CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 302
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
Published: The Signal, February 3, 2026
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION FOR MASTER CASE 25-039
APPLICATION: Appeal 25-003 regarding Master Case 25-039: Zone Change 25-002, Conditional Use Permit 25-002, Development Review 25-003, and Architectural Design Review 25-004
PROJECT LOCATION: 24860 Orchard Village Road
(Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 2855-006-010)
PROJECT APPLICANT: Philip Lee, Lyons Center, LLC
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant, Philip Lee, submitted an application to construct a self -storage facility in the vacant portion of the existing Aldi building at 24860 Orchard Village Road. S elf-storage facilities are not a permitted use within the City of Santa Clarita’s (City) Lyons Corridor Plan (LCP). Therefore, the applicant is requesting a Zone Change to amend the LCP to permit self-storage facilities as a land use. In addition, the applicant is requesting a Conditional Use Permit, Development Revi ew, and Architectural Design Review to permit the proposed self -storage facility at 24860 Orchard Village Road. The project site is within the Lyons Urban 3 zone of the LCP.
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTION: Santa Clarita Municipal Code § 17.28.110(H) does not allow an applicant to initiate a text amendment to a specific plan prepared and adopted by the City. On September 11, 2025, the Director of Community Development denied the application for the proposed project. On September 24, 2025 , Hunt C. Braly , on behalf of Lyons Center, LLC , filed an appeal (Appeal 25 -001) of the Director of Community Development’s decision to deny the project.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on December 2, 2025, and voted 4-0 to deny the appeal and uphold the denial of the project. On December 15, 2025, Hunt C.
Braly, on behalf of Lyons Center, LLC, filed an appeal (Appeal 25 -003) of the Planning Commission’s decision.
Therefore, the City Council is scheduled to conduct a public hearing on this matter on the following date:
DATE: Tuesday, February 24, 2026
TIME: At or after 6:00 p.m.
LOCATION: City Hall, Council Chambers
23920 Valencia Blvd., First Floor
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15270 provides that environmental review is not required when disapproving of a project.
If you wish to challenge the action taken on this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearings described in this notice, or written correspondence delivered to the City of Santa Clarita at, or prior to, the public hearings.
For further information regarding this proposal, you may contact the project planner , by appointment, at the City of Santa Clarita, Permit Center, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Suite 140, Santa Clarita, CA 91355. Telephone: (661) 255 - 4330. Website: www.santaclarita.gov/planning . Send written correspondence via email to [email protected], or by US mail to: 23920 Valencia Blvd., Suite 302, Santa Clarita, CA 91355. Project Planner: Andy Olson, Associate Planner.
Mary Cusick, MMC
City Clerk
PROPOSED PROJECT SITE
Appeal 25-003 regarding Master Case 25-039: Lyons Center Self-Storage Facility 24860 Orchard Village Road
(Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 2855-006-010)
Proposed Self-
Storage
Lyons
Center
Lyons Avenue