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Home My WebLink About00 PC Agenda 04-23-13 AGENDA REGULAR MEETING TUSTIN PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 23, 2013 CALL TO ORDER: 7:00 p.m. INVOCATION/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Commissioner Lumbard ROLL CALL: Commissioners Altowaiji, Kozak, Lumbard, Smith, Thompson 1. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS AND CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO KEN ECKMAN AND FRED MOORE. PUBLIC CONCERNS: (Limited to 3 minutes per person for items not on the agenda) At this time members of the public may address the Commission regarding any items not on the agenda and within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission (NO action can be taken on off-agenda items unless authorized by law). If you wish to address the Commission on any matter, please fill out one of the forms located at the speaker’s podium so that your remarks within the recording of the meeting can be attributed to you. Completion of this form is not mandatory, but accurately provides your information for the record. CONSENT CALENDAR: All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items prior to the time of the voting on the motion unless members of the Commission, staff, or public request specific items to be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – APRIL 09, 2013, PLANNING COMMISSION. RECOMMENDATION: That the Planning Commission approve the minutes of the April 09, 2013, meeting as provided. Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Planning Commission regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the Community Development Department located at 300 Centennial Way, Tustin, California, during normal business hours. In compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the office of the City Clerk at (714) 573-3025. Notification 72 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to this meeting. Agenda – Planning Commission April 23, 2013 – Page 1 of 5 PUBLIC HEARINGS: 3. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 2013-03 – FITNESS GYM. The applicant is proposing to establish and operate a fitness gym, called CrossFit Tustin, within an existing building located at 2682 Walnut Avenue. CrossFit Tustin is described as an elite training facility which includes high intensity workouts in under an hour. The proposed use would operate with small groups and one-on-one training at intervals Monday through Friday from 6 A.M. through 8 P.M. and on Saturdays between the hours of 9 A.M. and noon. APPLICANT: Tim Brooks and Joel Thompson Catalyst Fitness, Inc. DBA CrossFit Tustin 3053 Edinger Avenue Tustin, CA 92780 PROPERTY OWNER: Andrew S. Friedman Trust PROJECT LOCATION: 2682 Walnut Avenue ENVIRONMENTAL: This project is categorically exempt pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15301, Class 1. RECOMMENDATION: That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution No. 4219 approving Conditional Use Permit 2013-03 authorizing a fitness gym (CrossFit Tustin) within an existing building at 2682 Walnut Avenue, subject to conditions of approval. Presentation: Amy Stonich, Senior Planner 4. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 2013-04 – RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE- THROUGH, AND MODIFICATION OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 2012-01 – AMENDMENT OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED MASTER SIGN PROGRAM. Conditional Use Permit (CUP) 2013-04 is a request to establish a restaurant with drive-through service to support a Starbucks Coffee Shop use within a retail building at the site. It has also been requested to modify the previously approved Master Sign Program to allow an additional freeway-oriented pylon sign. Agenda – Planning Commission April 23, 2013 – Page 2 of 5 APPLICANT: Dennis Reyling Tustin Retail SPE, LLC (on behalf of R.D. Olson) 2955 Main Street, Third Floor Irvine, CA 92614 PROPERTY OWNER: City of Tustin PROJECT LOCATION: 15121 Newport Avenue ENVIRONMENTAL: This project is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15333 (Class 32) and Section 15311 (Class 11) of Title 14, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations (guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act). RECOMMENDATION: 1. Adopt Resolution No. 4220 approving Conditional Use Permit 2013-04 (authorizing a restaurant with drive-through); and, 2. Adopt Resolution No. 4221 modifying the Master Sign Program previously approved by Conditional Use Permit 2012-01 authorizing a second pylon sign at the site (the southwesterly corner of Edinger Avenue and Newport Avenue adjacent to the SR 55 Freeway within the Pacific Center East Specific Plan (SP 11)). Presentation: Dana Ogdon, Assistant Director of Community Development 5. GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (GPA) 2013-001, MCAS TUSTIN SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT (SPA) 2013-001, AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (DA) 2013-002 – SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (SOCCCD). The proposed project is a request to amend the Tustin General Plan by adding a new local street (Bell Avenue) to the City’s circulation element; amend MCAS Tustin Specific Plan 2013-001 by incorporating text allowing private for-profit non-educational uses and increase allowable building square footages within the education village (Neighborhood A) of the MCAS Tustin Specific Plan and adding a new local street (Bell Avenue); and Development Agreement 2013- 002 to facilitate the development, conveyance, and land exchange of an approximate 90 acre site within the boundaries of the MCAS Tustin Specific Plan. APPLICANTS: South Orange County Community College District 28000 Marguerite Parkway Mission Viejo, CA 92692 Agenda – Planning Commission April 23, 2013 – Page 3 of 5 AND City of Tustin PROPERTY OWNERS: City of Tustin AND South Orange County Community College District 28000 Marguerite Parkway Mission Viejo, CA 92692 AND U.S. Department of Navy PROJECT LOCATION: Neighborhood A of MCAS Tustin Specific Plan generally bounded by Red Hill Avenue to the West, A vacant site that is planned for a public Community Park across Valencia Avenue to the North, Armstrong Avenue and Ranch Santiago Community College District Sheriff’s Training Academy to the South. ENVIRONMENTAL: An environmental checklist has been prepared for the project and concluded that these actions do not result in any new significant environmental impacts or a substantial increase in the severity of any previously identified significant impacts in the FEIS/EIR. Moreover, no new information of substantial importance has surfaced since certification of the FEIS/EIR. However, because some changes and additions were required to the FEIS/EIR, the City has prepared an addendum to the FEIS/EIR. RECOMMENDATION: 1. That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution No. 4222, recommending that the City Council approving the Addendum to Final EIS/EIR for General Plan Amendment (GPA) 2013-001, MCAS Tustin Specific Plan Amendment (SPA) 2013-001, and Development Agreement (DA) 2013-002. 2. That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution No. 4223, recommending that the City Council approve: a. GPA 2013-001 by adding a new local street (Bell Avenue) to service adjacent uses; Agenda – Planning Commission April 23, 2013 – Page 4 of 5 b. SPA 2013-001 by incorporating text allowing private for-profit non- educational uses within the education village (Neighborhood A) of the MCAS Tustin Specific Plan, increase allowable building square footages within Neighborhood A and adding a new local street (Bell Avenue); and, c. DA 2013-002 to facilitate the development, conveyance, and land exchange within the boundaries of the MCAS Tustin Specific Plan. Presentation: Justina Willkom, Assistant Director of Community Development REGULAR BUSINESS: None STAFF CONCERNS: Presentation: Elizabeth A. Binsack, Director of Community Development COMMISSION CONCERNS: ADJOURNMENT: The next regular meeting of the Planning Commission is scheduled for Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber at 300 Centennial Way. Agenda – Planning Commission April 23, 2013 – Page 5 of 5