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City of Anaheim
Planning Commission
Action Agenda
Monday, September 21, 2015
Council Chamber, City Hall 200 South Anaheim Boulevard
Anaheim, California
Commissioners Present: Chairman: Michelle Lieberman
Chairman Pro-Tempore: Mitchell Caldwell
Paul Bostwick, Bill Dalati, Grant Henninger, Victoria Ramirez, John Seymour Commissioners Absent: None
Staff Present:
David Belmer, Planning & Building Director Amy Vazquez, Contract Planner
Jonathan Borrego, Planning Services Manager Amy Stonich, Contract Planner
Ted Reynolds, Assistant City Attorney Sergio Ramirez, Senior Project Manager
Ted White, Principal Planner David Kennedy, Principal Traffic Engineer Susan Kim, Principal Planner Shawn Azarhoosh, Associate Traffic Engineer David See, Senior Planner Matthew Letteriello, Senior Community Preservation Officer Eleanor Morris, Secretary
Agenda Posting: A complete copy of the Planning Commission Agenda was posted at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 16, 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, September 10, 2015
• 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, October 1, 2015.
• Audience Attendance: 12
• Pledge of Allegiance by Commissioner Seymour
• Public Comments
• Consent Calendar
• Public Hearing Items
• Commission Updates
• Discussion
• Adjournment
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Public Comments: None
Consent Calendar
Commissioner Seymour offered a motion, seconded by Commissioner Henninger and MOTION CARRIED, for approval of Consent Calendar Item No. 1A as
recommended by staff.
Reports and Recommendations
ITEM NO. 1-A
FINAL SITE PLAN NOS. 2003-00008A AND 2004-00006A (DEV2015-00096)
Location: Building 1 – 215 South Anaheim Boulevard
and 110-160 West Center Street Promenade; Building 2 – 115-145 West Broadway; Building 3 – 165-185 West Broadway and
250-290 South Lemon Street;
Building 4 – 201 West Broadway and
270-290 South Clementine Street.
Request: To modify building colors for four existing Planned
Mixed Use Developments within the Downtown Mixed Use
Overlay zone.
Environmental Determination: The Planning Commission will determine whether the addendum to the previously-certified
Environmental Impact Report No. 189 for the Koll Anaheim
Center Project, together with other previously-approved
environmental documentation, serves as the appropriate
environmental documentation for the Project Actions.
Approved motion as
recommended by staff,
determining that a Categorical Exemption, Class 1 (Existing Facilities)
is the appropriate CEQA
determination for the project rather than the previously-certified EIR
No. 189.
(Seymour / Henninger) VOTE: 7-0
Chairman Lieberman and
Commissioners Bostwick,
Caldwell, Dalati, Henninger,
Ramirez and Seymour voted yes.
Project Planner:
David See
dsee@anaheim.net
DISCUSSION TIME: 5 minutes (5:03 to 5:08)
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Public Hearing Items:
ITEM NO. 2
ZONING CODE AMENDMENT NO. 2015-00129 (DEV2015-00095)
Location: Citywide
Request: A City-initiated amendment to Title 18 (Zoning) of the Anaheim Municipal Code modifying the following Zoning
Code chapters related to: 1) regulations for automotive sales
agency offices: Chapters 18.08 (Commercial Zones), 18.10
(Industrial Zones), 18.36 (Types of Uses), 18.38 (Supplemental Use Regulations) and 18.92 (Definitions); 2) development
standards for special area setbacks: Chapters 18.20 (Platinum
Triangle Mixed Use Overlay Zone) and 18.40 (General
Development Standards); 3) floor area ratios: Chapters 18.08
(Commercial Zones), 18.10 (Industrial Zones) and 18.40 (General Development Standards); and, 4) projecting signs:
(Chapter 18.44 (Signs).
Environmental Determination: The Planning Commission will
consider whether to find the Zoning Code Amendment to be Exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) under Sections 15060(c)(2) and
15060(c)(3) of the Public Resources Code.
Approved request for continuance to
October 5, 2015
(Henninger / Seymour)
VOTE: 7-0 Chairman Lieberman and Commissioners Bostwick,
Caldwell, Dalati, Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour voted
yes.
Project Planner:
Gustavo Gonzalez ggonzalez@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: This item was not discussed.
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ITEM NO. 3 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2015-05817
(DEV2015-00073)
Location: 5800 East Santa Ana Canyon Road
Request: To permit a 51-foot high, Wireless
Communications Facility, designed as a bell tower, at an
existing church.
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 11 (Accessory
Structures) Categorical Exemption.
Resolution No. PC2015-072
(Seymour / Bostwick )
Approved VOTE: 6-1
Chairman Lieberman and
Commissioners Bostwick, Caldwell, Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour voted yes. Commissioner Dalati
voted no.
Project Planner:
Amy Vazquez avazquez@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 26 minutes (5:09 to 5:35)
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ITEM NO. 4 VARIANCE NO. 2015-05029
(DEV2015-00082)
Location: 942 North Claudina Street
Request: To construct a two-story, single family
residence with smaller front and rear yard setbacks and
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 3 (New Construction
or Conversion of Small Structures) Categorical Exemption.
Resolution No. PC2015-073
(Dalati / Seymour)
Approved VOTE: 5-2
Commissioners Caldwell, Dalati,
Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour voted yes. Chairman Lieberman and Commissioner Bostwick voted
no.
Project Planner:
Amy Stonich astonich@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 21 minutes (5:36 to 5:57)
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ITEM NO. 5 RECLASSIFICATION NO. 2015-00280
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2015-05787
TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 17882
(DEV2015-00057)
Location: 1609 and 1615 West Cerritos Avenue
Request: To rezone the property from the Single-Family,
Residential (RS-2) zone to the Single–Family, Residential
(RS-4) zone and to permit and establish a 12-unit small–lot residential subdivision with modifications to development
standards.
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 32 (In-Fill
Development Projects) Categorical Exemption.
Approved request for
continuance to
October 19, 2015
(Caldwell / Henninger)
VOTE: 7-0
Chairman Lieberman and
Commissioners Bostwick, Caldwell, Dalati, Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour voted
yes.
Project Planner:
Amy Stonich astonich@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None DISCUSSION TIME: This item was not discussed.
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ITEM NO. 6 ZONING CODE AMENDMENT NO. 2015-00124
(DEV2015-00025)
Location: The Downtown Mixed Use Overlay Zone covers
an area consisting of approximately thirty-five and forty-seven-hundredths (35.47) acres, generally located between
Lincoln Avenue on the north, Broadway on the south,
Anaheim Boulevard on the east, and Harbor Boulevard on
the west.
Request: A City-initiated amendment to Chapter 18.30
(Downtown Mixed Use Overlay Zone) of Title 18 (Zoning) of
the Anaheim Municipal Code related to permitted,
conditionally permitted, and prohibited non-residential classes of uses for Planned Mixed Use Developments, and
other miscellaneous updates.
Environmental Determination: The Planning Commission will
consider whether to find the Zoning Code Amendment to be Exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) under Sections 15060(c)(2) and
15060(c)(3) of the Public Resources Code.
Approved motion recommending City Council
approval, with modifications
to the draft ordinance, to change the word from “lease” to “least” in Section 3, 18.30.030, Subsection .010
Planned Mixed Use
Development; and removing “wine bar” from the list of uses permitted by right.
(Ramirez / Dalati)
VOTE: 7-0
Chairman Lieberman and Commissioners Bostwick, Caldwell, Dalati, Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour voted yes.
Project Planner: David See dsee@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 27 minutes (5:58 to 6:25)
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STAFF DISCUSSION
Jonathan Borrego provided an update on the Anaheim Canyon Specific Plan and informed
the Commission that the project would be brought back to the Commission for consideration
as part of the October 5, 2015 Planning Commission agenda.
DISCUSSION TIME: 3 minutes (6:26 to 6:29)
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:30 P.M. TO MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2015 AT 5:00 P.M.