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Planning Commission
<br />Regular Meeting Agenda Minutes
<br />October 28, 2024
<br />5:30 P.M.
<br />City Hall, Ross Annex
<br />Conference Room 1600
<br />20 Civic Center Plaza
<br />Santa Ana, CA
<br />JENNIFER OLIVA
<br />Chair, Ward 6 Representative
<br />ISURI S. RAMOS
<br />ViceChair,
<br />Ward 3 Representative
<br />CHRISTOPHER LEO
<br />Citywide Representative
<br />MANUEL J. ESCAMILLA
<br />Ward 2 Representative
<br />CARL BENNINGER
<br />Ward 4 Representative
<br />BAO PHAM
<br />Ward 3 Representative
<br />ALAN WOO
<br />Ward 5 Representative
<br />Minh Thai
<br />Executive Director
<br />Melissa Crosthwaite
<br />Legal Counsel
<br />Ali Pezeshkpour, AICP
<br />Planning Manager
<br />Nuvia Ocampo
<br />Recording Secretary
<br />In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to participate in this Meeting,
<br />contact Michael Ortiz, City ADA Program Coordinator, at (714) 6475624. Notification 48 hours prior to the Meeting will enable
<br />the City to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to this meeting. The City Council agenda and supporting
<br />documentation can be found on the City’s website – www.santaana.org/citymeetings.
<br />CALL TO ORDER
<br />Commissioners: Jennifer Oliva, Chair
<br />Manuel Escamilla
<br />Christopher Leo
<br />Carl Benninger
<br />Bao Pham
<br />Isuri S. Ramos
<br />Alan Woo
<br />Executive Director Minh Thai
<br />Senior Asst. City Attorney Melissa Crosthwaite
<br />Planning Manager Ali Pezeshkpour, AICP
<br />Recording Secretary Nuvia Ocampo
<br />ROLL CALL
<br />Minutes: Quorum was reached at 5:32 p.m. with Commissioner Escamilla absent.
<br />PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
<br />PUBLIC COMMENTS
<br />Minutes: Resident, Bob Adams, spoke on the moratorium in place in the Transit Zoning
<br />Code.
<br />Resident, Mike Tardiff, spoke on the moratorium in place in the Transit Zoning Code.
<br />CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
<br />a.Minutes
<br />Recommended Action: Approve Minutes from October 14, 2024.
<br />b.Excused Absences
<br />Recommended Action: Excuse absent commissioners.
<br />Moved by Commissioner Woo, seconded by Commissioner Benninger to Approve
<br />Consent Calendar items.
<br />YES: 6 – Bao Pham, Isuri Ramos, Alan Woo, Christopher Leo, Jennifer Oliva, Carl
<br />Benninger
<br />NO: 0 – ABSTAIN: 0 – ABSENT: 1 – Manuel J. Escamilla
<br />Status: 6 – 0 – 0 – 1 – Pass
<br />*End of Consent Calendar*
<br />BUSINESS CALENDAR
<br />Public Hearing:The Planning Commission decision on Conditional Use Permits,
<br />Variances, Tentative Tract and Parcel Maps, Minor Exceptions, Site Plan Review, and
<br />Public Convenience or Necessity Determinations are final unless appealed within 10
<br />days of the decision by any interested party or group (refer to the Basic Meeting
<br />Information page for more information). The Planning Commission recommendation
<br />on Zoning and General Plan amendments, Development Agreements, Specific
<br />Developments, and Specific Plans will be forwarded to the City Council for final
<br />determination. Legal notice was published in the OC Reporter on October 18, 2024
<br />and notices were mailed on said date.
<br />1.TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 202402 AND VARIANCE NO. 202404 FOR
<br />THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5213 WEST SILVER DRIVE LOCATED
<br />WITHIN THE TWOFAMILY RESIDENCE (R2) ZONING DISTRICT.
<br />Project Applicant: Ngoc Thien Ho and Yen N. Dahl (Applicants & Property Owners)
<br />Proposed Project: Applicant is requesting approval of Tentative Parcel Map No.
<br />202402 to subdivide an existing 16,868square foot lot into two feesimple lots and
<br />Variance No. 202404 to allow a reduction in the required lot frontage for one of the new
<br />lots.
<br />Environmental Impact:Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
<br />and the CEQA Guidelines, the project is exempt from further review pursuant to Section
<br />15301 (Class 1 Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines. A Notice of Exemption,
<br />Environmental Review No. 202395, will be filed for this project.
<br />Recommended Actions:
<br />1. Adopt a resolution approving Tentative Parcel Map No. 202402
<br />(County Map No. 2022192) as conditioned; and
<br />2. Adopt a resolution approving Variance No. 202404 to allow a
<br />reduction in lot frontage as conditioned.
<br />Moved by Commissioner Benninger, seconded by Commissioner Woo to
<br />Approve.
<br />YES: 6 – Bao Pham, Isuri Ramos, Alan Woo, Christopher Leo, Jennifer Oliva, Carl
<br />Benninger
<br />NO: 0 – ABSTAIN: 0 – ABSENT: 1 – Manuel J. Escamilla
<br />Status: 6 – 0 – 0 – 1 – Pass
<br />Minutes: Commission had questions for staff.
<br />Staff answered questions from staff.
<br />2.CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 202403 AND VARIANCE NO. 202401
<br />FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1601 AND 1607 NORTH BRISTOL
<br />STREET LOCATED WITHIN THE BRISTOL STREET CORRIDOR SPECIFIC
<br />PLAN (SP1) ZONING DISTRICT.
<br />Project Applicant: Bristol Center Properties, LLC (Applicant & Property Owner)
<br />representing Better Buzz Coffee Roasters.
<br />Proposed Project:Applicant is requesting approval of Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
<br />No. 202403, and Variance No. 202402 to allow the construction of a new 1,628square
<br />foot café with a drivethrough window service, an outdoor patio, and a reduced tenfoot
<br />frontyard landscaped setback. Pursuant to Section 41424.5(e) of the Santa Ana
<br />Municipal Code (SAMC), eating establishments wishing to operate a drivethrough window
<br />service require approval of a CUP.
<br />Environmental Impact: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
<br />and the CEQA Guidelines, the project is exempt from further review pursuant to Section
<br />15303 (Class 3 exemption for new construction or conversion of small structures).
<br />Notice of Exemption, Environmental Review No. 2022119 will be filed for this project.
<br />Recommended Actions:
<br />1. Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit (CUP) No.
<br />202403, as conditioned.
<br />2. Adopt a resolution approving Variance No. 202401, as conditioned.
<br />Moved by Commissioner Ramos, seconded by Commissioner Leo to
<br />Approved with an additional condition that the applicant will select trees
<br />from the City’s list of approved trees.
<br />YES: 6 – Bao Pham, Isuri Ramos, Alan Woo, Christopher Leo, Jennifer Oliva, Carl
<br />Benninger
<br />NO: 0 – ABSTAIN: 0 – ABSENT: 1 – Manuel J. Escamilla
<br />Status: 6 – 0 – 0 – 1 – Pass
<br />Minutes: Commission had comments for staff.
<br />Staff answered questions from the Commission.
<br />Resident, Nina Jirik, spoke in support of the project.
<br />Commission had questions for the applicant.
<br />Applicant answered questions from the Commission.
<br />*End of Business Calendar*
<br />STAFF COMMENTS
<br />Minutes: Staff had comments for the Commission.
<br />COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
<br />Minutes: Commission had comments for staff.
<br />ADJOURNMENT
<br />The next meeting of the Planning Commission will be on November 25, 2024 at 5:30 PM.
<br />Minutes: Meeting was adjourned at 6:41 pm.
<br />APPEAL INFORMATION
<br />The formal action by the Planning Commission shall become effective after the tenday
<br />appeal period, unless the City Council in compliance with section 41643, 41644 or 41645
<br />holds a public hearing on the matter, then the formal action will become effective on the day
<br />following the hearing and decision by the City Council. An appeal from the decision or
<br />requirement of the Planning Commission may be made by any interested party, individual, or
<br />group. The appeal must be filed with the Clerk of the Council, accompanied by the required
<br />filing fee, and a copy sent to the Planning Department, within ten days of the date of the
<br />Commission's action, by 5:00 p.m. If the final day to appeal falls on a City Hall observed
<br />holiday or a day when City hall is closed, the final day to appeal shall be extended to the next
<br />day City Hall is open for public business. Please note: Under California Government Code
<br />Sec. 65009, if you challenge in court any of the matters on this agenda for which a public
<br />hearing is to be conducted, you may be limited to raising only those issues which you (or
<br />someone else) raised orally at the public hearing or in written correspondence received by
<br />the Planning Commission or City Council at or before the hearing.
<br />MEETING INFORMATION
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<br />Submit a written comment
<br />You are invited to submit a written comment in one of the following ways:
<br />Email PBAecomments@santaana.org and reference the topic in the subject line.
<br />Mail to Nuvia Ocampo, Recording Secretary, City of Santa Ana, 20 Civic Center Plaza
<br />– M20, Santa Ana, CA 92701.
<br />Deadline to submit written comments, including any supplemental materials for
<br />consideration by the Planning Commission, is 3:30 p.m. on the day of the meeting.
<br />Comments received after the deadline may not be distributed to the Planning
<br />Commission but will be made part of the record. All attendees wishing to submit
<br />written comments or supplemental materials for distribution to Planning Commission
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