PC Minutes-2022-01-26 MINUTES January 26, 2022
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING TELEPHONIC/VIDEO CONFERENCE MEETING ORGANIZATION:
Chair Taylor called the Regular and Telephonic Conference Meeting of January 26, 2022, of the Planning Commission of the City of San Juan Capistrano to order at 5:00 p.m. ROLL CALL:
PLANNING COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Commissioners Harrison Taylor, Matt
Gaffney, and Tami Wilhelm.
PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ATTENDING BY TELEPHONE: Commissioners Stan Braden and Darren Fancher.
COMMISSIONER ABSENT: None. STAFF PRESENT: Sergio Klotz, Assistant Development Services Director
Laura Stokes, Housing Supervisor/Associate Planner
Jane Abzug, Deputy City Attorney Joel Rojas, Development Services Director STAFF ATTENDING BY TELEPHONE:
Paul Garcia, Associate Planner Jeffrey Graham, Contract Planner Agenda items are presented in the originally agendized format for the benefit of the minutes’ reader but were not necessarily heard in that order. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
Commissioner Taylor led the Pledge of Allegiance. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None.
CONSENT CALENDAR: Commission Action: Moved by Commissioner Wilhelm, seconded by Commissioner Gaffney, to approve consent calendar items C1 & C2 by a 5-0 vote.
C1. MOTION FINDING THAT CONDUCTING TELEPHONIC/VIRTUAL MEETINGS FOR THE REGULAR OPEN SESSION MEETINGS AS ALLOWED PER ASSEMBLY BILL 361, PROMOTES SOCIAL DISTANCING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. APPROVED.
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C2. DRAFT JANUARY 12, 2022, PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES. APPROVED. ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Taylor, Wilhelm, Braden, Gaffney, and Fancher
NOES: COMMISSIONER: None ABSENT: COMMISSIONER: None ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None. NEW BUSINESS: E1. Consideration of Sign Permit (SP) 21-028, Sun Ranch Monument Sign: A request for review of a sign permit application consisting of the installation of a 22 square foot neighborhood entry monument sign attached to an existing wall located at
25991 Calle Ricardo (APN: 673-121-21) (Applicant: Andrew Sheaffer)(Project Manager: Jeffrey Graham, Contract Planner). Jeffrey Graham, provided the staff presentation and responded to questions.
Andy Sheaffer, Applicant provided presentation and responded to questions. Chair Taylor opened the public meeting, and Sue Turner provided public testimony.
Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Gaffney made a motion, seconded by COMMISSIONER Wilhelm, to adopt a resolution approving Sign Permit (SP) 21-028 allowing the installation of a neighborhood entry monument sign attached to an existing wall, as conditioned. The motion passed by a 5-0 vote.
ROLL CALL: AYES: COMMISSIONER: Taylor, Braden, Gaffney, Wilhelm, and Fancher NOES: COMMISSIONER: None
RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: None
ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None PUBLIC HEARINGS: F1. Consideration of Code Amendment (CA) 21-005 to amend the Kinoshita Farm Specific Plan (85-01) to allow a public skatepark and trail as permitted uses; Rezone (RZ) 21-003 to rezone a City-owned 28-acre property located at 32681 Alipaz Street (APN: 121-190-57), known as the Kinoshita Farm, from Agriculture/Specific Plan-Precise Plan to Specific Plan-Precise Plan and City
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Skatepark and Trail Project (CIP 21201) to allow development of a City-owned skatepark, trail, and related facilities (Project Manager: Matisse Reischl). RECOMMENDING TO BE CONTINUED TO THE FEBRAURY 9, 2022 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
Chair Taylor opened the public hearing, and James Gilbert, Eric Groos, Moxie, and Shane Huiberts provided public testimony. Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Wilhelm made a motion, seconded by COMMISSIONER Gaffney, to continue the public hearing on Code Amendment
(CA) 21-005 to the February 9, 2022, Planning Commission meeting. The motion passed by a 5-0 vote. ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Taylor, Braden, Gaffney, Wilhelm, and Fancher
NOES: COMMISSIONER: None RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: None ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None
F2. Consideration of Architectural Control (AC) 21-023, Tree Removal Permit (TRP)
21-036, Grading Plan Modification (GPM) 21-024, Sign Program (SP) 22-002, Zone Variance (ZV) 21-001, and Floodplain Land Use Permit (FP) 21-003; Paseo Adelanto Mixed Use Project, a request for review of development plans related to a proposed mixed-use project consisting of 50 apartments of affordable
housing and a new 16,338 square foot City Hall Office Building with 88 parking
stalls located on a 2.22 - acre parcel at 32400 Paseo Adelanto (APN: 668-101-23)(Applicant: Jamboree Housing Corp.)(Project Manager: Laura Stokes, Housing Supervisor / Associate Planner).
Laura Stokes, provided the staff presentation and responded to questions.
Casey Harris, Senior Project Manager with Jamboree Housing Corporation provided presentation and responded to questions.
Chair Taylor opened the public hearing, and Matt Spaulding and Kate Manning provided public testimony. Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Wilhelm made a motion, seconded by COMMISSIONER Gaffney, to adopt a resolution recommending that the City
Council approve Architectural Control (AC) 21-023, Tree Removal Permit (TRP) 21-036, Grading Plan Modification (GPM) 21-024, Sign Program (SP) 22-002, Zone Variance (ZV) 21-001, and Floodplain Land Use Permit (FP) 21-003, as conditioned and find the action exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. The motion also recommended that the City Council consider requiring the
project to return to the Design Review Committee for a work session to further refine the architectural details prior to submittal for building permits. The motion passed by a 5-0 vote.
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ROLL CALL: AYES: COMMISSIONER: Taylor, Braden, Gaffney, Wilhelm, and Fancher NOES: COMMISSIONER: None
RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: None
ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None F3. Consideration of Architectural Control (AC) 21-012, Conditional Use Permit (CUP) 21-003, and Grading Plan Modification (GPM) 21-011, Fairmont Schools
Volleyball Court, a request to allow for the construction of three sand volleyball
courts, with outdoor recreational metal halide lighting and associated site grading and retaining walls, within the southwestern portion of the Fairmont Schools campus, located on two adjoining parcels addressed as 26333 Oso Road (Assessor Parcel Numbers 121-070-67 & 121-070-68)(Applicant: Eric Viado with
BrightView Design Group)(Project Manager: Paul Garcia, Associate Planner). Paul Garcia, provided the staff presentation and responded to questions. Eric Viado, Applicant, provided presentation and responded to questions.
David Jackson, President, Fairmont Schools, provided presentation and responded to questions. Chair Taylor opened the public hearing, and Kathy H. provided public testimony.
Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Braden made a motion, seconded by COMMISSIONER Wilhelm, to adopt a resolution approving Architectural Control (AC) 21-012, Conditional Use Permit (CUP) 21-003, and Grading Plan Modification (GPM) 21-011, and granting an exception to allow LED as a permitted light source
for the outdoor recreational lighting, as conditioned. The motion passed by a 5-0
vote. ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Taylor, Braden, Gaffney, Wilhelm, and Fancher
NOES: COMMISSIONER: None RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: None ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None
INFORMATION ITEM: None. COMMISSION/STAFF COMMENTS:
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ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business, Chair Taylor adjourned the meeting at 6:55 p.m. to
Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber. Approved on February 9, 2022.
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Sergio Klotz, Assistant Development Services Director
Planning Commission Secretary