Planning Commission

AGENDA PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday, July 8, 2025 Civic Center, Council Chambers 2000 Main Street Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Regular Meeting - 6:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION Chair Brian Thienes Vice-Chair Brett Bush Commissioner Tracy Pellman Commissioner Ken Babineau Commissioner Domnic McGee Commissioner Ann Palmer Commissioner Erik Chrestensen STAFF Jill Bos, Deputy Director of Community Development Ricky Ramos, Planning Manager Connor Hyland, Deputy City Attorney Kim De Coite, Senior 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. 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 July 8, 2025 6:00 PM - COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: Pellman, Bush, Thienes, Babineau, McGee, Palmer, Chrestensen 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 25-516 APPEAL OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR’S APPROVAL OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 24-032 AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 24-036 (VU RESIDENCE) REQUEST: To demolish an existing residence and construct a 7,392 sq. ft., 3-story single-family dwelling at a height of 35 ft. with an attached 682 sq. ft. 3-car garage, a 35 sq. ft. 2nd floor balcony, and two (2) 3rd floor balconies totaling 166 sq. ft. LOCATION: 16482 Somerset Lane, 92649 (Gilbert Island in Huntington Harbour) Recommended Action: A) Find the proposed project categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15303, Class 3; and B) Approve Conditional Use Permit No. 24-032 and Coastal Development Permit No. 24- 036 with suggested findings and conditions of approval (Attachment No. 1) Page 2 of 7 Planning Commission AGENDA July 8, 2025 25-505 COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NOS. 24-018 THRU 24-027 (10 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES) REQUEST: To construct 10 new, 3-story single-family residences on individual lots. The 3- to 4-bedroom homes range between 3,420 sq. ft. to 4,011 sq. ft. in size with attached 2- to 3-car garages at a height of up to 35 ft. Four (4) lots include ground floor accessory dwelling units (ADUs) ranging from 412 sq. ft. to 458 sq. ft. in size. All dwellings are designed with upper-level balconies and roof top decks. LOCATION: 1802-1820 Pacific Coast Highway, 92648 (Inland side of PCH, between 18th St. and 19th St.) Recommended Action: That the Planning Commission take the following actions: A) Find the proposed project categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15332, Class 32; and B) Approve Coastal Development Permit Nos. 24-018 through 24-027 with suggested findings and conditions of approval (Attachment No. 1) CONSENT CALENDAR 25-221 Approve Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes Dated March 25, 2025 Recommended Action: That the Planning Commission take the following action: “Approve the March 25, 2025, Planning Commission Minutes as submitted." Page 3 of 7 Planning Commission AGENDA July 8, 2025 25-370 Approve Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes Dated June 10, 2025 Recommended Action: That the Planning Commission take the following action: “Approve the June 10, 2025, Planning Commission Minutes as submitted." 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 22, 2025, 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 4 of 7 Planning Commission AGENDA July 8, 2025 Public Hearing Procedures Page 5 of 7 Planning Commission AGENDA July 8, 2025 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 three (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. Page 6 of 7 Planning Commission AGENDA July 8, 2025 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. 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, Eight Hundred and Fifty-Five Dollars ($2,855.00) if the appeal is filed by a single-family dwelling property owner appealing the decision on his own property and Four Thousand, Five Hundred and Eighty-Two Dollars ($4,582.00) 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 7 of 7