TO: Chair and Members of the Planning Commission
THRU: Anna Pehoushek, Assistant Community Development Director
FROM: Arlen Beck, Associate Planner
1. SUBJECT
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Public Hearing: A request to allow an escape room as a commercial recreation facility located at 20 City Blvd. West, Unit 100 (Conditional Use Permit 3212-23).
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2. SUMMARY
The applicant proposes to establish and operate a 4,236 square foot Escape Room at The Outlets at Orange as a commercial recreation facility.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 02-24 entitled:
A Resolution of the Planning Commission approving Conditional Use Permit 3212-23 to allow the establishment and operation of an Escape Room as a commercial recreation facility at 20 City Blvd. West, Unit 100.
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4. AUTHORIZING GUIDELINES
Orange Municipal Code (OMC) Sections 17.08.020 and 17.10.030.C.1, authorize the Planning Commission to review and take action on Conditional Use Permits. A Conditional Use Permit is required for a commercial recreation facility in the Urban Mixed Use Zone (UMU); in this case, an Escape Room which constitutes a commercial recreation facility.
5. PROJECT BACKGROUND
Applicant:
Sam Olendroff representing the Permit Place
Property Owner
Simon Property Group - Gary Duncan
Property Location
20 City Boulevard West, Unit 100
Existing General Plan
Land Use Element Designation
UMIX (Urban Mixed Use 30-60 DU/AC F.A.R. 1.5-3.0)
Existing Zoning Classification
Urban Mixed Use (UMU)
Site Size
73 acres (4,236 square foot for tenant use)
Circulation
Vehicular access to the subject site is via Chapman Avenue, The City Drive, Lewis Street, and Metropolitan Drive. The City's Master Plan of Arterial Highways designates Chapman Avenue as an "Augmented Primary" highway with a minimum right-of-way width of 100 feet, The City Drive is designated as an "Augmented Major Arterial" highway with an ultimate right-of-way width of 120 feet, and both Lewis Street and Metr...
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