AA 11 29 2017
Anaheim Planning Commission
Action Agenda
November 29, 2017
Anaheim City Hall, Council Chambers
200 S. Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim, CA 92805
Commissioners Present: Chairperson: Bill Dalati
Chairperson Pro-Tempore: Michelle Lieberman
John Armstrong, Jess Carbajal, John Gillespie,
Kimberly Keys, Steve White
Commissioners Absent: None
Staff Present:
David Belmer, Planning and Building Director Christine Saunders, Associate Planner
Susan Kim, Acting Planning Services Manager Lisandro Orozco, Planner
Leonie Mulvihill, Deputy City Attorney IV Mike Eskander, Principal Civil Engineer
David See, Principal Planner Shawn Azarhoosh, Associate Engineer
Irma Hernandez, Principal Planner David Kennedy, Associate Transportation Planner
Scott Koehm, Senior Planner Sylvia Frias, Code Enforcement Supervisor
Nick Taylor, Associate Planner Eleanor Morris, Secretary
Agenda Posting: A complete copy of the Planning Commission Agenda was posted at
3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 21, 2017, inside the display case located in the foyer of the
Council Chamber and in the outside display kiosk.
Call to Order – 5:00 p.m.
Chairperson Dalati presented the 10-day appeal rights for all public hearing items.
The appeal period for the public hearing items end on Monday, December 11, 2017.
Audience Attendance: 40
Pledge of Allegiance by Commissioner Keys
Public Comments
2018 Draft PC Meeting Schedule - Reviewed and Approved
Consent Calendar
Public Hearing Items
Commission Updates
Discussion
Adjournment
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Public Comments: None
Consent Calendar:
Commissioner Lieberman offered a motion, seconded by Commissioner Carbajal and
MOTION CARRIED, for approval of the Consent Calendar as recommended by staff.
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
Reports and Recommendations
ITEM NO. 1A
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2003-04800C
VARIANCE NO. 2011-04853
(DEV2010-00163)
Location: 200 North Via Cortez
Request: The applicant requests approval of a one-year
extension of time to comply with conditions of approval
related to a previously-approved expansion of an existing
automobile dealership.
Environmental Determination: The request for a one-year
time extension is exempt from the requirements to prepare
additional environmental documentation per California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Section
15060(c)(3) in that the time extension is not a project as
defined by CEQA in Section 15378(a)(3). This section of
the CEQA Guidelines clarifies that it is the issuance of the
permit for the project that is subject CEQA. Planning
Commission approved a Mitigated Negative Declaration
pursuant to the requirements of CEQA, in conjunction with
its approval of a conditional use permit for the expansion of
the automobile dealership.
Approved the request for a
one-year extension of time
to comply with conditions
of approval for the
Conditional Use Permit and
Variance.
(Lieberman / Carbajal)
VOTE: 7-0
Chairperson Dalati and
Commissioners Armstrong,
Carbajal, Gillespie, Keys,
Lieberman and White voted yes.
Project Planner:
Lisandro Orozco
lorozco@anaheim.net
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Public Hearing Items:
ITEM NO. 2
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2017-05926
(DEV2017-00063)
Location: 1815 South Westside Drive
Request: The applicant requests to permit a coordinated
sign program for the Core at A-Town apartment community
within the Platinum Triangle Overlay zone.
Environmental Determination: The Planning Commission will
consider whether the proposed action is Categorically Exempt
from the requirements to prepare additional environmental
documentation per California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) Guidelines, Section 15311, Class 11 (Accessory
Structures).
Resolution No. PC2017-084
(Carbajal / White)
Approved
VOTE: 7-0
Chairperson Dalati and
Commissioners Armstrong,
Carbajal, Gillespie, Keys,
Lieberman and White voted yes.
Project Planner:
Christine Saunders
csaunders@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: 2 minutes (5:07 to 5:09 p.m.)
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ITEM NO. 3
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2015-05840
(DEV2015-00121)
Location: 201 East Broadway
Request: The applicant requests to permit and retain an
existing church, performing arts theater, restaurant with
sales of beer and wine for on-site consumption, accessory
retail store, and off-site parking (River Church).
Environmental Determination: The Planning Commission
will consider whether the proposed action is Categorically
Exempt from the requirements to prepare additional
environmental documentation per California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Section 15301, Class 1
(Existing Facilities).
Approved request for
continuance to January 22,
2018, as requested by the
applicant.
(Gillespie / Lieberman)
VOTE: 7-0
Chairperson Dalati and
Commissioners Armstrong,
Carbajal, Gillespie, Keys,
Lieberman and White voted yes.
Project Planner:
Nick Taylor
njtaylor@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
DISCUSSION TIME: This item was not discussed.
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ITEM NO. 4
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2017-05909
VESTING TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 18101
TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 2017-120
(DEV2016-00088)
Location: 901 East South Street
Request: The applicant requests approval of the
following land use entitlements: (i) a Conditional Use
Permit to permit a planned unit development to construct
314 apartments, 160 townhomes and 72 detached single-
family residences with modified development standards;
(ii) a vesting tentative tract map to establish 25 numbered
and 7 lettered lots for a residential subdivision; and (iii) a
tentative parcel map to establish a 4-lot residential
subdivision for conveyance purposes.
Environmental Determination: The Planning Commission
will consider whether this project is eligible for streamlined
review pursuant to Section 15183.3 of the California
Environmental Quality Act Guidelines and whether the
project would have any significant effects that the City, as
Lead Agency, did not previously disclose in Environmental
Impact Report Nos. 330 and 346 pursuant to Public
Resources Code Section 21094.5.
Resolution No. PC2017-085
Resolution No. PC2017-086
Resolution No. PC2017-087
(Dalati / Carbajal)
Approved, modified Condition
Nos. 43 and 47 related to the
location and installation of the
public water main and public
water facilities.
VOTE: 7-0
Chairperson Dalati and
Commissioners Armstrong,
Carbajal, Gillespie, Keys,
Lieberman and White voted yes.
Project Planner:
Nick Taylor
njtaylor@anaheim.net
OPPOSITION: None
IN SUPPORT: Seven persons spoke in favor of the subject project.
DISCUSSION TIME: 1 hour (5:12 to 6:12 p.m.)
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:15 P.M.
TO MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2017 AT 5:00 P.M.,
MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE
GORDON HOYT CONFERENCE CENTER
Anaheim West Tower, 2nd Floor
201 South Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim