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City of Anaheim
Planning Commission
Action Agenda
Monday, November 2, 2015
Council Chamber, City Hall 200 South Anaheim Boulevard
Anaheim, California
Commissioners Present: Chairman: Michelle Lieberman
Chairman Pro-Tempore: Mitchell Caldwell
Paul Bostwick, Grant Henninger, Victoria Ramirez
Commissioners Absent: Bill Dalati, John Seymour
Staff Present: Greg Garcia, Deputy City Manager Michele Irwin, Senior Police Services Representative Jonathan Borrego, Planning Services Manager Rafael Cobian, Associate Traffic Engineer
Ted Reynolds, Assistant City Attorney Raul Garcia, Development Services Manager
Susan Kim, Principal Planner Mike Eskander, Principal Civil Engineer
David See, Acting Principal Planner Roger Bennion, Community Preservation Supervisor
Gustavo Gonzalez, Associate Planner Eleanor Morris, Secretary
Amy Stonich, Contract Planner
Agenda Posting: A complete copy of the Planning Commission Agenda was posted at
11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28, 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, October 22, 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, November 12, 2015.
• Audience Attendance: 11
• Pledge of Allegiance by Commissioner Henninger
• Public Comments
• Public Hearing Items
• Commission Updates
• Discussion
• Adjournment
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
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Public Comments: None
Public Hearing Items:
ITEM NO. 2
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.
This item was continued from the September 21, 2015
and October 19, 2015 Planning Commission meetings.
Approved request for
continuance to December 14, 2015 (Caldwell / Henninger)
VOTE: 5-0
Chairman Lieberman and Commissioners Bostwick, Caldwell,
Henninger and Ramirez voted yes.
Commissioners Dalati and Seymour were absent.
Project Planner: Amy Stonich
astonich@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: This item was not discussed.
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ITEM NO. 3 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 1704A
VARIANCE NO. 2015-05034
(DEV2015-00093)
Location: 2626-2628 West La Palma Avenue
Request: To amend a conditional use permit to expand an
existing full service restaurant within an existing
commercial retail center with sales of alcoholic beverages
for on-site consumption 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. PC2015-088
(Bostwick / Henninger)
Approved
VOTE: 5-0
Chairman Lieberman and
Commissioners Bostwick, Caldwell, Henninger and Ramirez voted yes.
Commissioners Dalati and Seymour
were absent.
Project Planner:
Amy Stonich astonich@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 7 minutes (5:02 to 5:09)
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ITEM NO. 4 VARIANCE NO. 2015-05025
(DEV2015-00043)
Location: 105 East Leatrice Lane
Request: To allow for the construction of a three-unit
apartment complex with structural and landscape setbacks
smaller than required by the Zoning Code and recreational-
leisure areas less 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.
Approved a motion for
continuance of the item
to December 14, 2015
(Caldwell / Bostwick)
VOTE: 5-0
Chairman Lieberman and
Commissioners Bostwick, Caldwell, Henninger and Ramirez voted yes.
Commissioners Dalati and Seymour
were absent.
Project Planner:
Amy Stonich astonich@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 16 minutes (5:10 to 5:26)
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ITEM NO. 5
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2716C
VARIANCE NO. 2015-05016
(DEV2015-00046)
Location: 8323 East La Palma Avenue
Request: To expand an existing automobile dealership
and to allow more wall signs than permitted by the Zoning
Code (Weir Canyon Honda).
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. PC2015-089
(Henninger / Bostwick)
Approved
VOTE: 5-0
Chairman Lieberman and Commissioners Bostwick, Caldwell, Henninger and Ramirez voted yes.
Commissioners Dalati and Seymour were absent.
Project Planner: David See
dsee@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 4 minutes (5:27 to 5:31)
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ITEM NO. 6
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 18.04 (Single-Family Residential Zones), 18.06 (Multiple-Family Residential
Zones), 18.08 (Commercial Zones), 18.10 (Industrial
Zones), 18.16 (Regulatory Permits), 18.30 (Downtown
Mixed Use (DMU) Overlay Zone), 18.32 (Mixed Use (MU)
Overlay Zone), 18.36 (Types of Uses), and 18.38 (Supplemental Use Regulations); 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); 4) projecting
signs and coordinated sign programs: Chapter 18.44
(Signs); 5) fireworks stands: Chapter 18.08 (Commercial
Zones) and 18.38 (Supplemental Use Regulations); and 6)
commercial placemaking uses: Chapter 18.92 (Definitions).
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.
This item was continued from the September 21, 2015 Planning Commission meeting; and continued from the October 5, 2015
meeting due to a lack of a quorum. And, the item was continued
from the October 19, 2015 Planning Commission meeting.
Approved a motion
recommending City Council
Approval, with modifications to exclude all sections relating to the sale of fireworks. Modifications to the sale of
fireworks were deferred to a
future Planning Commission meeting.
(Caldwell / Bostwick)
VOTE: 5-0
Chairman Lieberman and
Commissioners Bostwick, Caldwell, Henninger and Ramirez voted yes.
Commissioners Dalati and Seymour
were absent.
Project Planner:
Gustavo Gonzalez ggonzalez@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 30 minutes (5:32 to 6:02)
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:03 P.M.
TO MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015 AT 5:00 P.M.