PLANNING AND HOUSING COMMISSION
STAFF REPORT
DATE: 1/22/2024
TO: Honorable Chair and Commissioners
FROM: Planning and Development Department
APPLICATION REQUEST:
Title
ZTA2023-0006: Zone Text Amendment to Title 17 of the Corona Municipal Code, Section 17.74.040 (A), to establish regulations for directional signage for properties affected by public improvement projects initiated by the City. (Applicant: Carlos Padilla, CPI Properties, LP - 13551 Magnolia Avenue, Corona, CA 92879).
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the Planning and Housing Commission recommend the APPROVAL OF ZTA2023-0006 to the City Council, based on the findings contained in the staff report, and find the project exempted from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
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BACKGROUND
CPI Properties ("applicant") owns the property located at the northeast corner of McKinley Street and Sampson Avenue. The property is 5.3 acres and is developed as a commercial center (Los Arcos Plaza) that consists of commercial services and restaurants. The original condition of the applicant's property had frontage on McKinley Street and unobstructed visibility. A portion of the property owned by the applicant, which is being bifurcated from the rest of the property, is being acquired by the City through eminent domain proceedings to support the new roadway alignment on McKinley Street. The grade separation that will be constructed over the railroad tracks located just south of the applicant's property will result in an elevated bridge with a solid concrete support wall extending in front of the applicant's property on McKinley Street. When completed, the grade separation will obstruct the visibility of the applicant's property from McKinley Street.
Because of the extent of public improvements to support the McKinley Grade Separation project, which will change the size, access to, and visibility of the applicant's property ...
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