PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Ursula Luna-Reynosa, Community Development Director
BY: Hayden Beckman, Senior Planner
SUBJECT:
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GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 21-001, ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 21-003, SITE PLAN REVIEW NO. 21-002, ADDENDUM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 21-002 (BELLA TERRA RESIDENTIAL PROJECT)
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APPLICANT/
PROPERTY OWNER:
Kristofer Golder, Bella Terra Associates, LLC, 7777 Edinger Avenue, Suite 133, Huntington Beach CA 982647
LOCATION:
7777 Edinger Avenue, 92647 (Northside of Edinger Avenue, south of Center Avenue, and west of Beach Boulevard)
PROJECT PROPOSAL:
The applicant, Bella Terra Associates, LLC (BTA), proposes General Plan Amendment No. 21-001, Zoning Text Amendment No. 21-003, and Site Plan Review No. 21-002 for the Bella Terra Residential (BTR) project that would facilitate the construction of a new mixed-use infill project. In general, this project is a proposal to increase the maximum development density, revise the previously approved development areas, and create a new set of development standards in the Bella Terra Specific Plan (SP13). The proposed project site is a 3.35 acre portion of the existing Bella Terra Specific Plan area.
The proposed project would redevelop a section of the Bella Terra shopping center by demolishing an existing 149,000 sq. ft. Burlington department store and 33,300 sq. ft. of adjacent retail space, and construct a new seven-story mixed-use infill project consisting of 300 apartment units, ground floor retail and restaurant uses, an above-ground three-level podium parking garage with 404 spaces, and associated hardscape and landscape improvements. The project would not result in any development or changes within other areas of the Specific Plan area.
Background
The existing Bella Terra shopping center and Specific Plan area measures approximately 63 total acres and is bounded by Center Avenue to the north, Edinger Avenue to the south, Beach Boulev...
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