CHC Minutes-2012-08-28MEMORANDUM August 29, 2012
TO: Karen P. Brust, City Manager
Grant Taylor, Development Services Director
FROM: Nick Taylor, Associate Planner
Cultural Heritage Commission Secretary
SUBJECT: Cultural Heritage Commission Actions of August 28, 2012
This memorandum summarizes the actions taken by the Cultural Heritage Commission
at their Tuesday, August 28 meeting. No action is required unless the City Council
wishes to hold special review of an item.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair DeHaan called the meeting to order at 5:02 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Present: Rhonda deHaan, Chair
Nathan Banda, Vice -Chair
Janet Siegel
Absent: Lorie Porter (excused)
Charles Gildea (excused)
Staff: Nick Taylor, Associate Planner/Cultural Heritage Commission
Secretary
Grant Taylor, Development Services Director
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
CONSENT CALENDAR
v None.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
None.
CHC Action Memorandum 2 Meeting of August 28, 2012
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Consideration of Rezone (RZ) 12-03, Site Plan Review (SPR) 12-02, Lupe
Combs House -Hummingbird House Cafe; a Request to Amend the Los Rios
Specific Plan "HR" (Historic Residential) Provisions to Establish an Exemption to the
Residential Occupancy Requirement without Restrictions on Outdoor Commercial
Activity and to Establish "Eating & Drinking Establishments" as a Permitted Use, and
a Request for Approval of Preliminary Design Plans for a Proposed Building Addition
to the Accessory Structure on Property Located at 31766 Los Rios Street and 26711
Verdugo Street (APN:121-141-24)(Applicant: Monica Mukai)(Project Manager: William Ramsey,
AICP, Assistant Director).
Adoption of Resolution
CHC RESOLUTION NO. 12-08-28-01, A RESOLUTION OF THE CULTURAL
HERITAGE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
CALIFORNIA RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A MITIGATED NEGATIVE
DECLARATION (MND), RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO
THE "HR" (HISTORIC RESIDENTIAL) ZONE DISTRICT ESTABLISHING AN
EXEMPTION TO THE "RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT,"
RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 31766 LOS RIOS
STREET AND 26711 VERDUGO STREET, AND RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF
AN AMENDMENT TO THE "HR" ZONE DISTRICT THAT WOULD ESTABLISH
"EATING & DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS" AS A PERMITTED USE
(ASSESSORS PARCEL NUMBER: 121-141-24)(LUPE COMBS HOUSE -
HUMMINGBIRD HOUSE CAFE)
Vice -Chair Banda mad a motion, seconded by Commissioner Siegel, to adopt a
resolution recommending City Council approval of a Mitigated Negative Declaration
(MND), recommending approval of an amendment to the HR (Historic Residential)
Zone District establishing an exemption to the "residential occupancy requirement",
recommending approval of an addition to an existing accessory structure, and
recommending denial of an amendment to the HR district that would establish
"eating and drinking establishments" as a permitted use.
AYES: Chair Rhonda DeHaan, Vice -Chair Nathan Banda, and
Commissioner Siegel.
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None.
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INFORMATION ITEM
Meeting of August 28, 2012
1. Status Update for Mills Act Contract Inventory (Project Manager: Nick Taylor,
Associate Planner). Nick Taylor provided an update on the Mills Act Contract
Inventory.
COMMISSION/STAFF COMMENT
Mr. Taylor provided a status update for various ongoing projects.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair DeHaan adjourned the meeting at 5:49 p.m. The next regularly scheduled Cultural
Heritage Commission meeting will be Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in the
City Council Chambers.
App oved:
is Tayl r, Associate Planner
S cretary
cc: Christina Gomez, Administrative Specialist
CHC Members
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