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Planning and Building Agency <br />Meeting Date Display <br />Item # 2 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Planning Commission Staff Report <br />August 22, 2022 <br />Topic: Amendment Application No. 2022-01 and Conditional Use Permit No. 2022-14 for <br />the Garry Avenue Business Park at 1700, 1720, and 1740 East Garry Avenue <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Recommend that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving Amendment <br />Application No. 2022-01. <br />2. Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2022-14 as conditioned. <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />Rob Mitchell (Applicant), representing Greenlaw Partners (Property Owner), is requesting <br />approval of two entitlements for the Garry Avenue Business Park, a 91,500-square foot <br />industrial structure proposed at 1700, 1720, and 1740 East Garry Avenue. Specifically, <br />the applicant is requesting approval an Amendment Application (AA) to change the <br />property’s zoning district from Professional (P) to Light Industrial (M1), and a conditional <br />use permit (CUP) to allow distribution uses. Staff is recommending approval of the <br />applicant’s request as the project has been designed to minimize impacts onto <br />surrounding properties, will satisfy a growing need for warehousing and distribution <br />services in the region, and will provide investment in an existing industrial/office area of <br />the City. <br />Prior Planning Commission Action <br />At its regular meeting on August 22, 2022, the Planning Commission received a report <br />and staff presentation, and public comments, on the subject application. During the public <br />hearing, representatives of the adjacent property at 1800 and 1820 East Garry Avenue <br />spoke in opposition to the project, raising concerns about the potential impacts of truck <br />traffic between the two properties. To provide the applicant sufficient time to propose <br />solutions limiting truck traffic between the two properties, the Planning Commission voted <br />unanimously to continue the item to the regular meeting on September 26, 2022. On <br />September 26, 2022, the Planning Commission continued the item to a regular meeting <br />on October 10, 2022. <br />10/10/2022 <br />Planning Commission 2 – 1