HomeMy WebLinkAbout03 PC ACTION AGENDA 09-18-06AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 18, 2006
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION AGENDA
CONTINUATION OF WORKSHOP:
SIGN CODE AMENDMENT - SIGNS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
BEGAN AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER
ACTION AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
TUSTIN PLANNING COMMISSION
SEPTEMBER 11, 2006
7:02 p.m. CALL TO ORDER
Given PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Floyd
Chair Pro Tern Puckett
Commissioners Kozak, Lee, and Nielsen
Staff present: Elizabeth Binsack, Community Development Director
Dana Ogdon, Assistant Community Development Director
Jason Retterer, Deputy City Attorney
Justina Willkom, Senior Planner
Chad Ortlieb, Associate Planner
Ryan Swiontek, Assistant Planner
Eloise Harris, Recording Secretary
None PUBLIC CONCERNS
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CONSENT CALENDAR
Approved
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - AUGUST 28, 2006, PLANNING
COMMISSION MEETING.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Adopted Resolution 2.
No. 4038
2. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 06-011 REQUESTING
AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH A MASTER SIGN PLAN
FOR THE VALENCIA BUSINESS CENTER LOCATED AT
1382 VALENCIA AVENUE. THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED
IN THE PLANNED COMMUNITY INDUSTRIAL (PC-IND)
ZONING DISTRICT.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution No. 4038
approving Conditional Use Permit 06-011.
Adopted Resolution 3.
No. 4037
3. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 06-012 REQUESTING
AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH A MASTER SIGN PLAN
FOR THE TUSTIN FINANCIAL CENTER LOCATED AT
14511 MYFORD ROAD. THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN
THE PLANNED COMMUNITY INDUSTRIAL (PC-IND)
ZONING DISTRICT.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution No. 4037
approving Conditional Use Permit 06-012.
REGULAR BUSINESS
Moved to 4.
forward the report
to the City Council;
carried 5-0
4. 2005 GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL REPORT.
California State Law requires each City to adopt a
comprehensive, long-term general plan for its physical
development and any land outside its boundaries which
bears a relationship to its planning activities.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Planning Commission review and authorize staff to
forward the Annual Report on the Status of the Tustin
General Plan to the City Council for consideration.
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5. PROJECT SUMMARY.
The summary focuses on the status of projects that the Planning
Commission, Zoning Administrator, or Community Development
Director approved, major improvement projects, and other items
of interest.
Director
Noted that approximately 500 permits have been issued to
Lennar/Lyon (including the recreation building permit) within their
two communities.
Floyd
Stated that people have asked him why Chipotle does not seem to
be moving forward.
Director
Indicated there were issues with their Water Quality Management
Plan; that issue has been resolved; grading and building permits
will be issued soon.
Puckett
Indicated that he has been asked whether or not anything is
happening at Tony's Sea Landing.
Director
Answered that a small pizza/microbrewery chain is expected soon
at that location.
Nielsen
Stated that there does not appear to be much happening at the
Orange County Rescue Mission; and, asked if there is a time frame
for completion.
Director
Responded that staff visited the site today; the on-site manager
indicated the hope is to be finished by the end of the year; whether
or not that will include the security building is unsure; California
Pizza Kitchen is building the kitchen for them, which is a significant
donation from that organization; several of the other improvements
are moving forward; since many improvements are donated, the
project is not moving as quickly as other projects.
Floyd
Asked if there are any people living at the Rescue Mission; and, if
not, where are the people located.
Director
Indicated that there is a women's facility in Orange, a men's facility
in Santa Ana, a facility in Temecula, and another will be constructed
in Buena Park.
Floyd
Asked what the Tustin location will serve.
Director
Stated her understanding it will be families.
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Nielsen
Asked if Public Works anticipates the Orange County Sanitation
District tearing up more of Tustin's streets in the coming months.
Director
Indicated that staff would check with Public Works and report back
on that question.
STAFF CONCERNS
6. REPORT OF ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE SEPTEMBER 5,
2006, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
Director reported
The City Council held the 1st reading of Ordinance No. 1317 related
to office uses in commercial districts; upheld the Planning
Commission's recommendation; the 2nd reading will be held at the
next City Council meeting.
The City Council, at a Public Hearing, upheld the Planning
Commission's denial of the Minor Adjustment relating to the fence
height extension around the Presidio Tract pool area.
Nielsen
Asked if the concern expressed by the Planning Commission
regarding other tracts with similar problems was addressed by the
Council.
Director
Answered that the City Council understood there can be similar
issues, but fences do not resolve those issues; and, reiterated the
Council's desire not to fence people out and not to create gated
communities in The Legacy.
COMMISSION CONCERNS
Nielsen
Congratulated the Tustin High School football team for their victory
over Foothill High School last Friday evening.
Complimented the Public Works Department for their quick
response and putting a stop to a private company's water tanker
trucks filling up at fire hydrants on his street.
Requested that tonight's Planning Commission meeting be
adjourned in honor of the victims of 9/11/01; and, asked that
everyone continue to support the troops who are in harm's way.
Kozak
Thanked staff for the reports this evening.
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Kozak continued
Thanked the Public Works Department for the prompt response to
his request for removal of the stickers from the Old Town signs.
Added his thoughts regarding the fifth anniversary of the 9/11
attacks on our country; and, asked that we support our troops.
Lee
Expressed his thoughts and concerns for the families of the 9/11
victims; and, asked that we remember to give thanks and send
positive thoughts to the overseas troops serving for us.
Puckett
Added his remembrance of 9/11; and, stated his hope that nothing
like that will ever happen again.
Noted that Angie Kardashian, who sold her restaurant to go to New
York after the attacks and feed the fire fighters, will be featured on
KOCE this evening at 6:30 p.m. and again at 11 :30 p.m. Angie has
a room in her home that is filled with memorabilia from her
experiences in New York.
Thanked whichever City entity it was that responded promptly to his
request that weeds be mitigated between Peppertree and Tustin
Meadows.
Floyd
Reminded everyone that Tustin Tiller Days will be here soon.
9:47 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
In Honor and Remembrance of September 11, 2001
The next regular meeting of the Planning Commission is
scheduled for Monday, September 25, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. in the
City Council Chamber at 300 Centennial Way.
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