Zoning Administrator
Regular MeetingHuntington Beach, CA · July 29, 2020
Minutes
MINUTES
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Study Session -
Regular Meeting - 1:30 PM
RICKY RAMOS, Senior Planner
STAFF
JOANNA CORTEZ, Associate Planner
ISELA SIORDIA, Administrative Secretary
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.
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Zoning Administrator MINUTES July 29, 2020
DUE TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S EXECUTIVE ORDER and the City Council’s
Declaration of Local Emergency regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, the City will be
holding the Zoning Administrator public hearing via the Zoom meeting platform.
Public comments may be submitted via two options:
1) Submit written comments to community.development@surfcity-hb.org
(reference Zoning Administrator and the agenda item number) by 10:00 AM the
day of the meeting. If you would like your e-comment read aloud at the hearing,
please indicate so in your email; or
2) Join the meeting remotely from your phone. Please let staff know at the start of
the meeting that you wish to speak on a particular item. You will have THREE
MINUTES to speak, per person, no donating of time. The following is the phone
number for the Zoom meeting and dial-in instructions:
a. Phone Number: +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
b. Meeting ID: 921 9674 7819
Any interested parties can participate in the public hearing via telephone. The
dial-in information is the same as Option 2, which is listed above. All interested
parties are invited to contact the staff planner at 714-536-5271 before the meeting
if you have any questions about the project or if you need information on
participating in the public hearing.
CALL TO ORDER
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Anyone wishing to speak during PUBLIC COMMENTS must fill out and submit a form to
speak. The Zoning Administrator can take no action on this date, unless the item is
agendized. Anyone wishing to speak on items not on today’s agenda, 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)
CONSENT CALENDAR- None
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 20-014 (BEALE’S TEXAS BBQ BEER AND
WINE)
REQUEST:
To permit the sales, service, and consumption of beer and wine (ABC
Type 41 License) within a 2,492 sq. ft. eating and drinking
establishment.
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Zoning Administrator MINUTES July 29, 2020
LOCATION:
16400 Pacific Coast Highway Unit 117, 92649 (north side of Pacific Coast Hwy. between
Admiralty Dr. and Anderson St.)
Attachments: Att #1 - Suggested Findings and Conditions of Approval
Att #2 - Plans
This agenda item was approved with conditions.
COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 20-014 (OCSD IMPROVEMENTS)
REQUEST:
To allow for the construction of a 7,000 sq. ft., 29 ft.-6 in. high
distribution center to house electrical equipment and remove and
replace the following items: 1) four, 26 ft. high sedimentation tanks
(clarifiers); 2) a 338 sq. ft., 13 ft. high electrical building; 3) a 390 sq.
ft., 13 ft. high electrical building; 4) four, 33 ft.-6 in. high odor control
scrubbers; and 5) a 684 sq. ft., 11 ft. high distribution structure.
LOCATION:
22212 Brookhurst Street, 92646 (east side of Brookhurst St., north of PCH)
Attachments: ATT#1 - FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS CDP 20-014 (OCSD
IMPROVEMENTS)
ATT#2 - PLANS_ OCSD 22212 Brookhurst St.
This agenda item was approved with conditions.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 20-003/COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO.
20-003 (ENSIGN RESIDENCE)
REQUEST:
To construct an 874 sq. ft. first and second floor addition, second floor
balconies totaling 409 sq. ft., and a 1,411 sq. ft. roof top deck at a
height of 26 ft.-8 in. (with stairwell at 34 ft.-8in.) to an existing 3,783
sq. ft. single-family dwelling
LOCATION:
16586 Ensign Circle, 92649 (at the terminus of Ensign Cir.)
Attachments: ATT#1 - CUP 20-003_CDP 20-003 (ENSIGN RESIDENCE)
Findings and Conditions
ATT#2 - PLANS 16586 Ensign Circle, Huntington Beach,
CA 92649 - Architecture Package - 2020-07-21
This agenda item was approved with conditions.
ADJOURNMENT
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Zoning Administrator MINUTES July 29, 2020
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Zoning Administrator is Wednesday,
August 5, at 1:30 PM via Zoom Meeting
Under the provisions of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance,
the action taken by the Zoning Administrator is final unless an appeal is filed to
the Planning Commission by you or by an interested party. Said appeal must be in
writing and must set forth in detail the action and grounds by which the applicant
or interested party deems himself aggrieved. Said appeal must be accompanied by
a filing fee of Three Thousand One Hundred Two Dollars ($3,102.00) if the appeal
is filed by a single family dwelling property owner appealing the decision on his
own property and Four Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-One Dollars ($4281.00) if
the appeal is filed by any other party. The appeal shall be submitted to the
Secretary of the Planning Commission within ten (10) calendar days of the date of
the Zoning Administrator's action or ten (10) working days for a coastal
development permit.
INTERNET ACCESS TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AGENDA AND STAFF
REPORT MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE PRIOR TO ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
MEETINGS AT: https://huntingtonbeach.legistar.com/
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Zoning Administrator MINUTES July 29, 2020
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 Community Development Department at 714-536-7251 for more information, or
request assistance from the staff or Sergeant-at-Arms at the meeting.
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Agenda
Zoning Administrator City of Huntington Beach
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 2000 Main Street
1:30 PM - Regular Meeting Huntington Beach, CA 92648
AGENDA
Zoning Administrator
JOANNA CORTEZ, Associate Planner RICKY RAMOS, Senior Planner
ISELA SIORDIA, Administrative Secretary
DUE TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S EXECUTIVE ORDER and the City Council’s Declaration of
Local Emergency regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, the City will be holding the Zoning
Administrator public hearing via the Zoom meeting platform. Public comments may be
submitted via two options:
1) Submit written comments to community.development@surfcity-hb.org (reference Zoning
Administrator and the agenda item number) by 10:00 AM the day of the meeting. If you would
like your e-comment read aloud at the hearing, please indicate so in your email; or
2) Join the meeting remotely from your phone. Please let staff know at the start of the meeting
that you wish to speak on a particular item. You will have THREE MINUTES to speak, per
person, no donating of time. The following is the phone number for the Zoom meeting and
dial-in instructions:
a. Phone Number: +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
b. Meeting ID: 921 9674 7819
Any interested parties can participate in the public hearing via telephone. The dial-in
information is the same as Option 2, which is listed above. All interested parties are invited to
contact the staff planner at 714-536-5271 before the meeting if you have any questions about
the project or if you need information on participating in the public hearing.
CALL TO ORDER
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Anyone wishing to speak during PUBLIC COMMENTS must fill out and submit a form to speak .
The Zoning Administrator can take no action on this date, unless the item is agendized. Anyone
wishing to speak on items not on today’s agenda, 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)
CONSENT CALENDAR- None
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
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Zoning Administrator AGENDA July 29, 2020
20-1732 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 20-014 (BEALE’S TEXAS BBQ BEER
AND WINE)
REQUEST:
To permit the sales, service, and consumption of beer and wine
(ABC Type 41 License) within a 2,492 sq. ft. eating and drinking
establishment.
LOCATION:
16400 Pacific Coast Highway Unit 117, 92649 (north side of Pacific
Coast Hwy. between Admiralty Dr. and Anderson St.)
Recommended Action:
That the Zoning Administrator take the following actions:
A) Approve Conditional Use Permit No. 20-014 with suggested findings and conditions of
approval.
20-1790 COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 20-014 (OCSD
IMPROVEMENTS)
REQUEST:
To allow for the construction of a 7,000 sq. ft., 29 ft.-6 in. high
distribution center to house electrical equipment and remove and
replace the following items: 1) four, 26 ft. high sedimentation tanks
(clarifiers); 2) a 338 sq. ft., 13 ft. high electrical building; 3) a 390 sq.
ft., 13 ft. high electrical building; 4) four, 33 ft.-6 in. high odor control
scrubbers; and 5) a 684 sq. ft., 11 ft. high distribution structure.
LOCATION:
22212 Brookhurst Street, 92646 (east side of Brookhurst St., north of
PCH)
Recommended Action:
That the Zoning Administrator take the following actions:
A) Approve Coastal Development Permit No. 20-014 with suggested findings and
conditions of approval.
20-1791 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 20-003/COASTAL DEVELOPMENT
PERMIT NO. 20-003 (ENSIGN RESIDENCE)
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Zoning Administrator AGENDA July 29, 2020
REQUEST:
To construct an 874 sq. ft. first and second floor addition, second
floor balconies totaling 409 sq. ft., and a 1,411 sq. ft. roof top deck at
a height of 26 ft.-8 in. (with stairwell at 34 ft.-8in.) to an existing 3,783
sq. ft. single-family dwelling
LOCATION:
16586 Ensign Circle, 92649 (at the terminus of Ensign Cir.)
Recommended Action:
That the Zoning Administrator take the following actions:
A) Approve Conditional Use Permit No. 20-003/Coastal Development Permit No. 20-003
with suggested findings and conditions of approval.
ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Zoning Administrator is Wednesday,
August 5, at 1:30 PM via Zoom Meeting
Under the provisions of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance, the action
taken by the Zoning Administrator is final unless an appeal is filed to the Planning Commission
by you or by an interested party. Said appeal must be in writing and must set forth in detail the
action and grounds by which the applicant or interested party deems himself aggrieved. Said
appeal must be accompanied by a filing fee of Three Thousand One Hundred Two Dollars
($3,102.00) if the appeal is filed by a single family dwelling property owner appealing the
decision on his own property and Four Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-One Dollars ($4281.00)
if the appeal is filed by any other party. The appeal shall be submitted to the Secretary of the
Planning Commission within ten (10) calendar days of the date of the Zoning Administrator's
action or ten (10) working days for a coastal development permit.
INTERNET ACCESS TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AGENDA AND STAFF REPORT
MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE PRIOR TO ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MEETINGS AT:
https://huntingtonbeach.legistar.com/
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Zoning Administrator AGENDA July 29, 2020
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 Community
Development Department at 714-536-7251 for more information, or request assistance from the
staff or Sergeant-at-Arms at the meeting.
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