PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Ursula Luna-Reynosa, Community Development Director
BY: Jessica Bui, Associate Planner
SUBJECT:
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COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 19-001/CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 19-001 (3RD STREET COMMERCIAL BUILDING) (CONTINUED FROM THE OCTOBER 22, 2019 MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN)
REQUEST:
To construct a four-story building with approximately 1,660 sq. ft. of retail on the ground floor and 18,000 sq. ft. of office above with an accessible roof top deck on an 8,475 sq. ft. vacant lot. The project includes one level of parking at the ground floor with 34 percent of the required parking in a vertical tandem configuration (car lifts) and one level of subterranean parking accessed by a car elevator and a valet parking service.
LOCATION:
321 3rd Street, 92648 (north side of 3rd St. between Orange Ave. and Olive Ave.)
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APPLICANT:
Jeff Bergsma, 221 Main Street, Suite S, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
PROPERTY
OWNER/
BUSINESS
OWNER:
Justin Helwig, WBJH Properties, 1112 Park Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
1. Is the project proposal consistent with the City of Huntington Beach's adopted land use regulations (i.e. General Plan, Zoning Map and Zoning Code including the Downtown Specific Plan)?
2. Does the project satisfy all the findings required for approval of a Coastal Development Permit and Conditional Use Permit?
3. Has the environmental analysis adequately identified all environmental impacts with appropriate mitigation?
ACTIONS:
recommendation
The Planning Commission may take one of the following actions:
A) Find the proposed project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15182 of the CEQA Guidelines and Government Code 65457 and approve Coastal Development Permit No. 19-001 and Conditional Use Permit No. 19-001 with suggested findings and conditions of approval. (Attachment No. 1).
B) Continue the public hearing for Coastal Develo...
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