Item 18 - Appeal Application Nos. 2023-02 and 2023-03 for Cabrillo Town Center project

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Appeal Application Fourth Street) October 3, 2023 Page 10 Nos. 2023-02 and 2023-03 for Cabrillo Town Center project (1901 E. Finding Project Compliance bicycles. Additionally, public transit bus service is provided in the project area by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). Four OCTA bus routes operate within the vicinity of the project site on First Street, Fourth Street, Seventeenth Street, and Tustin Avenue, which consists of the following: OCTA routes 60, 64, 71, and 463. The commercial space has been designed with retail floor heights of approximately 20 feet with storefronts that will be visible from Fourth Street and Cabrillo Park Drive. In addition, the commercial space links directly to an on -site public plaza at the corner of Fourth Street and Cabrillo Park Drive which will include outdoor dining opportunities, decorative hardscape, specimen trees and plantings, umbrellas, seating and lawn games. In addition, the ground floor residential units along Parkcourt Place will have doors and patios with direct access to the street to help activate the street. That the proposed development plan The project is consistent with the development standards is consistent with the development specified in Section 4 of the MEMU including land use, height, standards specified in Section 4 of minimum development site area, building frontages, publically the MEMU. accessible open space, private/common open space, building setbacks, and parking and access. The propose project is a mixed -use development that has been well designed to fit within the Village Center District. Further, the access and egress for the project has been thoroughly review by the Public works Agency for compliance with all applicable development standards. That the proposed development plan The project is consistent with the development standards is designed to be compatible with specified in Section 5 of the MEMU. The building is designed adjacent development in terms of with a high quality design that includes varied massing, similarity of scale, height, and site changes in form, and is comprised of high quality materials configuration and otherwise achieves including a light sand stucco exterior, fiber cement panel siding, the objectives of the Design metal railings, aluminum storefronts, brick veneer, metal Principles specified in Section 5 of the canopies, and high quality architectural detailing (e.g., exterior MEMU. lighting, entry doors, fenestration, etc.). During the development review process, staff provided extensive design comments, which resulted in higher -quality building materials, an increase in the commercial square footage (i.e., live/work), and building elevations that are architecturally detailed and designed to be pedestrian -oriented. The commercial storefronts are enhanced with cornices and metal canopies and the primary access to the commercial uses will be from Fourth Street and Cabrillo Park Drive. The project promotes pedestrian activity with landscaping and publically accessible open space. That the land use uses, site design, The project is consistent with the development standards and operational considerations in the specified in Section 7 of the MEMU. The project has been proposed development plan have designed to ensure compatibility between the residential and been planned in a manner that will non-residential uses on site. The commercial uses have result in a compatible and separate entrances from the residential uses, and the parking management plan will manage parking between the residential City Council 18 — 10 10/3/2023