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REQUEST FOR <br />Planning Commission Action <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 24, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — FILED BY MICHAEL <br />EICHNER FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT <br />NO. 2017 -14 TO ALLOW A HOLIDAY INN <br />EXPRESS HOTEL AT 1600 EAST FIRST STREET <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,2; 5,3) <br />Prepared by Ann Hsin -An Ni <br />Vecutiv6tirector <br />PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY <br />APPROVED <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />DENIED <br />General Commercial C -2 <br />❑ <br />Applicant's Request <br />❑ <br />Staff Recommendation <br />CONTINUED TO <br />� EPEE -/_ <br />Planning Man ger <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2017 -14 as conditioned. <br />Executive Summary <br />Michael Eichner, representing Glacier House Hotels, is requesting approval of a conditional use <br />permit to allow a vacant building to be converted into a Holiday Inn Express Hotel at 1600 East First <br />Street. Pursuant to Sections 41- 365.5(c) and 41- 377.5(a) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />(SAMC), hotels require the approval of a conditional use permit in the C -2 (General Commercial) <br />zoning district. <br />Table 1 <br />Proiect and Location Information <br />Item <br />Information <br />Project Address and Nearest Cross <br />Streets <br />1600 East First Street (First and Lyon Streets) <br />General Plan and Zoning <br />Designations <br />General Plan <br />General Commercial GC <br />Zoning <br />General Commercial C -2 <br />Surrounding Land Uses <br />North <br />Commercial <br />East <br />Commercial <br />South <br />Raymond A. Villa Fundamental School <br />West <br />Commercial <br />Existing Site Development <br />A vacant 10 -story hotel building and a detached 11,630 square foot, <br />single-story vacant restaurant building <br />Use Permissions <br />Hotel allowed with a conditional use permit CUP <br />Zoning Code Sections Affected <br />Use <br />41-365.5(c) &41-377.5(c) hotel with a CUP <br />Development <br />Standards <br />41 -1341 (parking requirement for Hotels) <br />41 -1305 dual use of loading zone <br />Staff Report Exhibits <br />1 (Vicinity Map), 2 (Land Use Map), 3 (Site Photo), 4 (Site Plan), 5 <br />(Floor Plan), 6 (Elevations and Colored Rendering), and 7 (Landscape <br />Plan <br />EXHIBIT A <br />31A-3 <br />