Planning Commission To Approve General Plan

SHORT MEETING ANTICIPATED
The Costa Mesa Planning Commission will meet again on Monday, April 11, 2016 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers at City Hall.  You can read the agenda report HERE.

HALAL GUYS REVIEW
The Consent Calendar contains one item that might get some separate discussion - the review of the requirements of the Conditional Use Permit for the Halal Guys restaurant on Bristol Street, HERE.  The staff recommendation is to receive and file the report.

 GENERAL PLAN AND DRAFT EIR
The only other item remaining on the agenda is the approval and forwarding on to the City Council of the 2015-2035 General Plan Update and Draft Environmental Impact Report, HERE.  That 68-page report is actually pretty easy reading and outlines the road map for development in our city for the next nearly two decades.

Small Planning Commission Agenda Monday Night

SHORT MEETING EXPECTED, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW
The Costa Mesa Planning Commission will meet again in City Council Chambers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, October 26, 2015 for its final meeting of the month.  The short agenda may be viewed HERE.

SMALL LOT SUBDIVISION
There are only three (3) public hearings scheduled for the meeting Monday.  Public Hearing #1, HERE, is the Tentative Parcel Map for a previously-approved 2-unit Small Lot Subdivision Development at 1620 Orange Avenue, which will replace a old, 840 square foot house and 240 square foot detached garage.  The staff recommends approval.

REPLACING AN AGING EASTSIDE OFFICE BUILDING

Public Hearing #2, HERE, is the planning application for a new 9,835 square foot two-story mixed use office building, replacing the existing two-story, 15,185 multi-tenant medical office building at 350 East 17th Street, at the corner of Raymond and 17th Street.  The applicant will add more restaurant space to a growing "restaurant row" along that stretch of 17th Street and is asking for variances on front and street setbacks and a minor conditional use permit allowing reduction of shared parking spaces and a valet parking program.

EXTENDING HOURS FOR HALAL GUYS

Public Hearing #3, HERE, is the appeal of the Zoning Administrator's denial of minor CUP to allow deviation from hours of operation for the new, and apparently wildly successful, The Halal Guys restaurant at 3033 Bristol Street, Suite E.  The applicant currently operates from 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. daily.  The original request, since denied by the Zoning Administrator, was to operate from 11 a.m. - 3 a.m. daily.  They have subsequently revised their request to 11 a.m.- 12.a.m., Sunday through Wednesday and 11 a.m. - 1 a.m., Thursday through Saturday and have added security 11 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.  The staff has no recommendation one way or the other on this revised request. (photo courtesy of the OC Weekly)