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Home My WebLink AboutPC Res 94-36 - 1994-10-05 , RESOLUTION NO, 94-36 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 94-1A, AMENDING THE "SUMMARY TABLE OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED LAND USES IN ACRES" OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT TO DEPICT THE INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 3.81 ACRES OF "RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY" LAND AND AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 0.51 ACRES OF "PUBLIC LAND USE" LAND, AND A DECREASE OF 4,32 ACRES OF "OIL EXTRACTION" LAND WITHIN THE CITY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE: Sectton 1. City staff has receIved dlrectton from the Planning CommIssIon, pursuant to Sectton 28-2602 of the Code of the CIty of Seal Beach, to prepare thIS matter for the appropnate publIc heanngs, In accordance WIth the proVISIons of State law and local ordInances The purpose of the proposed General Plan Amendments and Zone Change IS to (1) Amend the Land Use and Housmg Elements of the General Plan to change the land use deslgnatton from 011 Extraetton (O-E) to Low DenSIty Resldenttal (LOR) and to change the zOning deslgnatton from 011 Extraetton (O-E) to Resldenttal Low DenSity (RLD) on those portions of the sIte currently utilIzed for onshore 011 separatton faCIlIties by EXXON, and UNOCAL as lessee; and, (2) Amend the Land Use and HOUSIng Elements of the General Plan to change the land use deSIgnation from 011 Extractton (O-E) to PublIc Land Use (PLU) and to change the zoning deSIgnation from 011 Extraetton (O-E) to PublIc Land Use/Recreation (PLU/R) on those porttons of the sIte currently leased by the CIty of Seal Beach and uttlIzed for park and recreatton purposes SectIon 2 Pursuant to 14 CalIf Code of Regs fi 15025(a) and fifi II C and III of the City IS Loca1 CEQA GmdelInes, staff prepared an InItial Study and a Negative Declaratton, whIch were Circulated for publIc revIew and comment from March 3, 1994 to March 25, 1994, In complIance WIth the provISIons of the CalIfornia EnVIronmental QualIty Act and the CIty IS Local CEQA GmdelInes Sectton 3 A duly notIced publIc heanng was InitIally advertIsed for Apnl 20, 1994, and contInued to June 22, 1994 WIthout receIVIng any publIc testtmony On June 22, the Planning CommIssIon contInued the matter to September 7, agaIn WIthout receIvIng any publIc testImony On September 7, 1994 a publIc heanng was held before the Planning CommIssIon to conSIder the applIcation, the Imttal Study and the Negattve Declaratton At the publIc heanng, the PlannIng CommIssIon received both oral and wntten testtmony regardIng the matters under conslderatton. D IWPSIIRBSOIOPA94-IA PCRILWI08-29-94 , Planmng ComnU&llOn ResolutIOn 94-36 September 7, 1994 SectIon 4, The record of the heanng mdlcates the followmg' (a) City staff has receIVed directIon from the Planmng Commission, pursuant to SectIon 28-2602 of the Code of the CIty of Seal Beach, to prepare thiS matter for the appropnate public heanngs, m accordance With the proVIsions of State law and local ordmances, (b) The City of Seal Beach IS requesting to change the General Plan and zomng designations of the eXiStIng propertIes from 011 ExtractIon (O-E) to ResidentIal Low Density (Rill) and Public Land Use (PLU) (c) The subJect property IS descnbed as Assessors Parcel 199-011-10 (d) The site IS located along the north SIde of Marma DrIve, Immediately east of FIrSt Street The site IS IITegular m shape, havmg approximately 910 feet of frontage on FIrst Street and 80 feet of frontage on Marma Dnve The Site vanes m depth, bemg approximately 240 feet deep along north property Ime, and approximately 80 feet deep adjacent to Manna Dnve. The Site compnses approXimately 4 32 acres (e) City Planmng records and buildIng permit records mdlcate the subject property, currently the site of both EXXON and UNOCAL onshore 011 separatIon facilitIes which are now non-operational, had been utIlized for those purposes for over twenty (20) years In addition, the City leases the southerly 0 51 acres of the SIte and utIlizes the area as an extensIOn of Manna Park. (f) The General Plan and the zomng map mdlcate the subject area to be deSignated for and zoned for "o-E", 011 ExtractIon, (g) The surroundmg General Plan Land Use deSignatIOns, zomng designatIons, and current land uses are as follows NORTH I) General Plan Land Use deSignatIOn' ReSIdential MedIUm DenSity 2) Zomng desIgnatiOn ResIdentIal Low DenSity 3) Current Land Use Detached SIngle-family ReSidentIal SOUTH 1) General Plan Land Use deSignatIon ReSidential High DenSIty 2) Zomng designation' ReSidentIal High DenSIty 3) Current Land Use Detached and attached smgle-famIly and multiple-famIly ResidentIal EAST I) General Plan Land Use designatiOn' Public-Parks and Open Space; ReSidentIal MedIUm DenSity 2) Zoning deSignatIon Public Land Use, Residential Low DenSity 3) Current Land Use, Manna Park, Detached smgle-famIly ReSidential WEST General Plan Land Use deSIgnatIon Resldent1al. High DenSity I) 2) 3) ZOning desIgnatIon' ReSidentIal High DenSity Current Land Use, Attached SIngle-famIly Residential. D IWP5I\RI.80IOPA94-1A PCRILWl08-29-94 2 PlanlUnl( Comm"slOn ResolutIOn 94-36 S~ptember 7, 1994 (h) Staff has prepared an ImtIaI enVIronmental assessment and proposed NegatIve DeclaratIon as reqUIred by the California EnVironmental Quality Act (CEQA) Staff received comments back from five (5) agencies The City of Long Beach and the Southern California ASSOCiatIon of Governments expressed no concern With the proposal The Department of Conservatlon - Dlvlston of 011, Gas and Geothermal Resources provided comments regardIng well and productIon facIlity abandonment procedures, The County of Orange provided comments regardIng water qualtty management plans and the use of best management practIces at the Ume of a future abandonment, and the Coastal Commission diSCussed Coastal Act Issues, Public Land Issues and hazard abatement (I) No new InfOrmatIOn was brought forward dunng the publIc comment penod or at the publIc heanng With regard to potentIal environmental Impacts from the proJect that was not addressed In the ImtIaI environmental assessment (j) The proposed zone change IS enclosed as Attachment A and Incorporated hereIn by reference (k) The Planmng Commission has adopted NegatIve Declaration 94-1, through the approval of ResolutIon No, 94-35, which IS Incorporated hereIn by reference SaId Negative Declaration represents the Independent Judgement of the City of Seal Beach SectIon 5 Based upon the eVidence In the record, Includmg the facts stated In ~ 4 of thiS resolutIon, and In the environmental documentatIon prepared In conJunctIon With thiS proJect, and pursuant to ~~ 28-2600 and 28-2602 of the City s Code, the Planmng Commission hereby finds as follows, (a) General Plan Amendment 94-1A Will not be detnmentai to the short term or long term goals of the City of Seal Beach and are In the Interest of the publIc health, safety and welfare, (b) General Plan Amendment 94-lA wIll elImInate the contInued 011 extractIon land use deSIgnatIon (crude 011 processIng) from the subJect areas of Manna Dnve and First Street through the change In deSIgnatIon from the more Intense land use "011 ExtractIon" to the less Intense "ReSIdentIal Low DenSity" and "PublIc Land Use" deSignations on both the General Plan and Zomng Map (c) There IS no substantial eVidence In the record which would support a faIr argument that approval of the applIcatIon, With the reqUIred mitIgation measures, might have a slgmficant enVironmental Impact. (d) The proposed Land Use Amendment Will result In an Increase of 3 81 acres of Low DenSity ReSidentIal land, the Increase of 0 51 acres of PublIc Land Use land WithIn the City, and a decrease of 4.32 acres of 011 ExtractIon land WithIn the City SectIon 6 Based on the foregOIng, the Planmng Commission hereby recommends approval of General Plan Amendment 94-1A to the City CouncIl, subject to the follOWIng condttIon The "Summary Table of EXistIng and Proposed Land Uses In Acres" of the Land Use Element shall be amended to depIct the Increase of 3 81 acres of Low DenSity ReSIdentIal land and the Increase of 0.51 acres of Public Land Use land WIthIn the CIty and a decrease of 4.32 acres of 011 ExtractIon land WithIn the City D IWPSIIRDoOIOPA94-IA PCRILW\08.29-94 3 Pll/nn/ng COn/null/on Rt.olullon 94-36 Stpltmbtr 7, 1994 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Planmng Commission of the City of Seal Beach at a meetmg thereof held on the 5~ day of Dc--+o.~ ,1994, by the followmg vote AYES, CommissIOners p,."........,. Cc....-..-..pbpu J...C>.A." I\~\IY\OV) # , j NOES Commtssloners ABSENT' Commissioners ~h,.. . fI t?~d~ Anton Dahlman, Chairman Plannmg Commission htttenberg, Secretary Planmng Commission D IWPSlIRESOIGPA94-IA PCRILWl08-2!'94 4