TO: Chair and Members of the Planning Commission
THRU: Anna Pehoushek, Assistant Community Development Director
FROM: Robert Garcia, Senior Planner
1. SUBJECT
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Public Hearing to consider First Amendment to an existing Development Agreement with Chapman Orange Holdings, LLC for a hotel project and finding of CEQA exemption.
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2. SUMMARY
The proposed First Amendment to a Development Agreement with Chapman Orange Holdings, LLC would extend the Development Agreement and associated entitlements to build a Marriott hotel at 3000 W Chapman Avenue for an additional two and a half years.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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1. Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 18-24 entitled:
A Resolution of the Planning Commission recommending that the City Council of the City of Orange approve a First Amendment to a Development Agreement with Chapman Orange Holdings, LLC for a hotel project located at 3000 West Chapman Avenue.
2. Find that the project is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15332 (Class 32 - In-Fill Development).
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4. AUTHORIZING GUIDELINES
Section 65868 of the California Government Code and Section 17.44.160 of the Orange Municipal Code (OMC) provides for the amendment of a Development Agreement by mutual consent of the parties to the agreement. The procedure for proposing and approving an amendment to a Development Agreement is the same procedure for entering into a Development Agreement, subject to a noticed public hearing held by the Planning Commission and the City Council.
5. BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
On June 4, 2018, the Planning Commission approved a new Marriott dual brand hotel to replace a Motel 6 and Denny's restaurant and adopted Resolution No. PC 20-18 (Attachment 3) approving Major Site Plan Review No. 0937-18, Design Review No. 4937-18, and Administrative Adjustment No. 0264-18.
On June 1, 2020, a request for a one-year exten...
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