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File #: 20-1393   
Type: Public Hearing Status: Passed
File created: 1/31/2020 In control: City Council/Public Financing Authority
On agenda: 2/18/2020 Final action: 2/18/2020
Title: City Council's Denial of Tentative Tract Map No. 18157 and Conditional Use Permit No. 17-042 (Ellis Avenue Condos). The matter is re-agendized at the Appellant's request.
Attachments: 1. Att #1 Findings for Denial, 2. Att #2 Traffic Expert Review, 3. Att #3 CA Fire Code Life Safety Expert Review, 4. Att #4 Appellant Req for Reagendized Item, 5. Att #5 Project Plans reference, 6. Att #6 Sept 3, 2019 RCA and Attachments, 7. Att #7 June 11, 2019 PC NOA for Denial, 8. Att #8 June 11, 2019 PC Staff Report, 9. Att #9 May 28, 2019 PC Staff Report, 10. SC#23 02-18 Ellis Condos CC Reagendized PPT, 11. SC#23 02-18 Ellis Condos-Gelfand#1, 12. SC#23 02-18 Ellis Condos-Gelfand#2, 13. SC#23 02-18 Ellis Condos emails
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION

SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members

SUBMITTED BY: Oliver Chi, City Manager

PREPARED BY: Ursula Luna-Reynosa, Director of Community Development

Subject:
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City Council's Denial of Tentative Tract Map No. 18157 and Conditional Use Permit No. 17-042 (Ellis Avenue Condos). The matter is re-agendized at the Appellant's request.
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Statement of Issue:
Transmitted for your consideration is Tentative Tract Map No. 18157 and Conditional Use Permit No. 17-042, a request to permit a one-lot subdivision and development of a four-story mixed-use building including 48 new condominium residences with 891 square feet of commercial space and three levels of subterranean parking (the "Project") located at 8041 Ellis Avenue (the "Site"). Staff recommended approval of the Project with suggested findings and conditions of approval to the Planning Commission. On June 11, 2019, the Planning Commission voted to deny the Project. The property owner, Tahir Salim, (the "Appellant") filed a timely appeal, per Section 248.20 of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance (HBZSO), of the Planning Commission's decision on June 20, 2019. At the August 19, 2019, City Council meeting, the Council opened the public hearing and continued the appeal to the September 3, 2019, meeting at the Appellant's request. At the September 3, 2019 City Council meeting, the Council voted to deny the appeal and upheld the Planning Commission's decision. The Appellant, through his attorney, sent a letter to the City Attorney's Office requesting a re-hearing on the Project, or else he would file a lawsuit on the previous denial. The Project is herein presented to City Council for re-hearing at the Appellant's request.

Financial Impact:
No fiscal impact.

Action:
recommendation
The City Council may take one of the following action(s):

A) Deny Tentative Tract Map No. 18157 and Conditional Use Permit No. 17-042 with findings (Attachm...

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