RESOLUTION NO. PC - 2025-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, FINDING GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY WITH THE VACATION OF A SEGMENT OF LAND EAST OF 1747 WEST
COMMONWEALTH AVENUE AND LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
COMMONWEALTH AVENUE AND SOUTH OF THE BNSF RAILROAD RIGHT- OF-WAY, A SEGMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 36,514.92 SQUARE FEET APPLICANT: CITY OF FULLERTON
WHEREAS the City of Fullerton intends to vacate a segment of property between the railroad right-of-way and Commonwealth Avenue, the legal description of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, pursuant to Streets and Highway Code Section 8300; and WHEREAS pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 8313 and Government Code Section 65402(a), as part of the vacation proceedings, the Planning Commission shall render a report as to the conformity of the location, purpose, and extent of the vacation with the City's General Plan; and
WHEREAS the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2023-031 at a regularly noticed meeting on May 16, 2023, declaring the subject property as not necessary for city use and determining such property as exempt surplus as per Government Code Section 54221.
RESOLUTION
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FOUND, DETERMINED AND RESOLVED by the Planning Commission of the City of Fullerton, as follows:
1. In all respects as set forth in the Recitals of the Resolution.
2. That the Planning Commission has reviewed the location, purpose, and extent of the vacation and makes the following findings of consistency with the Fullerton Plan goals and policies:
Policy P1.11 Compatibility of Design and Uses
Support programs, policies, and regulations to consider the immediate and surrounding contexts of projects to promote positive design relationships and use compatibility with adjacent built environments and land uses, including the public realm.
Policy P2.5 Maintenance and Management
Support programs and policies to facilitate the efforts of property and business owners within neighborhoods and districts to maintain and manage the quality of their environments.
Policy P7.5 Appropriate Development Scale
Support projects, programs, policies, and regulations to ensure that development is appropriate in scale to current and planned infrastructure capabilities.
Policy P10.16 Economic Strategies in Focus Areas
Arnel Dino, Chairman
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Support policies, programs, and regulations pertaining to planning efforts for the City's Focus Areas that facilitate investment and encourage economic activity that benefits the Fullerton community and the City.
3. In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act ( CEQA) Guidelines the Planning Commission finds that the proposed project is exempt from further review per Section 15061(b)(3).
Finding: The project is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.
Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
Fact: The City has reviewed this proposal with respect to applicability of the California Environmental Quality Act (" CEQA") and determined that the conveyance of this property does not have the potential for creating a significant effect on the environment. If and when the owner sells the properties to a purchaser and that purchaser proposes a use for the property that requires a discretionary permit and CEQA review, the City will analyze that future use at the appropriate time in accordance with CEQA.
THEREFORE, the Planning Commission does hereby APPROVE said vacation ( PN: 754-001) subject to the following conditions of approval:
1. The use and property shall be in substantial conformance with the plans, descriptions, and statements provided by the applicant, excepting any modifications made by the Planning Commission. Upon significant changes to the plans, descriptions, and statements provided by the applicant, as determined by the Director of Community and Economic Development, staff shall initiate a review of the vacation at a noticed public hearing before the Planning Commission.
ADOPTED BY THE FULLERTON PLANNING COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2025.
City of Fullerton
RESOLUTION CERTIFICATION
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CITY OF FULLERTON )
RESOLUTION NO. PC - 2025-13
I, Janet Ragland, Recording Clerk of the Planning Commission of the City of Fullerton, California, hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the Planning Commission of the City of Fullerton is five and that the above and foregoing Resolution No. PC - 2025-13 was adopted at the September 10, 2025, Planning Commission meeting by the following vote:
PLANNING COMMISSIONER AYES: Valadez, Wehn, Fleenor, Tutor, Dino PLANNING COMMISSIONER NOES: None
PLANNING COMMISSIONER ABSTAINED: None
PLANNING COMMISSIONER ABSENT: None
nath
J et Ragla Recording Clerk