VODIE’S on Garden Grove Boulevard (Orange County Tribune).

Approval was given to two major projects – one of which would involve a local landmark – by the Garden Grove Planning Commission when it met on Thursday night.

On a 5-0 vote, the commission voted in favor of a site plan and lot line adjustment for the construction of a seven-story, 98-unit multiple-family apartment complex on a 1.35-acre site on the north side of Garden Grove Boulevard between Galway Street and Brookhurst Way.

Long-time residents and those who regularly travel along Garden Grove Boulevard might recognize that as the site of the now-closed Vodie’s Brakes with its giant neon-lighted bear sign.

The new building will combine two parcels and include 10 affordable housing units for “very-low income” residents.

The applicant, William Jager, noted that an attempt would be made to relocate the sign to a “neon” park in another city.

Also at that meeting the commissioners voted 5-0 in favor of a site plan, conditional use permit and other permissions to develop a six-story mixed-use development on a 0.94-acre lot consisting of an 80-unit senior apartment complex and an 82-unit “residential care facility for the elderly.”

It will include four affordable housing units for four “very low income” residents.

The site is at the southeast corner of Stanford Avenue and 9th Street at 11432 and 11462 Stanford Ave.

The applicant is also William Jager.