PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING PREVIEW

EASTSIDE SUBDIVISION

Two Eastside property owners will ask the Planning Commission tonight

for permission to subdivide a large lot on Orange Avenue and build three

two-story homes.

Owners Willard Chilcott and Stephanie Fawley have provided a tentative

parcel map for 1561 Orange Ave. that details plans for three individual

lots to house three single-family homes. The parcel currently contains a

small house.

According to a staff report, lots 1 and 2 would each be 3,080 square

feet and be built next to each other on the front portion of the parcel.

The third lot is designed to run the width of the rear of the property

and span 4,410 square feet. An additional common area in front of the

first two homes is also being requested.

The rear home is slated to have four bedrooms and the other two would

have three each. Each house would have a two-car garage, as well as a

space in the driveway leading to the garages for two additional cars.

The property is in a medium-density residential zone and the submitted

design is consistent with that designation, the report reads.

What to expect:

Planning staff recommends the commission approve the design subject

with conditions. Some of those conditions include that the housing

development create a homeowners’ association, the owners arrange an

inspection by the Planning Division before the homes are sold or leased

and a list of security measures for the property are given to the police.

Small lot divisions, especially on the Eastside, have been subject to

neighborhood opposition. Expect a good-sized crowd to gather to speak

against the development.

FYI

* WHO: Costa Mesa Planning Commission meeting

* WHEN: 6:30 p.m. tonight

* WHERE: Council chambers at City Hall, 77 Fair Drive

* INFORMATION: (714) 754-5245