AGENDA  
PLANNING COMMISSION  
Tuesday, April 28, 2026  
Civic Center, Council Chambers  
2000 Main Street  
Huntington Beach, CA 92648  
Regular Meeting - 6:00 PM  
PLANNING COMMISSION  
Chair Brett Bush  
Vice-Chair Ken Babineau  
Commissioner Domnic McGee  
Commissioner Ann Palmer  
Commissioner Ben Goldberg  
Commissioner Dave Clifford  
Commissioner Brian Thienes  
STAFF  
Mike Vigliotta, City Attorney  
Jill Bos, Deputy Director of Community Development  
Ricky Ramos, Planning Manager  
Kim De Coite, Senior Administrative Assistant  
MEETING ASSISTANCE NOTICE: In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, services are available to members  
of our community who require special assistance to participate in public meetings. If you require special assistance,  
48-hour prior notification will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements for an assisted listening device (ALD) for the  
hearing impaired, American Sign Language interpreters, a reader during the meeting and/or large print agendas. Please  
contact the City Clerk’s Office at (714) 536-5227 for more information, or request assistance from the staff or  
Sergeant-at-Arms at the meeting.  
PUBLIC COMMENTS: To address the legislative body on items of interest not scheduled for public hearing, Request to  
Speak forms will be made available at the meeting and are collected by the staff or Sergeant at Arms. Some legislative  
bodies may provide different Request to Speak forms for public hearing items.  
AUDIO/VIDEO ACCESS TO BROADCASTED MEETINGS: City Council and Planning Commission meetings are televised live  
on HBTV-3 Channel 3, and can be viewed via live or archived website at https://huntingtonbeach.legistar.com.  
The Planning Commission, made up of seven individual direct appointee members is a quasi-judicial body  
empowered by State law and the City Council. The Planning Commission study session is open to public  
attendance but is not a public hearing. The meetings are subject to the Brown Act and televised live on local cable  
HBTV Channel 3. The Planning Commission study session is open to public attendance but is not a public  
hearing.  
Projects typically acted upon by the Planning Commission are major development proposals, tentative tract maps,  
zoning map amendments, zoning text amendments, general plan amendments, and various similar applications.  
In reviewing a project, project planners consult with various City departments as well as appropriate regional and  
state agencies. Environmental assessments are conducted concurrently with each project analysis. The review  
process for a Planning Commission item normally requires four to five months.  
For more information, please contact Community Development department at 714-536-5276 or email  
planning.commission@surfcity-hb.org.  
6:00 PM - COUNCIL CHAMBERS  
CALL PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
ROLL CALL: McGee, Babineau, Bush, Thienes, Palmer, Goldberg, Clifford  
PUBLIC COMMENTS  
Anyone wishing to speak during PUBLIC COMMENTS must fill out and submit a form to speak.  
The Planning Commission can take no action on this date, unless the item is agendized. Anyone  
wishing to speak on items not on tonight’s agenda, a closed public hearing item, or on non-public  
hearing items may do so during PUBLIC COMMENTS. Please note comments on closed public  
hearing items will not be part of the permanent entitlement record. Speakers on items scheduled  
for PUBLIC HEARING will be invited to speak during the public hearing. (3 MINUTES PER  
PERSON, NO DONATING OF TIME TO OTHERS)  
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS  
26-306  
APPEAL OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR’S APPROVAL OF  
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 24-011/MITIGATED NEGATIVE  
DECLARATION NO. 24-002 (REDONDO CIRCLE INDUSTRIAL  
PROJECT)  
REQUEST:  
CUP: To remove an existing lumber yard and all associated site  
improvements and construct two industrial warehouse buildings,  
approximately 40 ft. high, totaling 185,912 sq. ft., with each building  
containing two office/mezzanine floor units and a truck loading dock  
on an approximately 9.59-acre site. MND: To analyze the potential  
environmental impacts associated with the project pursuant to the  
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).  
LOCATION:  
7600 Redondo Circle, 92648 (at the terminus of Redondo Cir.)  
Recommended Action:  
A) Approve Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 24-002 with suggested findings and  
mitigation measures; and  
B) Approve Conditional Use Permit No. 24-011 with suggested findings and conditions of  
approval (Attachment No. 1)  
25-723  
ZONING MAP AMENDMENT NO. 19-001/TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO.  
16295/CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 19-003 (PEARCE AND GREEN  
CONDOS)  
REQUEST:  
ZMA: To rescind Precise Plan of Street Alignment No. 80-1 to  
remove existing paper streets over existing private easements.  
TTM: To permit a one-lot subdivision of an approximately 1.23-acre  
lot for condominium purposes. CUP: To permit the development of  
18 attached, three-story residential condominiums at 33 feet in  
height, and the construction of 6 ft.-6 in. high walls within the 15-foot  
front yard setback for private yards along Pearce Drive.  
LOCATION:  
4861 Pearce Drive, 92649 (northwest corner of Pearce Dr. and Green  
Ln.)  
Recommended Action:  
That the Planning Commission take the following actions:  
A) Find the proposed project categorically exempt from the California Environmental  
Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3),  
Section 15332, Class 32 and  
Section 15303, Class 3  
and  
B) Approve Zoning Map Amendment No. 19-001, Tentative Tract Map No. 16295, and  
Conditional Use Permit No. 19-003 with suggested findings and conditions of approval  
(Attachment No. 1).  
CONSENT CALENDAR - None  
NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS - None  
PLANNING ITEMS  
PLANNING COMMISSION ITEMS  
ADJOURNMENT  
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission is Tuesday,  
May 12, 2026, at 6:00 PM in Council Chambers, Civic Center, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach,  
California.  
INTERNET ACCESS TO PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA AND STAFF REPORT  
MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE PRIOR TO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS AT  
http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov  
Public Hearing Procedures  
This statement has been prepared to provide a better understanding of the procedures for public  
hearings before the Planning Commission.  
Regular meetings of the Planning Commission are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of  
each month beginning at 5:00 p.m for a study session and then at 6:00 PM in the Council  
Chambers. Adjourned meetings, special meetings, and Study Sessions may be scheduled at  
other times.  
Planning Commission proceedings are governed by the Planning Commission By-Laws, Robert’s  
Rules of Order and the Brown Act. The following is the typical sequence of events on public  
hearing items:  
A. The Chairperson shall announce the item and if the public hearing is open or closed.  
B. The Planning Commission shall disclose any discussions, conversations, etc., with applicants,  
applicant’s representatives or property owners.  
C. The staff report is presented.  
D. Questions by the Planning Commission concerning the staff report may be answered at this  
time.  
E. The public hearing is opened by the Chairperson.  
F. The applicant or appellant is given an opportunity to address the Commission. Time is not  
limited but left to the Chairperson’s discretion.  
G. Public Comments: Staff will call all speakers by name. Please proceed to the podium.  
Individuals favoring and opposing the proposal are given an opportunity to address the  
Commission (up to three (3) minutes), or may choose to donate their time to another speaker if the  
“Request to Speak” form is filled out and given to the Secretary. A speaker who addresses the  
Commission on behalf of individuals who donate time are allowed a maximum of 12 minutes.  
Individuals who donate time must be present when the item is being discussed. Please state your  
name before addressing the Commission.  
H. The Commission may ask questions of speakers addressing the Commission.  
I. The public hearing is closed.  
J. The Commission will deliberate the matter at this time.  
K. The Commission then acts on the matter by continuing, approving, conditionally approving, or  
denying the petition.  
The Planning Commission receives a staff report packet on the Tuesday preceding the meeting,  
allowing time to review each case and make further investigations in the field prior to the  
scheduled meeting.  
Staff reports are available in the Community Development Department, the Central Library and on  
the City’s website (www.surfcity-hb.org) anytime on Wednesday preceding the Tuesday Planning  
Commission meeting.  
Under the provisions of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance, the action  
taken by the Planning Commission is final unless an appeal is filed to the City Clerk by you or by  
an interested party. Said appeal must be accompanied by a filing fee of Two Thousand, Eight  
Hundred and Fifty-Five Dollars ($2,855.00) if the appeal is filed by a single-family dwelling property  
owner appealing the decision on his own property and Four Thousand, Five Hundred and  
Eighty-Two Dollars ($4,582.00) if the appeal is filed by any other party. The appeal shall be  
submitted to the City Clerk within ten (10) calendar days of the date of the Planning Commission’s  
action.