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2101 and 2109 E Santa Clara Avenue <br />April 2, 2024 <br />Page 2 <br />residents, workers, and visitors in the area. Moreover, the project complies with the <br />General Plan goals and policies as it seeks to preserve and improve the character and <br />integrity of existing neighborhoods and districts through the promotion of a clean, safe, <br />and creative environment. Lastly, the project will not negatively impact the surrounding <br />community as the project has been designed to minimize impacts to the nearby <br />sensitive land uses. <br />Planning Commission Action and Background <br />On February 26, 2024, the Planning Commission held a public hearing for this project <br />and voted 4:1 (Commissioner Ramos dissenting and Commissioners Pham and Leo <br />absent) to recommend that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving Amendment <br />Application No. 2024-01. At the same public hearing, the Planning Commission voted <br />3:2 (Commissioner Escamilla and Ramos dissenting and Commissioners Pham and <br />Leo absent) to approve Conditional Use Permit (CUP) No. 2024-01, permitting the <br />proposed drive -through operations for McDonald's. During the public hearing, the <br />Planning Commission discussed items of concern, including traffic safety and historic <br />eligibility of the two residential structures on the site. The additional items of <br />consideration discussed by the Planning Commission are further analyzed in the <br />Environment Impact's Historic or Cultural Significance and Traffic and Safety Impacts <br />sections of this staff report. <br />Lastly, a second CUP application for 24-hour operations of the drive -through facility was <br />ultimately withdrawn by the project applicant at the public hearing, and was no longer <br />considered by the Planning Commission, nor a part of the overall project approval <br />request. As such, the project's proposed hours of operation are between 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 <br />a.m. (midnight) for both indoor dining and the drive -through operations, 7 days a week. Any <br />future request for operating hours beyond midnight would require review and approval of a <br />separate CUP for after-hours operation. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Project Description <br />Table 1: Proiect and Location Information <br />Item <br />Information <br />Project Address and Council Ward <br />2101 and 2109 E. Santa Clara Avenue — Ward 3 <br />Nearest Intersection <br />North Tustin Avenue and East Santa Clara Avenue <br />General Plan Designation <br />General Commercial (GC) — No change <br />Existing Zoning Designation <br />General Agricultural (Al) <br />Proposed Zoning Designation <br />Arterial Commercial (C5) <br />Surrounding Land Uses <br />North <br />Commercial center <br />East <br />Drive -through restaurant <br />South <br />Multi -family residential (Woodlyn North <br />Condominiums), preschool/kindergarten, <br />commercial center <br />West <br />California Highway Patrol station and parking for <br />Horizon Apartments multi -family residential <br />