Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Okay. Good evening and welcome to the Anaheim Planning Commission meeting of July 27th, 2026. My name is Amelia Castro, Chair of the Anaheim Planning Commission. As a reminder, Planning Commission meetings are broadcast on all channels, including online and Anaheim TV Channel 3. The first order of business is to salute our flag. I will lead us in the flag salute. Please stand if able.

Ready, begin.

Next, I will ask the Planning Commissioner Secretary to take a verbal roll call of all planning commissioners.

Chairperson Castro.

Here.

Vice Chair Walker.

Here.

Commissioner Tran Martin. Here. Commissioner Lieberman.

Here.

Commissioner Perez.

Here.

Commissioner Abdul-Rahman.

Here.

Commissioner Kelly.

Here.

We have a quorum.

Thank you. If you would please silence your phones so that they do not disrupt proceedings, we would appreciate that. The doors at the back of the room are automatic. They will open when you get close to them and they don't close until you walk down the hall. Please move away from the automatic doors and allow them to close. Today we have one public hearing item on our agenda. I would ask all members of the public who wish to speak on a public hearing item to please complete a yellow speaker card and give it to staff if you have not already done so. The cards can be found on the table at the entrance. Please note that public comments are limited to three minutes and we will keep your, please keep your remarks as brief as you can. We are influenced more by the content of their testimony than by the length of your presentations. First, we will provide an opportunity for any member of the public on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission that is not a public hearing item on tonight's agenda. Is there anyone here to speak at this time? Seeing no one, we will move to the public hearing. Prior to beginning the public hearing, I will ask the planning commissioners for any disclosures they wish to make regarding the public hearing item on today's agenda. Please note that actions taken by the Planning Commission tonight will be final unless an appeal is filed with the city clerk. The appeal deadline is August 6th, 2026 at 5 p.m. Appeal forms and information are available on the city clerk's website. I will now begin the public hearing and ask staff to present item number one.

Thank you. Good evening, Chair Castro, members of the Planning Commission. Item number one before you this evening is a conditional use permit request to establish a daycare center for adults within a vacant tenant space located at 3150 West Lincoln Avenue, Unit 160, filed by Prosper Health. The project site, identified by the red star, is located within a commercial center nearly six acres in size. It is located in the general commercial zone and designated for low-medium residential uses in the general plan. Surrounding land uses include single family and multiple family residences to the south and north across Lincoln Avenue. restaurants and multiple family residences to the west across Western Avenue and a restaurant, single family and multiple family developments to the east. There's also an automotive repair business located at the southeast corner of Lincoln Avenue and Western Avenue, which is not part of the commercial center. The daycare center for adults would occupy approximately 9,000 square feet of a vacant tenant space formerly occupied by a DMV. The front entrance is reflected in this image. The daycare center would be licensed by the California Department of Public Health to provide services for aging and disabled adults. Community-based adult services would include nursing care, medication management, occupational and physical therapy, cognitive engagement activities, meals, personal care, and supervised daily programming. No exterior changes would be needed to accommodate the proposed use. The business would operate Monday through Friday from 7.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with approximately 20 to 35 employees and serve up to 225 participants. Staggered pickup and drop-off consists of a combination of company-operated vans, caregivers, and independent transportation. Morning drop-off would occur between 7.30 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. and departures between 1 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. No walk-in or overnight care is proposed as part of this request. The proposed use would require interior tenant improvements to reconfigure the existing floor plan and closing the existing openings to separate the tenant space from the adjacent suites. Improvements include expanding the restrooms, constructing therapy rooms and activity area, clinical support spaces, and administrative offices as reflected in the floor plan. The State Assembly Bill 2097 does not allow the city to impose minimum parking requirements because the site is located within one half mile of a major transit stop. However, the applicant submitted a parking study demonstrating adequate parking for the center. The study found that even at full occupancy, peak parking demand is projected to be only 240 spaces, well below the 379 parking spaces provided on site. Therefore, the existing parking supply is adequate to serve the proposed project and existing uses. The project meets all the required findings for approval of a conditional use permit. The proposed daycare center for adults would operate within the existing commercial space and be compatible with the surrounding land uses. Although the project is exempt from parking requirements, the existing shopping center continues to provide sufficient parking. The project is not anticipated to create impacts related to public health, safety, site circulation, noise, or parking. For these reasons, staff recommends approval of the application subject to conditions of approval. That concludes my presentation. Staff and the applicant are available to answer questions. Thank you.

Do any commissioners have questions? Okay, I will open the public hearing and invite the applicant. Do you have any, do you have a presentation or?

Hi, good evening. Uh, thank you all for being here. My name is Carl on the city and I'm the applicant. I just first wanted to say that, um, you want to thank city staff as particularly Heidi for all the help she's been along the way. Um, and pending your approval, we hope to help all the seniors and disabled people in Anaheim that are within our district. Um, I'm here to answer any questions if you guys have any. Thank you.

Thank you. Okay, I will close the public hearing and open it up for discussion. Any discussion?

I'll make a motion to approve.

I second.

Okay, please vote.

Seven votes yes. Motion carries.

Right now I will ask any commissioners have any updates or discussion? Scott?

We've got just two here. We do not have anything scheduled for the August 10th meeting, so we are going to adjourn tonight to August 24th. On that August 24th meeting, we have a tentative map for a 90-unit residential townhome development near Anaheim and La Palma. Tomorrow night at City Council, the City Council will consider the introduction of the housing element and zoning code updates. That's all I've got.

Thank you. Okay, the Planning Commission is adjourned to the meeting of Monday, August 24th, 2026.