TITLE:
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MINOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (MCUP) ZA-21-48 TO AMEND PREVIOUSLY-APPROVED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP) PA-91-102 FOR THE COSTA MESA VILLAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AND A REQUEST TO APPROVE A REGULATORY AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF THE COSTA MESA VILLAGE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 2450 NEWPORT BOULEVARD.
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DEPARTMENT: ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT/PLANNING DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: NANCY HUYNH, SENIOR PLANNER
CONTACT INFORMATION: nancy.huynh@costamesaca.gov; (714) 754-5609
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends that the Planning Commission: (1) Recommend that the City Council approve MCUP ZA-21-48 to amend previously-approved CUP PA-91-102 to modify certain conditions of approval, and (2) Provide feedback to the City Council (as appropriate) pertaining to the Regulatory Agreement and transfer of ownership requests.
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APPLICANT OR AUTHORIZED AGENT:
The property owner is Costa Mesa Village, Ltd. The authorized agent is Brian D'Andrea with Century Affordable Development Inc.
BACKGROUND:
Costa Mesa Village (CMV), located at 2450 Newport Boulevard, is a 96-unit single room occupancy (SRO) affordable housing development with one manager's unit for a total of 97 units on site. The subject property is zoned C1 (Local Business District) and has a General Plan land use designation of Commercial-Residential. The property to the north of CMV is a commercial development also zoned C1 and the properties to the south and east are existing multi-family residential developments zoned R2-MD (Multi-Family Residential District, Medium Density).
CMV was originally approved and developed as a two-story Travelodge motel in the mid-1980s under ZE-84-48. In 1991, a conditional use permit (CUP) under PA-91-102 was approved to allow the conversion of the existing motel into a single room occupancy (SRO) affordable housing development. (Today, SRO's are referred to as "efficiency units"). Subsequently in 1992, PA-91-1...
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