Minutes-PC 1993/12/13ACTION AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE ANAHEIM CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1993, AT 10:00 A.M.
PRELIMINARY PLAN REVIEW PUBLIC HEARING
(PUBLIC TESTIMONY)
11:00 A.M. 1:30 P.M.
10:00 A.M. PRESENTATION BY COUNTY GENERAL SERVICES AGENCY AND COUNTY
HEALTH CARE AGENCY PERTAINING TO HEALTH CARE FACILITY PROGRAM
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: BOYDSTUN, HENNINGER, MAYER, MESSE, PERAZA, TAIT ~
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: CALDWELL
PROCEDURE TO EXPEDITE PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. The proponents in applications which are not contested will have five minutes to present their
evidence. Additional time will be granted upon request if, in the opinion of the Commission,
such additional time will produce evidence important to the Commission's consideration.
2. In contested applications, the proponents and opponent will each be gNen ten minutes to
present their case unless additional time is requested and the complexity of the matter
~'" warrants. The Commission's considerations are not determined by the length of time a
' participant speaks, but rather by what is said.
3. Staff Reports are part of the evidence deemed received by the Commission in each hearing. ~
Copies are available to the public prior to the meeting.
4. The Commission will withhold questions until the public hearing is closed.
5. The Commission reserves the right to deviate from the foregoing if, in Its opinion, the ends of
fairness to all concerned will be served. !
6. All documents presented to the Planning Commission for review in connection with any
hearing, including photographs or other acceptable visual representat(ons or non-documentary
evidence, shall be retained by the Commission for the public record and shall be availabie far
public inspections.
7. At the end of the scheduled hearings, members of the public will be allowed to speak on Items
of interest which are within the jurisdiction of the Planning Commission, and/or agenda items.
Each speaker will be allotted a maximum of five (5) minutes to speak.
AC121393.WP
ta. CE_QA NEGATIVE DECLARATION
1 b. TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NOS. 12696 AND 12697
AND SITE PLAN
OWNER: PRESLEY CO.OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Attn: Richard
Sohne, 19 Corporate Plaza, Newport Beach, CA 92660
AGENT: DAVID A. BOYLE ENGINEERING, Attn: Joe Boyle, 2098
Grand Ave., #A, Santa Ana, CA 92705
LOCATION: Property is aouroximately 26.7 acres located at the
northwest corner of Horizon View Drive and Sunset Ridge
Road.
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Petitioner requests approval of one 131ot (Including 4 lettered lots) 240-
unit condominium subdivision and one 8 lot (Including 4 lettered lots) 168-
unft condominium subdivision and final sRe plan in order to establish a
408-unit condominium subdivision within Development Area 7 of The
Highlands at Anaheim Hills Specific Plan (SP87-1 ).
Continued from the December 1, 1993 Planning Commission meeting
Continued to
January 10, 1994
FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION. NOT TO BE CONSIDERED
OFFICIAL MINUTES.
Commissioner Tait declared a conflict of interest. He lives within 1,000 feet of this protect.
OPPOSITION: 1
OPPOSITION'S CONCERNS:
Kevin Oura, 1072 S. Laughingbrook Court. Mr. Oura voiced his concerns that his prNacy would be
greatly reduced. Mr. Oura was at the last meeting and many of his concerns were the same,
therefore, they will not be repeated here.
PETITIONER:
The petitioner had no comments at this time.
DISCUSSION:
Commissioner Mayer asked Mr. Oura if he was aware of what was on the plans when he purchased
his property?
Mr. Oura explained when he purchased his home, he was told by the sales people in the office that
Presley has never put up an apartment complex and their thought was that it would end up being a
condominium complex. They never mentioned that the buildings would be placed so clt*se to his
home.
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Commissloner Mayer stated then h is a proximity Issue and not that you did not know tf>at these were
~ going in?
Mr. Oura indicated that was correct. His major concem is pry racy and proximity and potential loss of
market value of his home.
Commissioner Henninger stated when they voted on the waiver of the he;Lht requirement previously,
they were shown a drawing and they agreed to waNe the height requlremen; baseri cn ttte concept
that there was a grade difference between the adjacent street and the pad of tt~~ buildings. That
grade difference was roughly equal to the height of one-story. Now this gentlemen says there is a
upslope there rather than a depression. The current ground level is 6-1 /2 feet abovb the street grade,
where as the graphic they saw shows ff is approximately 10.15 feet below street grade. He asked ff
the grade was going to be changed?
Greg Hastings, Zoning Division Manager, stated h does :~.::: along the entire street, Le., is raises as
you go to the north. Mr. Oura's property is the most aff~}:te+f since this is the furthest north on that
side of Sunset Ridge where there is a house-this one and the one across the street from him.
Commissioner Messe stated since this is going to be continued, the applicant should come prepared
to answer all the Issues brought up by Mr. Oura.
Mr. Hastings stated staff agrees.
ACTION: Continued to the January 10, 1994 Planning Commission meeting at petftioner's request.
VOTE: 5-0 (Commissioner Tait declared a conflict of interest and did not participate in the discussion;
and Commissioner Caldwell absent)
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2a. CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION-CLASS 11 I No action
3b. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO.3653 Granted
OWNER: CITY OF ANAHEIM, 200 S. ANAHEIM BLVD., 92805
AGENT: OGDEN CORPORATION, 2 Penn Plaza, 26th Floor, New York,
New York 10121
LOCATION: 2695 E. Katella Avenue. Property is approximately
12.7 acres located at the northeast corner of Katella
Avenue and Douglass Road.
To permit a 54•foot high, 850-square foot, internally Illuminated
freestanding sign at the northeast corner of Katella Avenue and Douglass
Road.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT RESOLUTION N0. PC93.135
FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION. NOT TO BE CONSIDERED
OFFICIAL MINUTES.
OPPOSITION: None
PETITIONER'S COMMENTS:
,~ Tim Qast name not audible to Secretary), of the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim. He stated it was his
_ understanding that there had only been one change and that was the size of the lettering "of
Anaheim."
Mr. Hastings explained that the plan on the board is a copy of the one they had In the file and the
Planning Commission has the option to make any changes or the applicant can Indicate ff there are
any changes.
The petitioner presented a copy of the new changes. He explained this was being worked on by Bob
Wagner of the Mighty Ducks and their General Manager.
Bob Wagner, Corporate Sales Manager for the Mighty Ducks, Disney Sports Enterprises, 2695 Katella
Avenue. He handles the corporate sales for the club and also sells the signage for the Arrowhead
Pond. They are going through the process of putting up the marque In front of the facility on Katella
Avenue.
They were directed by the City to make sure that the lettering "of Anaheim" was of the same size as
t;ie Arrowhead Pand letters to give it equal value and then the last change they received was to down
size the word "of" so the word "of" does not take away from the word Anaheim.
He explained there is equal size, however, there is a font style difference. Arrowhead is respective of
the Arrowhead water, which Is the title sponsor of the facility. Anaheim was taken off the original font
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style that was given the facility before Disney got involved.
Commissioner Mayer asked for explanation of tha colored rendering. They have tried to find a color
scheme that compliments the building.
Fred Siavoshi, Heath Company, the company that Is contracted to design and build the sign. He
explained the color scheme and a discussion took place regarding the message center, visibility, etc.
Commissioner Messe asked for a stipulation that they make this the only sign.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED.
ACTION: Granted Conditional Use Permit No. 3653 and added the following condition:
1. That the approved sign shall be the only free-standing sign on subject premises.
Note: Revised to 49-foot high by petitioner.
VOTE: 6.0 (Commissioner Caldwell absent)
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3a. CEOA NEGATIVE DECLARATION Previously Approved Approved
3b. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT N0.3420 Readvertisement Denied request to
amend condition of
OWNER: DONG SOON PARK, 1523 W. Katella Avenue, #101, Anaheim, approval
CA 92081
LOCATION: 1523 West Katella Avenue. Property is approximately
0.57 acre located at the northeast corner of Katella
Avenue and Bayless Street.
Petftfoner requests approval of amendment to a condition of approval
pertaining to permitted sales of alcoholic beverages in conjunction with a
previously-approved convenience ms~4yi.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT RESOLUTION N0. PC93-136
FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION. NOT TO BE CONSIDERED
OFFICIAL MINUTES.
OPPOSITION: One person spoke and 14 letters were received in opposkion.
PETITIONER'S COMMENTS:
James Hahn, 20475 Piatorralba, Yorba Linda, 92687. He stated this is a small shopping center. One
year ago they had an on-sale beer and wine license. They never used the Ilcense. They have applied
for an off-sale beer and wine Ilcense. This is a small convenience market; and every customer coming
into the store asks for beer and wine; they tell'hem they do not have beer and wine, so they go to the
other stores.
He wants to keep up the on•sale b~Jr and wine Ilcense on site. they want the off•sale beer and wine
license because the store Is :au slow. They have a lot of problems with the business.
Jonathan Borrego, Senior Planner, stated for the record, they have received 14 letters in opposkion.
OPPOSITION'S COMMENTS:
A. B. Robinson, 1771 S. Bayless Street, Anaheim, CA. He stated the neighbors are objecting to any
alcoholic beverages on these premises and they have done so before. He gave some background on
the property before a Iic.,nse was ever issued for construction.
At one time a restaurant was given an alcohol license and ti~a rsstaurant owner said he could not
operate unless he had hard liquor, therefore, the ABC would not grant them a liquor license because j
the neighbors objected and they will continue to do so. i
They are against any type of alcohol at that location. They also oppose some of the traffic because of
the excess traffic that they currently have and the hot rodders going down through that particular
portion from Kateila to Kimberly. He gave some further background.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED.
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DISCUSSION:
~ Jim Gandy, Police Department, Vice Detail. He has been before the Planning Commission regarding
this particular location. He stated they would protest any license with the ABC based upon the high
crime and over concentration in this area.
The crime rate in this area of Anaheim is 124% which is more than double the crime rate of all the
other reporting districts. The amount of off-sale licenses in this particular place is 10. For the
guidelines of the ABC, only 5 should exist. They do use different guidelines for on-sale and off-sale.
Nine could exist for on-sale based upon the population. If the Planning Commission were to grant it,
they would file a formal protest with the ABC regarding the issuance of a license. The applicant would
have a right to a hearing and bring forth information that showed need and necessity for the area.
He has not heard anything from the neighbors that there is a need or necessity for this type of activfty.
Their position would be to recommend denial based upon the high crime and over concentration.
Commissioner Messe stated the applicant montloned he hart a license for on-premises sale of
alcoholic beverages. He was given entitlement by the Zoning Administrator, but did he ever receive a
license from the ABC?
Officer Gandy explained once a CUP has been Issued that allows h, 'hey can apply with the ABC,
however, Mr. Hahn never received a Ilcense.
Commissioner Boy, .,tun asked ff he was the owner and was he the owner since the time this store
was put in and Mr. ,Mahn Indicated that was correct.
Commissioner Boydstun stated when he first got his CUP, the Commission very emphatically asked
and questioned him about the fact that this was not the place for any kind of a liquor Ilcense and he
indicated at that time he did not need it. She felt the situation was worse now with the things that are
going on in the neighborhood.
Further discussion took place between Mr. Hahn and the Commission. He did not understand why
they gave him the on-sale permit and denied the off-sale permits.
Commissioner Masse stated they did not grant a CUP for on-sale.
ACTION: CEOA Negative Declaration -Approved
Conditional Use Permit No. 3420 -Denied request to delete Condition No. 4 of Resolution No.
PC91.87.
Denied based upon statements made by the Police Department and the neighborhood's request
and that the Commission spelled this out very carefully when this store was first approved.
VOTE: 6-0 (Commissioner Caldwell absent)
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4a. CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION-CLASS 11 No action
4b. VARIANCE N0.4239 Granted
OWNER: PACIFIC AUTO WASH PARTNERS, 2300 MICHELSON DRIVE,
#200, IRVINE, CA 92715
LOCATION: 8290 East Crystal Drive. Property is approxlmately
1.04 acre located at the southwest corner of Crystal
Drive and Wefr Canyon Road.
Waiver of maximum number of wall signs to constrict four (4) wall slgns in
conjunction with apreviously-approved car wash facilfry.
VARIANCE RESOLUTION NO. PC93-137
FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION. NOT TO BE CONSIDERED
OFFICIAL MINUTES.
OPPOSITION: None
PETITIONER'S COMMENTS:
Dick BeBeikes, Pacific Auto Wash Partners, 2300 Michelson Dr., Irvine, CA. They are requesting a
variance on their signage for the Checkered Flag and Car Wash which is located in the SAVI Ranch
Business Park. The purpose of their request is to try to deal with the peculiarities of the site as far as
being below grade and having no direct street access to Wefr Canyon. They have found that the
circulation and identity is much more difficult then they expected as far as customers identifying the
location and also in travelling past and trying to Identify what the name of the business is.
They are requesting the variance so they can place on the tower element, 2 signs, one on each side
and on one slde ft would say "Checkered Flag" and below that "and Car Wash"; the other elevation
would be the same sign and then on the drive•up canopy which faces Crystal Drive, (the tower is not
visible from Crystal) they are requesting signage so that when customers do circulate they can identffy
that this is the entrance.
He referenced paragraph 14 regarding logo and lettering of both the existing and proposed wall signs.
It appears that the building contains 3 rather than 6 wall signs. On the canopy drNe-up, it would only
be on one elevation; on the tower they tried to keep the letters to a size so that they are are legible by
traffic passing by at approximately 50 mph. They have just about the minimum sizing for that. With
the staff s recommendation, h would mean reducing the size of the total sign package. He elaborated.
They would like to maintain the signage and size they proposed.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED.
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DISCUSSION:
Commissioner Messe stated he tends to agree with the applicant on the signs as far as making them
on one elevation. He thought there was enough difficulty reading the checkered flag logo and ff k
were any smaller h would be worse.
He stated on the Crystal Drive entrance, he thought they would be better off ff it just read "Hand Car
Wash' or something like that and leave out the corporate Identity logo. Then they could center k
above the canopy and ft would look better.
Mr. DeBeikes stated they find that acceptable. ~~
ACTION: Variance No. 4239 -Granted with the following change:
That the checkered flag logo shall be left off of the canopy facing Crystal DrNe and that the
lettering shall read "Hand Car Wash".
VOTE: 6-0 (Commissioner Caldwell absent)
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5a. CEOA NEGATIVE DECLARATION Previously Approved
5b. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT N0.3435 Readvertisement
OWNER: MICHAEL T. BIRNEY TRUST, 851 E. Cerritos Avenue, Anaheim,
CA 92806
AGENT: GRACE M. WEIR, C/0 FEDERAL SIGN, 3210 Croddy Way,
Santa Ana, CA 92704
LOCATION: 5~1 East Cercitos Avenue. Property is approximately
2.9 acres located at the northwest comer of Cerritos
Avenue and Lewis Street.
Petitioner requests modification or deletion of a condition of approval
pertaining to freestanding signage In conjunction with apreviously-approved
new and used truck sales lot and repair facility
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT RESOLUTION N0. PC93-138
Approved
Approved free-standing
sign for a period of 9
years
FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION. NOT TO BE CONSIDERED
OFFICIAL MINUTES.
OPPOSITION: None
PETITIONER'S COMMENTS:
Jlm Wooley (phonetically spelled) Southern California Mack Trucks, Inc., 8051 East Cerritos Avenue,
Anaheim, CA. They are requesting a variance and a sign location so they can be better Identified on
the comer of Lewis and Cerritos Avenue. Their customers cannot locate their business. The elevation
and the under pass areas makes it difficult to idontiry their building. He submitted some pictures for
the Commission's review.
He gave an overview of the pictures.
Commissioner Messe asked what the problem would be with a monument sign?
Mr. Wooiey explained that the monument sign would not have any distinct visibility or advantage over
what they have now. He elaborated.
Chairman Peraza suggested a monument sign on the corner.
Mr. Wooley stated their sign restriction was 8-foot and that is not a very large monument sign for their
location.
Commissioner Messe stated you would not necessarily be concerned about size as long as people
would be able to recognize you and see yau.
Mr. Wooley stated that was correct.
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Commissioner Meyer asked 'rf his customer base was from people who just happened to drive by and
see their sign and stop in to buy one of the trucks or Is this somebody that has called ahead and then
come to their facility?
Mr. Wooley explained they have a customer base that would be coming specifically to their location,
but they also depend on the view from the traffic patterns in ail of the streets to bring business to their
location. There is also a limfted view of their truck and products at that level.
He submftted pictures of other facilfties that had free standing signs. Discussion took place regarding
the pictures.
Commissioner Henninger stated there is a CUP involved that they were able to put in a condition that
they just do monument signs and understand that the City would not like to have the freestanding
signs, but he does get the sense that these folks are being unfaidy treated. He would vote for an
ordinance amendment to eliminate this sort of signing. He explained as long as it is In the ordinance
he does not feel right not letting these people have a sign like this.
Commissioner Mayer agreed and indicated she was very much against this type of signage. These
types of signs are abandoned and other people come in and buy the property and they do not put a
sign in or they cannot afford to maintain ft. She hated to see another one put up. She would Ilke to
see a tighter ordinance.
Commissioner Messe stated the direction they are taking Is to eliminate these signs, however, they do
not have an ordinance in place. Because the ordinance is not in place, there are some feelings that
the Commission might permit this. They are trying to get rid of the type of signs that he showed them
today.
Mr. Wooley stated they have a ten year lease agreement with another ten year option. He could not
comment on abandoned signage.
Commissioner Messe asked ff there was a time Iimftation on the CUP? He asked ff the CUP ended
would the sign come down?
Selma Mann, Deputy City Attorney stated not automatically, but the condition could be `mimed along
those lines.
Commissioner Henninger stated there is nothing that says they could not allow this sign for a period of
ten years.
Mr. Wooley stated that would be acceptable.
Jonathan Borrego, Senior Planner, stated there was no time Iimftation on this condftiona! use permft at
this time.
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ACTION: CEQA Negative Declaration -Approved
Conditional Use Permit No. 3435 -Approved request to amend condition of approval.
Modified Condition No. 11 of Resolution No. PC91-t 17 to read: ~
That the proposed twenty five (25) foot high pole sign shall be approved for a period of nine (9)
years until December 13, 2002; and that time eMensions may be sought in connection wfth a
duly noticed public hearing.
It was noted that after nine years it will revert to the old condition and that they would have the
possibility at another public hearing to change the condition.
MOTION: Commissioner Henninger offered a Motion, seconded by Commissioner Mayer and
MOTION CARRIED (Commissioner Caldwell absent), that the Anaheim Cfty Plann(ng
Commission does hereby request that staff give high priority to preparation of a code
amendment to the Sign Ordinance eliminating free-standing signs and replacing hem with
monument signs.
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VOTE: 6.0 (Commissioner Caldwell absent)
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6a. BOA NEGATIVE DECLARATION Approved
6b. WAIVER OF CODE REQUIREMENT Approved
6c. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT N0.3849 Granted for 2 years
(to expire 12-13-95)
OWNER: JOSEPH DI RUGGIERO and EMANUELA DI RUGGIERO
TRUSTEES of the JOSEPH and EMANUELA DI RUGGIERO
FAMILY TRUST, Attn: Cris Di Ruggiero, 357 E. Carson St., Ste.
200, Carson, CA 90745
AGENT: OTANIEL FERREIRA, EGLAI ALMEIDA and ~DDIE BURCIAGA,
D.B.A. MINISTERIO IMPACTO NUEVO, P.O. BOX 3536,
ANAHEIM, CA 92603
LOCATION: 2230 West Colchester Drive. (Sukes 13. 14 and 181.
Property is approximately 0.85 acre located at the
southeast corner of Colchester Drive and Colony Street.
To permit a 2,609 square foot church within an existing commercial retail
center wkh waiver of minimum number of parking spaces.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT RESOLUTION N0. PC93-139
SR5113CF.WP
FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION. NOT TO BE CONSIDERED
OFFICIAL MINUTES.
OPPOSITION: None
PETITIONER'S COMMENTS:
Eddie Burciaga, 450 N. Armando, F-19, Anaheim, CA. 'they want the church to be able to help the
surrounding community and be able to provide some positive alternatives for families and youth and
see how they can help with the overall plan that the City has wkh the gang activky.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED.
DISCUSSION:
Discussion took place regarding membership. They are planning to be there for approximately 2 years
until such time they can purchase some property. They have a 2 year lease.
Commissioner Messe asked ff the 20 person limit would be a problem if they should grow?
Mr. Burciaga did not anticipate that they would over grow.
Commissioner Henninger asked ff a time Iimk was appropriate?
Commissioner Messe agreed and it was determined that a 2 year time limit would be appropriate.
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ACTION: CEOA Negative Declaration -Approved
Waiver of Code Requirement -Approved
Condkional Use Pennk No. 3649 -Granted for 2 years wkh possibilky of further time extensions
In connection wkh a duly noticed public hearing.
VOTE: 6-0 (Commissioner Caldwell absent)
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7a. CEOA NEGATIVE DECLARATION Previously Approved I Approved
7b. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT N0.2484 Readvertised Approved
OWNER: JAMES and HELEN PIERCE, 401 S. Euclid Street, Anaheim,
CA 92802
LOCATION: 401 South Euclid Street. Property (s approximately 0.15
acre located on the west side of Euclid Street and
approximately 315 feet south of the centerline of Broadway.
To amend or delete a condftion of approval pertaining to use Iimftations of a
previously approved commercial residence.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT RESOLUTION N0. PC93.140
FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION. NOT TO BE CONSIDERED
OFFICIAL MINUTES.
OPPOSITION: None
PETITIONER'S COMMENTS:
Helen Pierce, 401 S. Euclid. She has a secretarial service and decided to put it up for sale due to
health reasons. They discovered there was a clause that said that the office should only be used for
word processing. That limits the sale quite a bit. She has tried to find someone to buy the business
also. She would like to hr•~~e the clause "for word processing use only" changed so she could sell it
for other office uses.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED.
DISCUSSION:
Chairman Peraza asked ff she submitted a list of uses she would like to see.
Ms. Pierce stated she did, however, she copied ft from their list of suggested uses.
Chairman Peraza expressed his concern about the parking and traffic In such a small space. There
are some Rams that would draw more cars then the area could handle.
Commissioner Messe suggested they drop item no. 4, page 2. He explained that does not eliminate
them from their possibilfties of sale if they had a potential sale, for example, ff someone that wishes to
open some type of financial instftution, ft may be that their parking requirements would fit the
patitioner's property. They would have to consider that in a public hearing. He added they are
opening this up a little bit but they are not opening the Flood gates so the petitioner could sell to
anyone.
Commissioner Henninger stated for clarification that this use is limited to the 410 square-foot garage
and that the resident has to be the business operator.
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Commissioner Messe stated Commissioner Boydstun recommended nos. 5, 6 and 7 and he would
also recommend eliminating paragraphs 2 and 4 on page 2.
Chairman Henninger stated that would leave us with 1, 3, 6 & 9.
Commissioner Messe agreed and anything else would have to go back before the Commission in a
pubilc hearing.
ACTION: CEOA Negative Declaration -Approved
Conditional Use Permit No. 2484 -Approved request to amend condftion of approval as
follows:
Modified Condkion No. 2 of Resolirtion No. PC83-175 as follows:
2. That the use of subject property shall be limfted to the following:
1. Business service firms Including architectural, engineering, drafting services,
market research and other similar firms.
2. Business offices including accounting, bookkeeping, Insurance, law or logal
services, real estate, pubilc utilities, consultants and other similar offices.
3. Secretarial services. ~
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4. Telephone answering services.
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VOTE:
Added the following condkions: '
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1. That the commerclal uses on subject property shall be conttned to the four hundred and
ten (410) square foot converted garage.
2. That the operator of any commercial activity on the sftA must be the resident of the
residential structure on the site.
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REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
A. PROPJSED ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO DETACHED Recommended adopt
CONDOMINIUM PROJECTS: to City Council
B. CONDI"IONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2681 -REQUEST FOR Found that the revised
PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF REVISED floor plan v as nQt in
FLOOR PLANS FOR AN EXISTING RESTAURANT WITH OW- substantial conformance
PREMISE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC wfth originally approved
BEVERAGES: Mark Digirolamo requests Planning Commission's plan and further, found
review and approval of revised floor plan for an existing restaurant that a readvertised
wfth on•premise sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. public hearing would be
Property is locat•xi at 480 North Glassell Street. necessary to consider
the proposed revisions
Chris Espenoza, 480 N. Glassell. They are dedicated to developing a pleasant and comfortable atmosphere
and providing high level customer service. The greatest key to their success will be their menu; there will
be 5 pages of items on their menu.
With the addition of the billiard tables the restaurant will attract people who are t(red of the bars and are
looking for something else to do.
The location, service and design of their restaurant will have everything. They will provide a casual
atmosphere wfth easy listening background music. They are not planning on any Iiva entertainment at all.
They have full support of the local businesses.
Investigator Jim Gandy, Police Department. He stated they would applaud any type of business that would
bring more business Into the Ciry of Anaheim. They do have concerns about businesses that tend to go
away from their primary responsibility of a restaurant. This project sounds very good.
He stated they would like to have the things that Mr. Espenoza said in writing. The Police Department
would like to have a vehicle by which they could put conditions on this permft to assure them that what the
petitioner is telling them today will in fact be what they will be doing in a year or two years down the line.
Commissioner Henninger stated he thought the Police Department makes a good point. This (s a change
in use and it would be appropriate to take this Into a public hearing so they can get the appropriate
conditions for the new use.
ACTION: The Commission moved to deny substantial conformance.
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C. VAP.IANCE N0.4155 AND TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 14185. Continued to
REV. NO.3 - REQUEST FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE 1-24.94
DETERMINATION: Request for substantial conformance
determination to construct a gated entry within a previously approved Directed staff to mall a
13-lot RS-HS-22,000 (SC) single-family residential subdivision. notice to affected
Property is approximately 11.4 acres located approximately 1130 feet property owners and to
east of the intersection of Country Hill Road and Vista Del Sol. acquire from the
applicant more precise
plans
Mr. Schahidzadh, 7531 E. Vista Del Sol, Anaheim, 92808. He had a meeting with Gary Johnson and Natalie
Lockman of the Public Works-Engineering Department. He expressed his concern that the property had
been advertising for a gated community. The Public Works Department assured him that there was no
such intention that it is going to be a gated community.
He explained approximately 2 w;,eks after they received a letter from Pubiic Works, he received a letter
stating that the tract would be a gated cammunffy; the posts were in and ready to install. Tha property
o:°+ner's concem is about the location and topography of the street and when they requested to see a plan
for this gate from the Punning Department all they received was a r ry of an a-1/2' x 11" sheet of the
street improvement plan and h stated gated Brea. There was no specification and no Information. He was
not sure ff there was a plan available that they could obtain.
He asked that this cas: be continued for abou' one month so that the neighbo~a could look at the plan and
make sure there is a minimum standard of the tum-around time and stacking 'u.hlnd the gate.
Commissioner Henninger stated he would like to see this continued because he did not feel comfortable
with the drawing. He would III<e to see a more detailed drawing that shows exactly how the proposed turn-
around is going to work.
Commissioner Messe asked if there were other drawings other then the one they received in their oackets7
Alfred Yalda, Traffic Engineering, stated no because these types of gates are very common and they
approve these every day in their office. They Iwk to see that they can provide a tum•around area; if they
cannot get inside the gated area; and ff ff meets file approval of the Fire Department. They do not look at
the architectural side of ff. The develoaer would have to provide that.
Chairman Peraza asked ff the Fire Department looked at this and Mr. Yaida stated he did not know. He
stated the Fire Department usually approves it ff they have a 20-foot access and a knox box and it meets
their minimum requirements for ;nstallatlon per their standard.
Commissioner Henninger stated this tract was th~ subject of a certain amount of controversy. They started
early on with a gate and then one of the points of .oncession was removing k from the plan and now they
are bringing it back. He stated there needs to be a more open discussion then what is presented here.
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Commissioner Messe stated we are dealing wkh a street that is wider thank ;vas, but certainly k is still a
_ very narrow street. We should have more plans and let the neighborhood take a look and see what the
owner is doing.
Commissioner Boydstun suggested that thought be given to moving down to Include the entrance.
Commissloner Meyer asked for cladflcatlon N she understood correctly that they had already started to
install the gate?
Mr. Shahidzadh stated for the record the pillar post for the gate has been installed; all the wiring and
conduit has been Installed and all they have to do is put in an Iron rod for the gate to go back and forth.
He stated Mr. Yaida Indicated they approve these gates on a dally basis. He would like to request from
Mr. Yaida, 3 gates that has been proposed and has been built before any plan has been submkted.
He stated wkh the location of the street and the topography, when they stack 3 cart. k will block the street.
They have a huge ravine at the side of this street, therefore, if they want to back t .or the turn-around and
go back to V(sta Del Sol, k would be a huge liability and hazard in that area.
Commissioner Messe asked k the grading was done?
Natalie Lockman, Public Works-Engineering, stated the grading was not 10096 complete, however, k is
substantially complete. The pads are out there and he still has some cleanup work he still needs to do on
the area. She believed that part of the facilkies for this gate was put in and when the street plan was
submkted to their department to revise k to show the tum-around, that Is when they found out they wanted
to put the gate In and they required that he come back and let the Commission look at the pro;act.
ACTION: Continued to January 24, 1994. Commissioner Henninger stated they should mall notices to the
surrounding property owners.
D. REQUEST TO DETERMINE CONFORMANCE WITH ANAHEIM Determined to be in
GENERAL PLAN: Carolee Condon, County of Orange General conformance wkh the
Services Agency requests determination of conformance wkh Anaheim General Plan
Anaheim Genera! Plan for property bounded on the north by the State
Park 91 freeway, on the east by AT&SF Railroad and is located
approximately 727 feet east of the terminus of Frontera Street, the
proposed lease of County land to the Orange County Flood Control
District for construction staging area purposes.
Mr. Olomi, Orange County Federal Control 0lstrlct. They are leasing this property for the Army Corp of
Engineers for the Santa Ana River Protect.
Commissloner Henninger asked what sort of percautions did they take to guard against hazardous spills?
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Mr. Olomi stated there will be no hazardous material stored on site. The only thing that will be stored on
site is a very minor amount of oii for maintaining the construction vehicles.
Commissioner Henninger asked ff they were planning on doing any steam cleaning of construction vehicles
on site?
Mr. Olomi indicated they would not.
Commissioner Messe asked ff there were plans on paving any portion of this property?
Mr. Oiomi Indicated they are not. There may be some minor grading, but no pavement.
Commissioner Henninger asked what sort of maintenance are they going to do on the vehicles at this she?
Mr. Olomi stated the most they would do is some oil changes.
Commissioner Henninger asked what sort of precautions were they going to take regarding the waste oil?
Mr. Olomi stated he was sure k would be specifically mentioned in the specHication for the protect that the
contractor has to make every effort necessary to avoid any spill of oil on the ground.
Commissioner Messe asked about housekeeping and what fs ft going to took like from the freeway?
Mr. Oiomi stated the items on the she will be some office trailers, material testing laboratory, stock piling of
construction materials such as rocks; and some concrete would be remo~:d from the river and stock piled
on the site for removal to the proper disposal faciltty and storage of construction vehicles.
Commissioner Henninger asked H there was any sfte screening proposed along the freeway and Mr. Olomi
indicated there was not.
Commissioner Messe stated they would like to see some site screening.
Greg McCafferty, Planning Department, stated the actual staging area would require a separate
environmental review, so through that process trey can recommend that she screening be done for the
freeway visibility.
Commissioner Henninger asked that they also Include in the contract conditions that prevent hazardous
sp(Ils on the sfte.
Mr. Mc Lafferty stated he would talk directly to the County relative to that issue.
ACTION: It was determined that the proposed County activfty is consistent wfth the Anaheim General Plan.
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E. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2713 -REQUEST FOR Approved
EXTENSION OF TIME TO COMPLY WITH CONDITIONS OF_ (to expire 12-17-95)
APPROVAL: Louis Drapac C/0 Tobishima Development Co.
requests a time extension to comply wkh condkions of approval for
Condkional Use Pernik No. 2713 (to permk a 6, 10 and 12-story
commercial office complex) to expire December 17, 1994. Property is
located northwest comer of Orangewood Avenue and State College
Boulevard.
F. REQUEST TO DETERMINE CONFORMANCE WITH THE ANAHEIM Deterrnined to be in
,GENERAL PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED LEASE OF OFFICE conformance wkh the
SPACE: County of Orange General Services Agency requests the Anaheim General Pian
Planning Commission to determine conformance wkh the Anaheim
General Pian for tha proposed lease of office space for a health care
facility for drug abuse and mental health patients. Property is located
at 1174 Nr.rth Euclid Street.
Ray Weams (phonetically spelled), he works with the real estate function with General Services Agency for
the County. He stated they are requesting General Plan conformance for the proposed lease of office
space for the health care agency, dual diagnosis and drug abuse programs at 1174 N. Euclid.
This was discussed at the morning session and they did review the staff report this afternoon and his office
submitted a change which was submtted too late to go into this prnted report. He referenced page no. 4
and stated instead of reading approximately 325 clients would be treated annually, they would Ilke k to read
"50 to 75 per day." They did not want to give the Impression wkh the 325 figure that only one person per
day would be walking Into the clinic.
Commissioner Henninger stated there is an existing facility in the Cky and there are some problems at that
facility. He asked it the result of moving to this location would be the result of moving those problems to a
dffferent location?
Mr. Weams explained they believe that the problems are actually because of the proximky to the park
where they understand there is a lot of trafficking of drugs, etc.; and that the clients that are possibly
involved in these actfvkies are from Soclai Services Agency and one of the other offices. They have a very
small portion of the total office space at Homer Street and that Is the portion they are moving to this new
site. The existing skes for these particular programs do not have this problem.
Commissioner Henninger asked k there would be lokering at these skes?
Mr. Weams stated they are doing their best to prevent that. He stated part of the design for the dual
diagnosis program is to have an a~;tivity room where there can be some space available for them when
they come to the office prior to their appointment so they will not have to wait around outside.
He explained that these clinics are on an appointment basis only.
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Commissioner Messe asked for clarfficatlon ff these two facilRies will be the sole tenants of the building?
Mr. Weams explained one building will be the dual diagnosis program and the other building they will
occupy approximately 80% of ff. The owner wili be free to lease the rest out to other medical uses.
Commissioner Henninger commented that they use to put all of these uses together and he wanted to
know ff they had changed that policy.
Doug Barton, Deputy Director of the Mental Health Care Agency. He explained several years ago the
that the SocialiServ ces Agency/ as now beeniremoved f om hcealth rare and these are two separate
freestanding agencies.
Further discussion took place between the Commission and Mr. Barton about the idea of the uses
tradffionally being put together versus the idea of getting away from that Idea and the problems associated
with putting the uses together.
Commissioner Messe asked ff they have already contacted the neighbors relative to this use, both
commercial and residential?
Mr. Barton stated that will take place following termination of this hearing. They routinely do that.
Commissioner Messe noted for the record that they did receive a document entitled 'County of Orange
Health Care Agency, Mental Health and Drug Abuse Services.'
Further discussion took place regarding co-locating with Social Services.
ACTION: It was determined that the proposed County use is consistent with the Anaheim General Plan.
G. VARIANCE NO 3819 REOUEST FOR TERMINATION: Terminated
Ann Mousaler requests termination of Variance No. 3819 (waiver of
minimum number of parking spaces to construct a 5-story, 103-unit
motel). Property located 1520 South Harbor Boulevard.
TERMINATION RESOLUTION NO. PC93-141
H. VARIANCE NO 2850 REQUEST FOR TERMINATION: Terminated
P. James Barthe (Thrifty Realty Co.) requests termination of Variance
No. 28250 (waiver of minimum front setback, maximum fence height
and required enclosure of outdoor uses to permff the outdoor storage
of trailers). Property is loca~ xf 1601 East Cerrffos Avenue.
TERMINATION RESOLUTION NO. PC93-142
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~' MEETING ADJOURNED AT 3:13 P.M. TO THE DECEMBER 14, 1993, 6:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL
MEETING FOR COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL REDEVELOPMENT PLAN PUBLIC HEARING.
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