Planning Commission

AGENDA PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Council Chambers 2000 Main Street Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Study Session- Cancelled Regular Meeting - 6:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION Chair Pat Garcia Vice Chair Michael Grant Commissioner John Scandura Commissioner Alan Ray Commissioner Dan Kalmick Commissioner Brendon Perkins Commissioner Connie Mandic STAFF Jennifer Villasenor, Deputy Director of Community Development Jane James, Planning Manager Mike Vigliotta, Chief Assistant City Attorney Kim De Coite, Administrative Assistant MEETING ASSISTANCE NOTICE: In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, services are available to members of our community who require special assistance to participate in public meetings. If you require special assistance, 48-hour prior notification will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements for an assisted listening device (ALD) for the hearing impaired, American Sign Language interpreters, a reader during the meeting and/or large print agendas. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (714) 536-5227 for more information, or request assistance from the staff or Sergeant-at-Arms at the meeting. PUBLIC COMMENTS: To address the legislative body on items of interest not scheduled for public hearing, Request to Speak forms will be made available at the meeting and are collected by the staff or Sergeant at Arms. Some legislative bodies may provide different Request to Speak forms for public hearing items. AUDIO/VIDEO ACCESS TO BROADCASTED MEETINGS: City Council and Planning Commission meetings are televised live on HBTV-3 Channel 3, and can be viewed via live or archived website at https://huntingtonbeach.legistar.com. Planning Commission AGENDA July 9, 2019 6:00 PM - COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: Scandura, Ray, Grant, Garcia, Kalmick, Perkins, Mandic AGENDA APPROVAL PUBLIC COMMENTS Anyone wishing to speak during PUBLIC COMMENTS must fill out and submit a form to speak. The Planning Commission can take no action on this date, unless the item is agendized. Anyone wishing to speak on items not on tonight’s agenda, a closed public hearing item, or on non-public hearing items may do so during PUBLIC COMMENTS. Please note comments on closed public hearing items will not be part of the permanent entitlement record. Speakers on items scheduled for PUBLIC HEARING will be invited to speak during the public hearing. (3 MINUTES PER PERSON, NO DONATING OF TIME TO OTHERS) PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS 19-708 GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2019-001, ZONING MAP AMENDMENT NO. 2018-001, ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 2018-002 (COUNTY GOTHARD PROPERTY & RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ZONING) REQUEST: GPA: To amend the General Plan Land Use Map designation on a 2.26-acre vacant parcel (APN 111-071-37) from current Open Space-Park (OS-P) to Research and Technology (RT); ZMA: To amend the Zoning Map designation in two existing industrial areas from Industrial General (IG), Industrial Limited (IL), and Commercial Office (CO) to Research and Technology (RT); ZTA: To amend three chapters of the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to establish land use zoning and development standards for the new Research and Technology (RT) zoning district. LOCATION: GPA: Subject parcel is located on the west side of Gothard Street at Prodan Drive. ZMA/ZTA: Existing industrial areas along the Gothard Page 1 of 4 Planning Commission AGENDA July 9, 2019 Street corridor (from south of Edinger Avenue to Ellis Avenue), and within the northwest industrial areas, generally bordered by Bolsa Avenue, Springdale Street, Edinger Avenue, and Bolsa Chica Street. Recommended Action: That the Planning Commission take the following actions: A) Recommend approval of General Plan Amendment No. 19-001 and forward draft Resolution (Attachment No. 2) to the City Council for consideration. B) Recommend approval of Zoning Map Amendment No. 18-001 with findings (Attachment No. 1) and forward draft Ordinance (Attachment No. 3) to the City Council for consideration. C) Recommend approval of Zoning Text Amendment No. 18-002 with findings (Attachment No. 1) and forward draft Ordinance and Legislative Drafts (Attachment No. 4) to the City Council for consideration. CONSENT CALENDAR - None NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS - None PLANNING ITEMS PLANNING COMMISSION ITEMS ADJOURNMENT The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission is Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at 6:00 PM in Council Chambers, Civic Center, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California. INTERNET ACCESS TO PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA AND STAFF REPORT MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE PRIOR TO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS AT http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov Page 2 of 4 Planning Commission AGENDA July 9, 2019 Public Hearing Procedures This statement has been prepared to provide a better understanding of the procedures for public hearings before the Planning Commission. Regular meetings of the Planning Commission are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month beginning at 5:00 p.m for a study session and then at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers. Adjourned meetings, special meetings, and Study Sessions may be scheduled at other times. Planning Commission proceedings are governed by the Planning Commission By-Laws, Robert’s Rules of Order and the Brown Act. The following is the typical sequence of events on public hearing items: A. The Chairperson shall announce the item and if the public hearing is open or closed. B. The Planning Commission shall disclose any discussions, conversations, etc., with applicants, applicant’s representatives or property owners. C. The staff report is presented. D. Questions by the Planning Commission concerning the staff report may be answered at this time. E. The public hearing is opened by the Chairperson. F. The applicant or appellant is given an opportunity to address the Commission. Time is not limited but left to the Chairperson’s discretion. G. Public Comments: Staff will call all speakers by name. Please proceed to the podium. Individuals favoring and opposing the proposal are given an opportunity to address the Commission (up to four (3) minutes), or may choose to donate their time to another speaker if the “Request to Speak” form is filled out and given to the Secretary. A speaker who addresses the Commission on behalf of individuals who donate time are allowed a maximum of 12 minutes. Individuals who donate time must be present when the item is being discussed. Please state your name before addressing the Commission. H. The Commission may ask questions of speakers addressing the Commission. I. The public hearing is closed. J. The Commission will deliberate the matter at this time. K. The Commission then acts on the matter by continuing, approving, conditionally approving, or denying the petition. The Planning Commission receives a staff report packet on the Tuesday preceding the meeting, allowing time to review each case and make further investigations in the field prior to the scheduled meeting. Page 3 of 4 Planning Commission AGENDA July 9, 2019 Staff reports are available in the Community Development Department, the Central Library and on the City’s website (www.surfcity-hb.org) anytime on Wednesday preceding the Tuesday Planning Commission meeting. Under the provisions of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance, the action taken by the Planning Commission is final unless an appeal is filed to the City Clerk by you or by an interested party. Said appeal must be accompanied by a filing fee of Two Thousand, Three Hundred Fifty-Three Dollars ($2,353.00) if the appeal is filed by a single family dwelling property owner appealing the decision on his own property and Three Thousand, Seven Hundred Seventy-Eight Dollars ($3,778.00) if the appeal is filed by any other party. The appeal shall be submitted to the City Clerk within ten (10) calendar days of the date of the Planning Commission’s action. Page 4 of 4