Planning Commission
Regular MeetingHuntington Beach, CA · October 11, 2022
Agenda
AGENDA
PLANNING COMMISSION
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Civic Center, Council Chambers
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Study Session - 5:00 PM
Regular Meeting - 6:00 PM
PLANNING COMMISSION
Chair Brendon Perkins
Vice-Chair Kayla Acosta-Galvan
Commissioner Oscar Rodriguez
Commissioner Ian Adam
Commissioner Connie Mandic
Commissioner John Scandura
Commissioner Alan Ray
STAFF
Jennifer Villasenor, Deputy Director of Community Development
Matthew Schneider, Planning Manager
Isra Shah, Senior Deputy City Attorney
Kim De Coite, Administrative Assistant
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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.
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The Planning Commission, made up of seven individual direct appointee members is a quasi-judicial body
empowered by State law and the City Council. The Planning Commission study session is open to public
attendance but is not a public hearing. The meetings are subject to the Brown Act and televised live on local cable
HBTV Channel 3. The Planning Commission study session is open to public attendance but is not a public
hearing.
Projects typically acted upon by the Planning Commission are major development proposals, tentative tract maps,
zoning map amendments, zoning text amendments, general plan amendments, and various similar applications.
In reviewing a project, project planners consult with various City departments as well as appropriate regional and
state agencies. Environmental assessments are conducted concurrently with each project analysis. The review
process for a Planning Commission item normally requires four to five months.
For more information, please contact Community Development department at 714-536-5276 or email
planning.commission@surfcity-hb.org.
Planning Commission AGENDA October 11, 2022
5:00 PM - STUDY SESSION, COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CALL PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION TO ORDER
ROLL CALL: Adam, Rodriguez, Acosta-Galvan, Perkins, Mandic, Scandura, Ray
PUBLIC COMMENTS - Regarding Project Review and Study Session portions of Meeting
Anyone wishing to speak on Project Review or Study Session items during PUBLIC COMMENTS
may do so by filling out a Request to Speak form and giving it to the Secretary. ( 3 MINUTES PER
PERSON, NO DONATING OF TIME TO OTHERS)
STUDY SESSION ITEMS
22-840 PROGRAM SUBSEQUENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO.
22-002-CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH 2021-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT
UPDATE
5:30 PM - RECESS FOR DINNER
6:00 PM - COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CALL PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL: Adam, Rodriguez, Acosta-Galvan, Perkins, Mandic, Scandura, Ray
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
22-701 GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2021-003 (2021-2029 HOUSING
ELEMENT UPDATE)/GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2022-001
(AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVERLAY)/ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
REPORT NO. 2022-002 (HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE AND
ASSOCIATED PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS)/ ZONING MAP
AMENDMENT NO. 2022-001 (RMH REZONING)/ ZONING MAP
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Planning Commission AGENDA October 11, 2022
AMENDMENT NO. 2022-002 (AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVERLAY)/
ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 2022-008 (CHAPTER 229 -
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVERLAY)/ ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT
NO. 2022-009 (BEACH AND EDINGER CORRIDORS SPECIFIC PLAN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVERLAY EXPANSION)/ ZONING TEXT
AMENDMENT NO. 2022-006 (ELLIS GOLDENWEST SPECIFIC PLAN
RH OVERLAY)/ ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 2022-007 (HOLLY
SEACLIFF SPECIFIC PLAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVERLAY)
REQUEST:
To update the General Plan Housing Element for the 2021-2029
planning period and implement the associated program actions to
accommodate the City’s RHNA.
LOCATION:
Citywide
Recommended Action:
That the Planning Commission take the following actions:
CEQA Action
A) Recommend approval of Subsequent EIR No. 22-002 with findings of fact and
statement of overriding considerations by approving draft City Council Resolution No .
2022-63 (Attachment No. 1) and forward to the City Council for consideration.
Housing Element Update Action
B) Recommend approval of General Plan Amendment No. 21-003 (Housing Element
Update) by approving draft City Council Resolution No. 2022-62 (Attachment No. 2) and
forward to the City Council for consideration.
Implementation Actions (Legislative Amendments)
C) Recommend approval of General Plan Amendment No. 22-001 (General Plan Land
Use Element Affordable Housing Overlay) by approving the draft City Council Resolution
(Attachment Nos. 3, 4 and 5);
D) Recommend approval of Zoning Map Amendment No. 22-002 (Zoning Map Affordable
Housing Overlay) with findings (Attachment No. 6) by approving draft Ordinance No. 4269
(Attachment No. 7);
E) Recommend approval of Zoning Text Amendment No. 22-008 (HBZSO Chapter 229
Affordable Housing Overlay) with findings (Attachment No. 6) by approving draft Ordinance
No. 4272 (Attachment No. 8);
F) Recommend approval of Zoning Map Amendment No. 22-001 (RMH Rezoning) with
findings (Attachment No. 9) by approving draft Ordinance Nos. 4262, 4263, and 4264
(Attachment No. 10);
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G) Recommend approval of Zoning Text Amendment No. 22-009 (Beach and Edinger
Corridor Specific Plan Affordable Housing Overlay) with findings (Attachment No. 11) by
approving draft City Council Resolution No. 2022-59 (Attachment No. 12);
H) Recommend approval of Zoning Text Amendment No. 22-007 (Holly Seacliff Specific
Plan Affordable Housing Overlay) with findings (Attachment No. 13) by approving draft
Ordinance No. 4271 (Attachment No. 14); and
I) Recommend approval of Zoning Text Amendment No. 22-006 (Ellis Goldenwest
Specific Plan RH Overlay) with findings (Attachment No. 15) by approving draft Ordinance
No. 4265 (Attachment No. 16), and forward 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, October
25, 2022, 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
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Planning Commission AGENDA October 11, 2022
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.
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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.
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