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Home My WebLink AboutPC Res 96-10 - 1996-04-17 RESOLUTION NUMBER 96-10 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. 96-1, RELATING TO REVISION 96-1 OF THE MAIN STREET SPECIFIC PLAN THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY FIND AND RESOLVE: SectIOn 1. The City IS proposmg to revise the provIsions of the current "Main Street Specific Plan" to update thIS pohcy and ImplementatiOn document to more accurately reflect the goals, pohcles, and Implementation strategIes which the City Will utlhze 10 ItS efforts to ma10tain the character and Identity of MaIO Street Section 2. Pursuant to 14 Cahf Code of Regs. ~ 15025(a) and ~ II C and III of the CIty'S Local CEQA GUldehnes, staff prepared an Imtlal Study and Negative Declaration, whIch were circulated for pubhc revIew and comment from January 30 to February 21, 1996, 10 comphance WIth the provIsions of the Cahforma Envlromnental Quality Act and the CIty's Local CEQA GUldehnes SectiOn 3 A duly noticed pubhc heaTing was held before the Planmng CommiSSIOn on February 21, March 6, and March 20, 1996 to con~lder the proposed revISIons to the MalO Street SpecIfic Plan, accompanymg unplementmg actIOns, the Imtlal Study and the Negative Declaration. At the pubhc hearmg the Planmng Commission receIved testimony from the pubhc regardmg the proposed reVISIonS, the lmtlal Study and Negative DeclaratIOn, both 10 favor and in opposItion SectIOn 4 The record of the heanng mdlcates as follows' (a) CIty staff has receIved dIrectIon from the CIty Council to prepare thIS matter, proposed reVlSlons to the MaIO Street SpecIfic Plan as recommended by the CIty Council and Planmng CommissIon after conducting two Jomt study sessIOns 10 February and August, 1995, for the appropnate pubhc heanngs, 10 accordance With the prOVIsions of State law and local ordinances. (b) The City of Seal Beach IS requestmg to amend provIsIons of the Ma10 Street SpecIfic Plan as more fully set forth 10 the "MaIO Street Specific Plan", dated January 17, 1996, and as generally descnbed 10 SectIOn I, above (c) The subJect area IS legally de~cnbed as' "Bay CIty Tract, Block 7, Lots 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, and 47, Miscellaneous Maps, Book 3, Page 19 Bay CIty Tract, Block 8, Lots 6,7,8,9, 10, II, 13, 15, 17, 19,21,23,25,27,29,31, 33,35,37,39,41,43,45, and 47; MIscellaneous Maps, Book 3, Page 19 D IWPSI\RESOIND96 I PCRILW\04.17.96 N~gatl ve DeclOl atlon No 96- J re Main SIl~tI Sp~cific Plan ReVISIOn 96-1 Planmng COnUIUII/On R~.oIUllOn No 96-10 Ap,,117, 1996 Bay CIty Tract, Block 9, Lots 1,2,3,4,5,6, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19,20,21,22,24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, and 48, MIscellaneous Maps, Book 3, Page 19 Bay CIty Tract, Block 107, Lots 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, and the southerly 12.5 feet of Lot 19; MIscellaneous Maps, Book 3, Page 19 Bay CIty Tract, Block 108, Lots 1,2,3,4,5,7,9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19,21,23,25,27, 29, 31, 33, and 35, MIscellaneous Maps, Book 3, Page 19 Bay CIty Tract, Block 109, Lots 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18,20,22,24,26, 28, 30, and 32; MIscellaneous Maps, Book 3, Page 19" "Stanton and Lothlans 1st AdditIOn, Block 208, Lots 1,3,5,7,9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21,23,25,27,29,31,33, and 35,37,39,41, and 43, Miscellaneous Maps, Book 3, Page 29" "Bay VIew Tract, Block 209, Lots 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, and 52, Miscellaneous Maps, Book 8, Page 91" Tract No.2, Blocks A, B, C, and L, Miscellaneous Maps, Book 9, Page 3" "Tract 1009, Block 7, Lot 6 except the westerly 5 feet thereof, Lots 7,8,9, 10,11, 12, 13, 14, and Lot 15 except the westerly 5 feet thereof, Miscellaneous Maps, Book 33, Page 16" (d) The MalO Street Specific Plan area IS located along both SIdes of MaIn Street, between PaCific Coast Highway and Ocean Avenue, mcludlOg EIsenhower Park and the 8th and 10th Street pubhc beach parkmg lots The subJect area IS Irregular 10 shape, and compnses approxImately 14 8 net acres, and approximately 21 gross acres, mcludmg publIc roadways and alleys. (e) The subJect area IS the location of the hlstonc commercIal area of Seal Beach and compnses pTlmanly commercial uses along MaIO Street, WIth pubhc recreation uses proVIded at EIsenhower Park and the beach Pubhc uses along 8th Street whIch are included 10 the Main Street SpecIfic Plan area mclude CIty Hall, Fue StatiOn 44, and vanous public parking lots. (f) The General Plan and the zonmg map mdlcate the subJect area to be deSIgnated for and zoned for "Service Commercial", "General CommercIal", and "PublIc Land Use". The proposed prOVIsions of the Ilnplementmg actions for the MaIO Street SpecIfic Plan would change those designatiOns for the subJect area~ to "MaIO Street Specific Plan Zone" (g) The surroundmg General Plan Land Use deSIgnations, zomng designations, and current land uses are as follows NORTH I) General Plan Land Use designatiOn Service CommercIal and General Commercial 2) Zomng deSignation' Service Commercial and General CommercIal 3) Current Land Use Commercial uses along PaCIfic Coast HIghway D IWPSIlRESOIND96 I PCRILW\04-17-96 2 NegatIve Declaratwn No 96-1 re Mmn Stuet Speajic Plan ReVISIon 96-1 Planlllng Collulu..lOn Re.olutlOn No 96-10 Apnl 17, 1996 SOUTH I) General Plan Land Use deslgnatJon Pubhc 2) Zomng deslgnatJon Pubhc Land Use\Recreanon 3) Current Land Use. Pubhc beach parlang lot and pubhc beach EAST 1) General Plan Land Use deSignation ResidentIal HIgh DenSity 2) Zomng deslgnatJon. ResldentJal High DenSity 3) Current Land Use. Detached smgle-famlly resIdential and attached multi-famtly resldentJal WEST 1) General Plan Land Use deslgnatJon. Residential High DenSIty 2) Zoning deSignatIon ResldentJal High DenSity 3) Current Land Use Detached smgle-famlly residential and attached multJ-famlly resIdential (h) Staff has prepared an mltJal envIronmental assessment and proposed Negative DeclaratIon as requIred by the Cahforma EnVIronmental QualIty Act (CEQA). Staff receIved comments from five (5) agencies relatIve to the proposed Negative Declaration. The City of Garden Grove and Caltrans Dlstnct Offices 7 and 12 expressed no concern WIth the proposal The County of Orange dlscu~sed Issues relatmg to absorption rates, dra10age patterns and surface runoff The Coastal Commission discussed local- and vlsltor- servlOg Issues and requested copIes of certam document~ Staff prepared a memorandum to the Planmng CommiSSIOn whIch discussed the vanous Issues and proVided a staff response, dated March 1, 1996 (I) At the conclUSIOn of the Pubhc Hearmg, the Planmng CommIssion determined to recommend the followmg addltJonal amendments to the MalO Street SpecIfic Plan ReVISIon 96-1, Zone Text Amendment 96-3 and the AB 1600 Report. . Reduce the allowable size of desert shops, coffee houses, and other SImilar estabhshments to prOVide seatmg for no more than 10 customers and the gross square footage of the estabhshment shall not exceed 1,000 square feet," . ReqUIre a conditional u~e permit for desert shops, coffee houses, and other slmtlar estabhshments whIch Wish to proVide seatmg for more than 10 customers and the gross square footage of the estabhshment exceeds 1,000 square feet,".. . ReqUires gas statJons located on a maJor artenal to comply With the provIsIons of Section 28-2318, Service statiOn standards. . Places a numencal cap on the number of off-premIse alcohol sale estabhshments and sets standard operat1Og hours for those e~tabhshments . Sets standard operatmg hours for new restaurants estabhshed wlthm the MalO Street Specific Plan area. . Proposes a parkmg reqll1rement of I space per 250 square feet of floor area for desert shops, coffee houses, and SImilar estabhshments . Proposes ehminatlOn of the e~tabhshment of a Busmess Improvement Dlstnct D IWPSIIRESOIND96 I PCRILW\ll4.17-96 3 NtgatlVt> Dtclaratlon No 96-1 re Mtlln StItt' Sptajic Plan ReVISIOn 96-1 Planmng CO/,u,u..lOn Rt.olutlOn No 96-10 Apn117. 1996 . ProvIdes for the possible acqUISItion of an additional surface parkIng lot 10 the general area of MaIO Street and Central Avenue . Provides for modIficatIon to the parlang m-Iteu fees and AB 1600 Parkmg Impact Fees from $100/space/year to $350/space/year and from $3,614 14/space to $5, 197.62/space. These addItional revISIons are not of a slgmficant nature to require the recIrculation of the Imtlal Study and proposed NegatIve DeclaratIOn 95-5 for the following reasons: . The Imtlal Study was Circulated based on proposed revIsIons to the current MaIO Street SpecIfic Plan and the e~tabhshment of a MalO Street Specific Plan Zone. The amendments to these proposals as set forth above are mmor 10 nature and have no substantial impact upon the envIronmental Issues discussed 10 the Imtial Study and Negative Declaration 96-1 . The Imtlal Study was clTculated WIth proposals for amendments to the General Plan, a complete reVISion to the MalO Street Specific Plan, the estabhshment of zomng ordmance provIsions for the e~tabhshment of the MaIO Street SpecIfic Plan Zone, and the estabhshment of an AB 1600 parkmg fee for the MaIO Street SpecIfic Plan area, and the proposed revIsions are 10 general concurrence WIth the reVISIons dIscussed 10 the Imtlal Study. . The proposed revIsIons set forth above are of a mlOor nature, and would not change any of the envlTonmentallmpacts dIscussed 10 the Imtlal Study relatmg to the revISIon of the MaIO Street Specific Plan and other IInplementmg actions (j) No new mformation was brought forward dunng the pubhc comment period or that the pubhc hearings With regard to potential environmental Impacts from the proJect that was not addressed 10 the mltial environmental assessment SectIon 5. The Planmng CommIssion affirms that It mdependently revIewed and analyzed proposed Negative Declaration No 96-1 pnor to actmg on the accompanymg apphcatlons and hereby finds as follows (a) Negative DeclaratIon No 96-1 was prepared by CIty Staff and therefore reflects the mdependent Judgement of the CIty of Seal Beach, and (b) There IS no substantml eVIdence 10 the record which would support a fair argument that approval of the proJect Imght have a slgmficant environmental Impact; and (c) No new mformatlOn was brought forward dunng the pubhc comment period or at the pubhc heanng With regard to potential envIronmental Impacts from the proJect that was not addressed 10 the Imtial environmental assessment (d) Approval of thiS proJect Will create no potential for adverse effect, eIther mdlvldually or cumulatively, on wtldhfe resources and WIll not have an adverse Impact on fish and wlldhfe and the Planmng Commission hereby directs the Director of Development Services to file the appropnate De Mmlmus Impact Fmdmg for the CalifornIa Department of FIsh and Game CertIficate of Fee ExemptIOn, and D IWPSIIRF.\OIND96 I PCRILWIOI-I7-96 4 N_gatlve DeclalatlOn No 96-1 re Mam Stteet SPUljiL Plan Revwon 96-1 Planmng eonu,u'.lOn RelOlutlOn No 96-10 Apnl 17, 1996 (e) Proposed RevIsion 96-1 of the MalO Street SpecIfic Plan wIll establish future commercIal development potential and standards to a level of lOtensity more 10 keeplOg WIth the deSlTes of the cItizens of the CIty of Seal Beach, whIle still allowlOg for reasonable use of the propertIes wlthm the boundaries of the proposed MaIO Street Specific Plan Zone, still 10 keep10g WIth the mtent of the Ma10 Street SpecIfic Plan and ItS Implementing documents. SectIOn 6. Based on the foregomg, the Planmng CommISSion hereby recommends adoption of Negative Declaration No. 96-1, 10 compliance WIth the CahfornIa EnVIronmental QualIty Act and the City's Local CEQA GlIIdehnes PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Plannmg CommIssIon of the CIty of Seal Beach at a meetmg thereof held on the 17th day of Apo! , 1996, by the following vote AYES: Commissioners Brown. Campbell. Dahlman. and Shal1l NOES: CommIssioners None ABSENT: CommIssIoners Law YJatxJWJJ ~~ PatncJa E Campbell: Chalrp son Planmng Commission WhIttenberg, Secretary Planmng CommiSSIOn D IWPSI\RESO\ND96 I PCRILWI04.17-96 5