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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 9, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — AMENDMENT APPLICATION <br />NO. 2011 -01, GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. <br />2011 -02 AND VARIANCE NO. 2011 -06 FOR A NEW <br />MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING AT 1306 -1312 WEST <br />SANTA ANA BOULEVARD <br />Prepared by Vince Fregoso <br />LWA <br />Executive Direct r <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Recommend that the City Council: <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />❑ Applicant's Request <br />❑ Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />Planning Manager <br />1. Adopt an ordinance approving Amendment Application No. 2011 -01. <br />2. Adopt a resolution approving General Plan Amendment No. 2011 -02. <br />3. Adopt a resolution approving Variance No. 2011 -06 as conditioned. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Request of the Applicant <br />Kevin Coleman, representing Raul Torres- Marfin, is requesting approval of an amendment <br />application, general plan amendment and variance in order to allow the construction of a new medical <br />and professional office building. Specifically, the applicant is requesting approval to redesignate the <br />zoning and general plan land use designations of one of the six parcels that comprise the <br />development site from residential to commercial. Additionally, the applicant is requesting approval of <br />a variance from Sections 41 -368 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) to reduce the required 15 <br />foot landscaped setback along Bristol Street and Santa Ana Boulevard. <br />Project Location and Site Description <br />The subject site consists of six properties located at 1302 -1312 West Santa Ana Boulevard and 304 <br />and 306 North Bristol Street. The parcels, to be merged via a voluntary lot merger, will total <br />approximately 0.64 acres in size and will result in an irregularly shaped parcel. The two easternmost <br />properties fronting Bristol Street are seven foot wide strips of land that will be remnant parcels from <br />the Bristol Street Widening project. The project site is currently vacant, with the exception of 1302 <br />West Santa Ana Boulevard, which contains the two -story Bristol Pharmacy and medical clinic uses. <br />Exhibit A <br />7501-3 <br />3 <br />