
Planning Commission Agenda
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 6:00 PM
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1 Civic Center Circle, Brea,California 92821
Also via teleconference:
350 W Central Ave #455, Brea, CA 92821
Melanie Schlotterbeck, Chair Blake Perez, Vice Chair
Tom Donini, Commissioner Ted Gribble, Commissioner Bill Madden, Commissioner
This agenda contains a brief general description of each item the Commission will consider. The Planning Division has on file copies of written documentation relating to each item of business on this Agenda available for public inspection. Contact the Planning Division at (714) 990-7674 or view the Agenda and related materials on the City's website at www.cityofbrea.gov Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the Planning Division at 1 Civic Center Circle, Brea, CA during normal business hours. Such documents may also be available on the City's website subject to staff's ability to post documents before the meeting.
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1. GENERAL SESSION
1.A. Call to Order/Roll Call - Commission
1.B. Invocation
— Pastor Rick Crockett from Crosspointe Church
1.C. Pledge of Allegiance
1.D. Matters from the Audience
2. CONSENT CALENDAR
2.A. April 22, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes
— 1. Approve.
3. PUBLIC HEARINGS
3.A. Conditional Use Permit Nos. 2025-02 and 2025-03, Plan Review 2025-01
A request to allow on-site sale and consumption of beer, wine and distilled spirits in conjunction of a restaurant, to establish a comprehensive sign program, and to construct building façade improvements for a new indoor recreational facility (Main Event)
— 1. Find the Project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Class 1, Existing Facilities);
— 2. Adopt resolutions approving the following entitlements, based on findings and conclusions in the corresponding resolutions, and subject to the recommended conditions of approval: a. Conditional Use Permit (CUP) No. 2025-02 to allow an on-site sale and consumption of beer, wine and distilled spirits in conjunction of a restaurant (Type 47 ABC license); b. CUP No. 2025-03 to establish a comprehensive sign program; and c. Plan Review (PR) No. 2025-01 to allow façade improvements
3.B. DJT4 Parcel Delivery Facility (Amazon) - Environmental Impact Report No. 2023-01, Vesting Tentative Parcel Map No. 2022-193, and Plan Review No. 2022-09
A request to allow the demolition of an existing office building and development of a parcel delivery facility (Amazon) at 275 Valencia Avenue.
— 1. Adopt a resolution (Attachment A) certifying to certify a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Environmental Impact Report (EIR), State Clearinghouse No. 2023070241, which analyzed the environmental impacts resulting from construction and operation of the Project, and which was prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15132 (Contents of Final EIR), and CEQA Guidelines Section 15090 (Certification of the Final EIR); and
— 2. Adopt resolutions approving the following entitlements, based on findings and conclusions in the corresponding resolutions, and subject to the recommended conditions of approval: a. PR No. 2022-09, to allow the demolition of an existing 637,503-square-foot office building, surface parking, and associated landscape areas, and construction of an industrial warehousing development consisting of a 181,500-square-foot parcel delivery facility, including surface parking and associated landscape areas; and b. TPM No. 2022-193, to reconfigure and merge three existing lots into one lot.
4. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
4.A. Committee Reports
4.B. Informational/Project Updates
— 1. Receive and file.
5. ADJOURNMENT
Date Posted: May 7, 2025