ON THE AGENDA FAREWELL CANON The...

ON THE AGENDA

FAREWELL CANON

The owner of the Canon Business Machines industrial property on

Redhill Avenue will ask the Planning Commission to subdivide the

soon-to-be-vacant lot into six parcels.

Canon Business Machines, at 3193 Redhill Ave., houses six

buildings on four lots, with a mix of industrial and office uses. The

company is leaving the site, and owner Craig McClellan is proposing

the parcel map be divided into six separate parcels with one common

parking lot.

According to a staff report, the proposed parcel lines coincide

with the existing buildings and no construction is being requested at

this time. When the property is rented out to new tenants, however,

there may be a need for remodeling, the report reads.

Because the lot is already built out and parking is at a maximum,

city planners recommend that any physical alterations only be

approved by the Planning Commission if the owner can show that no

parking will need to be added.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Planning commissioners are expected to approve the parcel division

as long as the owner agrees to stringent parking requirements.

GISLER CHANNEL

County officials are looking to buy land along the Gisler Channel

and must clear their plans with the Planning Commission tonight to

ensure their plans fall in line with the city’s general plan.

The Orange County Flood Control District is trying to buy property

along the Gisler Storm Channel -- bordered by South Coast Drive,

Harbor Boulevard and Fairview Road -- from Caltrans for future flood

controlling methods, a staff report states.

County officials are also requesting property from parts of the

Home Ranch parcel, along the Ikea portion of the development, to get

vehicles down to the flood channel.

According to law, the flood control district must clear its plans

with Costa Mesa officials because it falls within city borders.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The approval is really a formality the county must go through to

make sure their plans are in line with Costa Mesa’s general plan.

-- Compiled by Lolita Harper