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ZA 2008/04/10ANAHEIM ZONIPIG ADMINISTRATOR .~ , AGENDA THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2008 - 9:30 A.M. Plan-Check Conference Room, City Hall East 200 South Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim, California Procedure to Exqedite Meetinq: The proponents for conditional use permit, variance, administrative use permit, administrative adjustment and tentative parcel map applications which are not contested will have 5 minutes to present their evidence. In contested applications, the proponent(s) and opponent(s) will each have 10 minutes to present their case unless additional time is requested and the complexity of the matter warrants. After the opponent(s) speak, the proponent will have 5 minutes for rebuttal. Before speaking, please give your name and address and spell your name. Staff Reports are paR of the evidence received by the Zoning Administrator at each hearing. Copies are available to the pubiic prior to and during the meeting. The Zo~ing Administrator reserves the right to deviate from the foregoing if, in the Administrator's opinion, the ends of fairness to all concerned will be served. All documents presented to the Zoning Administrator for review in connection with any hearing, including photographs or other acceptable visuai representations of non-documentary evidence, shall be retained by the City of Anaheim for the public record and shall be available for public inspection. The action taken by the Zoning Administrator on this date regarding conditional use permits, variances and administrative adjustments is final unless, within 15 days of the Zoning Administrator's written decision being placed in the U.S. Mail, an appeal is filed. Any action taken regarding administrative use permits is fi~al unless, within 22 days of the Zoning Administrator's written decision being piaced in the U.S. Mail, an appeal is filed. Any action taken regarding tentative parcel maps or special circumstance waivers is final unless, within 10 days of the Zoning Administrator's written decision being placed in the U.S. Mail, an appeai is filed. Such appeal shali be made at any time following the public meeting and prior to the conclusion of the appeal period. An appeal shail be made in written form to the City Glerk, accompanied by an appeal fee in the amount of $350.00. The City Clerk, upon filing of such an appeal, will set said application for public hearing before the City Council at the earliest possible date. You will be notified by the City Cierk of said hearing. Before the scheduled public hearings and any other appiications on the agenda, members of the public will be allowed to speak on items of interest under "Items of Public Interest." Such items must be within the jurisdiction of the Zoning Administrator. Each speaker wili be allotted a maximum of 3 minutes to speak. Before speaking, please give your name and ad`dress and spell your last name. ZA041008. DOC APRIL 10, 2008 ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AGENDA 1. ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST: ~111UtBS 2. Receiving and approving the Minutes from the Zoning Administrator Meeting of February 28, 2008. Public Hearina Items: 3. CEQA CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION-CLASS 5 AND VARIANCE NO. 2008-04750 OWNER: Lisa F. Moraies 421 Serra Drive Corona Del Mar, CA 92fi25-2628 APPLICANT: Andrew Cunningham 413 Via Malaga Redondo Beach, CA 90277 LOCATION: 406 and 410 West Vermont Avenue and 900 910 912 and 916 South Harbor Boulevard: Property is approximately1.3 acres, iocated at the southeast corner of West Vermont Avenue and South Harbor Boulevard. Request to construct a 17,878 square foot office buflding with less landscaping than required by code including a 6.5 to 7.5-foot wide landscape setback along Harbor Boulevard where a 15-foot wide setback is required, a 6.5-foot wide landscape setback along Vermont Avenue where a 10-foot wide setback is required and less landscaping in the parking lot than required by code. CEQA DETERMINATION AND VARIANCE RESOLUTION NO. 15-day appeal period Project Planner. De11a Herrick (dhertick@anaheim. net) Page 2 ZA041008 APRIL 10, 2008 20NING ADMINISTRATOR AGENDA CERTIFICATION OF POSTING I hereby certify that a complete copy of this agenda was posted at ~: O O om - 3-0~ Location: COUNGIL CHAMBER DISPLAY CASE AND (TIMET (DATE) OUTSIDE DISPLAY KIOSK SIGNED: ~~'~`--> If you challenge any one of these City of Anaheim decisions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or a written correspondence delivered to the Zoning Administrator or City Council at prior to, the public hearing. In compliance with the American With Disability Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, piease contact the Planning Departme~t, (714) 765-5139. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. Page 3 ZA041008 APRIL 10, 2008 ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AGENDA SCHEDULE 2008 04/24/08 05/22/08 Remaining dates will be forthcoming. Page 4 ZA041008 Variance No. 2008-04750 406 and 410 West Vermont Avenue and 900, 910, 912 and 916 South Harbor Boulevard ~osos ~I ~v~FT~ RESOLUTION NO. ZA2008-*** ATTACHMENT NO. l A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM ZONING ADMINISTRATOR APPROVING A CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, CLASS 5 AND APPROVING VARIANCE NO. 2008-04750 (900, 910, 912 AND 916 30UTH HARBOR BOULEVARD AND 406 AND 410 WEST VERMONT AVENUE) WHEREAS, the Anaheim Zoning Administrator did receive a verified Petition for Variance for waiver of minimtun pazking lot landscaping for certain real property situated in the City of Anaheim, CounTy of Orange, State of California, shown on Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. WHEREAS, the applicant requests approval of a variance to construct a 17,878 square foot office building with less parking lot landscaping than required by code; and WHEREAS, the Zoning Administrator did hold a public heazing at the Civic Center in the City of Anaheim on April 10, 2008, at 9:30 a.m., notice of said public heazing having been duly given as required by law and in accordance with the provisions of the Anaheim Municipal Code, Chapter l 8,60, to heaz and consider evidence for and against said proposed vaziance and to investigate and make findings and recommendations in connection therewith; and WHEREAS, said Zoning Administrator, after due inspection, invesfigation and study made by itself and in its behalf, and after due consideration of all evidence and reports offered at said heazing, does find and determine the following facts; 1. That the petitioner requests waiver of the following to construct a 17,878 square foot single-story office building to be used by the Social Security Administration: (a) SECTION NO. 18.46.060 Pazkina lot landscapine. (2 landscape planters proposed within the pazking (oC; 3landscaped planters required). (b) SECTION NO. 18.08.060.010] Minimum landscaned setback (deleted) 2. That there are exceptional circumstances relating to waiver (a) that do not apply generally to other properties or uses in the same viciniTy and zone in that the proposed office building is required to comply with Federal standards which require a'20 foot buffer zone surrounding the entire building for security purposes which limits the ability of the site to be developed with a strict adherence to Code requirements for the minimum pazking lot landscape requirements while at the same time maintaining the minimum number of required pazking spaces. -1- ZA2008-*** 3. That, because of the exceptional circumstances identified in the above paragraph ,_ ,,_ regarding waiver (a), the strict application of the zoning code would deprive the property of privileges enjoyed by other property under identical zoning classifications in the vicinity. , 4. That waiver (b) is hereby withdrawn, as requested by the applicant, subsequent to advertisement of the variance. 5. That *** indicated their presence at said public hearing in opposition; and that no correspondence was received in opposition to subject petition. WHEREAS, the proposed project falls within the definition of Categorical Exemptions, Section 15301, Class 5(Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations), as defined in the State CEQA Guidelines and is, therefore, exempt from the requirement to prepaze additional environmental documentation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Anaheim Zoning Administrator does hereby approve Variance No. 2008-04750, upon the following conditions which aze hereby found to be a necessary prerequisite to the proposed use of the subject property in order to preserve the safety and general welfaze o~the Citizens of the City of Anaheim: COA Conditions of Approval Responsible for Monitorin TIMING: PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMIT 1 That plans shall be submitted showing conformance with the Planning, current version of Engineering Standazd details 436 and 470 ' pertaining to pazking standazds. Subject properiy shall Public Works, thereupon be developed and maintained in conformance Traffic Engineering with said lans. ~ That Lot Line Adjustment No. 655 must be approved by the Public Works - - CiTy and recorded in the Office of the Orange County Development Recorder. Services 3 That plans shall show conformance with the cusent version Public Works - of Engineering Standard Detail 115 pertaining to sight Traffic Engineering distance visibility for signs, landscaping, and fence/wall locations and pertaining to commercial driveways, to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. 4 That plans shall show that four (4) foot high address Police numbers shall be displayed on the roof of the building in a contrasting color to the roof material. Said numbers sh~[Il not be visible from view of the street or adjacent properties. Said information shall be subject to the review and approval " of the Police Department and the Planning Department, Planning Services Division. -2- ZA2008-*** 5 That plans shall demonstrate that all above-ground utility Public Utilities devices shall be located on private properiy and outside any Water Engineering. required setback areas unless othenvise permitted by Code. and Electrical Engineering, 6 That owner shall irrevocably offer to dedicate to the City of Public Utilities - Anaheim a twenty (20) foot wide easement for all water Water Engineering service laterals, and an easement for other public water facilities to the satisfaction of the Water Engineering Division of the Public Utilities Department. The requirements and easement notes of the Public Utilities Department, Water Bngineering Division shall be included in all easement dedications/deeds for water facilities. ~ That prior to submitting an application for water meters, fire Public Utilities - lines or water improvement plans for approval, whichever Water Engineering occurs first, owner shall submit to the Public Utilities Department, Water Engineering Division, an estimate of the maximum fire flow rate and maximum day and peak hour water demands for the entire project. This information will be used to determine the adequacy of the existing water system to provide the estimated water demands. Any off- site water system improvements required to serve the project shall be done in accordance with Rule No. 15A.6 of the Water UtiliTy Rates, Rules, and Regulations. 8 That plans submitted for building permits shall indicate that Fire fire lanes shall be posted with "No pazking Any Time" signs. GENERAL 9 That on-going during project operation, no required pazking Public Works - azeas shall be fenced or othenvise enclosed for outdoor Development storage uses. Services 10 That subject property shall be developed substantially in Planning accordance with plans and specifications submitted to the CiTy of Anaheim by the applicant and which plan aze on file with the Planning Department mazked Exhibits Nos. 1 through 3 and as conditioned herein. 11 That approval of this application constitutes approval of the Planning proposed request only to the extent that it complies with the Anaheim Municipal 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 regazding any other applicable ordinance, regulation or re uirement. 1 ~ That timing for compliance with conditions of approva] may Planning -3- ZA2008-*** be amended by the Planning Director upon a showing of good cause provided (i) equivalent timing is established that satisfies the original intent and purpose of the condition(s), (ii) the modification complies with the Anaheim Municipal Code and (iii) the applicant has demonstrated significant progress toward establishment of the use or approved BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the applicant is responsible for paying all charges related to the processing of this discretionary case application within 15 days of the issuance of the final invoice. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted at the Zoning Administrator meeting of April 10, 2008. Said resolution is subject to the appeal provisions set forth in Chapter 18.60 "Procedures" of the Anaheim Municipal Code pertaining to appeal procedures and may be repiaced by a City Council Resolution in the event of an appeal. ANAHEIM ZONING ADMINISTRATOR ATTEST: SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM ZONING ADMINISTRATOR STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, Eleanor Morris, Senior Secretary of the Anaheim Zoning Administrator, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a meeting of the Anaheim Zoning Administrator held on April 10, 2008. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this day of , 2008. SENIOR SECRETARY, ANAHEIM ZONING ADMINISTRATOR m -4- ZA2008-* * * t~'~"TAC 1~1'~' 1~t0. 2 colla6orate::design::create ~ ~ ~~ ARCIf['CfiCTI;RF.... .. Y1~MORAN~lJ~l1 T0: City of Anaheim -Zoning Administrator FROM: AlanBurks SUBJECT: LandscapeVarianeeApplication DATE: 3/25/20~8 PROJECT: SSA-Anaheim:2007.54 Project Descriotion: 17,878 square foot Federal Office Building at 900 South Harbor Bivd. with code required parking of 72 planned parking spa~es. Request. To partially waive the parking lot landscape requirements. To provide one landscape finger in lieu of three required landscape fingers. AI~ other landscape requirements are met. This would allow the code required minimum parking of 7Z cars. Justification: Security requirements for Federal Office Buildings require a 20' landscaped 6uffer zone between the building and any property lines, parking areas and driveways. If this requirement were not imposed a larger building with more parking wouid be possible on this site. The code required streetsetbacks would yield approximately 4,875 square feet of setback. Our request would yield approximately 7,484 square feet of satback. Our request would provide an increase of 47°/a over the code requirement or 2,609 additional square feet of landscaping. In consideration of this request, we would provide substantia{ly enhanced landscaping within the street setbacks. We would provide additional trees and shrubs to provide a pleasant layered effect. Additionaliy, we would provide additional ttees and shrubs aiong the east property line and vine pockets along the southern pmperty line. Where code would require 11 trees in the street setbacks, we would provide 22 trees. Where code would not require any trees in the eastem setback, we are providing 13 trees. Please refer to the ~onceptual landscape pla~ Planting Plan- B dated 2/7/2008 Thank you in advance for your consideration. Alan Burks, AIA SSA - Anaheim: 2007.54 P2007.54-D9536.doc 1 of I