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MEETING DATE:
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
JANUARY 5, 2004
WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION AGENDA
7:00 p.m.
Given
Nielsen absent
Staff present
None
Approved
Adopted Resolution
No. 3887
ACTION AGENDA
TUSTIN PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING -- 7:00 P.M.
DECEMBER 8, 2003
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
Doug Holland, Assistant City Attorney
Karen Peterson, Senior Planner
Matt West, Associate Planner
Eloise Harris, Recording Secretary
PUBLIC CONCERNS
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - NOVEMBER
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
2.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 03-021 AND DESIGN
REVIEW 03-022 REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO
REMOVE AN EXISTING 599 SQUARE FOOT TWO-CAR
GARAGE AND REPLACE IT WITH A 1,405 SQUARE
FOOT ACCESSORY BUILDING WITH A 620 SQUARE
FOOT TWO-CAR GARAGE CONTAINING TWO (2)
VEHICLE PARKING SPACES, A 225 SQUARE FOOT
10, 2003,
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Adopted Resolution
No. 3903
Peterson reported
Menard
Holland
LAUNDRY ROOM AND BATHROOM ON THE FIRST
FLOOR AND A 560 SQUARE FOOT SECOND STORY
INCLUDING TWO (2) GUEST ROOMS, A READING
ROOM, AND A BATHROOM. THIS PROJECT IS
LOCATED AT 455 SOUTH PACIFIC STREET IN THE
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-l) ZONING
DISTRICT.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Planning Commission approve Conditional Use
Permit 02-021 and Design Review 03-022 by adopting
Resolution No. 3887.
REGULAR BUSINESS
SIGN CODE EXCEPTION 03-001 REQUESTING A
MODIFICATION TO AN EXISTING NONCONFORMING
POLE SIGN AT 13872 RED HILL AVENUE IN THE
CENTRAL COMMERCIAL (C-2) ZONING DISTRICT.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution No. 3903
denying Sign Code Exception 03-001.
STAFF CONCERNS
REPORT OF ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE NOVEMBER 17
AND DECEMBER 1, 2003, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
The City Council approved the updated grading ordinance and the
water quality ordinance.
The City Council approved the Tustin Block development; the
Mayor asked that staff bring forward a parking ordinance to
address the Planning Commission's concerns.
COMMISSION CONCERNS
Asked if it would be possible to put in place a signage ordinance,
similar to what the City of Anaheim adopted for the area around
Disneyland, eliminating Tustin's nonconforming freeway signs.
Answered in the affirmative; and, stated an amortization ordinance
requires that nonconforming uses are amortized over a period of
time.
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Jennings
Holland
Amante
Holland
Amante
Peterson
Menard
Amante
Pontious
Peterson
Asked if such an ordinance would cover all nonconforming signs.
Indicated an ordinance could apply to any nonconforming use or
be limited to a specific class.
Asked about the issue of due process.
Stated a rational basis could be established to identify a particular
group.
Noted the risk of allowing a nonconforming sign to be replaced by
a less nonconforming use would open the floodgates for future
agenda items regarding signs; and, requested that this issue be
explored in the upcoming workshops on the Zoning Code.
Indicated that she recalled the City of Anaheim participated
financially in the sign remodel, and staff could request information
regarding their ordinance from Anaheim for the Planning
Commission's reference.
Stated there is graffiti on the Do Not Enter sign at the Chevron
station on Irvine Boulevard and on the apartment complex behind
the Petco shopping center on El Camino Real.
Noted the tree lighting ceremony was very nice.
Offered his condolences to Commissioner Pontious in the loss of
her mother.
Congratulated Mayor Worley Hagen on the completion of her
fourth year as mayor; and, offered further congratulations to Mayor
Tony Kawashima and Mayor Pro Tem Lou Bone.
Wished everyone a Merry Christmas.
Stated the LA Fitness on Newport Avenue has a tent-like structure
on which banner signs have been hanging; and, asked staff to
check to see if those signs are approved.
Noted she also enjoyed the tree lighting ceremony.
Asked if a Planning Commission meeting will take place December
22nd.
Answered in the affirmative.
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Jennings
7:28 p.m.
Explained that she missed the tree lighting ceremony because she
was out of town.
Indicated she enjoyed the Planning Officials' Forum.
Stated that Golden State Insurance at 520 West First Street still
has a broken sign.
Requested that the meeting be adjourned in memory of Eileen
Pontious, Commissioner Pontious' mother.
ADJOURNMENT
The next regular meeting of the Planning Commission is
scheduled for Monday, December 22, 2003, at 7:00 p.m. in the
Council Chamber at 300 Centennial Way.
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