PC Minutes-2022-09-28 MINUTES September 28, 2022
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING TELEPHONIC/VIDEO CONFERENCE MEETING ORGANIZATION:
Chair Wilhelm called the Regular and Telephonic Conference Meeting of September 28, 2022, of the Planning Commission of the City of San Juan Capistrano to order at 5:02 p.m. ROLL CALL: PLANNING COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Commissioners Tami Wilhelm, Anna
Dickinson, and Stan Braden. PLANNING COMMISSIONER ATTENDING BY TELEPHONE: Commissioner Matt
Gaffney.
COMMISSIONER ABSENT: Darren Fancher
STAFF PRESENT: Joel Rojas, Development Services Director
Laura Stokes, Senior Planner Jeffrey Graham, Contract Planner Alisha Winterswyk, Deputy City Attorney 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:
Chair Wilhelm led the Pledge of Allegiance. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
CONSENT CALENDAR: Commission Action: Moved by Commissioner Dickinson, seconded by Commissioner Gaffney, to approve consent calendar items C1 and C2. Motion passed by a 4-0 vote with
Commissioner Braden abstaining from Item C2. C1. 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. C2. Draft September 14, 2022, Planning Commission Minutes. ROLL CALL:
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AYES: COMMISSIONER: Wilhelm, Gaffney, and Dickinson. NOES: COMMISSIONER: None ABSENT: COMMISSIONER: None ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: Braden from Item C2
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Consideration of General Plan Conformity Determination for the Sale of a 1.2-Acre Portion of City Owned Property to Jamboree Housing Corporation for the
Development of 50 Permanent Supportive Housing Units as a Part of the Paseo Adelanto Project at 32400 Paseo Adelanto (APN 661-101-23) (Project Manager: Laura Stokes, Senior Planner). Laura Stokes, provided the staff presentation and responded to questions.
Chair Wilhelm opened the public meeting and no one provided public testimony. Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Braden made a motion, seconded by COMMISSIONER Dickinson, to adopt a resolution finding that the sale of a 1.2-
acre portion of City owned property to Jamboree Housing Corporation for the development of 50 permanent supportive housing units as a part of the Paseo Adelanto project is consistent with the City’s General Plan. The motion passed by a 4-0 vote.
ROLL CALL: AYES: COMMISSIONER: Wilhelm, Braden, Gaffney, and Dickinson. NOES: COMMISSIONER: None
RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: None
ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. Consideration of Code Amendment (CA) 20-001; Mammoth Offices Planned Community Comprehensive Development Plan 90-02: a Request to Add Churches, With Up to Five Ancillary Residences for Employees, with Approval of a Conditional Use Permit, Located at 29402 Rancho Viejo Road (APNs: 650-011-34 & -39) (Applicant: The PRS Group, Phillip Schwartze) (Property Owner: Grace
International)(Project Manager: Laura Stokes, Senior Planner). Laura Stokes, provided the staff presentation and responded to questions. David See, applicant, provided a presentation and responded to questions.
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Chair Wilhelm opened the public hearing and Paul Nelson, Joe Soto, an unnamed resident who lives on Spotted Bull Lane, and Carol Soto provided public testimony. Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Dickinson made a motion, seconded by
COMMISSIONER Braden, to adopt a resolution recommending that the City Council approve Code Amendment 20-001, finding the project exempt from CEQA review, and approving a request to amend the Mammoth Offices Planned Community Comprehensive Development Plan 90-02 to allow church uses, with up to five ancillary residences for employees, with approval of a conditional use
permit at 29402 Rancho Viejo Road (APNs: 650-011-34 & -39). The motion passed by a 4-0 vote. ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Wilhelm, Braden, Gaffney, and Dickinson.
NOES: COMMISSIONER: None RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: None ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None
2. Consideration of Zone Variance (ZV) 22-006 & Grading Plan Modification (GPM)
22-021: Mahmoudi Residence: A request for review of development plans related to a new single-family residential home with attached garage. The proposed grading activities involve 146 cubic yards of cut and 16 cubic yards of fill for a total export volume of 130 cubic yards. In addition, the request includes a zone
variance for a 14’-6” encroachment into the required 30’-0” front yard setback at
27051 Paseo Activo (APN 675-192-03) (Applicant: Mohammad R. Mahmoudi) (Project Manager: Jeffrey Graham, Contract Planner). Jeffrey Graham provided the staff presentation and responded to questions.
Fahim Hakemi and Fariba Izad, the applicant’s representatives, provided a presentation and responded to questions. Chair Wilhelm opened the public hearing and John Conley and Mitchel Irion
provided public testimony. Commission Action: CHAIR Wilhelm made a motion, seconded by COMMISSIONER Dickinson, to adopt a resolution approving ZV 22-006 and GPM 22-021 and finding said action exempt from CEQA, with the following added
conditions: The understory of the single-family residence shall be enclosed as depicted on the renderings submitted to the Planning Commission, subject to OCFA review and approval; Prior to issuance of a building or grading permit, the applicant shall submit a landscape plan for the property that substantially matches the landscaping depicted in the renderings submitted to the Planning Commission,
subject to review and approval by the Development Services Director; And the applicant shall ensure that the exterior materials and design of the single-family residence substantially match the renderings submitted to the Planning
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Commission to the satisfaction of the Development Services Director. The motion passed by a 4-0 vote. ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Wilhelm, Braden, Gaffney, and Dickinson. NOES: COMMISSIONER: None RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: None ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None
INFORMATION ITEM: None.
COMMISSION/STAFF COMMENTS:
None. ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business, Chair Wilhelm adjourned the meeting at 6:17 p.m. to
Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber.
Approved on October 26, 2022.
____________________________ Joel Rojas, Development Services Director
Planning Commission Secretary