ON THE AGENDA Here are some of...

ON THE AGENDA

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

VACANT HARBOR LOT

The Planning Commission will consider a request for a one-year

extension from Wesley Taylor, representing property owner Beacon Bay

Enterprises and property buyer Robins Properties, for a permit to

allow motor vehicle sales at the front of the lot at 2059 Harbor

Blvd. and for an exception from landscape setbacks for an auto

display.

The site is vacant. Robins Properties is in escrow to purchase the

property.

In June 2002, Taylor let planning staff members know that the

Harbor Boulevard half of the lot needed to be cleared of toxic

contamination from leaking underground fueled tanks, before the close

of escrow. The cleanup is estimated to take at least another two

years, according to the applicants.

The commission approved a one-year extension in December 2002 and

required certain improvements to be made. Taylor said these

improvements can’t be done until the site is cleaned.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Planning staff members recommend that the extension be granted to

allow the cleanup of the site so the improvements can start. They

also recommend that the vehicles be removed until the improvements

are completed.

PERMIT FOR ROASTING COFFEE

The commission will consider a permit application from business

owner Tony Wilson, representing property owner Kelly Hill of SA Hill

Enterprises. Wilson proposes to roast coffee beans inside the suite

of a multi-tenant industrial building at 1651 Placentia Ave. using a

gas burner and a fan.

Wilson has a permit to roast coffee beans at 1760 Monrovia Ave.,

but he has lost his lease and is looking to relocate. In January

2003, code enforcement received a complaint regarding odors generated

by the coffee roasting on Monrovia Avenue. But Wilson worked with the

Air Quality Management District and installed an afterburner, which

resolved the problem.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Planning staff members recommend approving the permit since the

property is in an area zoned for manufacturing uses and is occupied

by other such businesses. Wilson will install an afterburner and work

with the Air Quality Management District as needed to make sure his

business doesn’t cause odors that will adversely affect the

neighborhood.

ORANGE AVENUE APARTMENTS

The commission will hear a request from Southern Sun Construction

Company, representing property owner Orange North Apartments LLC, for

approval of a design review and a master plan to replace six

nonconforming residential units with new two-story, six-unit detached

residential apartment units.

The project site, at 2653 Orange Ave., contains a one-story,

six-unit residential project. These units were built in 1959 and

don’t conform to present density requirements -- only five units

would be allowed under current code.

The project does not comply with the city’s open space requirement

and with some of the residential design guidelines.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Planning staff members recommend the project be denied because of

its noncompliance with the residential design guidelines. The two

guidelines it doesn’t comply with are: the ratio of square feet of

the first and second floors and the average second-story setback.