AA 04 18 2016
City of Anaheim
Planning Commission
Action Agenda
Monday, April 18, 2016
Council Chamber, City Hall 200 South Anaheim Boulevard
Anaheim, California
Commissioners Present: Chair: 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 and Building Director Sergio Ramirez, Senior Project Manager
Jonathan Borrego, Planning Services Manager Michele Irwin, Senior Police Services Representative
Ted Reynolds, Assistant City Attorney Rafael Cobian, Associate Traffic Engineer
Susan Kim, Principal Planner Mike Eskander, Principal Civil Engineer David See, Principal Planner Shawn Azarhoosh, Associate Engineer Elaine Thienprasiddhi, Senior Planner Roger Bennion, Code Enforcement Supervisor Ashley Hefner, Contract Planner Eleanor Morris, Secretary Nick Taylor, Associate Planner Agenda Posting: A complete copy of the Planning Commission Agenda was posted at
1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, inside the display case located in the foyer of the Council Chamber and in the outside display kiosk.
Published: Anaheim Bulletin Newspaper on Thursday, March 31, 2016 and April 7, 2016
• Call to Order – 5:00 p.m. Chair Lieberman presented the 10-day appeal rights for all public hearing items. The appeal period for the public hearing items end on Thursday, April 28, 2016.
• Audience Attendance: 33
• Pledge of Allegiance by Commissioner Henninger
• Public Comments
• Public Hearing Items
• Commission Updates
• Discussion
• Adjournment
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Public Comments: None Public Hearing Items:
ITEM NO. 2
SPECIFIC PLAN ADJUSTMENT NO. 2016-00067
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2016-05855
(DEV2016-00007)
Location: 8032 East Santa Ana Canyon Road
Request: For a specific plan adjustment to conditionally permit the sale of beer and wine for on-site consumption in conjunction
with a multi-plex movie cinema in the “SP 90-1” Festival Specific
Plan, Development Area “DA-2” (Retail Commercial & Entertainment) Zone; and a conditional use permit to permit a Type 41 (On Sale Beer & Wine – Eating Place) ABC license in
conjunction with an existing multi-plex movie cinema which is
located within a multi-tenant shopping center. 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. PC2016-028
Resolution No. PC2016-029
(Caldwell / Seymour)
Approved, recommended City Council approval of the
Specific Plan Adjustment.
VOTE: 7-0
Chair Lieberman and Commissioners Bostwick, Caldwell,
Dalati, Henninger, Ramirez and
Seymour voted yes.
Project Planner: Ashley Hefner
ahefner@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 15 minutes (5:02 to 5:17 p.m.)
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ITEM NO. 3 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NO. 2016-00001
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2016-05858
VARIANCE NO. 2016-05060
FINAL SITE PLAN NO. 2016-00001 (DEV2015-00120)
Location: 1700 South Harbor Boulevard
Request: To construct a 580-room, 8-story hotel with 50,000
square feet of meeting space; 25,600 square feet of restaurant
space; 20,188 square feet of concierge lounge space; fewer
parking spaces than required by the Code; and, a request to
adopt a development agreement between the City of Anaheim and Good Hope International for the proposed hotel project.
Environmental Determination: The Planning Commission will
consider if an Addendum to the previously-certified Final
Environmental Impact Report No. 311 (FEIR 311) and
Supplemental Environmental Impact Report No. 340 (SEIR 340) is the appropriate environmental document for this project and that none of the conditions set forth in Sections 15162 or
15163 of the State CEQA Guidelines calling for the preparation
of a subsequent environmental impact report or a supplement to FEIR 311 or SEIR 340 have occurred.
Resolution No. PC2016-030 (Dalati / Henninger)
Approved, recommended City Council approval of Development Agreement, Conditional Use Permit,
Variance and Final Site Plan.
VOTE: 7-0 Chair Lieberman and Commissioners Bostwick, Caldwell,
Dalati, Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour voted yes.
Project Planner: Elaine Thienprasiddhi
ethien@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 28 minutes (5:18 to 5:46 p.m.)
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ITEM NO. 4 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2013-05678
(DEV2013-00072)
Location: 1256 North Magnolia Avenue
Request: To permit and retain an existing storage facility
to include a temporary modular office trailer, indoor and
outdoor storage of recreational and commercial vehicles,
automobiles, trucks, trailers, miscellaneous equipment, and
auto repair services.
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. PC2016-031 (Caldwell / Seymour)
Approved, with an added
condition of approval requiring
that the business be subject to a six month review by the Planning Commission as a
“Reports & Recommendations
item”.
VOTE: 6-0-1 Chair Lieberman and
Commissioners Caldwell, Dalati,
Henninger, Ramirez and Seymour voted yes. Commissioner Bostwick
abstained.
Project Planner:
Nick Taylor njtaylor@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 27 minutes (5:47 to 6:14 p.m.)
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Ted Reynolds, Assistant City Attorney, provided information to the Planning
Commission relating to action taken by the Orange County District Attorney’s
(D.A.’s) office in response to a complaint that was received from neighbors
located near the 1609-1615 West Cerritos Avenue project site. The neighbors alleged that Brown Act violations occurred relating to the decision that was
made on an 11-unit single family residential project; however, the D.A.’s office
determined that no such violations occurred.
DISCUSSION TIME: 10 minutes (6:14 to 6:24 p.m.)
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:25 P.M.
TO MONDAY, MAY 2, 2016 AT 5:00 P.M.