PC Agenda-2022-08-24
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AGENDA PLANNING COMMISSION
Regular Meeting August 24, 2022 Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, this meeting may be conducted by
teleconference. The public is able to attend the meeting in person.
A. ORGANIZATION:
1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:00 p.m. – City Council Chamber
2. ROLL CALL: Chair Tami Wilhelm, Commissioners Matt Gaffney, Stan Braden, Anna Dickinson, and Darren Fancher.
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
B. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: Persons wishing to address the Governing Body on city business that is not listed
on the agenda may do so in person by attending the meeting, by email or
telephone. If you would prefer to submit correspondence or speak by telephone,
please submit your correspondence or request to the Secretary at least an hour
prior to the meeting at jrojas@sanjuancapistrano.org or (949) 234-4410. The public may also call the agenda public comment line at (949) 493-1172 at the
beginning of the meeting. The Secretary will call persons wishing to speak and/or
receive calls in the order received.
Please limit all comments to 3 minutes. C. CONSENT CALENDAR:
Items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted
by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items.
If discussion is desired, that item may be removed from the Consent Calendar and
will be considered separately.
Planning Commission 2 August 24, 2022
1. Motion Finding that Conducting Telephonic/Virtual Meetings for the Regular
Open Session Meeting as Allowed Per Assembly Bill 361, Promotes Social
Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 2. Draft August 10, 2022, Planning Commission Minutes.
D. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
None. E. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Consideration of Sign Permit (SP) 22-017, Peppertree Bend Residential Subdivision Sign: A request to allow for a 3’ tall, externally-illuminated residential subdivision monument sign, proposed to be within an existing
landscape median at the intersection of Calle Aspero and Peppertree Bend, the primary entrance to the Peppertree Bend subdivision. The applicant is seeking a sign exception to the Land Use Code prohibition of permanent signs within the public right-of-way (Applicant: Ohan Filhanessian, Pacific Sign Center) (Project Manager: Paul Garcia, Senior Planner).
F. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. Consideration of General Plan Amendment (GPA) 22-001, Code Amendment (CA) 22-002, Rezone (RZ) 22-001, Architectural Control (AC)
22-004, Tree Removal Permit (TRP) 22-010, and Sign Program (SP) 22-010; El Camino Specific Plan, a request for approval of a Specific Plan to facilitate the development of a new commercial project consisting of two, 2-story buildings with approximately 27,457 square feet of retail, restaurant and office uses, and a 4-story parking structure with a 2,607 square foot
retail space on a 1.68-acre City-owned property currently developed with the Camino Real Playhouse and a public parking lot, located at 31776 El Camino Real (APN #124-160-27, 124-160-55, 124-160-57, 124-160-63)(Applicant: Jessica Steiner, Bickel Group Architecture)(Project Manager: David Contreras, Principal Planner).
G. INFORMATION ITEM: None.
H. COMMISSION/STAFF COMMENTS: I. ADJOURNMENT: to Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers.
Planning Commission 3 August 24, 2022
J. CERTIFICATION: The foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall and the
Community Center Reception area.
Approved:
______________________________________ Joel Rojas, Development Services Director Planning Commission Secretary