Item 229/2024
Final
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
To:
Lisa L. Kim From: Niki Wetzel
Dept:
City Manager Dept: Community Development
Date: 5/28/2024
Subject: Second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 2954 Entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE APPROVING: (1) ZONING AMENDMENT NO. A-040-2024 TO AMEND THE CITY’S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF AN APPROXIMATELY 0.88-ACRE PARCEL LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NEWHOPE STREET, NORTH OF GARDEN GROVE BOULEVARD, AT 12828 NEWHOPE STREET, ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO. 090-671-07, FROM R-1 (SINGLE-
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL) TO RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD- 019-2024) ZONING WITH AN R-3 (MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL) BASE ZONE; AND (2) RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT NO. PUD-019- 2024 TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 15-UNIT RESIDENTIAL DETACHED CONDOMINIUM PROJECT ON THE SUBJECT SITE. (Action Item)
OBJECTIVE
To conduct the second reading of an Ordinance approving Zoning Amendment No. A -040- 2024 to re-zone the subject property from R -1 (Single -Family Residential) to residential Planned Unit Development (PUD-019-2024) zoning with an R-3 (Multiple-Family Residential) base zone, and to adopt a residential Planned Unit Development for the development of a 15- unit residential condominium project.
BACKGROUND
On May 14, 2024, the City Council held a public hearing for land use actions necessary to approve a 15-unit residential condominium project on the subject approximately 0.88-acre site. Specifically, the City Council : (i) introduced and conduct ed the first reading of an Ordinance approving Zoning Amendment No. A-040-2024 and re-zoning the subject property from R -1 (Single -Family Residential) to residential Planned Unit Development (PUD -019- 2024) zoning with an R-3 (Multiple-Family Residential) base zone, and adopting a residential Planned Unit Development to facilitate the development of the project ; (ii) adopted a Resolution adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the project, and (iii) adopted a Resolution approving Site Plan No. SP-136-2024, Variance No. V -042-2024, and Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. TT -19298 to facilitate the development of the project.
Item 229/2024
DISCUSSION
In their adoption of the Resolution approving the project Site Plan, Variance, and Vesting Tentative Tract Map, the City Council added the following four (4) Conditions of Approval:
64.s. Prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for each dwelling unit, the applicant shall install window blinds on third floor windows where they face the north and south perimeter property lines. Project CC&R’s shall require that blinds be kept on these windows for the life of the project.
64.t. Prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for each dwelling unit, the applicant shall install trees in the private rear yard areas along the north and south property lines, for privacy purposes. Project CC&R’s shall require maintenance of said trees for the life of the project.
80. Prior to the issuance of the first Certificate of Occupancy, the applicant shall construct a wooden memorial bench from the wood of the existing site Camphor tree and place the bench in the project open space area at the southwest corner of the project . The bench shall contain a placard or other identification indicating that the bench is in memory of Fred Bruggeman.
81. Prior to the issuance of building permits, the applicant shall examine floor plans to determine the feasibility of and raise sill heights of any non -egress windows on third floor plans to diminish views towards homes and backyards beyond the northerly and southerly property lines.
The above conditions have been integrated into the Conditions of Approval within the approved Resolution as included in Attachment 2 herein.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
None.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
• Conduct the second reading of an Ordinance approving Amendment No. A-040-2024 and Planned Unit Development No. PUD-019-2024.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1: Draft City Council Ordinance for Amendment No. A -040-2024 and Planned Unit Development No. PUD-019-2024
Attachment 2: Approved City Council Resolution for the adoption of Site Plan No. SP-136- 2024, Variance No. V-042-2024, & Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. TT-19298