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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 5151 2003-08-11 RESOLUTION NO. 5/rffi A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH ADOPTING THE BOEING INTEGRATED DEFENSE SYSTEMS (BIOS) SPECIFIC PLAN (BOEING INTEGRATED DEFENSE SYSTEMS PROPERTY) I THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE: Section 1. The Boeing Realty Corporation ("Applicant"), has submitted applications seeking approvals of general plan amendments, a specific plan, a zoning map amendment, a vesting tentative tract map and a precise plan (collectively "application") for the Boeing Inteb'l"ated Defense Systems (BIDS) property described in "Exhibit A" to Resolution No. 03-25. Section 2. Pursuant to 14 Calif. Code of Regs. ~ 15025(a) and ~~ II.C and 111 of the City's Local CEQA Guidelines, staff prepared an Initial Study and a Draft Enviromnental Impact Report, which was circulated for a 45-day public review and comment period from December 27, 2002 to February 10, 2003, in compliance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act, the State CEQA Guidelines, and the City's Local CEQA Guidelines. Upon completion of thc public review period, a Final Environmental Impact Report was reviewed by the Planning Commission at a public hearing held on May 21, 2003. After the public hearing, the Planning Commission found, through the adoption of Planning Commission Resolution No. 03-24 that the BIDS I Specific Plan Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is legally adequate under CEQA and the State and Local CEQA Guidelines. After considering the Final EIR and public testimony thereto at a public hearing on July 28, 2003, the City Council adopted City Council Resolution No. 5149, certifYing the Final EIR and adopting a statement of overriding considerations. City Council Resolution No. 5149 is hereby incorporated by this reference. Section 3. A duly noticed public hearing was held before the Plmming Commission on May 21, 2003 and continued to June 4 and June 18,2003, to consider the applications. At the publie hearings, Applicant's consultants and representatives, and several other persons spoke in favor of the request. Persons also spoke in opposition to the requests, on various grounds. After receiving this testimony and considering the documents and evidence in the record, the Planning Commission adopted Planning Commission Resolution 03-26 on a 5-0 vote on June 18,2003 recommending approval of a modified BIDS Specific Plan. A duly noticed public hearing was held before the City Council on July 28, 2003 to consider the applications. At the public hearing, Applicant's consultants and representatives, and several other persons spoke in favor of the request. Section 4. The record of the hearings indicates the following: (a) Applicant seeks to establish the folIowing uses as part of the BIDS I Specific Plan: Resolution Number ~~ PROPOSED PROJECT LAND USES .' . f ~ . .. . .'t, . , , .. Planning Area . ..., Size''' . ." .' I .. I' , (acres). .' ,'. Proposed Useis) Maximum Floor Area'(Gniss) .' .. .. .. .' '., .",,~ ~ ',r. I .' .,' 1 . I '41 ,- Existing Boeing Space iii1d'Ccimniunicatio~s .. '" ': ,.. .,: . facUlties. AlloWll for up to 345,000 sqna~e . ~,: .," .. -.. , - feet.ofaddltionai buDding area.' . .,' ,. , .1,150,000 sqnare feel " ",.:2' .' 16.. ..';AUor 'portious' of lite existing I!uildin'gs io .'345,090squarefeet .... ,. '.::' " ",',. remain andlor reused. New business ,park . .' , - . ~. " ... -, ~ . . (',. , "::: ,. .. . L '.', '. uses would :reqUlre relocation. and/or ... ..1.'::..::;...., .. ,,,:; .. 'demolition of.' exlsling bnildlngs.: and." ," . ,:'., ' ,. " .'!~ "~~' '. '. '~facllities.: I - . "_ .. . .... ,." .... , '-. I . .'. a. ~ . ' . , '," "..:".3;':,.~,';t.;.'~ 45 ." : <New business park uses. l'orlions'of till;" 628,000 square feet '. " : ,. . : ,,' . drainage ditcbes to' be used for' wetland: " ..:' . ~'. ,.: :'. "";.' :' ~storation' and water quaUty trealment ~' ,...: .:.;.,. "c .. .purposes." , ... ., , . ,- , . . , ,', l ~... . .' ' .::-~'4 - ...5 _....120-.room". hotel,...: 'commerclal. (retail," ~~ '120-room(hote1) .. ; -. "..: . ',res~a:r~nt and ~imilar: connnercial uses), . :32,500 squa..e feel (commercial)) .~...::,:~;.;:' '':~.::' '. ....,\.;~-.. '.-.an, usm~s~ar uses.. '....... ",." ,(Aii~rnale-87,500sqnare'feei- .. _. ,.~::;,,''i.'.it. ,.,~ u ",.,' .~.~..I ~,....~', BusillcssPark) ", , .'1" .. .", '.:" ~ .'. TOTAL'::~ '; ')07 acres,.. .'.' , . '. 2,210,500 square feel' I (b) The project also includes new internal streets (Apollo Drive, Apollo Court and Saturn Way). Apollo Drive will provide access from Westminster Avenue and Seal Beach and is proposed to cul-de-sac with the potential for through extension depending on development within Planning Areas I and 2. All three streets are proposed to be publicly dedicated. (c) The surrounding land uses and zoning are as follows: NORTH: Retirement Community. Westminster Avenue and the Leisure World SOUTH: Industrial (Accurate Metals); and City Police Station, City Public Works yard and other City facilities, and Animal Care Center on the south side of Adolfo Lopez Drive: . WEST: Los Alamitos Retarding Basin and Island Village residential community within the City of Long Beach. EAST: Retail commercial center, Seal Beach Boulevard and Seal Beach Naval Weapons Slation. I Section 5. Based upon the testimony and other evidence in the record, the Council hereby directs that the following revisions be incorporated into the BIDS Specific Plan document dated December 2002. The revisions are not substl!ntial modifications and are primarily clerical or administrative in nature and have been previously considered by the Planning Commission during its hearings. The revisions do not constitute substantial ehanges in the project and the revisions are not based upon any new information that was not known (or could not have been known) at the time the environmental impact report ("EIR") was certified on July 28, 2003. Further, there are no significant impacts arising from such revisions. Thus, no revision, major or minor, is necessary to the EIR and there is no need to recirculate the EIR for additional public comment regarding any impacts arising from these revisions, Resolution Number~~ (a) The title of the document is to be changed from Boeing Space and Conununications (BSC) Specific Plan to Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (BIDS) Specific Plan. This change is to be made throughout the document. (b) Page 2-6, Section 2.7,5 is hereby revised to read as follows: "Planning Area 4 is intended for hoteVcommercial uses. CommerciaIly reasonable efforts to market the property for this use shaIl continue for a period of36 months after issuance of a Coastal Development Permit. If, after this 36-month period, hoteVcommercial uses are determined not to be feasible, Planning Area 4 may be developed with business park land uses." I (c) Page 2-7, Figure 2-7, "lllustrative Site Plan" is to be revised to be consistent with the approved Vesting Tentative Tract Map 16375 and the approved Precise Plans. (d) Page 5-1, Section 5.2.4 is to be revised to read as follows: "Whenever a use has not been specifically listed as a permitted use in a particular Planning Area of the Specific Plan, it shall be the duty of the Planning Commission to determine if the use is consistent with the intent of this Specific Plan and compatible with other pennitted uses." (e) Page 5-2, Section 5.2.6 is to be revised to read as follows: 'The Plmming Commission may determine that other conditional uses not specifically identified are conditionally permitted uses. The conditional use permit process is described in Section 6.2." (t) Page 5-2, Section 5.2.11 is to be revised to read as follows: I "Planning Area 4 is planned for commercial lodging and retail land uses that provide commercial and visitor-serving services, For these uses, P A-4 is regulated by design guidelines, development regulations and requirements identified for Planning Area 4, If, after 36 months from the issuance of a coastal development permit for the BIDS project by the Califomia Coastal Conunission, such lodging and commercial land uses are determined to be infeasible, this Planning Area may be developed with business park land uses," (g) Page 5-2, Section 5.2.12 is to be revised to read as follows: "Temporary buildings required for BIDS uses shall be permitted subject to review and approval by the Plmming Commission under the Precise Plan Review process as described in Section 6.1." (h) Page 5-4, number 6, is to be revised to read as foIlows: 'The parking standards for self-storage uses are not defined in the Seal Beach Municipal Code. Parking standards for this use shall be I spaee per 5,000 square feet for single-story development, plus 1 additional space per 2,000 square feet for second story development. In addition, the management office shall provide a minimum of two spaces." I (i) Page 5-5, Table 5-1, "BIDS Specific Plan Permitted Land Uses" is to be revised to allow "Medical Facilities" to the land uses permitted subject to a conditional use permit. G) Page 5-5, Table 5-1, footnote 3 is hereby revised to read as follows: Resolution Number~~ " "(3) Business park land uses are pennilled within Planning Area 4 if, after thirty six (36) months from the issuance of a Coastal Development Pennit, such lodging and commercial land uses are determined infeasible." (k) Page 6-2, Section 6.1, last paragraph, is to be revised to read as follows: I "Authority for approval of Precise Plans shall rest with the Planning Commission. Precise Plan approval shall be valid for a period of two years. If construction of a project does not commence within that time period and proceed with due diligence thereafter, the Plmming Commission may grant a time extensiOli of up to two years. If, after 4 years from the date of initial approval of a Precise Plan, construction does not commence, the approval of the Precise Plan shall terminate and additional review and approval will be required by the Planning Commission. In the event of litigation, time period .for approval shall be tolled for the period of time litigation is in existence." (I) read as follows: Page 6-3, Section 6.4.1, "Administrative Revisions" is to be revised to "Revisions to the Specific Plan which serve to implement the intent of the Specific Plan are pennitted through the administrative revision process, This section grants authority to the Planning Commission to act on requests for administrative revisions to implement the Specific Plan pursuant to the Consent Calendar Plan Review process set forth in Section 28-2407.B of the Seal Beach Municipal Code. I The following types of revisions are pcnnissible through the administrative revision process: a The addition of infonnation to the exhibits or text which serve to clarifY, but do not change, its meaning or intent. a Modifications to the alignment of the Planning Area boundaries to coincide with specific development plans, as recommended by the Planning Commission. All administrative revisions are to be reviewed for compliance with the purpose, intent and objectives of the BIDS Specific Plan." (m) Page 6-3, Section 6.4.2, "Administrative Adjustments", is to be revised to read as follows: "Minor adjustments to development standards that constitute a reasonable use of property and do not endanger the public health, safety or welfare are pennitted through the administrative adjustment process. This section grants authority to the Planning Commission to act on requests for administrative adjustments to implement the Specific Plan pursuant to the Consent Calendar Plan Review process set forth in Section 28-2407.B of the Seal Bcach Municipal Code. Administrative adjustments may allow the following: I 1. A decrease of not more than 10 percent of any required building setback. 2. A decrease of not more than 10 percent of the required parking spaces with a parking study approved by the Planning Commission. 3. Zero-lot-line development for interior side and intelior rear yards." (n) Page 6-4, Section 6.5, Specific Plan Amendments, is revised to add a concluding paragraph to read as follows: Resolution Number~~ "In the event that an amendment to the BIDS Specific Plan would render a precise plan inconsistent with the amended Specific Plan, such previously adopted precise plan shall be concurrently amended to be in confonnance with the amended Specific Plan." Section 6. Based upon substantial evidence in the record of the hearings regarding the application, including the facts stated in ~ 4 of this resolution, and in the environmental documentation prepared' in conjunction with this project, the City Council hereby finds that the BIDS Specific Plan, as revised (hereinafter the "Specific Plan"), will be beneficial to the short term and long term land use goals of the City of Seal Beach. The City Council further finds that approval of the Specific Plan will promote the public health, safety and welfare. Therefore, the City Council finds that the adoption of the Specific Plan will be in the public interest, and makes the following findings of fact: I (a) The Specific Plan will confonn land uses to those set fOlth within the General Plan for the subject area, and provide a comprehensive development which accomplishes the following goals of the City in achieving sustainable development on the subject property: (b) Creates a comprehensive land use and infrastructure plan with a consistent project theme. (c) Provides for improvements to the street and circulation system within the area. (d) vacant properties. Creates a comprehensive development program for under-utilized and (e) Provides development that is at least fiscally neutral and, more likely, fiscally beneficial to the City. (1) extent feasible. Adequately mitigates project-related traffic and noise impacts to the I (g) The project will allow for a reasonable range of land uses on the subject property, recognizing the various site constraints discussed in the EIR, with the provision of various land uses to address the identified objectives of the City, (h) The Specific Plan will not be detrimental to the short term or long term goals or objectives of the City of Seal Beach and are in the interest of the public heallh, safety and welfare, The amendments are consistent with the General Plan, as amended. (i) The establishment of a Specific Plan will ensure that the project will be developed over time consistent with the General Plan and subsequent Precise Plans that may be submitted by the Project Applicant. G) The primary changes recommended by the Planning Commission reflect the determinations of the Planning Commission that subsequent Precise Plan approvals and determinations of other appropriate permitted and conditionally permitted uses should be made by the Planning Commission and not the Director of Development Services, and the City Council concurs with the recommendations of the Planning Commission as set fOlth in Section 7 of Planning Commission Resolution No. 03-26. (k) Pursuant to Section 15120 et seq. of the CEQA Guidelines, an EIR has been prepared and has been certified by the City Council. The Specific Plan is within the scope of the certified EIR, which adequately describes the general environmental setting of the project, its significant impacts, and the altemative.~, and mitigation mC8Sures related to each significant environmental effect. No additional environmental documentation is needed. I Section 7, Based on the foregoing, the City Council hereby adopts the Specific Plan. The City Council hereby directs that the BIDS Specific Plan be revised to reflect the revisions indicated herein. Resolution Number ~~ PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Co~il of the City of Seal Beach at a 10 thereo held on \he / / .- day of 2003, by the foIlowing vote: Councilmembers AYES: I NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: YJrd;G,i'6 ~ Mayor ' I STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF SEAL BEACH } } } SS I, Joanne M, Yeo, City Clerk of Seal Beach, California, do her, certifY that the foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number ~!f'. on file in the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Seal Beach, at a re. meeti thereof held on \he /;'11 day of ,2003. ?#_...)/?(. IL . erk /I I Resolution Numb~r 5i.5/ JROOF OF PUBLICATION (2015.5 C.C,P.) OF CALIFORNIA, . of Orange citizen of the United States fesident of the county afore- am over the age of eighteen and not a party to or inter- in the above-entitled matter. 1e principal clerk of tne printer SEAL BEACH SUN, a , aper of general circulation:~\ 1./.... .~~ I and publisned weekly in the., t'~" -P' . or, Seal Beac~60,t:mW'9.f . ';;j/ e and WhiCIi(~tsp~p.er h~s~J ldjudged a ne~~B~M~)M il circulation by fii'ErStil'ierior <.J of the County of Orange, State fornia, under the date of Q. Case Number A82583; that tice of which the annexed is a I copy (set in type not smaller onpareil), has been published , regular and entire issue of 3wspaper and not in any ,ment thereof on the following to-wit: ' r/J1}ol;J 1e year 2003. y (or declafe) under penalty of I that the foregoing is true and 1. Signature CATION PROCESSED 01; THE SEAL BEACH S 1J. ' 216 Main Street t' Seal Beach, CA 90740 (562) 430-7555 This space is for the County Clerk's Filing Stamp I Below Is a summary of the proposed lots for VTTM 16375' . Lot 1 Business Park 321 Beres : 1p12 _ Business Park 324 8Cl'88 -Lo13 Business Park 451 acres *Lot4 Business Park 5 .,s acres 1. Planning Area 1 consists . Lot 5 of 41 acres of the existing I BumnBss Park 9.23 Beres Proof of IBoelng Space Bnd Communl- . Lol6 NancE OF PUBLIC HEARING .catlons division bUildings.:. BuSiness Pa.rk 3.06 acres I parking 101 lronbng Westmln~ .. Lot 7 - BOEING INTEGRATED '/ sler Avenue and other faclll-l BLlSlness Pal1l: 541 acres DEFENSE SYSTEMS EJR., ties and struCtures. The Intentl .. Lot 8 GENERAL PLAN AMEND- Is to maintaIn the existing 'Business Park 2.48 acres : MENTS.SPEClFtCPLAN.. operallon and bulldmgsl .LoI9 . YESTiNG.~:m-ATIYE -. .t: (805,000 sq, ft.), and 101 ~uslness Park 248 acres ~.l'J" .'1 TRACT MAP ~..-.: 'l. Increase the floor area byr Lat10 "_ .Cerllflcatlon of E~vlron: 345,000 sq. fL In response la, ~USInB&S P81k 3,23 acres menta' Impact Report for polentlsl governmental bUSI-, Lot 11 Boeing Integrated Defens.! ness contracts, for a Iotal fIoor~ ~uslneSB Park 248 acres Sy.tems Specific Plsni Gen-r area of 1,1~O,OOO sq. fl. The, Lot 12 .ral --Plan - Amendments' maximum floor area rl!uo, ~uslnesspark 428 acres (Land U.e Element Amend-~ lFAR) lot Planning Area 1 W1DI Lol,13 ment. '03-2'- -,- Open beO.75 BuslnessPark 316acres Sp.celRec.....Uo~on..rv.... " . .. --' i -Lot.14_ - " lion Eleinen.t Amendment 2. PJanmng Area 2 consists, EXIS~ng BoeIng Campus 03-2- Housing Element of 16 acres and Includes exist-I ._ 18.18 acres Amendment 03-2- Clrcul..Ilng Boeing faclldles and bUild- '.. Lol15 . lion Element 'Amendment mgs, hre tank lann. electncal . Existing Boeing Campus I 03-1); 80elng Speclllc Plan' substallo!l and two olhce trall- t .. . . 11 97 acres Adoption; Zoning Map ers. The axls11ng noor area 18,' Lot18 . I :I Amendment; Vesting Tente- 345,000 squar. teet. Thet ,Existing Boeing Campus live Tract Map No_ 18375. -. 'Intent Is 10 allow the existing - 12.04 . . ~ ;:. - : buildings to remain, reuseD,! - Lol17 - . . : NOTICE IS" HEREBY relocated or eliminated The : AelaH' 0.83 acrea GIVEN that the City Council, lolal floor area, however, wlU . Lot 18 .. of thl City of SealBeacb will remain at 345.000 sq, fl. of A.laD 0.63 acres hold. public h..rlng ani business psrk uses. The FAR . Lot 19 Monday. -July 28, 2003 .\1 torPlannlng Area2isO.60:. .1 Retail .' 7:00 p.m. In the CIty Council I , - . -,. . Lot 20 ChBmbBrB, ,211 Eighth; 3, Planning AlBII3 conBlsts ~HillBl - Str..t, SII81 Beach. CaUfo,...1 of 45 8Cl8B and caRsls1e of an' . nl., 10 consldB! the fOllOW-; existing parking lot._ vacanl,l: TOTAL, Ing Item: ,~ ". - . I land and three dialnage ditch- I ~..- '~.., _ ~_ . _...... _, ~ _. . .1 ea. The area Is dealgnated lor . Environmental Review: . l 'Request: .: t- . 1 up to 628.000 8q~ ~. of ne\!! ; A Final Environmental Impact A requBst to amend the lighl industrial buildings. The; f'eport (FEIR) has been p'e~ aeneral.Plan and adopt the maximum FAR for Planmng':pared and IS on'lIIe at the' .Boemg Integratud OaJen.e, Area 318 0.60. J Department of Development Systems Specific Plan whlch,:-:-4-:-Pla;lIilng Nea-4.COnsl&ts Seivlcea, 211 Eighth Street. II I\y!!!rep-Iacethe exisllng Ge!l.!!- 015 acres consisting or an 'Is also on IlIe at each or the al Plan land use deslgnatlonslexlsllng par1dng lot that is cur- three main IlbranBlln the CIty; and Speclllc Plan zonfng dU-lrently unused. 'The Speclllc Mary Wilson Library, Leisure ignatlons wdhln the bOundanes,Plan designates the area lor a Wortd, and Rossmoor Ilbrartes I of the proposed specllfc plan.,32.5QO sq. fl, CORslstmg at a Coples are also available tor, The proposed Speclllc Plan 12G-room hotel and/or com- purGhase al the Planmng would regulate all lan.d use. mercfal uses; snd 55,000 sq. pepaltment, -2nd floor 01 City development on the project fl 01 business park uses. The Hall. - .' - .', slle;The Boeing Integrated maximum FAR lor the area Is . . Delen,e Systems Speclllc, 0.65,... I' -. : .'_ "",, : Code Sections: -.--. Plan area IIncompa88es the - ":. " . ~. ". - = Chapter 28; Articles 28,-27" land bOunded by Westminster, '-In addlUon to the 'our Plan-127.5, end 29.5 01 the Code of Ave 10_ tl)e -f1ortl1t Seal ~,ach, RIng Area land IJS8S de8Cl1bed I the Clty d. Seal Beach. '. \ Boutavard 10 Ule east, the Los, above, the SpecJOc Plan pro- I . A1amlIOl relBnhon basin to It!e poses 8 new Internal street i Applicant: west. and Adalia LopezlAccu-1lApollo . Drive) to provide:' Boeing Integrated Delense, rate 'Metals lacllity to the' 8CC81S from both Westminster 1 Systems w south. The existing Boeing Avenue and Seal. .Beach .. _ _ _. ladlrly'oocuplei Ihe buDc. of.lhe Boulevard. _The proposed new' OWner; -. _ _ ',_ project 1lf!IB, with the und8VaJ- slre!!t will be eo-foot P9htwol-1 ~ Boeing Inlegrated !;Jelens8 oped P9rtions to the soulh and way, and will provide access to Systems . . . I Bast proposed tor develop- the she from signalized Inter-I ' I menl WId,r the specifIC plan, ,sBCtiona, The slreet WIU con-I .At the above IIms and pi : ' ...._-~ _: '~.;,..: .~' neel to two Inlenor &lie slreets! alllnlerested peRKNlli may The Development Regula- (Salum War. and ApoUo Court) I heard II &0 desired, II you ch II~ seellon ~f f!le pro~ed and wlll-cu -de-sac. The pro-llenge the proposed sellans Specific Plan w~uld provJdetJect has the future opllon 10: court, you may be limited t I guIdance on the IRJplsmenta- :extend Apollo- DrJve through raiSIng only those ISlIuell youl lion or eact! Planning Area, the Bile depending on bUilding or someone else raised at thel Inctudlng 'he permitted U&8S, design and locallons. Adollo paJJIIc heanog described 1n Ihlsl condIbonal.usea. and prohlblt':!"Lopez Dr.!wUl alao be fully notleS, or In written correspon- ed use8. 'Also ~rovlded are, developed and a new Blgnall denoe deUvered 10 the Clly ofi overall_ ~e.lgn ~t;,"cepls and will be provided at Seal Beach Seal Beach at or pIIor to, Ihe\ gene~1 ~eslgn gUidelines lor ,~ulevard., .. publiC he~ng. . _'; . aU the land usa that could be .....l.~. . _ _ . _ _. .,' , developed.wlthln the various "1'-:-AriiendmentS.to the.Gener- ;QATED this 8th day.of July, I planning aress,pl the overall aI Plan are proposed to con- 2003,- --:;-:-:--;;:"" -.;-: :-: l..Speclllc Plan,Br8Il::o,;Aa shown:1Orrri Ihe"\larloua General Plan. ., - -.1. .., r.onExhlbll~of~,DraflEIR.I,elements with the proposed I !(s1gned) . ." I.tt!e ~~,~ ~_ng Integrat-I Boeing Integrated Delense I ~ Joanlle Yea . -_ I etI.P8fel188 f;tystBms SpecifiC, Systems Specific Plan. Vesl- City Clerk. - " . Plan "allQCateB 1ai1d uses over Ing Tentative' Tract. Map I . Pub, Seal BeBeh .Sqn Jaumw tha ~07"",,,, prop!"1Y Inlo lour (VTTM) 16375 will crBBtB 16,7/17/2003, .' , (4) Cllstlpct,Plannlng Area...llargeisrCels within the prow' :. - . - ltli-W.!UJJJro_ken.down ..IoI-,nnRA .n"",.IIIr. nl.n .r.. -. Planning Areas: - .': 094BCnll1 2 Macres 107 acre.