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Home My WebLink About02 CD Dept. Year In Review DATE: JANUARY 9, 2006 HONORABLE CHAIRMAN NEILSEN AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO: FROM: ELIZABETH A. BINSACK, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR 2005 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT YEAR IN REVIEW SUBJECT: RECOMMENDATION: That the Commission receive and file. DISCUSSION: Throughout the year staff provides the Planning Commission with a status of projects that the Planning Commission, Zoning Administrator, or Community Development Director approved; major improvement projects; and, other items of interest. The Community Development Department Activity - Year in Review briefly describes the total number of discretionary projects (i.e., Conditional Use Permits, Design Reviews, Subdivision Maps, etc.), major accomplishments for various functional areas within the Community Development Department, and Building Division activity. Attachment: Community Development Department Activity 2005 -- Year in Review CITY OF TUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY 2005 THE YEAR IN REVIEW Community Development Department Activity Report 2005 The Year In Review MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2005 . Prepared Concept Plan 03-003, Specific Plan AmendmenVZone Change 04-003, Tentative Tract Map 16581, Design Review 04-006,.for Columbus Square (MCAS Tustin Disposition Parcels 23 and 24) for the construction of 1,077 residential units. . Prepared Concept Plan 03-004, Specific Plan AmendmenVZone Change 04-002, Tentative Tract Map 16582, and Design Review 04-004, for Columbus Grove (MCAS Tustin Reuse Disposal Parcels 35 and 36) for the construction of 465 residential units. . Prepared General Plan Amendment 02-001, Zone Change 02-001, and Conditional Use Permit 02-003 for construction of the new library. . Prepared General Plan Amendment 05-001 to establish a collector arterial designation and to reclassify EI Camino Real between First Street and Newport Avenue from a secondary arterial to a collector arterial. . Prepared Code Amendment 05-002 (Cultural Resources Advisory Committee) for the name change to Historic Resource Committee. . Prepared Zone Change to amend the following sections of the MCAS Tustin Specific Plan: (a) Sections 3.2 and 3.2.2, Footnotes to Tables 3-1 and 3-2 and Chapter 6 (Definitions) Relating to Calculation of Density; (b) Section 3.9.2.J and Chapter 6 (Definitions) to establish revised development unit criteria for Planning Area 15; and (c) Section 3.2.3 relating to transfer of residential units. . Applied for and received $923,725 in federal CDBG funding for Fiscal Year 2005-06. . Approved Trader Joe's tenant improvement and Tustin Crossings remodel. . Approved the Camellia Tract (Rawlings Way and Tustin Ranch Road) for construction of twenty-five (25) single family dwellings. . Approved the Design Review for the Tustin Hummer dealership's new sales/showroom at the Tustin Buick, GMC, Pontiac automobile dealership. . Reviewed and monitored several regionally significant projects including: the City of Irvine Business Center residential projects, Santa Ana MacArthur Place residential 2 Community Development Department Activity Report 2005 The Year In Review projects, the Lennar detachment and General Plan Amendment/Pre-zoning, the Santiago Hills II and East Orange planned communities, Santiago Canyon College, Irvine Planning Area 1, and the High Speed Rail project. . Prepared environmental documents for the Rawlings Reservoir, Pasadena Avenue Well, and Tustin Avenue well projects. . Monitored and reviewed the John Wayne Airport Noise Abatement Report and Program to ensure compliance with airport/city noise standards. . Opened 438 Code Enforcement cases; 47 of those cases remain open. . Responded to and removed 1,556 graffiti areas. . Performed 131 Water Quality inspections and 42 Illicit Discharge cases. . Plan checks for conformity with the California Code were performed on 1,48'1 plans. . Processed two new Mills Act contracts. . Issued 5,448 business licenses; collected $361,812 in business license revenue; collected alarm permit revenue in the amount of $26,385; issued 735 new business licenses in the City and 738 new business licenses out of the City. 3 Community Development Department Activity Report 2005 The Year In Review CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS Applications Received Presented before Zoning Administrator Presented before Planning Commission 48 20 26 CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS Approved 24 DESIGN REVIEW Applications Received Presented before Zoning Administrator Presented before Planning Commission 23 04 06 GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS Applications Received Presented before Planning Commission Presented before City Council 02 02 02 TENTATIVE TRACT/PARCEL MAPS Applications Received Presented before Planning Commission Presented before City Council 05 05 05 TEMPORARY USE PERMITS Issued 66 4 Community Development Department Activity Report 2005 The Year In Review BUILDING ACTIVITY IN 2005 New Residential Construction Permits Units Valuation 249 407 $59,903,885 New Non-Residential Construction Permits Valuation 5 $2,541,514 Residential Additions and Alternations Permits Valuation 90 $2,313,388 Non-residential Additions and Alterations Permits Valuation 116 $12,422,089 Total Permits 460 Total Valuation $77,180,876 5