Here are some of the items the...

Here are some of the items the commission will consider Monday.

ZONING APPEAL

On Nov. 20, 2003, the zoning administrator, Perry Valantine,

approved a request to demolish a one-story residence and detached

two-car garage and build a new two-story house at 2160 Myran Drive.

Council members Chris Steel and Libby Cowan and Planning

Commissioner Katrina Foley appealed the decision because they said

they felt the amount of public opposition to the project justified

having a public hearing before the Planning Commission.

Opposition comes from neighbors on Myran Drive who feel the

proposed residence would destroy their privacy and diminish their

neighborhood, which comprises mostly single-story houses built in the

1950s.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Planning staff members have recommended upholding Valantine’s

decision.

“I have a difficult time trying to make findings to overturn the

zoning administrator’s approval of that project,” Chairman Bruce

Garlich said.

ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT

The commission will consider an application from Eric Strauss,

representing property owner America West Properties, for a permit to

allow live entertainment and dancing for the Corner Office sports bar

and restaurant at 580 Anton Blvd.

Entertainment proposed includes karaoke, bands and disc jockeys

with dancing once or twice a week.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Planning staff members recommended approval because, they said,

the addition of entertainment and dancing will allow the Corner

Office to continue its successful operation and it will not

negatively affect existing nearby businesses and residences.

“I don’t see any reason to not approve it from the way I’ve looked

at it,” Garlich said.

CHURCH APPLICATION

The commission will consider a request from Tony Petros,

representing property owner Todd Schiffman, for approval of a permit

to establish Rock Harbor Church within an industrial building at 345

Fischer Ave. and to allow off-site overflow parking at Mariner’s

Christian School, at 300 Fischer Ave.

Rock Harbor Church congregants now meet at the Costa Mesa Senior

Center.

Since Mariner’s Christian School is across the street from the

proposed site, the recommended conditions of approval include a

requirement for insurance and an agreement that the church will not

hold the city liable for any damages, claims or legal actions

involving property damage, injuries or death caused by congregants

going to or from the off-site parking.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Planning staff members recommend approval of the request.

“That looks like a good fit,” Garlich said. “I think it’s a

win-win situation since the traffic problems that are created in the

current location at the senior center are legendary.”