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Planning Commission Agenda 3 August 26, 2019 BUSINESS CALENDAR Persons wishing to speak regarding Business Calendar matters should file a "Request to Speak" form with the Recording Secretary. Members of the public will be allotted three minutes to speak, unless additional time is granted by the Chairperson. PUBLIC HEARING 1. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 2019-18 {STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3, 2} — Case Planner, Jerry Guevara The applicant has requested the matter be continued to a future meeting. REQUEST: The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to allow the conversion of an existing communal apartment laundry room into a publicly accessible laundromat located at 923 North Santiago Street, Unit C in the Specific Development No. 84 (SD- 84)/ Transit Zoning Code, Urban Neighborhood 2 (UN-2) subzone. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the project is exempt from further environmental review under the general rule pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 (b)(3) which indicates that CEQA review applies to projects that have a potential for causing a significant impact on the environment. The proposed project would convert an existing communal apartment laundry room into a publicly accessible laundromat facility. Based on this analysis, a Notice of Exemption, Environmental Review No. 2018-94 will be filed for this project. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Continue the matter until September 23, 2019. General Notes: Legal notice published in the Orange County Reporter on August 16, 2019 and notice mailed and posted on said date. 2. VARIANCE NO. 2019-03 {STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,2} — Case Planner, Ivan Orozco REQUEST: The applicant is requesting approval of a variance to increase the roof height of an industrial building to 50 feet, exceeding the City’s maximum building height standards, for the property located at 3323 W. Warner Avenue in the Light Industrial (M- 1) zone. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the project is exempt from further review pursuant to Section 15301 (Class 1 “Existing Facilities”). Class 1 exemptions consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alterations of existing public or private structures, facilities involving no expansion at the time of the lead agency's determination. No new building square footage is proposed as part of the project. The area of the roof affected by the height increase is 1,800 square feet, which is less than one percent of the total square footage of the building and is only a small fraction of the total roof surface area. This specific location where the roof will be modified is located towards the rear of the building, where it will be less visible from the right-of-way. Based