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City of Anaheim
Planning Commission
Action Agenda
Monday, January 9, 2017
Council Chamber, City Hall
200 South Anaheim Boulevard
Anaheim, California
Commissioners Present: Chairperson: Mitchell Caldwell
Jess Carbajal, Bill Dalati, Grant Henninger,
Michelle Lieberman, John Seymour
Commissioners Absent: Chairperson Pro-Tempore: Paul Bostwick
Staff Present:
David Belmer, Planning and Building Director Mike Eskander, Principal Civil Engineer
Jonathan Borrego, Planning Services Manager Ellie Yazdani, Associate Engineer
Leonie Mulvihill, Assistant City Attorney Rafael Cobian, Principal Traffic Engineer
Susan Kim, Principal Planner Raul Garcia, Development Services Manager
Scott Koehm, Senior Planner Shawn Azarhoosh, Associate Engineer
Elaine Thienprasiddhi, Senior Planner David Kennedy, Associate Transportation Planner
Nick Taylor, Associate Planner Roger Bennion, Code Enforcement Supervisor
Wayne Carvalho, Contract Planner Sylvia Frias, Code Enforcement Supervisor
Eleanor Morris, Secretary
Agenda Posting: A complete copy of the Planning Commission Agenda was posted at
1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4, 2017, inside the display case located in the foyer of the
Council Chamber and in the outside display kiosk.
Published: Anaheim Bulletin Newspaper on Thursday, December 1, 2016
Call to Order – 5:00 p.m.
Chairperson Caldwell presented the 10-day appeal rights for all public hearing items.
The appeal period for the public hearing items end on Thursday, January 19, 2017.
Audience Attendance: 65
Pledge of Allegiance by Commissioner Seymour
Public Comments
Consent Calendar
Public Hearing Items
Commission Updates
Discussion
Adjournment
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Public Comments: A presentation was provided by two persons representing the
“Residents for a Safe and Clean Environment - Orange County”.
Discussion: 30 minutes (5:03 to 5:33 p.m.)
Consent Calendar:
Reports and Recommendations
ITEM NO. 1A
TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 2016-140
(DEV2016-00054)
Location: 123 North Rio Vista Street
Request: To correct an inadvertent error related to the
assignment of the tentative parcel map number in conjunction
with a previously-approved reclassification and 2-lot single
family residential subdivision.
Resolution No. PC2017-001
(Seymour / Lieberman)
Approved
VOTE: 6-0
Chairperson Caldwell and
Commissioners Carbajal, Dalati,
Henninger, Lieberman and
Seymour voted yes. Commissioner
Bostwick was absent.
Project Planner:
Wayne Carvalho
wcarvalho@anaheim.net
ITEM NO. 1B
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2013-05678
(DEV2013-00072)
Location: 1256 North Magnolia Avenue
Request: A six-month compliance review of a conditional use
permit for 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.
Approved a six-month
compliance review of the CUP
(Seymour / Lieberman)
VOTE: 6-0
Chairperson Caldwell and
Commissioners Carbajal, Dalati,
Henninger, Lieberman and
Seymour voted yes. Commissioner
Bostwick was absent.
Project Planner:
Nick Taylor
njtaylor@anaheim.net
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Public Hearing Items:
ITEM NO. 2
VARIANCE NO. 2016-05077
FINAL SITE PLAN NO. 2016-00006
ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT NO. 2016-00389
(DEV2016-00055)
Location: 200 and 205 West Alro Way
Request: To demolish a vacant commercial building
(formerly Bergstrom’s Childrens Store) and construct a new
five-story, 174-room hotel with a narrower street landscape
setback, narrower interior building and landscape setbacks,
more wall signs than allowed, and fewer parking spaces than
required by the Zoning Code.
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. PC2017-002
(Dalati / Seymour)
Approved
VOTE: 6-0
Chairperson Caldwell and
Commissioners Carbajal, Dalati,
Henninger, Lieberman and
Seymour voted yes. Commissioner
Bostwick was absent.
Project Planner:
Elaine Thienprasiddhi
ethien@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
IN GENERAL: A piece of written correspondence was received related to the
subject request.
DISCUSSION TIME: 11 minutes (5:35 to 5:46 p.m.)
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ITEM NO. 3
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2015-00503
ZONING CODE AMENDMENT NO. 2015-00127
MISCELLANEOUS CASE NO. 2016-00636
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2016-05877
TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 17994
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NO. 2016-00004
(DEV2014-00124)
Location: 1700 South Lewis Street
Request: The following land use entitlements are requested
to permit development of an 153-unit attached single-family
residential project: 1) a General Plan Amendment to change
the property’s land use designation from Office-Low to Mixed
Use and to increase the total amount of residential
development permitted in the Platinum Triangle Mixed-Use
land use designation to 17,501 dwelling units and decrease
the total amount of office development permitted in the
Platinum Triangle Office-High and Office-Low land use
designations to 4,309,486; 2) a Zoning Code Amendment and
an amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use
Plan to establish the Lewis District and associated
development standards and reflect the change in
development intensity described above; 3) a conditional use
permit to permit a 153-unit attached single-family residential
project with modified setbacks between buildings; 4) a
Tentative Tract Map to create a 31-lot, 153 unit residential
subdivision for condominium purposes; and, 5) a
Development Agreement to allow development of the
proposed project described above.
Environmental Determination: The Planning Commission
will consider whether a Mitigated Negative Declaration is
the appropriate environmental documentation for this
request under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Resolution No. PC2017-004
Resolution No. PC2017-005
Resolution No. PC2017-006
Resolution No. PC2017-007
Resolution No. PC2017-008
Resolution No. PC2017-009
(Dalati / Carbajal)
Approved, Recommended City
Council Approval, with the
following modification:
DAG2016-00004
Added a condition of approval to
state “Prior to issuance of the first
building permit the property shall
enter the Platinum Triangle
Community Facilities District
(CFD). To begin the annexation
process the applicant shall submit
a request to the Public Works
Department, Development Services
Division, requesting to annex the
property into the CFD.”
VOTE: 6-0
Chairperson Caldwell and
Commissioners Carbajal, Dalati,
Henninger, Lieberman and Seymour
voted yes. Commissioner Bostwick
was absent.
Resolution No. PC2017-003
Project Planner:
Scott Koehm
skoehm@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 16 minutes (5:47 to 6:03 p.m.)
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ITEM NO. 4
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2008-05301A
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2016-05861
(DEV2016-00016 & DEV2016-00017)
Location: Parcel A: 1085 North Harbor Boulevard
Parcel B: 523 West Victor Avenue
Request: Parcel A: to amend a previously-approved
conditional use permit to allow an increase in the number of
beds and expand an existing clinical research facility.
Parcel B: to permit an off-site parking lot to
accommodate the expansion of the clinical research facility.
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. PC2017-010
Resolution No. PC2017-011
(Lieberman / Henninger)
Approved
VOTE: 6-0
Chairperson Caldwell and
Commissioners Carbajal, Dalati,
Henninger, Lieberman and
Seymour voted yes. Commissioner
Bostwick was absent.
Project Planner:
Wayne Carvalho
wcarvalho@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 15 minutes (6:04 to 6:19 p.m.)
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ITEM NO. 5
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2016-05893
(DEV2016-00113)
Location: 5635 East La Palma Avenue
Request: To permit a new wall-mounted electronic
readerboard sign for an existing movie theater (Cinema City).
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.
Approved request for
continuance to March 6, 2017,
as requested by the applicant.
(Seymour / Henninger)
VOTE: 6-0
Chairperson Caldwell and
Commissioners Carbajal, Dalati,
Henninger, Lieberman and
Seymour voted yes. Commissioner
Bostwick was absent.
Project Planner:
Nick Taylor
njtaylor@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: This item was not discussed.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:20 P.M.
TO MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017 AT 5:00 P.M.