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RESOLUTION NUMBER 96-25
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF SEAL BEACH DENYING ZONING TEXT
AMENDMENT 96-5, A REQUEST TO AMEND THE CODE OF
THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH TO AMEND THE SIDE
SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPERTIES WITH SIDE
YARDS ABUTTING THE NORTH SIDE OF BOLSA AVENUE
BETWEEN BALBOA DRIVE AND SEAL BEACH
BOULEVARD
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE
Section I Dunng late 1995 and early 1996 a group of local
cItizens lobbied successfully to have Southern CalIfornia Edison Co (SCE) remove the
66kv power lines which traverse much of Old Town and the Manna Htll The power lines,
seen proInlnently along 1st Street, Manna Dnve, Bolsa Avenue and Seal Beach Boulevard
are currently being removed WIth the cooperation of SCE and Rockwell As the power
lines are removed, SCE wtll abandon the 36 foot utlltty easement currently burdening the
properties on the north SIde ofBolsa Avenue and a short stretch of Coastline Dnve
Because of the presence of the 36 foot easement adjacent to Bolsa Avenue, there IS an
attractIve landscaped VIew comdor created along Bolsa Avenue Whtle the maJonty of
the affected Side yards are walled or fenced In, thIS view comdor sttll extsts due to a
combmatlon of foliage VISIble above the walls and the general lack of two -story structures
Wlthtn the easement area
Zomng Text Amendment 96-5 was proposed to allow the City to conSIder potential
aesthetic Impacts anslng from the abandonment of the easement and to potentIally take
action to protect the extstlng VIew comdor
Section 2 A duly nottced public heanng was held by the
Planmng Commission on May 8, 1996, to consider Zone Text Amendment 96-5
Section 3
The record of the May 8, 1996 mdlcates the
follOWIng
(a) At saId public heanng there was oral and wntten testimony
and eVIdence received by the Planmng COmImsslon SpecIfically, SIX (6) people spoke m
OppOSition to the proposed text amendment, advocating constructIOn be allowed Wlthtn
the former easement area
(b) ZT A 96-5 proposes to take steps necessary to preserve all
or some of the VIew comdor eXIsting along the northerly SIde of BoIs a Avenue between
Balboa Dnve and Seal Beach Boulevard
(c) In consldenng ZTA 96-5 the CommiSSIon conSidered three
potential optIons
1) Recommend an Increase In the required Side setback
to match the preVIous easement area
2) Recommend leaVIng the Side setback at ItS current
15% of lot WIdth but plaCing a one-story, 15 foot hetght limit Within the preVIous
easement area
3) Take no actIon, recommend demal of the proposed
text amendment ThiS action would permit two-story, 25 foot construction to be built to
Wlthtn 10 feet of the side property line
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Planmng CommISSIon ResolutIon No 96-25
May 22, 1996
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The City received two (2) letters m oppOSitIOn to
ZTA 96-5
Section 4 Based upon the facts contamed in the record,
mcludmg those stated m ~4 ofthts resolution and pursuant to ~~ 28-2600 of the City's
Code. the Planmng COmImsslon makes the follOWIng findmgs
(a) Proposed ZT A 96-5 does not serve to advance a pubhc
mterest
SectIOn 5 Based upon the foregomg, the Planmng CommiSSIOn
hereby denies Zoning Text Amendment 96-5 and determines to not to change the
proVIsions of Section 28-401 of the Code of the City of Seal Beach
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Planmng Commission of the CIty of Seal
Beach at a meetmg thereof held on the 22nd day of May 1996, by the followmg vote
AYES: COmImssloners
Brown, Law, Sharp
NOES COmImssloners
ABSTAIN Commissioners Dahlman
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Planmng Commission
Whtttenberg, Secretary
Planmng Comrrussion
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