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TIME THE MEETING WILL PLEASE COME TO ORDER.WILL THE AUDIENCE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN
[ LA HABRA PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2024 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 Please note that should all business not be concluded by 10:00 p.m., the Chair shall either authorize an extension of time to said meeting or continue all unfinished items to a future meeting, date certain, or date uncertain.]
ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? READY TO BEGIN, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.THE UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, NATION UNDER UNDER INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WILL THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL ROLL CHAIR MANLEY HERE.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY, GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR SPEAKING TIME AND NOT BE GRANTED IN OUR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA.
PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 4 0.3 A SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE THIS EVENING THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, OR ANY ITEM NOT APPEARING ON THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALL MATTERS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION UNLESS A COMMISSIONER CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUEST SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED.
ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE FOR THE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WHICH INCLUDES ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE.
ALL ITEMS WILL BE APPROVED WITH ONE VOTE UNLESS AN ITEM IS REMOVED.
FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, DO ANY THE COMMISSIONERS WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM? WE GOOD.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO REMOVE AN ITEM? SEEING NONE, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER MACHA AND THE SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CARDIA.
EVERYONE PLEASE ENTER YOUR VOTE FOR RIGHT HERE, RIGHT.
4 2 1 WITH COMMISSIONER ROJAS ABSTAINING.
OKAY, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING.
THE PROCEDURES WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.
THE CHAIR WILL INTRODUCE THE ITEM AND THEN STAFF WILL GIVE A REPORT ON THE ITEM THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM WILL BE RECOGNIZED FIRST AND THEN THE COMMISSION WILL HEAR FROM THOSE IN OPPOSITION.
REBUTTALS WILL BE ALLOWED ONLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR.
AFTER ALL HAVE SPOKEN, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CLOSED AND THE COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS THE MATTER AND TAKE ANY ACTION IT DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER'S CARD AND LEAVE IT AT THE LECTERN.
WHEN YOU COME FORWARD TO SPEAK, YOU'LL FIND THE SPEAKER'S CARDS ON THE TABLE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER.
WHEN YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND SPELL YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS TO THE CHAIR.
THERE SHOULD BE NO DIRECT EXCHANGES BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 60 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
FOR EACH PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR, COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IS DULY NOTICED.
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER REQUESTS FOR LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT 24 DASH ZERO ONE TO REPOSITION A COMMON LOT LINE BETWEEN TWO CONTIGUOUS PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 6 41 AND 6 51 WARD STREET.
DID WE RECEIVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE FOR THIS ITEM? NO WE DID NOT.
MR. CHAIR, COULD WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT? WE DO.
GOOD EVENING PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
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THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROPOSED LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT ARE IN THE CUL-DE-SAC AT THE END OF WARD STREET.AS SHOWN HERE, THIS IS LOCATED NEAR THE WHITTIER BOULEVARD AND HARBOR BOULEVARD INTERSECTION.
WE'LL CALL 6 41 WARD STREET PARCEL ONE AND 6 51 WARD STREET PARCEL TWO.
IN JULY OF 1963 THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR BOTH PARCELS AT THE TIME PULLED PERMITS TO CONSTRUCT UH, TWO FOURPLEXES AS SEEN HERE.
THE FOURPLEX ON PARCEL TWO WAS CONSTRUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE R FOUR MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
HOWEVER, THE FOURPLEX THAT'S ON PARCEL ONE WAS CONSTRUCTED ACROSS THE PROPERTY LINE BETWEEN THE TWO PARCELS.
THE FOURPLEX THAT'S ON PARCEL TWO FEATURES AN ATTACHED GARAGE WITH EACH UNIT HAVING ONE DEDICATED GARAGE SPACE IN ADDITION TO ONSITE PARKING.
THE FOURPLEX THAT'S ON PARCEL ONE FEATURES A DETACHED GARAGE WHICH THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO CONVERT INTO AN A DU.
NOW, BEFORE THAT CAN BE APPROVED, THIS LOT LINE SITUATION NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.
THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED TO RELOCATE THE LOT LINE SO THAT THE FOURPLEX THAT'S ON PARCEL ONE COMES INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE FIVE FOOT MINIMUM SIDE SETBACK REQUIREMENT PER THE CITY CODE.
CURRENTLY THE TWO PARCELS ARE 5,593 SQUARE FEET AND 11,278 SQUARE FEET RESPECTIVELY.
THE PROPOSED LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT WILL INCREASE THE LOT SIZE OF PARCEL ONE TO 6,861 SQUARE FEET WHILE REDUCING PARCEL TWO TO JUST OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE NEW LOT LINE WILL BRING BOTH PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE R FOUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WHILE MAINTAINING THE REQUIRED ONSITE PARKING SPACES.
BASED ON THESE LOGISTICS STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE THE PROPOSED LOT LINE, LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT.
STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AT THIS TIME I'LL TURN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF VICE CHAIRMAN MACHA.
I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT THE OWNER IS THE SAME FOR BOTH PARCELS.
COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND COMMISSIONER ROJAS? NOPE, YOU JUST ANSWERED IT.
THAT MADE THIS A LITTLE BIT EASIER, I THINK.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHY THIS CAME UP.
UM, ACTUALLY THE, BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER FOR BOTH PARCELS, UM, THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF THIS LOT LINE SITUATION AND, UH, IT CAME TO LIGHT WHEN THEY SUBMITTED THE A, THE A DU APPLICATION AND WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A, A SITUATION WITH THAT EXISTING, UM, PROPERTY THAT'S ON THE, ON THE LOT LINE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GO AHEAD AND FIX THAT BEFORE WE PROCESS THE ADUS.
AND I, I WANNA JUST SAY THE, I THINK YOUR PRESENTATION WAS VERY SIMPLE AND THE WAY THAT YOU HAD THOSE LINES KIND OF ANIMATED JUST TO HELP IT MAKE, MAKE IT VERY CLEAR FOR US, I THINK WAS SUPER HELPFUL.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
WE'LL, WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED ITEM? OKAY.
WE'LL NOW TURN IT TO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSED ITEM.
SO SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL CALL ON THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS FOR DISCUSSION AND OR A MOTION.
NOBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS? I CAN MAKE A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION TO A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA MAKING THE REQUIRED FINDINGS AND APPROVING LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT 24 DASH 0 0 0 1 TO REPOSITION A COMMON LOT LINE BETWEEN TWO CONTIGUOUS PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 6 4 1 AND 6 5 1 WARD STREET.
AS PER THE APPROVED PLANS AND SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS AND MAKING IT A DETERMINATION THAT THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT CA PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 5 3 0 5 A CLASS FIVE MINOR ALTERATIONS AND LAND USE LIMITATIONS OF THE CA ISLANDS.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER ROJAS AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CARDENAS.
EVERYONE PLEASE ENTER YOUR VOTES.
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MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO AND THIS WILL BECOME FINAL IN 10 WORKING DAYS UNLESS IT'S APPEALED TO CITY COUNCIL.DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF TONIGHT? I JUST WANNA MENTION AT YOUR UPCOMING MEETING ON AUGUST 26TH, STAFF IS LOOKING TO BRING BACK THE STARBUCKS PROJECT TO, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? UH, CHAIR MANLEY.
AS UH, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OR YOU MAY NOT HAVE YET HEARD, UH, COMMISSIONER ROJAS HAS NOTIFIED STAFF THAT SHE'LL BE RESIGNING FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
HER LAST MEETING WILL BE ON AUGUST 26TH.
SO AT OUR NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION, ROY RAM SLAND, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, THIS EVENING WAS SELECTED AS AN ALTERNATE FOR THIS COMMISSION BACK IN MARCH.
HE'S ACCEPTED THE APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMISSION AND HE RECEIVED HIS OATH OF OFFICE ON AUGUST 1ST.
SO HIS FIRST MEETING WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER GOMEZ? NO.
I JUST WANNA SAY IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU, ESTHER.
YOU'RE VERY ROOTED AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TOO.
COMMISSIONER CARDENAS, I HAVE TO SAY THE SAME THING.
IT WAS A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU THIS WHOLE TIME.
I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR LAST MEETING, 26.
IT'S GONNA BE A SAD ONE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND WITH US AND I ALSO WELCOME YOU TWO ARE BEING PART OF THIS COMMISSION.
UM, IT'S DEFINITELY BITTERSWEET.
UM, I'VE HAD A GREAT TIME WORKING HERE ON THE COMMISSION, UM, AND GETTING TO KNOW MY FELLOW NEIGHBORS ON THE COMMISSION AS WELL.
SO IT'S GREAT TO KNOW JUST, UH, CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHY I DID IT.
UM, 'CAUSE I WANTED TO CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY AND I DEFINITELY FEEL MORE CONNECTED THAN EVER, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
UM, AND YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY BITTERSWEET.
I'VE HAD NOTHING, UM, BUT A GREAT TIME HERE AND I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH AND THE STAFF IS AMAZING.
UM, SO THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR ALWAYS JUST KEEPING US, UM, GOSH, PROVIDING ALL THE INFORMATION AND JUST BEING SO DETAILED, UM, WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDE.
UM, IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED AND UM, YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE LAST MEETING, WHICH IT SEEMS YOU GUYS BROUGHT A REAL FUN ITEM AS MY LAST
THAT SHOULD BE, THAT SHOULD BE A GOOD DISCUSSION.
SO I, I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
UM, MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME CLOSURE ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS OPEN AND CLOSURE AND LAST MEETING.
I MEAN IT'S JUST VERY FULL CIRCLE.
UM, AND OF COURSE WELCOME ROY.
ROY'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY OF LA HARBOR.
SO I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE IN GOOD HANDS WITH ROY, SO I'M SURE HE WILL PROVIDE A DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE FOR THE COMMISSION.
I WILL, UH, I'LL SAVE MY WORDS OF PRAISE AND GRATITUDE FOR NEXT MEETING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BACK HERE FOR THAT.
AND THERE BE NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US THIS EVENING.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED TO AUGUST 26TH, 2024.