COSTA MESA CITY COUNCIL PREVIEW

STANDARD PACIFIC HEARING

The City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing Monday on a

proposed 12-acre Standard Pacific development.

The plan includes 69 two-story homes on 5,000-square-foot lots at 1645

Adams Ave.

The Costa Mesa developer reduced the number of homes proposed from 90

to 69 after the City Council rejected the initial plan last spring.

What to expect: The city’s planning staff is recommending that the

council approve the proposal. The council passed a temporary moratorium

prohibiting projects with “cookie-cutter” homes after Standard Pacific

submitted its original application. If the council rejects the proposal

Monday, Standard Pacific will not be allowed to resubmit an application

for a similar project for the next six months.

GARDEN LANE RECONSIDERED

The council will consider rehearing its June decision rejecting a plan

to build five homes on an East Side lot.

Developer Jim Cefalia has submitted revised plans to address the

council’s concerns about the project. The new proposal includes more

parking, more private open space and architectural enhancements.

What to expect:

The council voted to deny the proposed development before it passed a

temporary freeze on new single-lot, multi-home developments on the East

Side.

Cefalia did not submit any new evidence, which is usually required for

a rehearing, according to the staff report.

The city’s planning staff is recommending that Cefalia submit the

revised plans to the city’s planning division for review, adding that a

rehearing is not the appropriate forum for new plans.

FYI

* WHO: Costa Mesa City Council members

* WHAT: Regular meeting

* WHERE: City Hall, 77 Fair Drive

* WHEN: 7 p.m. Monday

* HOW: For more information, call (714) 754-5223