Design review subcommittee reviews Luminar Business Park plans; asks for more landscaping, limits on public-facing uses

San Clemente City’s Design Review Subcommittee on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, reviewed plans for Luminar Business Park, a proposed commercial development in the Rancho San Clemente specific plan area that would include 11 buildings and 474 parking spaces and that requires a conditional use permit, development permit, tentative map notation and a discretionary sign permit.

The project team described the site, the circulation and an “amenity hub” at the center of the plan; staff and commissioners focused their feedback on landscaping along the north ridgeline, the project’s color palette and the master sign program, as well as controls to keep more public-facing commercial recreation uses from overwhelming shared circulation and parking.

"We have a a review of a public hearing project ... it's called Luminar Business Park," the subcommittee chair said at the start of the presentation. David, the city planning staff member presenting the item, summarized the proposal: "As far as the project description, briefly, it's an industrial complex with 11 contemporary style buildings. This project includes 474 parking spaces," he said.

Rick Lutzky, the owner’s representative, told the subcommittee he represents SC Holding LLC, the site owner, and that the owner intends a long-term, family-held development: "I'm Rick Lutzky. My company is Lutzky Development. I'm acting in the capacity as the owner's representative here representing, an LLC, SC Holding LLC, which is owned by a gentleman named Fasha Majore." Designer Francisco Quadias described the team’s design intent: "we we wanna make sure that the project belongs and fits in."

What was proposed

- Permits sought: conditional use permit (CUP) for a commercial recreation tenant building, a development permit, a tentative track map (noted "for condominium purposes") and a discretionary master sign program. - Program and site: 11 buildings with a mix of office, light industrial/warehouse and one building in the plan designated for commercial recreation uses; a new private street, Via Verona, connects the two campus pads; a…