Resolution-ZA 2004-10• ~
DECISION NO. ZA 2004-10
A DECISION OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
AMENDING VARIANCE NO. 2745
OWNER: Richard T. Coleman
1151 North Magnolia Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92801
AGENT: Phillip Schwartze
31682 EI Camino Real '
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
LOCATION: 721 North Euclid Street
HEARING DATE: February 5, 2004, continued to the meetings of February 19, March 4, and April 1, 2004
OPPOSITION: No one indicated their presence at the public hearing in opposition to the proposal and
no correspondence in opposition was received.
REQUEST: Amend Variance No. 2745 to permit the following waiver to convert an existing office
building to a medical building:
Sections 18.06.050.020.021.0211 - Minimum number of parking spaces.
18.06.080 (162 spaces required;
18.12.060.110 117 spaces proposed and concurred with by
and 18.44.066.050 the City Traffic and Transportation Manager)
Having been appointed ZoY~ing Administrator by the Planning Director, pursuant to Section 18.12.040
(Authority and Duties) of the Anaheim Municipal Code, to decide the above-referenced petition and a
public hearing having been duly noticed for and held on the date set forth above, I do hereby find:
1. That on November 10, 1975, the Anaheim City Panning Commission did, by its Resolution
No. PC75-225, grant Variance No. 2745 far waiver of minimum number of parking spaces (106 spaces
required., 93 .spaces proposed) to construct a bank at subject property; and that said resolution includes
one condition of approval which specifies that the property shall be developed substantially in accordance
with Exhibit No. 1.
2. That subject property is developed with a 3-story office building in the CL (Commercial,
Limited) zone; and that the Anaheim General Plan Land Use Element designates the property for General
Commercial land uses.
3. That the applicant has submitted a request to amend the parking waiver, which permits 93
parking spaces for amulti-story building (instead of 106 spaces required), to permit 117 parking spaces
(instead of 162 spaces required} in order to convert the existing office building into medical offices.
4. That the parking variance is hereby approved on the basis that the proposed number of
parking spaces is adequate to serve the proposed medical offices, as described in the parking study
submitted by the applicant and discussed in paragraphs (16) and (17) of the Staff Report to the Zoning
Administrator dated Apri! 1, 2004; and that the City Traffic and Transportation Manager concurs with the
analysis described in the parking study.
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5. That the parking variance, under the conditions imposed, will not cause fewer off-street
parking spaces to be provided for the proposed use than the number of such spaces necessary to
accommodate all vehicles attributable to such use under the normal and reasonably foreseeable
conditions of operation of the use.
6. That the variance, under the conditions imposed, will not increase the demand and
competition for parking spaces upon the public streets in the immediate vicinity of the proposed use.
7. That the variance, under the conditions imposed, will not increase the demand and
competition for parking spaces upon adjacent private property in the immediate vicinity of the proposed
use {which property is not expressly provided as parking for the proposed use under an agreement in
compliance with Section 18.06.010.020 (pertaining to location of required parking spaces) of the Anaheim
Municipal Code).
8. That the variance, under the conditions imposed, will not increase traffic congestion within
the off-street parking areas or {ots provided for the proposed use.
9. That the variance, under the conditions imposed, will not impede vehicular ingress to or
egress from adjacent properties upon the public streets in the immediate vicinity of the proposed use.
10. That no one indicated their presence at the public hearing in opposition to the proposal, and
no correspondence was received in opposition.
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FINDINGS: That the Zoning Administrator has reviewed
the. proposal to amend Variance No. 2745 to modify the waiver of minimum number of parking spaces
from 93 spaces approved for genera/ office uses (106 spaces required) to 162 spaces required for
medical office uses (117 spaces proposed) in order to convert an existing office building to a medical
office building on a rectangularly shaped 1.18-acre property having a frontage of 175 feet on the west side
of Euclid Street and a maximum depth of 277 feet, being located 236 feet south of the centerline of
Glenoaks Avenue and further described as 721 North Euclid Street; and that the Planning Director's
authorized representative has determined that the proposed project is Categorically Exempt, Class 1
(Existing Facilities), as defined in the State of California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines and is,
therefore, categorically exempt from the requirement to prepare further environmental documentation.
Based on the evidence and testimony presented to me, I do hereby determine to amend Resolution No.
PC75-225, approved in connectiori with Variance No. 2745, to amend the parking waiver, as requested, in
order to convert an existing 3-story office building to a medical officebuilding, and to amend the conditions
of approval in their entirety to read as follows:
1. That all commercial truck deliveries shall take place between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
seven days a week. Said commercial trucks shall not be parked or stored on the premises except for
loading and unloading purposes.
2. That no required parking area shall be fenced or otherwise enclosed for storage or other outdoor use.
3. That granting this parking waiver is contingent upon operation of the proposed use in conformance
with the assumptions and/or conclusions relating to the operation and intensity of use as contained in
the parking demand study that formed the basis for approval of said parking waiver. Exceeding,
violating, intensifying or otherwise deviating from any of said assumptions andlor conclusions, as
contained in the parking demand study, shall be deemed a violation of the expressed conditions
imposed upon this waiver which shall subject this variance to termination or modification pursuant to
the provisions of Sections 18.03.091 (Termination or Modification of Amendments, Conditional Use
Permits or Variances -Procedure) and 18.03.092 (Termination or Modification of Conditional Use
Permits or Variances -Grounds) of the Anaheim Municipal Code.
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4. That the parking lot shall be resurfaced and re-striped to provide a minimum of one hundred
seventeen (117) parking spaces including a minimum of four (4) handicapped spaces, one (1) of
which shalt be van accessible, as specified in City Engineering Standard Nos. 436, 601 E and 602E.
5. That subject property shall be developed substantially in accordance with plans and specifications
submitted to the City of Anaheim by the petitioner and which plan is on file with the Planning
Department marked Revision No. 1 of Exhibit No. 1, and as conditioned herein.
6. That prior to commencement of the activity authorized by this decision, or prior to issuance of a
building permit, or within a period of one (1) year from the date of this decision, whichever occurs first,
Condition Nos. 4, 5 and $, herein-mentioned, shall be complied with. Extensions for further time to
complete said conditions may be granted in accordance with Section 18.03.090 (Time Limit for
Amendments, Conditional Use Permits; Administrative Use Permits, Variances and Administrative
Adjustments) of the Anaheim Municipal Code.
7. That approval of this application constitutes approval of the proposed request only to the extent that it
complies with the Anaheim Municipa! Zoning Code and any other applicable City, State and Federal
regulations. Approval does not include any action or findings as to compliance or approval of the
request regarding any other applicable ordinance, regulation or requirement.
8. That a site plan shall be submitted to the Zoning Division for review and approval showing the
.minimum number of parking spaces including the handicapped spaces as required by Condition
No. 4, above, and also showing the specific parking lot landscaping that will be retained or refurbished
(to show that such landscaping is healthy and is not diseased or dead) and any. new landscaping that
will be planted as a result gf the parking lot improvements, including species, sizes and spacing of all
trees, shrubs and other plants; and that following approval, a copy of said landscaping plan shall be
filed with the Planning Department. Where appropriate, photographs may be used to show healthy
landscaping that will be retained.
This decision is made, signed,. and entered into the file this 8`h day of Apri12004.
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Annika M. Santalahti, Zoning Administrator
NOTICE: This decision sha11 become final unless an appeal to the City Council, in writing, accompanied
by an appeal fee, is filed with the City Clerk within 15 days of the date of the signing of this decision or
unless members of the City Council shall request to review this decision within said 15 days.
DECLARATION OF SERVICE 8Y MAIL: I do hereby declare under penalty of perjury that on the date set
forth below, I did deposit, in the United States Mail, a copy of the decision to the applicant and did forward
a copy to the City Clerk.
.DATE: April 8, 2004 ~~~~ ~ L ~- ° ~ ®~ C~1 Ul
Danielle C. Masciel, Word Processing Operator
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