Agenda Item
City Council
Item #: 7.1. 1/10/2023 File #: 22-0547
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Tom Kisela, Interim City Manager
FROM: Jeff Adams, Interim Community Development Director
1. SUBJECT
Continued Public Hearing to consider Conditional Use Permit No. 3154-21, Design Review No. 5060- 21, and Minor Site Plan Review No. 1074, and Zone Change No. 1305-21 for a new express car wash facility and associated vacuum canopies located at 1325 West Katella Avenue; and finding that the Zone Change was already considered in the scope of the City of Orange General Plan Program EIR, and the project is exempt from CEQA. Ordinance No. 11-22 and Resolution No. 11419. (Continued from November 15, 2022)
2. SUMMARY
The applicant proposes to demolish an existing standalone restaurant at a 1.109 acre lot and to construct a new 13,860 square foot automatic car wash facility and associated vacuum areas. As part of the project, a Zone Change is requested from the existing zoning designation of Commercial Recreation (C-R) to Urban Mixed Use (UMU) to establish consistency with the City’sGeneral Plan designation.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Introduce and conduct First Reading of Ordinance No. 11-22. An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Orange approving Zone Change No. 1305-21 rezoning property located at 1325 West Katella Avenue to Urban Mixed Use to establish consistency between the Urban Mixed Use General Plan land use designation and zoning classification in accordance with state law.
2. Adopt Resolution No. 11419. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange approving Conditional Use Permit No. 3154-21, Design Review No.5060-21, and Minor Site Plan Review No. 1074-21, and Zone Change No. 1305-21 for the construction of a new 13,860 square foot automatic drive through express carwash facility with associated vacuum stalls and related site improvements located at 1325 West Katella Avenue.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
3. Enhance and promote quality of life in the community. a) Renovate, maintain, develop and/or expand public use places and spaces.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
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History
The proposed project includes the demolition of the existing standalone restaurant and the redevelopment of the site into an express carwash facility and associated vacuum stalls. The general area that the project is in has gone through multiple general plan and zone changes over the last 30 years which have subsequently placed the area in a transitional period. Until the early 1990s, the subject site had been zoned as Industrial Manufacturing (M-2), then the area was zoned as Commercial Recreation (C-R), in the 1990’s.As part of the General Plan Update in 2010, this site and the surrounding area had a General Plan change to Urban Mixed Use. In 2020, the properties along Katella Avenue extending from the Santa Ana River to Main Street underwent a zone change to Urban Mixed Use (UMU). Although, this specific project site remained as C-R, the underlying General Plan designation is Urban Mixed Use. Due to these changes, development for this area is shifting from industrial to more mixed use.
Existing Site
The 1.109 acre site is located at the northwest corner of West Katella Avenue and North Main Street, which is part of a commercial and mixed use corridor running along Katella Avenue identified in the General Plan as part of the Katella Avenue Corridor Focus Area. The project site is bordered to the west by commercial restaurants within the Stadium Promenade, to the south by the Mazda of Orange, and to the east and north by warehouse and general industrial uses. The site is currently developed with a standalone restaurant, the Katella Grill and associated parking lot. The site is accessible from two existing driveways, one along Katella Avenue and one along Main Street.
Current Application
The proposed carwash building is composed of three areas: 1) a tower control office, 2) a carwash tunnel and equipment room, and 3) a tower for storage and equipment. The vacuum areas will have fabric canopies with incorporated vacuum hoses. The proposed building has a long shape to house the tunnel component of the carwash facility. The applicant has also designed a large queuing area three lanes wide, each with a pay station, that will be partially screened by three canopies extending towards the property line and landscaping along western property line. As part of the project, a Zone Change from C-R to UMU is requested to establish consistency with the City’sGeneral Plan. The UMU zoning is needed for project implementation as car washes are conditionally permitted uses under that zoning, while they are not an allowable use under the existing CR zoning.
Environmental Review
Final Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. 1815-09 for the Comprehensive General Plan Update was certified on March 9, 2010 and prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The proposed change in zoning is within the scope of the previously approved General Plan and is adequately described in the previously certified General Plan Program EIR for purposes of CEQA.
Categorical Exemption: The proposed project is categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA per State CEQA Guidelines 15332 (Class 32 - In-fill Development Projects) because the project site is less than five acres; the project site has no value as habitat for endangered, rare, or threatened species; the approval of the project would not result in any significant effects relating to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality; and the site can be adequately served by all required utilities and public services. No public review is required.
Committee and Commission Review
The Design Review Committee reviewed the subject proposal at the August 17, 2022 meeting and recommended approval of the project, with specified conditions, to the Planning Commission by a 4-0 City of Orange Printed on 1/5/2023Page 2 of 3
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vote. Minutes of the meeting are provided as Attachment 10.
At the September 19, 2022 Planning Commission meeting, the Planning Commission recommended approval of the project to the City Council, subject to conditions of approval, by a 5-0 vote. Minutes of the Planning Commission meeting are provided as Attachment 8.
7. ATTACHMENTS
· Attachment 1 Ordinance No. 11-22 for Zone Change No. 1305-21 (including exhibits showing existing and proposed zoning)
· Attachment 2 Resolution No. 11419 for Conditional Use Permit No. 3154-21, Design Review Committee No. 5060-21, Minor Site Plan Review No. 1074-21 and Zone Change No. 1305-21
· Attachment 3 Vicinity Map
· Attachment 4 Site Photographs
· Attachment 5 September 19, 2022, Planning Commission Staff Report · Attachment 6 September 19, 2022, Planning Commission Resolution No. PC 16-22 · Attachment 7 September 19, 2022, Planning Commission Resolution No. 24-22 · Attachment 8 September 19, 2022, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes · Attachment 9 August 17, 2022, Design Review Committee Staff Report · Attachment 10 August 17, 2022, Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes · Attachment 11 Project Plans date stamped received October 13, 2022 City of Orange Printed on 1/5/2023Page 3 of 3
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