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City of Anaheim
Planning Commission
Action Agenda
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Council Chamber, City Hall 200 South Anaheim Boulevard
Anaheim, California
Commissioners Present: Acting Chairman: John Seymour
Paul Bostwick, Bill Dalati, Grant Henninger, Victoria Ramirez
Commissioners Absent: Chairman: Michelle Lieberman
Chairman Pro-Tempore: Mitchell Caldwell
Staff Present: Jonathan Borrego, Planning Services Manager Amy Stonich, Contract Planner Ted Reynolds, Assistant City Attorney Michele Irwin, Senior Police Services Representative
Ted White, Principal Planner David Kennedy, Principal Traffic Engineer
Susan Kim, Principal Planner Raul Garcia, Principal Civil Engineer
David See, Senior Planner Ellie Yazdani, Associate Engineer
Scott Koehm, Associate Planner Roger Bennion, Community Preservation Supervisor
Amy Vazquez, Contract Planner Eleanor Morris, Secretary
Agenda Posting: A complete copy of the Planning Commission Agenda was posted at
4:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 3, 2015, inside the display case located in the foyer of
the Council Chamber and in the outside display kiosk.
Published: Anaheim Bulletin Newspaper on Thursday, August 27, 2015
• Call to Order – 5:00 p.m.
Acting Chairman Seymour presented the 10-day appeal rights for all public hearing items. The appeal period for the public hearing items end on Monday, September 21, 2015.
• Audience Attendance: 30
• Pledge of Allegiance by Commissioner Ramirez
• Public Comments
• Public Hearing Items
• Commission Updates
• Discussion
• Adjournment
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Public Comments: None
Public Hearing Items:
ITEM NO. 2
DETERMINATION OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY NO. 2015-00119 (DEV2015-00061)
Location: 912 South Euclid Street
Request: Determination of public convenience or
necessity to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-
site consumption in conjunction with an existing retail store
(99 Cent Only).
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. PC2015-060
(Bostwick / Dalati)
Approved VOTE: 5-0
Commissioners Bostwick, Dalati,
Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour
voted yes. Chairman Lieberman and Commissioner Caldwell were
absent.
Project Planner:
Amy Stonich astonich@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 6 minutes (5:05 to 5:11)
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ITEM NO. 3 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2015-05812
(DEV2015-00066)
Location: 1775 East Lincoln Avenue, Suites 201 & 203
Request: To permit two retail automotive sales agency
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. PC2015-061
(Dalati / Bostwick)
Approved
VOTE: 5-0
Commissioners Bostwick, Dalati,
Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour voted yes. Chairman Lieberman
and Commissioner Caldwell were
absent.
Project Planner: Amy Stonich
astonich@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
IN SUPPORT A person spoke expressing their support of the request.
DISCUSSION TIME: 8 minutes (5:12 to 5:20)
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ITEM NO. 4 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2015-05822
(DEV2015-00085)
Location: 751 South Weir Canyon Road, Suite 159
Request: To permit on-site sales and consumption of beer
and wine at an existing restaurant within a commercial
center (Siam Savory).
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. PC2015-062
(Henninger / Bostwick)
Approved, deleted Condition No. 16.
VOTE: 5-0
Commissioners Bostwick, Dalati, Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour voted yes. Chairman Lieberman
and Commissioner Caldwell were absent.
Project Planner: Amy Vazquez
avazquez@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 4 minutes (5:21 to 5:25)
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ITEM NO. 5 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2015-05808
(DEV2015-00062)
Location: 519 South Central Park Avenue West
Request: To permit an automobile dealership agency
within an existing industrial 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. PC2015-063
(Bostwick / Henninger)
Approved
VOTE: 5-0
Commissioners Bostwick, Dalati,
Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour voted yes. Chairman Lieberman
and Commissioner Caldwell were
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. 6 AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
NO. 2005-00008 BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM AND PT METRO, LLC
(DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NO. 2005-00008D) (DEV2013-00034A)
Location: The subject property is commonly known as
1404 East Katella Avenue (A-Town) and consists of
approximately 43.1-acres generally located west of State
College Boulevard between Katella Avenue and Gene Autry Way in an area of the City of Anaheim known as
"The Platinum Triangle".
Request: To amend Development Agreement No. 2005-00008 for the A-Town project to extend the term for a
period of six months until June 13, 2016.
Environmental Determination: The Planning Commission
will consider whether the previously certified Platinum Triangle Expansion Project Final Subsequent EIR No. 339
for the Revised Platinum Triangle Expansion Project is the
appropriate environmental determination for this request.
Resolution No. PC2015-064
(Ramirez / Dalati)
Approved
VOTE: 5-0
Commissioners Bostwick, Dalati,
Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour voted yes. Chairman Lieberman
and Commissioner Caldwell were
absent.
Project Planner:
Scott Koehm skoehm@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 4 minutes (5:31 to 5:35)
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ITEM NO. 7
ADDENDUM NO. 4 TO FINAL SUBSEQUENT EIR NO. 339 AND MITIGATION MONITORING PLAN NO. 321
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2015-00490
MISCELLANEOUS CASE NO. 2015-00598 ZONING CODE AMENDMENT NO. 2013-00112 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NO. 2005-00008C
TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 17703
FINAL SITE PLAN NO. 2014-00002
(DEV2013-00034A) (COLLECTIVELY, THE "PROJECT ACTIONS")
Location: The subject property is commonly known as
1404 East Katella Avenue (A-Town) and consists of
approximately 43.1-acres generally located west of State College Boulevard between Katella Avenue and Gene
Autry Way in an area of the City of Anaheim known as
"The Platinum Triangle".
Request: The following actions will be considered relating to the A-Town project: 1) Amend the Land Use
Element, the Green Element and the Circulation Element
of the General Plan to reflect the relocation of the
proposed public park and proposed street realignment; 2)
Amend the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan to reconfigure the circulation system street types and street-
section design based on a new Master Site Plan and to
reflect modified ground floor commercial/retail use
locations within Development Areas B and C, the deletion
of the A-Town Public Realm Landscape and Identity Program and adjustments to the District Boundaries for
the Katella and Gene Autry Districts; 3) Amend Chapter
18.20 (PTMU Overlay) of Title 18 (Zoning Code) of the
Anaheim Municipal Code to modify the requirement for
ground floor commercial uses on Market Street and to clarify that ground floor commercial uses are required on
Gene Autry Way east of Union Street and to allow
perpendicular parking on connector streets and tandem
parking for residential units; 4) Approve an Amended and
Restated Development Agreement between the City of Anaheim and PT Metro, LLC to provide for the
development of a Master Site Plan with between 1,400 to
1,746 residential dwelling units and a range of 38,000 to
50,000 square feet of commercial/retail uses. The plan
also includes public park space and the reconfiguration of
Resolution No. 065
Resolution No. 066
Resolution No. 067 Resolution No. 068 Resolution No. 069
Resolution No. 070
Resolution No. 071 (Dalati / Henninger)
Approved, recommending that
City Council approve Addendum
No. 4 to FSEIR No. 339 and MMP
No. 321, together with other previously-approved
environmental documents; and, approve the GPA, PTMLUP Amendment, ZCA, DAG (modified
Condition No. 27), TTM, and FSP (modified Condition No. 16).
VOTE: 5-0 Commissioners Bostwick, Dalati, Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour
voted yes. Chairman Lieberman and Commissioner Caldwell were
absent.
Project Planner:
Scott Koehm skoehm@anaheim.net
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connector streets; 5) Approve Tentative Tract Map No.
17703 for condominium purposes to re-subdivide
approximately 36.7 acres of the site into lots that correspond with the proposed Master Site Plan. The
tentative tract map also establishes the new alignment
and configuration of internal public streets and public
recreation/park areas to be dedicated to the City of
Anaheim with the implementation of the proposed Master Site Plan design; and, 6) Approve a Final Site Plan in
conjunction with Development Agreement No. 2005-
00008C to construct a 400-unit apartment project with a 6-
story parking structure in Development Area A of the
proposed Master Site Plan.
Environmental Determination: The Planning Commission
will determine whether an addendum to the previously
certified Platinum Triangle Expansion Project Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 339 for the
Revised Platinum Triangle Expansion Project, along with
Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 321, together with other
previously-approved environmental documentation,
serves as the appropriate environmental documentation for the Project Actions.
OPPOSITION: None
IN SUPPORT: Seven persons spoke expressing their support of the request.
Three pieces of written correspondence were received in support
of the request. DISCUSSION TIME: 1 hour (5:36 to 6:36)
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:40 P.M.
TO MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2015 AT 5:00 P.M.