21 (12)Public Comment
From: JAMES VANDERHEIDE <
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2021 9:21 AM
To: Public Comment
Subject: Holden Hills Appeal
Attachments: Holden's Anaheim Hills Senior Center.docx
Please find attached a letter voicing our opposition to the proposed Holden Senior Center in Anaheim Hills.
From: Dr. and Mrs. James D. Vander Heide
July 19, 2021
To: Anaheim City Council Members
From: Dr. and Mrs. James D. Vander Heide
Anaheim Hills, CA 92807
Re: Our opposition to Holden's proposed Anaheim Hills Senior Assisted Living Community. City Planning
Department Case # CUP2019-06048 DEV 2019-00172
The location for the proposed "Senior Center" is the North — West corner of Royal Oak intersecting with
Nohl Ranch Road in Anaheim Hills. A single story church building presently exists on the property, in a
neighborhood of exclusively single family homes.
Our opposition to this project is not the purpose, but the physical size and scope relative to the size of
the available developed property — the proposed total square footage of the buildings, their height and
the woefully inadequate parking.
Our understanding of the City parking requirement, for the size of the proposal, is 102 spaces. Holden
proposes only 55 spaces. A similar Senior Center in Anaheim, named Walnut Village, was allowed to be
developed without adequate parking. They utilize a valet who parks visitor's cars on the streets in the
adjoining residential neighborhood. We don't want that to happen in our adjacent neighborhood, which
has limited street parking already. There is presently no legal street parking adjacent to the proposed
project on either Royal Oak or Nohl Ranch Road.
Holden proposes building a massive, very high retaining wall along the north lot line, which is presently a
landscaped slope adjacent to the back yards of private residences. They want to backfill to the retaining
wall to gain additional site area. This will be an unsightly intrusion for the homeowners of the adjacent
properties.
The height of the proposed buildings is considerably higher than the existing church building, and is too
high for a residential neighborhood.
A much smaller version of this project would be more compatible with the residential neighborhood and
bring it into compliance with the City's parking ordnance.