Legislation Details

File #: 26-0147    Version: 2
Type: Public Hearings Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 3/10/2026 In control: Orange City Council
On agenda: 4/28/2026 Final action:
Title: Public Hearing to consider a request to subdivide an existing vacant site and construct 15 detached three-story residential dwellings at 715 W. Fletcher Avenue and finding of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption (ENT25-0015)
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 Resolution No. 11662, 3. Attachment 2 Vicinity Map, 4. Attachment 3 Applicant Project Narrative Letter, 5. Attachment 4 Project Plans, 6. Attachment 5 Conceptual Landscape Plan, 7. Attachment 6 Tentative Tract Map 19429, 8. Attachment 7 Site Photos, 9. Attachment 8 Legal Memo for State Density Bonus Law, 10. Attachment 9 CEQA Class 32 Categorical Exemption Memo, 11. Attachment 10 Planning Commission Staff Report of February 19, 2026, 12. Attachment 11 Planning Commission Minutes of February 19, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THRU: Jarad Hildenbrand, City Manager

FROM: Russell Bunim, Community Development Director


1. SUBJECT
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Public Hearing to consider a request to subdivide an existing vacant site and construct 15 detached three-story residential dwellings at 715 W. Fletcher Avenue and finding of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption (ENT25-0015)
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2. SUMMARY
The applicant proposes to subdivide an existing vacant site and construct 15 detached three-story residential dwellings, each with private two-car garages, and nine additional off-street surface parking spaces. One of the proposed residential units will be restricted to a very low-income household, which under State Density Bonus Law, allows an increase to the project baseline density of four units.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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1. Conduct and close the Public Hearing.
2. Adopt Resolution No. 11662. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange approving ENT25-0015 (Tentative Tract Map, Major Site Plan Review, and Administrative Design Review), a request to subdivide an existing 0.72-acre vacant site to construct 15 detached three-story residential dwellings at 715 W. Fletcher Avenue.
3. Find the request categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with section 15332 (Class 32-In-Fill Development Projects) of the State CEQA Guidelines.
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4. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Not applicable.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
The project site is currently vacant and is located on a segment of Fletcher Avenue characterized by residential uses and an elementary school on the north side of the street, and industrial uses to the south. The site is flanked on three sides by multi-family residential development.
The proposed project utilizes the Small Lot Subdivision provisions of the Orange Municipal Code to develop a detached single-family development in a Multi-family Resi...

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