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Home My WebLink AboutCC Res 5125 2003-04-14 RESOLUTION NUMBER~02r A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH ADOPTING NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO, 03-1, RELATING TO GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 03-1, ZONE CHANGE 03-1 AND ZONE TEXT AMENDMENT 03-1, IN THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA (SEAL BEACH BOULEVARD BETWEEN ELECTRIC AVENUE TO 125 FEET NORTH OF LANDING AVENUE) I THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE: Section l. On July 8, 2002 the City Council authorized initiation of General Plan and Zone Change studies to consider alternative land uses for the existing L-C zoned areas on Seal Beach Boulevard, The Planning Deparl1nent held "Pubhc Information Meetings" to discuss the direction of the City Council, the history of zoning of the area, and issues for discussion on July 31 and November 20,2002. Section 2, Pursuant to 14 Calif. Code of Regs. ~ l5025(a) and ~~ Il.C and III of the City's Local CEQA GUidelines, staff prepared an Initial Study and a Negative Declaration, which was circulated for public review and comment from August February 14,2003 to March 17,2003, in compliance with the provisions of the California Enviromnental Quality Act and the City's Local CEQA Guidelines, The Negative Declaration was reviewed by the Planning Commission at a public hearing held on March 5, 2003 in relation to the subject land use proposals. The Negative Declaration was reviewed by the City Council at a public hearing held on April 14, 2003 in relation to the subject land use proposals, I Section 3. A duly noticed public hearing was held before the Planmng CommIssion on March 5, 2003 to consider the subject land use applications, At tile public hearing, the Plal11ling Commission invited and considered any and all testimony offered in favor or oppOSItion to said land use applicattons. Section 4, A duly nottced public heming was held before the City Council on Apnl 14, 2003 to conSIder the subject land use applicattons. At the pubhc hearing, the City Council invited and considered any and all testimony offered in favor or oppOSItion to said revIsed apphcations. Section 5, The record of the hearings before the Planning Commission and City Counctl indIcates the following: (a) The City of Seal Beach seeks to consider altemative land uses for the existing L-C zoned areas on Seal Beach Boulevard. I (b) On July 8, 2002 the City Council authorized initiation of General Plan and Zone Change studies to consider alternative land uses for the existing L-C zoned areas on Seal Beach Boulevard. (c) The Plamllng Department held "Public lnfonnation Meetings" to discuss the direction of the City Council, the history of zoning of the area, and issues for discussion on July 31 and November 20, 2002, I I I Resolution Number ~~~ (d) Based on the input from the "Public Information Meetings", Planning Department staff prepared the appropriate Initial StudyINegative Declaration for review and comments in accordance With the provisions of tile Cahforma Envimnmental Quality Act. (e) A mixture of single family and multi-family residential uses in the ReSidential Medium and Residential High Density (RMD and RHD) zones abuts the subject area to the west and south. Directly across Seal Beach Boulevard, to the east, is the main ship loading facilities for the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, in the Public Land Use/Recreation (PLU/R) Zone. North of the subject area along Seal Beach Boulevard are new single-family residences in the RMD zone, This residential development was previously zoned C-2, (f) The City has previously approved reVISIOns to the Land Use Element and a zone change regarding the "Shore Shop" properties located north of Landing Avenue aJong Seal Beach Boulevard. The City adopted "Negative Declaration 98-3 - AnalIeim Bay Villas - General Plan Land Use Element Amendment and Zone Change from General Commercial Land Use Element designation and C-2 Zone to Residential Medium Density Land Use Element desi!,'llation and Residential Medium DenSity (RMD) Zoning designation", This Negative Declaration evaluated potentIal impacts for a General Plan Land Use Element Amendment and Zone Change to allow for the construction of 9 residences immediately to the north of the 3 properties currently located in the C-2 zone north of Landing Avenue, The accompanying zone change request was approved by the City, the California Coastal Commission, and 8 of the 9 pennitted homes have been constructed. (g) The proposed residential development standards would permit a density of 17.4 units per acre, or I unit for each 25-foot wide lot Within the project area, Many of the properties are cUITently developed with existmg legal, non-conforming multiple-family, ~siP_~tial properties, and it is not anticipated that these developments would be renio:ved..fo~the replacement with single-family residcnces, due to the economic.[acl'oh irivd.I'{;'ep~With high rental rates in this area of the City. . -i\~\ (hL...hr aJ!!.of the existing legal non-confonning multiple-family residential unit developments;(50 units) were to demolished and replaced with allowable new single family units only/approximately 27 umts), the area would experience a net loss of 23 units, resulting'in a net population loss to this area of the commumty, and a maximum potentiallos.!! of6,16% of the total number of housing units within tlle City, (I) Staff has prepared an Initial .Study and proposed Negative Declaration as required by the California Environmental Quality Act. Staff has received three comment letters, with the County of Orange indicatIng "The City may wish to zone thiS strip "recreatIon/open space" to accommodate the bikeway and associated landscaping." The area being discussed in the County letter is the "existing or proposed Class I (paved off-road) bikeway along the west side of Seal Beach Boulevard within the project site," The Class I bikeway is along the east side of Seal Beach Boulevard and is located on public right-of-way, and public rights-of-ways are not placed into zoning categories, The other commenting agencies, the Southern California Association of Governments and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research, expressed no concern with the proposal. (j) No new information was brought forward at the public hearing with regard to potential environmental impacts that was not addressed in the ImtIal Study. SectIon 6, The City Council affirms that it independently reviewed Negative Declaration No. 03-1 prior to acting on the applications and hereby finds as follows: (a) Negative Declaration No, 03-1 was prepared by staff and therefore reflects the independentjudgrnent of the City of Seal Beach; and (b) There is no substantial evidence in the record, which would Resolution Number ~~~ support a fair argument that approval of the subject land use applicatIons might have a significant environmental impact. Section 7. Based on the foregoing Sections I through 6, the City Council hereby adopts Negative Declaration 03-1 in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTErtl the City Cou~fthe City of Seal Beach at a meeting thereof held on the ;. _ day of /J",~ ' 2003, by the following vote: I AYES: Councilmembers NOES: Councilmembers ABSENT: Councilmembers ABSTAIN: Councilmembers JblV ~IY\ Mayor STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF SEAL BEACH } } } SS I I, Joarme M. Yeo, City Clerk of Seal Beach, California, do hereby~ify that the foregoing resolution is the ol1gmal copy of Resolution Number 'd?,;z ~ on file in the office of the City Cler assed, approved, and adopted by the City Council O~ity of Seal Beach, at a re r mee "ng thereof held on the /. - day of . 2003, I PROOF OF PUBLICATION (2015,5 C,C.P.) Resolution Number 5/:tf!' This space is for the County Clerk's Filing Stamp STATE OF CALIFORNIA, County of Orange I r am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the county afore- said; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or inter- ested in the above-entitled matter, I am the principal clerk of the printer of the SEAL BEACH SUN, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published weekly in the City of Seal Beach, County of Orange and which newspaper has been adjudged a newspaper of general circulation by the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, under the date of 2/24/75, Case Number A82583, that the notice of which the annexed is a printed copy (set in type not smaller than nonpareil), has been published in each regular and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the following dates, to-wit: Lllolo~ all in the year 2003. Proof of Publication of ............................................... I ...~..................~....................... NOTICE OF i changed to lImlted-Commor- , PUBLIC HEARING aoJIRosldonllaJ ModlUm Dons,- Iy (L-clAMO) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Envl_monlol Review: An I_I Study and proposed NOnCE IS HeReBY GIVEN Nsgobvo llocIo..hon hoYo!loan ' that the Clly Council or th, arculBted for publIC I'8VI8W and CIty 01 Seal BlMCh will hold. comments _Comments were puflllc h.. ring on Mander. received unld March 17, 2003 April 1411003, .t 7'00 p.rn. ~ and will be considered by Ihe Ihe Cfty Council Chamber, ,CJ11y Council dun~g IhBlr publiC 211 Eighth ...... "'1 Beech I JfilBnng on the 8Ubject requests Callfoml.. to CDnslder the w= ' lowing Item.: I, Code SectIoRl: AltJcJe 11 6, Umlled Cormler. INITlAl STUDYINEGATlVE .. ClOI Zono, Socbons 211-2600 to ' DEClARAnONll3-1 '.26-2614 GENERAl PlAN AMEND- . MENT 03-1, ZONE CHANGE " ~Ppl~-=I ao-~ 03-1 _ ny ~, SEAL BEACH BOULEVARD ~.___ L-C -,~ LAND USE ELEMENT AND Venous Prtvolo proporty OWIt- ZONE REVISIONS 0.. . !loquos.: . At the obovo Ilmo end PIoco 011 To odopl NogotIvo DocIs..hon. -- ""'"""" moy lie hoonl 03.1 ana to ""'0 lhe Gano..I' ~ so - I you eh8Dongo tho Plan, Zoning Ordinance and proposed action. In court, you Zonl1lg Map 10 allow tor lingle' may be Ilmlled 10 raising only lemur. I'8IIdenllal dever menl1 those Issue. you or someone with n Ihosl areas o:Seal~ erS8ll1ll1dallhepubltcheanng Beach Bouievard ct.rr8ndy zoned I, descnbed In UlIs 11OOce, or In wnI. limited Commercial (l.C) or I, Ien COrre&pondel1C8 delMtred 10 Gonorol Commorclol (C-2) I :~~SooIIIc -o/''''pnot Those orou cunonay.- roo- ,0 p ....ng - -~cnylncon- '. ft'~ft";'" , JUnctKlnwllh an 0I10WIIliI0 bllSfo' ~,~ ".24thdsyolMan:h, n8.. UN wllhln the L..c zone 2003 . . ..... and do not allow resldentl.i I Joa Y . _Iopmont.. 011 wIII1In tho c.. nno so. Crty CIolk 2 zoned orou PlOportf....... CIty 01 80011looi:h rentJy zoned C"2 would be I P b SoaI B chonIfod 10 L-C Tho do< odh., I U ooc:h SUn Joumol 0' tfie L.C z~~~_wO.:id be 41312003 I : I certify (or declare) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated at Seal Beach, CA\ this L \ day of ~r~\ I ature PUBLICATION ROCESSED B THE SEAL BEACH SUN 216 Main Street Seal Beach, CA 90740 (562) 430-7555 ,2003. I ,