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File #: 24-0563    Version: 2
Type: PC Public Hearing Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/17/2024 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 10/7/2024 Final action:
Title: Public Hearing to consider a request to construct a new three-story office building for M S International, Inc. (MSI) at 2011 and 2015 N. Batavia Street and 845 W. Grove Avenue, and finding of CEQA exemption (Conditional Use Permit No. 3220, Major Site Plan Review No. 1165, and Design Review No. 5139).
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 - Vicinity Map, 3. Attachment 2 - Planning Commission Resolution No. PC 27-24, 4. Attachment 3 - Project Plans, 5. Attachment 4 - Digital Color and Materials Board, 6. Attachment 5 - Site Photos, 7. Attachment 6 - Design Review Committee Staff Report Dated September 4, 2024, 8. Attachment 7 - Design Review Committee Draft Meeting Minutes Dated September 4, 2024
TO: Chair and Members of the Planning Commission

THRU: Anna Pehoushek, Assistant Community Development Director

FROM: Ryan Agbayani, Associate Planner


1. SUBJECT
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Public Hearing to consider a request to construct a new three-story office building for M S International, Inc. (MSI) at 2011 and 2015 N. Batavia Street and 845 W. Grove Avenue, and finding of CEQA exemption (Conditional Use Permit No. 3220, Major Site Plan Review No. 1165, and Design Review No. 5139).
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2. SUMMARY
The applicant proposes to demolish one office building and one warehouse building and construct a new three-story office building and other associated site improvements to accommodate the new MSI corporate headquarters.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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1. Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. PC 27-24. A Resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Orange approving Conditional Use Permit No. 3220, Major Site Plan Review No. 1165, and Design Review No. 5139, for a request to construct a new three-story office building with modified loading area dimensions and other associated site improvements at 2011 and 2015 N. Batavia Street and 845 W. Grove Avenue in the Industrial Manufacturing (M-2) zoning district.
2. Find the proposed project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 (Class 32 - In-Fill Development Projects)
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4. AUTHORIZING GUIDELINES
The Planning Commission shall hear applications made for all conditional use permits, with the exception of those made to the City Council or Zoning Administrator, pursuant to Orange Municipal Code (OMC) Section 17.10.030.C and E. Per Table 17.13.030 Master Land Use Table, an "Office, Professional" use that greater than or equal to 25 percent of the total gross square footage in the Industrial Manufacturing (M-2) zoning district requires a conditional use permit. Because the total office square footage exceeds the 25 percent threshold, the proposed pro...

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