Legislation Details

File #: 24-0112    Version: 1
Type: PC/DRC New Items Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/14/2024 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 3/18/2024 Final action:
Title: Public Hearing to consider a proposal to redevelop a commercial site with 49 two-and three-story single-family small lot homes located at 901 E. Katella Avenue; and adoption of Mitigated Negative Declaration and associated Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. (General Plan Amendment No. 0004-22, Zone Change No. 1307-22, Tentative Tract Map No. 0051-22, Major Site Plan Review No. 1111-22, Design Review No. 5092-22, Administrative Adjustment No. 0293-23, and Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 1882-22).
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 Planning Commission Resolution No. PC 06-24, 3. Attachment 2 Planning Commission Resolution No. PC 07-24, 4. Attachment 3 Planning Commission Resolution No. PC 08-24, 5. Attachment 4 Vicinity Map, 6. Attachment 5 Applicant's Letter of Explanation, 7. Attachment 6 Existing Site Photographs, 8. Attachment 7 Project Plans, date stamped received February 23. 2024, 9. Attachment 8 Additional View Studies, date stamped received February 9, 2024, 10. Attachment 9 Final Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 1882-22 and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program dated March 5, 2024, 11. Attachment 10 Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 1882-22 Appendices, 12. Attachment 11 Design Review Committee Staff Report dated December 6, 2023, 13. Attachment 12 Design Review Committee Minutes dated December 6, 2023, 14. Attachment 13 Design Review Committee Staff Report dated February 7, 2024, 15. Attachment 14 Design Review Committee Minutes dated February 7, 2024, 16. Attachment 15 Design Review Committee Staff Report dated February 21, 2024, 17. Attachment 16 Design Review Committee Minutes dated February 21, 2024, 18. Attachment 17 Public Comments from the December 6, 2023 Design Review Committee Meeting, 19. Attachment 18 Public Comments from the Februrary 21, 2024 Design Review Committee Meeting, 20. Attachment 19 Small Lot Subdivision Guidelines, 21. Attachment 20 Color and Material Boards; Physical Boards Provided at Meeting
TO: Chair and Members of the Planning Commission

THRU: Anna Pehoushek, Assistant Community Development Director

FROM: Monique Schwartz, Senior Planner


1. SUBJECT
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Public Hearing to consider a proposal to redevelop a commercial site with 49 two-and three-story single-family small lot homes located at 901 E. Katella Avenue; and adoption of Mitigated Negative Declaration and associated Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.
(General Plan Amendment No. 0004-22, Zone Change No. 1307-22, Tentative Tract Map No. 0051-22, Major Site Plan Review No. 1111-22, Design Review No. 5092-22, Administrative Adjustment No. 0293-23, and Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 1882-22).
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2. SUMMARY
The applicant proposes to redevelop an existing 2.71-acre commercial site with 49, two-and three-story single-family small lot homes (17 paired and 15 detached), open space recreation areas, guest parking, and related site improvements. To allow for the development at this location, the proposal includes a request to amend the General Plan land use designation from General Commercial Max. 1.0 FAR (GC) to Medium Density Residential 15-24 dwelling units per acre (MDR) and a request to amend the zoning from Commercial Professional (C-P) to Residential Multiple Family (R-3).
3. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
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1. Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. PC 06-24 recommending City Council approval of General Plan Amendment No. 0004-22, a request to change the General Plan designation from General Commercial to Medium Density Residential on a 2.71-acre site located at 901 E. Katella Avenue.
2. Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. PC 07-24 recommending City Council approval of Zone Change No. 1307-22 and adoption of an Ordinance to change the zoning designation from Commercial Professional to Residential Multiple Family to establish consistency between the Medium Density General Plan Land Use designation and zoning classification in accordance with state law o...

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