PC Minutes-2024-04-24 MINUTES April 24, 2024
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING ORGANIZATION:
Vice Chair Fancher called the Regular Meeting of April 24, 2024, of the Planning Commission
of the City of San Juan Capistrano to order at 5:02 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
PLANNING COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Vice-Chair Darren Fancher and Commissioners Stan Braden, Ted Rosenfeldt and Tami Wilhelm.
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Joel Rojas, Development Services Director
Laura Stokes, Principal Planner Dominic Matias, Assistant Planner Paul Meshkin, Senior Civil Engineer Alisha Winterswyk, Deputy City Attorney Agenda items are presented in the originally agendized format but were not necessarily heard in that order. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Vice Chair Fancher led the Pledge of Allegiance. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None.
CONSENT CALENDAR: Commission Action: Moved by Commissioner Braden, seconded by Commissioner Wilhelm, to approve consent calendar item C1 and continue item C2 to the May 8, 2024 Planning
Commission meeting. Motion passed by a 4-0 vote. C1. Draft April 10, 2024, Planning Commission Minutes. ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Fancher, Braden, Rosenfeldt, and Wilhelm. NOES: COMMISSIONER: None RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: None ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None
C2. Consideration of a General Plan conformity determination for the acceptance of an easement for public trail purposes between the City of San Juan Capistrano and the Petra and Avelina Community Association and a finding that said action was reviewed as part of the Final Environmental Impact Report for Tract 18148 and no further CEQA
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review is required pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21166 and State CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 (Project Manager: George Alvarez, Traffic Engineer). UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
None.
NEW BUSINESS: E1. Reorganization of the Planning Commission: Selection of Chair, Selection of Vice-Chair,
and Appointment of two Commissioners to serve on the Design Review Committee
(Project Manager: Joel Rojas, Development Services Director). Planning Secretary Rojas opened the nominations for Chair.
Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Wilhelm nominated VICE-CHAIR Fancher as
Chair, seconded by COMMISSIONER Braden. The motion to select VICE-CHAIR Fancher as Chair passed by a 4-0 vote. ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Braden, Fancher, Rosenfeldt, and Wilhelm. NOES: COMMISSIONER: None RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: None ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None
Chair Fancher opened the nominations for Vice Chair. Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Rosenfeldt nominated COMMISSIONER Wilhelm as Vice Chair, seconded by COMMISSIONER Fancher. The motion to select
COMMISSIONER Wilhelm as Vice-Chair passed by a 4-0 vote. ROLL CALL: AYES: COMMISSIONER: Braden, Fancher, Rosenfeldt, and Wilhelm.
NOES: COMMISSIONER: None RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: None ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None Chair Fancher opened the nominations for the Design Review Committee regular
member. Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Wilhelm nominated COMMISSIONER Braden as a regular member to the Design Review Committee, seconded by COMMISSIONER Rosenfeldt. The motion to select COMMISSIONER Braden as the regular member to the
Design Review Committee passed by a 4-0 vote.
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ROLL CALL: AYES: COMMISSIONER: Braden, Fancher, Rosenfeldt, and Wilhelm. NOES: COMMISSIONER: None RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: None
ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None Chair Fancher opened the nominations for the Design Review Committee alternate member.
Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Rosenfeldt nominated COMMISSIONER Wilhelm as the Design Review Committee alternate member, seconded by COMISSIONER Braden. The motion to select COMMISSIONER Wilhelm as the alternate member to the Design Review Committee passed by a 4-0 vote.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Braden, Fancher Rosenfeldt, and Wilhelm. NOES: COMMISSIONER: None RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: None
ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None
E2. Consideration of Tree Removal Permit (TRP) 24-004, Mission Hills Drive Pavement Project; a request to remove 22 Melaleuca trees and one Canary Island Pine tree along Mission Hills Drive due to the tree roots conflicting with the City’s Local Streets Pavement
Project for Tract 6427; and a finding that said action is categorically exempt from
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15301 (Co-applicants: City of San Juan Capistrano & Mission Hills Ranch Homeowners Association, c/o Erin Beyer) (Project Manager: Laura Stokes, Principal Planner).
Laura Stokes provided the staff presentation and responded to questions.
Erin Beyer, Applicant, made a presentation and responded to questions. Chair Fancher opened the public meeting, and an anonymous resident from the Mission
Hills Ranch neighborhood and Ed Beyer provided public testimony.
Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Wilhelm made a motion, seconded by COMMISSIONER Rosenfeldt, to find that the proposed action is Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines 15301;
and adopt a resolution approving TRP 24-004, as conditioned.
The motion passed by a 4-0 vote. ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Fancher, Braden, Rosenfeldt, and Wilhelm. NOES: COMMISSIONER: None RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: None
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ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None PUBLIC HEARINGS: F1. Consideration of Conditional Use Permit (CUP) 23-007, Honey Bee Apiaries – Allen
Residence: A request to allow four (4) honeybee hives (“apiaries”) for personal non-
commercial use on platforms in the rear of a residential property located at 27571 Silver Creek Drive (APN: 650-241-10) and a finding that said action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures) (Applicant: Ryan
Allen) (Project Manager: Dominic Matias, Assistant Planner).
Dominic Matias provided the staff presentation and responded to questions. Ryan Allen, Applicant, made a presentation and responded to questions.
Chair Fancher opened the public hearing, and an anonymous resident from the Mission Hills Ranch neighborhood provided public testimony. Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Braden made a motion, seconded by
COMMISSIONER Rosenfeldt, to adopt a resolution approving CUP 23-007, as conditioned, and finding said action to be exempt from CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15303, Class 3, New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures. The motion passed by a 4-0 vote.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Fancher, Braden, Rosenfeldt, and Wilhelm. NOES: COMMISSIONER: None RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: None
ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None INFORMATION ITEM:
None.
COMMISSION/STAFF COMMENTS: None.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Chair Fancher adjourned the meeting at 6:10 p.m. to Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. in the Temporary City Council Chamber at the Nydegger
Building - 31421 La Matanza Street, San Juan Capistrano.
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Approved on May 8, 2024.
__________________________________ Joel Rojas, Development Services Director Planning Commission Secretary