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Placentia planning commission approves tentative parcel map to subdivide 4.97‑acre site
Summary
The commission voted to approve TPM 2024‑113, subdividing a 4.97‑acre property into four parcels with a remainder lot for financing purposes; staff recommended a CEQA exemption and conditioned the map to prohibit vertical construction pending a future tract map and development review.
The Placentia Planning Commission voted to approve a tentative parcel map (TPM 2024‑113) to subdivide an approximately 4.97‑acre property into four parcels with a remainder lot as a financing step for a future development plan.
Associate planner Leslie Whitaker told commissioners the parcel map was presented as an interim step to permit financing and that staff conditioned the map to prohibit vertical construction. Whitaker said staff "recommends an exemption from CEQA based on section 15315, class 15 minor land division," and that condition number 11 had been omitted to clarify property‑line language.
The map covers a southeastern Placentia site near Orangethorpe Avenue and Jefferson Street, with active oil wells that the applicant says are being capped. Applicant Alan Toffley of Toffley Investments told commissioners the subdivision "is to effectively go through and get the property financed" and reiterated that the parcel map itself does not authorize new construction: "we won't be doing any development with this parcel map." The applicant also said he has submitted a separate tentative tract map and development plans that will come back to the commission for review.
Commissioners asked about continuity of design across phased parcels and whether a future developer would have to submit a new tract map if the current plan fell through; staff replied that any new developer would need to return with required entitlements and that the current conditions are intended to preserve options. The commission moved to adopt the resolution approving TPM 2024‑113 with the amended conditions (omitting condition 11). A roll‑call vote recorded five yes votes (Commissioners Evans, Ingalls, Navarro, Rock and Chair Perez) with two members absent, and the motion passed.
The commission's action is a recommendation to city council for final approval; staff reminded the applicant of the standard 10‑day period for submitting written materials to the council. The city will review the later tentative tract map and the associated development plan at a future hearing.
