east and south of the southeast corner of
Westchester Drive and Lincoln Avenue, having frontages of
136 feet on the south side of Lincoln Avenue and 187 feet
on the east side of Westchester Drive (Maria’s Pizzeria and
Billiards).
Conditional Use Permit No. 2005-05060 –Request to permit a restaurant
and billiard facility with the on-premises sale and consumption of beer and
wine withwaiver of minimum number of required parking spaces.
Determination of Public Convenience and Necessity No. 2005-00024 –
Request to permit sales of beer and wine for on-premises consumption
within a restaurant and billiard facility.
Continued from the February 6, 2006, Planning Commission meeting.
Conditional Use Permit Resolution No. _____________
Project Planner:
Public Convenience or Necessity Resolution No. ___________
(kwong2@anaheim.net)
OPPOSITION:None
DISCUSSION TIME: This item was not discussed.
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3a.CEQA MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION
Approved
Flores/Buffa
3b. VARIANCE NO. 2005-04655 Granted
Flores
3c.TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 2005-157 Approved
Flores/Romero
Owner:Gary Calkins Trust, 6263 East Trail Drive, Anaheim, CA
92807
CEQA
Vote:6-1
Agent:Steve Ellis, 4742 Yorba Lane, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Chairman Eastman voted no
Location:6263 East Trail Drive:Property is approximately 3.2 acres
having a frontage of 47 feet at the terminus of Trail Drive
VAR
and is located 145 feet west of the centerline of Whitestone
Deleted Condition Nos. 9 and10
Drive.
Vote:5-2
Variance No. 2005-04655–Request waivers of (a) maximum structural
Chairman Eastman and
height, (b) maximum retaining wall height and (c) lot frontage on a public
Commissioner Velasquez voted no
or private street to construct a single-family residence.
Tentative Parcel Map No. 2005-157–To establish a 2-lot, 2-unit
TPM
Modified Condition No. 2
detached single-family residential subdivision.
Vote:7-0
Continued from the January 9, 23, and February 6, and 22, 2006, Planning
Commission meetings.
Variance Resolution No. PC2006-26
Project Planner:
(avazquez@anaheim.net)
OPPOSITION:6 people spoke in opposition to the subject request.
2newspaper articlesand photos were submitted at today’s meeting.
Aletter was received in opposition, prior to the meeting.
IN GENERAL:A letter was received from the Anaheim Hills Citizens’ Coalition with concerns, prior to
the meeting.
IN SUPPORT:3people spoke in favor of the subject request.
4letters in favor of the request werereceived prior to the meeting.
Mark Gordon, Assistant City Attorney, presented the 10-day appeal rights for the Tentative Parcel Map
ending at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, 2006; and presented the 22-day appeal rights for the
Variance ending at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 11, 2006.
DISCUSSION TIME: 1 hour and 57 minutes (2:38-4:35)
A 10-minute break was taken (4:36-4:46)
CommissionerVelasquez arrived to the Planning Commission meetingat 3:00 p.m.
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4a.CEQA NEGATIVE DECLARATION Approved
Buffa/Romero
4b.VARIANCE NO. 2005-04675 Granted, in part
Buffa
Owner:Therese Hotvedt, The Shops at Stadium Towers, 1100
Approved waivers (a), (f) and
Newport Center Drive, Suite 150, Newport Beach, CA
(g); and denied waivers (b),
(c), (d) and (e) since they have
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been deleted.
Agent:Peter Louis/John Hill, 3195-B Airport Loop Drive, Costa
Mesa, CA 92626
VOTE: 7-0
Location:2410 -2420 East Katella Avenue:Property is
approximately 2.4 acres, having afrontage of 600 feet on
the south side of Katella Avenue and is located 37 feet east
of the centerline of Howell Avenue (Stadium Towers Plaza).
Request waivers of (a) minimum number of parking spaces, (b) permitted
number of tenants on a monument sign, (c) maximum number of
monument signs, (d) maximum height of monument sign, (e) permitted
number of wall signs, (f) permitted location of wall signs, and (g)
maximum height of letters/logos on wall signs to waive minimum number
of parking spaces and permitted signs for a previously-approved
commercial center.
Continued from the January 23, and February 6, and 22, and March 6, 2006,
Planning Commission meetings.
Project Planner:
(avazquez@anaheim.net)
Variance Resolution No. PC2006-27
OPPOSITION:None
Mark Gordon, Assistant City Attorney, presented the 22-day appeal rights ending at 5:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, April 11, 2006.
DISCUSSION TIME: 13 minutes (4:47-5:00)
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5a.CEQA NEGATIVE DECLARATION Continued to
5b.CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2006-05066 April 3, 2006
5c.TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 17016
Motion: Flores/Romero
rd
Owner:Brian Dror, 5967 West 3Street, Suite 102, Los Angeles,
CA 90036
VOTE: 6-0
Commissioner Velasquez
Agent:Rey Berona, Condo Conversions.com, 7439 La Palma
absent
Avenue, Unit 309, Buena Park, CA 90620
Location:729 South Knott Avenue:Property is approximately 1.47
acres, having a frontageof 150 on the west side of Knott
Avenue and is located 193 feet north of the centerline of
Rome Avenue.
Conditional Use Permit No. 2006-05066–Request to convert a 54-unit
apartment complex into a 54-unit residential condominium complex.
Tentative Tract Map No. 17016–To establish a 1-lot, 54-unit airspace
attached residential condominium subdivision.
Project Planner:
Conditional Use Permit Resolution No. _____________
(jpramirez@anaheim.net)
OPPOSITION:None
DISCUSSION TIME: This item was not discussed.
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6a.CEQA NEGATIVE DECLARATION Approved
Buffa/Perez
6b.RECLASSIFICATION NO. 2006-00174 Granted
Buffa
6c.WAIVEROF CODE REQUIREMENT Approved
Buffa/Romero
6d.CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2006-05064
Granted
Buffa
6e.TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 2005-156
Approved
Buffa/Flores
Owner:Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, 405 North
Dale Street, Anaheim, CA 92801
CUP
Modified Condition No. 3
Agent:Karen Otis, Otis Architecture, 16871 Seawitch Lane,
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Added two conditions of
approval
Location:321, 405, 425, 431, 509 and 511 North Dale Avenue:
Property is approximately 4.9 acres having a frontage of
767 feet on the west side of Dale Avenue and is located
668 feet south of the centerline of Crescent Avenue.
VOTE: 7-0
Portion A:This irregularly-shaped 2.8 acre property has a
frontage of 332 feet on the west side of Dale Avenue and is
located 483 feet north of the centerline of Yale Avenue
(1405 North Dale Avenue). PortionB: This irregularly-
shaped .93-acre property has a frontage of 173 feet on the
west side of Dale Avenue and is located 111 feet south of
the centerline of Baylor Avenue (509 and 511 North Dale
Avenue).
Reclassification No. 2006-00174–Request reclassification of Portion A
and B from the T (Transition) zone to the RS-2 (Residential, Single-
Family) zone, or a less intense zone.
Conditional Use Permit No. 2006-05064–Request to expand an
existing Greek Orthodox Church to permit a new administration building,
multi-purpose hall and religious school with waivers of (a) maximum
structural height and (b) minimum number of parking spaces.
Tentative Parcel Map No. 2005-156–To combine six lots into one lot.
Reclassification Resolution No. PC2006-28
Project Planner:
Conditional Use Permit Resolution No. PC2006-29
(dherrick@anaheim.net)
OPPOSITION:4people spoke in opposition to the subject request.
A letter was received in opposition, prior to the meeting.
IN GENERAL:A person spoke with suggestions and relayed concerns pertaining to zoning issues.
IN SUPPORT:A person spoke in favor of the subject request.
A personspoke in favor of the requestand pointed out some concernspertaining to the
Cypress trees facing the back of the subject property and noise issues.
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Mark Gordon, Assistant City Attorney, presented the 10-day appeal rights for the Tentative Parcel Map
ending at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, 2006; and presented the 22-day appeal rights for the
Reclassification and Conditional Use Permit ending at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 11, 2006.
DISCUSSION TIME: 1 hour and 36 minutes (5:01-6:37)
A 10-minute break was taken (6:38-6:48)
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7a.CEQA NEGATIVE DECLARATION Continued to
7b.WAIVER OF CODE REQUIREMENT April 17, 2006
7c.CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2006-05069
Motion: Flores/Romero
Owner:Public Storage Euro Partnership, 701 Western Avenue,
Glendale, CA 91201
VOTE: 6-0
Agent:Dean Grobbelaar, Pacific Planning Group, INC., 23412
Commissioner Velasquez
Moulton Parkway, Suite 140, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
absent
Location:4880 East La Palma Avenue:Property is approximately
3.5 acres, having a frontage of 340 feet on the south side of
LaPalma Avenue and is located 115 feet west of the
centerline of Manassero Street.
Request to construct a five-story self storage building with building
heights exceeding 60 feet with waivers of (a) maximum floor area ratio
and (b) maximum fence height.
Project Planner:
Conditional Use Permit Resolution No. _____________
(jnixon@anaheim.net)
OPPOSITION:None
DISCUSSION TIME: This item was not discussed.
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8a.CEQA CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION -CLASS 11
Concurred with staff
Buffa/Romero
8b.VARIANCE NO. 2006-04679 Granted, in part
Buffa
Approved waiver (b)with
modifications made at
Owner:Tim Dolan, Wescom Credit Union, 123 South Marengo
today’s meeting; and
Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101
denied waiver (a).
Agent:AKC Services, 31681 Riverside Drive, Suite B, Lake
Elsinore, CA 92530
Modified Paragraph No. 1
of the resolution pertaining
Location:5601 East La Palma Avenue:Property is approximately
to the number of wall signs
3.25 acres, having a frontage of 489 feet on the north side
permitted.
of La Palma Avenue and is located 591 feet west of the
Deleted Condition No. 1
centerline of Imperial Highway.
and conditions relating to
the monument sign.
Requestto permit five wall signs and a monument sign for an existing
VOTE: 7-0
office building with waivers of (a) maximum number of monument signs
and (b) maximum letter height for wall signs.
Variance Resolution No. PC2006-30 Project Planner:
(jnixon@anaheim.net)
*Advertised as industrial
OPPOSITION:None
Mark Gordon, Assistant City Attorney, presented the 22-day appeal rights ending at 5:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, April 11, 2006.
DISCUSSION TIME: 21 minutes (6:49-7:10)
Commissioner Karaki abstained on the remaining agenda items, Item Nos. 9 and 10,
therefore he left the Council Chambers at 7:10 p.m.
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9a.CEQA ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
Recommended City Council
Flores/Romero
NO. 331 (PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED) AND SUPPLEMENTAL
Approval
EIR NO. 1278 AND EIR NO. 1716 (PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED)
9b.GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2006-00441
Recommended City Council
Flores
Adoption of GPA
Owner:Irvine Land Company, LLC., 550 Newport Center Drive,
Newport Beach, CA 92660
VOTE: 6-0
Commissioner Karaki abstained
Agent:City of Anaheim, 200 South Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim,
CA 92805
Location:This General Plan Amendment applies to an
approximately 1.45-mile planned segment of Jamboree
Road, west of and parallel to the Eastern Transportation
Corridor (SR-241) between Weir Canyon Road and the
southern City limits.
City-initiated (Planning Department) request to amend the Circulation
Element of the General Plan to remove a planned Hillside Secondary
Arterial roadway (identified as Jamboree Road).
Project Planner:
General Plan Amendment Resolution No. PC2006-31
(skoehm@anaheim.net)
OPPOSITION:None
Mark Gordon, Assistant City Attorney, stated this item would be scheduled for a public hearing before the
City Council.
DISCUSSION TIME: 6 minutes (7:11-7:17)
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10a.CEQA ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 331 Recommended City
Perez/Buffa
(PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED) AND MITIGATION
Council Approval
MONITORING PROGRAM NO. 137 AND MITIGATION
MONITORING PLAN NO. 137a
Recommended City
10b.AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE MOUNTAIN PARK SPECIFIC
Perez
Council Approval
PLAN NO. 90-4
(TRACKING NO. SPN2006-00033)
10c.MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT NO. 2006-00134 Approved
Perez/Flores
10d.FINAL SITE PLAN NO. 2006-00004
Perez/Romero Approved
10e.TENTATIVE TRACTMAP NO. 16665
Perez/Buffa
Approved
10f.SPECIMEN TREE REMOVAL PERMIT NO. 2006-00001
Perez/Eastman
Approved
Owner:
Irvine Land Company, LLC., 550 Newport Center Drive, Newport
Beach, CA 92660
Agent:TTM
Bryan Austin, Irvine Community Development, 550 Newport
Modified Condition
Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Nos. 2 and 4
Location:
The Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90-4 area encompasses
Added a condition of
3,001 acres located generally in Gypsum Canyon, south of the
approval
Riverside (SR-91) Freeway, in Orange County, California. The
majority of the project site is in the jurisdiction of the City of
Anaheim; however, open space areas in the southern-and
eastern-most portions of the project site are in unincorporated
VOTE: 6-0
County of Orange jurisdiction in the City of Anaheim’s sphere-of-
Commissioner Karaki
influence. SR-91 is immediately north of the project site, and the
abstained
SR-241 bisects the site into eastern and western segments.
Development Areas 3 and 7 of the Mountain Park Specific Plan
area consist of approximately 343 acres located at the southern
terminus of Weir Canyon Road, generally bordered on the west
by The Summit of Anaheim Hills development and on the east by
the Eastern Transportation Corridor (SR-241).
Amendment No. 2 to the Mountain Park Specific Plan No. 90-4 (SPN2006-
00033) –
Request to amend the Mountain Park Specific Plan conditions of
approval and zoning and development standards to add refinements and
clarifications including, but not limited to, fiscal conditions and sign regulations.
Miscellaneous Permit No. 2006-00134–
Requests review and approval of a
Development AreaPlan for Development Areas 3 and 7 of the Mountain Park
Specific Plan.
Final Site Plan No. 2006-00004 –
Requests review and approval of a final site
plan for Development Areas 3 and 7 of the Mountain Park Specific Plan.
Tentative Tract Map No. 16665-
To establish a 150 numbered and 37
lettered lot (advertised as 33 lettered lot) residential subdivision encompassing
145 single-family residential lots, an elementary school site, a public park site,
open space lots, public and private streets and a water reservoir site within
Development Areas 3 and 7 of the Mountain Park Specific Plan.
Specimen Tree Removal Permit No. 2006-00001–
To remove 149 specimen
trees within Mountain Park Development Areas 3 and 7 and replace with 2,980
trees.
Amendment No. 2 To The Mountain
Project Planner:
Park Specific Plan No. 90-4 Resolution No. PC2006-32
(skoehm@anaheim.net)
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OPPOSITION:None
IN GENERALA letter was received from the Transportation Corridor Agencies with comments
provided.
Mark Gordon, Assistant City Attorney, presented the 10-day appeal rights for the Miscellaneous Permit,
Final Site PlanandTentative Tract Map ending at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, 2006; and presented
the 22-day appeal rights for the Specimen Tree Removal Permitending at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday,
April11, 2006; and stated with respect to
Amendment No. 2 to the Mountain Park Specific Plan that matter
scheduled for a public hearing before the City Council.
would be
DISCUSSION TIME:37minutes (7:18-7:55)
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Commissioner Perez expressed his appreciation for serving on the Planning
Commission and thanked fellow Commissioners and staff.
(Resignation as Planning Commissioner was received March 13, 2006, and to be
effective April 4,2006.)
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:00P.M.
TO MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2006 AT 12:00 P.M. FOR A WORKSHOP
ON MULTIPLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PARKING
REQUIREMENTS AND PRELIMINARY PLAN REVIEW.
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