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City of Anaheim
Planning Commission
Action Agenda
Monday, July 27, 2015
Council Chamber, City Hall 200 South Anaheim Boulevard Anaheim, California
Commissioners Present: Chairman: Michelle Lieberman
Chairman Pro-Tempore: Mitchell Caldwell Bill Dalati, Grant Henninger, Victoria Ramirez, John Seymour
Commissioners Absent: Paul Bostwick
Staff Present: David Belmer, Planning & Building Director Amy Vazquez, PT Associate Planner
Jonathan Borrego, Planning Services Manager Rafael Cobian, Associate Traffic Engineer
Ted Reynolds, Assistant City Attorney Raul Garcia, Principal Civil Engineer
David See, Senior Planner Roger Bennion, Community Preservation Supervisor
Vanessa Norwood, Associate Planner Ellie Yazdani, Associate Engineer
Eleanor Morris, Secretary Agenda Posting: A complete copy of the Planning Commission Agenda was posted at
2:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2015, inside the display case located in the foyer of the
Council Chamber and in the outside display kiosk.
• Call to Order – 5:00 p.m. Chairman Lieberman presented the 10-day appeal rights for all public hearing items. The appeal period for the public hearing items end on Thursday, August 6, 2015.
• Audience Attendance: 15
• Pledge of Allegiance by Commissioner Caldwell
• Public Comments
• Public Hearing Items
• Commission Updates
• Discussion
• Adjournment
JULY 27, 2015
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Public Comments: None
Public Hearing Items:
ITEM NO. 2
VARIANCE NO. 2690A (DEV2015-00031)
Location: 3203 West Cabot Drive
Request: To amend a condition of approval to retain a
previously-approved apartment in a converted garage.
Environmental Determination: The Planning
Commission will consider whether to find the project to be Categorically Exempt from the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act and Guidelines as
a Class 1 (Existing Facilities) Categorical Exemption.
Resolution No. PC2015-050 (Caldwell / Seymour)
Approved an amendment to a condition of approval allowing the
previously-approved apartment
to remain for a period of three
years, to expire on July 27, 2018.
VOTE: 5-1
Chairman Lieberman and Commissioners Caldwell, Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour voted yes. Commissioner Dalati voted no. Commissioner Bostwick was absent.
Project Planner: Amy Vazquez avazquez@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: A piece of written correspondence was received in opposition
to the subject request.
DISCUSSION TIME: 23 minutes (5:02 to 5:25)
Commissioner Henninger arrived to the meeting at 5:08 pm
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ITEM NO. 3 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2015-05799
(DEV2015-00044)
Location: 434 South Euclid Street
Request: To permit wholesale automobile dealership
offices within an existing multi-tenant office building.
Environmental Determination: The Planning
Commission will consider whether to find the project to be Categorically Exempt from the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act and Guidelines as
a Class 1 (Existing Facilities) Categorical Exemption.
Resolution No. PC2015-051
(Seymour / Henninger)
Approved VOTE: 6-0
Chairman Lieberman and Commissioners Caldwell, Dalati, Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour voted yes. Commissioner Bostwick was absent.
Project Planner:
David See dsee@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 4 minutes (5:26 to 5:30)
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ITEM NO. 4 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2015-05800
VARIANCE NO. 2015-05024
(DEV2015-00047)
Location: 520 North Brookhurst Street
Request: To permit retail automotive sales agency
offices within an existing commercial building with fewer
parking spaces than required by the Zoning Code.
Environmental Determination: The Planning Commission
will consider whether to find the project to be Categorically
Exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental
Quality Act and Guidelines as a Class 1 (Existing Facilities) Categorical Exemption.
Resolution No. PC2015-052
(Dalati / Seymour)
Approved
VOTE: 6-0
Chairman Lieberman and
Commissioners Caldwell, Dalati,
Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour
voted yes. Commissioner Bostwick was absent. Project Planner:
Vanessa Norwood vnorwood@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 6 minutes (5:31 to 5:37)
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ITEM NO. 5 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2015-05779
VARIANCE NO. 2015-05002
(DEV2015-00005)
Location: 602–610 North Anaheim Boulevard
Request: To expand an existing motel by adding
seven additional rooms; to allow a building setback
between the motel addition and the adjacent residential
zone that is smaller than required by the Zoning Code; and, to allow proposed parking spaces to encroach into
the required landscape setback area adjacent to
Anaheim Boulevard.
Environmental Determination: The Planning
Commission will consider whether to find the project to
be Categorically Exempt from the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act and Guidelines as
a Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) Categorical Exemption.
Resolution No. PC2015-053
(Seymour / Dalati)
Approved, with a modification to the CEQA determination by
utilizing both a Class 1 and
Class 3 Categorical Exemption.
VOTE: 6-0 Chairman Lieberman and Commissioners Caldwell, Dalati, Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour voted yes. Commissioner Bostwick was absent. Project Planner:
Vanessa Norwood
vnorwood@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
IN GENERAL: A person spoke, expressing concerns related to the existing
parking issues in the subject area.
DISCUSSION TIME: 20 minutes (5:38 to 5:58)
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:00 P.M. TO MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015 AT 5:00 P.M.