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City of Lake Elsinore
Planning Commission Meeting
Minutes – Final
John Gray, Chair
Michael Carroll, Vice Chair
Andrew Pease, Commissioner
Jason Devor, Commissioner
Jodi Peters, Commissioner
Meeting Date:
June 17, 2025
Public Session: 6:00 PM
Cultural Center
183 N. Main Street
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
CALL TO ORDER
The Regular Meeting of the Planning Commission was called to order at 6:00 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Commissioner Pease led the pledge of allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Present: 5 - Commissioners Devor, Pease, and Peters; Vice Chair Carroll; and Chair
Gray
Absent: 0 - None
PUBLIC COMMENTS - NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS - 3 MINUTES
There were no speakers.
CONSENT CALENDAR
A motion was made by Commissioner Peters, seconded by Vice Chair
Carroll to approve the Consent Calendar. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 5 Commissioners Devor, Pease, and Peters; Vice Chair Carroll; Chair Gray
Nay: 0 None
1. Minutes for the Regular Planning Commission Meeting of June 3, 2025
Approve the Minutes for the Regular Planning Commission Meeting of June 3, 2025.
The item was approved on the Consent Calendar.
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PUBLIC HEARING
2. Planning Application No. 2021-34 (Evergreen/Dutch Bros) – Commercial Design
Review and Amendment to Conditional Use Permit No. 2021-12 for a New 980 Sq.
Ft. Drive-through Dutch Bros Coffee Shop on an approximately 1.13-Acre Site
Located South of Central Avenue (SR-74) and east of Cambern Avenue within the
Evergreen Commercial Development
1. Find that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines
Section 15162, the proposed project would not have a significant effect on the
environment and no new environmental documentation is necessary because all
potentially significant effects have been adequately analyzed in a previously adopted
Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) (SCH No. 2022090133);
2. Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AMENDMENT TO CONDITIONAL USE
PERMIT NO. 2021-12 (CUP 2024-07) TO MODIFY THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
DRIVE-THROUGH OPERATION FOR DUTCH BROS COFFEE SHOP LOCATED
ON LOT 5 OF TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 38281 WITHIN THE EVERGREEN
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT (A PORTION OF APN 377-020-014); and
3. Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING COMMERCIAL DESIGN REVIEW NO.
2024-05 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 980 SQ. FT. DRIVE-THROUGH
DUTCH BROS COFFEE SHOP LOCATED ON LOT 5 OF TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP
NO. 38281 WITHIN THE EVERGREEN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT (A
PORTION APN 377-020-014).
The Public Hearing was opened at 6:02 p.m.
Commissioner Peters recused herself at 6:02 p.m. from participating in the discussion
for Item No. 2.
Associate Planner Serna presented the staff report.
John Cantwell, the applicant, was called to speak.
The Public Hearing was closed at 6:09 p.m.
A motion was made by Vice Chair Carroll, seconded by Commissioner
Pease to approve staff's recommendations. The motion carried by the following
vote:
Aye: 4 Commissioners Devor and Pease; Vice Chair Carroll; and Chair Gray
Nay: 0 None
Absent: 1 Commissioner Peters
Commissioner Peters returned to the meeting at 6:10 p.m.
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STAFF COMMENTS
Staff had no comments.
CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS
Assistant City Attorney McClendon had no comments.
COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS
Commissioner Devor thanked the staff for their work and offered prayer for the safety and
wellbeing of everyone due to the recent protests.
ADJOURNMENT
The Lake Elsinore Planning Commission adjourned at 6:11 p.m. to the next Regular meeting on
Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in the Cultural Center located at 183 N. Main Street at 6:00 p.m.
John Gray Damaris Abraham
Chair Community Development Director
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