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Minutes-PC 2006/07/24• ~AHE"~ ~-~ CITY OF ANAHEIM ~ P ~r~ • • ~ o ~ Planning Commission ~. ~ Minutes ~ ~ „ . ~ ~,~~~~~ . Mondav, Julv 24, 2006 e~ ~, ~ Council Chamber, City HaU ~ ' g~~ 200 South Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim, California ~NDED ~ CHAIRMAN: GAIL EASTMAN ' Commissioners Present: STEPHEN FAESSEL, CECILIA FLORES (arrived @ 2:45), JOSEPH KARAKI, PANKY ROMERO, PATVELASQUEZ Commissioners Absent: KELLY BUFFA Staff Present: Mark Gordorr, Assistant City Attorney Kimberly Wong, Assistant Planner Greg Hastings, Planning Services Manager :: Rudy Emami, Principai Engineer Greg McCafferty, Principal Planner Elly Morris, Senior Secretary Judy Dadant, Senior Planner Marie Witkay, Senior Secretary ~ Agenda Posting: A complete copy of the Planning Commission Agenda was posted at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 20, 2006, inside the display case located in the foyer of the Council Chambers, and also in the outside display kiosk. Published: Anaheim Bulletin Newspaper on Thursday, June 29, 2006. • Call To Order Preliminary Plan Review 1:00 P.M. • STAFF UPDATE TO COMMISSION ON VARIOUS CITY DEVELOPMENTS AND ISSUES (AS REQUESTED BY PLANNING COMMISSION) • PRELIMINARY PLAN REVIEW FOR ITEMS ON THE JULY 24, 2006 AGENDA • Recess To Afternoon Public Hearing Session • Reconvene To Public Hearing 2:30 P.M. Attendance: 7 For record keepinq purposes if vou wish to make a statement reqardinp anv item on the aqenda please complete a speaker card in advance and submit it to the secretarv. • Pledge Of Allegiance: Commissioner Faessel • Public Comments • Consent Calendar • Public Hearing Items • Adjournment • You may leave a message for the Planning Commission using the following e-mail address: planninacommissionCcilanaheim.net H: \TOOLS\PCADM! N\PCM I N IAC112006M I N UTES1,4C072406. DOC JULY 24, 2006 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES • Anaheim Planning Commission Agenda - 2:30 P.M. ' Public Comments: `None This is an opportunity for: members of the public to speak on any item°under the jurisdiction of the' Anaheim Planning' Commission or public comments on agenda items with the exception of public fiearing items. _ Consent Calendar: The'items on the Consent Calendar will be acted on byone roll call vote. There will be no separate ' discussion of these items prior to the time of the voting on the motion unless members of the Planning Commission, staff or the public request`the item'to be discussed and/or removed from the Consent _ Calendar for separate action. Commissioner Faessel offered a motion; seconded by Commissioner Velasquez and MOTION CARRIED (Commissioners Buffa and Flores absent), for approval of Consent Calendar Items 1-A and 1-B as recommended by staff. Consent Calendar ltem 1-C was removed from the Consent Calendar for ` separate discussion. UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED • Reports and Recommendations 1A.(a) CEQA ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 329 Approved: (PREVIOUSLY-CERTIFIED) (b) VARIANCE N0. 2004-04597 Approved retroactive : (TRACKING NO. VAR2006-04689) eztension of time for 1 year (to espire on June 7, 2007) Agent: Stonegate Development LLC, 27071 Cabot Road, Suite 106, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Location: (No Addressl: Property is approximately 32.3 acres located 1,400 feet south of the intersection of Santa Ana Canyon Road and future Deer Canyon Road (an existing maintenance road) between Festival Drive to the east and Eucalyptus Drive to the west. Requests approval for a retroactive time extension to comply with conditions of approval for a previously-approved variance for waiver of minimum front yard setback for Lot No. 13 in a 39-~ot, 35-unit detached single-family residential subdivision. Consent Galendar Approval VOTE: 5-0 Commissioners Buffa and Flores absent Project Planner. (mnewland@anaheim.net) JULY 24, 2006 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES • Min e 1 B. Receiving and approving the Minutes from the' Planning Commission ' Approved Meeting of June 26, 2006. ,(Motion} Continued from the July 10, 2006 Planning Commission meeting. Consent Calendar Approval VOTE: 4-0 ' ' Chairman Eastman abstained as she was not present for the meeting; and Commissioners Buffa and Flores absent 1 C. Receiving and approving the Minutes from the Planning Commission Approved, with Meeting of July 10; 2006. (Motion) modification to page 5, 3`a paragraph. (This item was removed from the Consent Calendar for separate Motion: Eastman/Romero • discussion.) VOTE: 4-0 DISCUSSION: 2 minutes (2:39-2:41) CommissionerKaraki abstained as he was not present for the meeting; and Commissioners Buffa and Flores absent 07-24-06 Page 3 JULY 24, 2006 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES • Public Hearina Items: ' 2a. CEQAENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTREPORT NO. 280 Continued to (PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED) August 21, 2006 2b. AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE PACIFICENTER SPECIFIC PLAN N0. 88-3 (TRACKING NO. SPN2006-00034) Motion: Romero/Velasquez Owner: Tustin Retail Center, LLG Attn: Julie Collins, 3670 West v0'rE: 5-0 Commissioners Buffa and Flores - Oquendo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89118 absent Agent: Mark Frank, Promotional Signs, 20361 Hermana Circle, Lake Forest, CA 92630 Location: 3610-3720 East La Palma Avenue and 1001-1091 North Tustin Avenue: Property is approximately 25.8 acres and is located at the southwest corner of La Palma Avenue and Tustin Avenue (The Pacificenter 3pecific Plan No. 88-3). ~ Request to modify the zoning and development standards pertaining to ' signage and hotel occupancylimitations for the Pacificenter Specific Plan ` No. 88-3. Continued from the May31, and June 12, 2006, Planning Commission meetings. • Specific Plan Resolution Na Project Planner.• (dherrick@anaheim.net) OPPOS{TION: None - DISCUSSION TIME: This item was not discussed. • JULY 24, 2006 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES • 3a. CEQA NEGATIVE DECLARATION Continued to 3b WAIVER OF CODE REQWREMENT ` August 21, 2Q06 3c. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT N0. 2005-05055 Motiou: Romero/Faessel Owner: Albert Bahu, 757 Encanto, Corona, CA 92883 Location: 5700 East La Palma Avenue: Property is approximately voTE: 6-0 0.52-acre and is located at the southeast corner of La Commissioner Buffa absent Palma Avenue and Imperial Highway. Requesfito construct a three (3) unit commercial retail center and to - permit roof-mounted equipment in the Scenic Corridor`(SC) Overlay Zone with waiver of minimumlandscape and structurai setback. Continued from the July 10; 2006, Planning Commission meeting. : Project Planner.• - Conditional Use PermitResoiution Na (awonq2@ananeim.net) Chairman Eastman opened the public hearing. Kimberly Wong, Assistant Planner, introduced this item and provided a presentation which included an aerial view of the project site. Ms. Wong detailed the unique attributes and limitations of the proposed site. Ms: Wong recommentled that this item be continued to the August 21, 2006 Planning Commission • fior the applicant to work with staff to redesign the project which would include exterior elevations, landscaping, electrical equipment and trash enclosures among other design aspects. ApplicanYs Statement: • Isa Albert Bahu, applicant, noted concerns about reducing the size of the commercial retail center as recommended by staff in addition to landscaping and various other staff recommendations. _He also stated that he would like to be able to have four (4) units instead of the staff recommended three (3) units. Commissioner Karaki asked staff if the driveway which is currently at 26 feet could be shortened to 24 feet to assist with landscaping requirements. Rudy Emami, Principal Engineer, said that the driveway could be shortened to 24 feet. Commissioner Karaki noted this to the applicant as an alternative to making his building smaller and that this would satisfy the landscaping requirement. Mr. Bahu agreed with Commissioner Karaki's statement. There was a general discussion between the Commission, appiicant and staff regarding parking needs, location of trash enclosures, transformer type and location and elevation enhancements. Gerald Minich, 1240 North Jefferson, Anaheim, CA, architect, acknowledged that the project site is tight but would like to design a center that maximizes the full potential of the location. He stated that the center's site elevations should integrate with those of the adjacent motel and other surrounding businesses. He said that he is strongly opposed to the relocation of both the transformer and the trash area. He clarified the proposed materials as demonstrated by the samples that were provided for the exterior elevations for the Commission. J ULY 24, 2006 ' PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES • THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Chairman Eastman asked staff to explain whythey recommend three (3) units as opposed to four (4) units as requested by the appGcaht. Greg McCafferty, Principal Planner, explained that in the departments' experience if more tenant spaces are added it could create situations that are problematic such as parking and circulation. Due to the size of the project area and location staff is recommending three (3) as the maximum number of tenant spaces ; that would be allowed on the site. This means that each unit would average approximately 1;200 square feet if there were to be four (4) units. The total square footage of the project.is 4,800 square feet. Commissioner Faessel suggested to staff that they act as an advocate for the applicant to the Public ` : Utilities Engineering Department to see if there could be some mitigation to the issue regarding the iocatiorr and type of transformer for the project. There was a general discussion between the Commission, staff and applicant regarding proposed : revisions or relocation of certain aspects of the project such as the number of commercial'units, exterior elevations, driveway, landscaping, transformer and trash enclosure: Mr. McCafferty said #hat staff would present details at the August 21, 2006, Planning Commission meeting, on recently approved retail centers of similar sizes and how many tenant spaces the Commission has previously approved: : • OPPOSITION: None DISCUSSION TIME: 35 minutes (2:42-3:17) Commissioner Flores arrived fo the Planning Commission meeting at 2:45 p.m. 07-24-06 Page g JULY 24, 2006 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES • 4a. CEQA NEGATIVE DECLARATION Continued to 4b. CONDITIONAL USEPERMIT N0. 2006-05111 August 7, 2006 Owner: -North Anaheim Associates, LLC, 1945 Placentia Avenue, Motions FaesseURomero_ Costa Mesa, CA 92627 Agent: Aspen Associates Telecom, Amit Patel, 1223 Federal voTE: 5-0 Commissioners Buffa and Avenue, No. 212, Los Angeles,'CA 90025 Flores absent Location: 1045 North Kemp Street: Property is approximate 20- acres, having a frontage of 183 feet on the west side of Kemp Street and is located 448 feet north of the centerline of La Palma Avenue " Request to permit a telecommunications facility disguised as a palm-tree ' with accessory ground-mounted equipment in an industrial office park. "Advertised as 1075 North Kemp Street. Conditional Use Permit Resolution Na ProiectP~anner.• (kwong2@anaheim.net) f ~ ~ ~ OPPOSITION: None DISCUSSION T1ME: This item was not discussed. • JU~Y 24, 2006 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES • 5a. CEQA NEGATIVE DECLARATION Velasquez/Faessel Approved 5b WAIVER OF CODE REQUIREMENT Velasquez/Faessel Approved 5c. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO.2006-05106 Velasquez - Granted Owner: CAL-WILD LLC., 108 Business Center Drive, Corona, CA VOTE: 6-0 ' 92880 Commissioner Buffa absent Agent: Phil Schwartze & Mike Eggers, PRS Group, 31682 EI Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 ' Location: . 5464 ~ast La Palma Avenue: Property is approximate{y 2.3 acres, having a frontage of 15 feet on the south side of ' La Pa1ma Avenue and is located 1,097 feef east of the _ centerline of Brasher Street. Request to permit a church in an existing industrial building with waiver of minimum number of parking spaces. Projecf Planner. Conditional Use Permit Resolution No. PC2006-68 ~kwong2@anaheim.net) Chairman Eastman opened the public hearing. Kimberly Wong, Assistant Planner, introduced this item, and stated a parking study was conducted that determined that the proposed parking and circulation would be adequate and would notnegatively impact • the project or surrounding properties due to the types of uses in the building and the varying hours of operation. Applicant's Statement: Phil Schwartze, applicant, referred to the graphics presented and stated the same building is set back some distance from La Palma Avenue. There previously was a church in the location for a number of years which worked out great, but eventually they expanded and moved to another site. He expressed that they have more than sufficient parking to handle the uses, and would not impact their neighbors. They have read and agree with today's staff report. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED Commissioner Romero asked for clarification pertaining to the number of allocated parking spaces. - Mr. Schwartze responded the City code reads as if they were doing all the uses inside the church at the same place at the same time, therefore, it is cumulative. When in fact,.you have a church service going on and then the offices and some of the other things are used at different times He expressed that the parking hasn't been an issue for the subject site. Commissioner Flores asked if there is heavy manufacturing in the area. Judy Dadant, Senior Planner, responded because the base zoning of the property is industrial, there are lists of industrial land uses that are permitted by right and there is no way of determining when a different industrial user would come into the industrial park. However, at the current time we know who the two tenants are adjacent to the proposed church use and who the tenants are for fhe buildings to #he north and south which appear to be light industriai in nature at this time. ~ 07-24-06 ` : Page 8 JULY 24, 2006` PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES Respectfully submitted: G~~- ~'L./ ~ ~ Marie Witkay Senior Secretary Received and approved by the Planning Commission on ~U US~ , 2006.