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Home My WebLink AboutPC Res 97-27 - 1997-09-03 RESOLUTION NO. 97-27 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF CIRCULATION ELEMENT AMENDMENT 97-1 THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE: Section 1. In October, 1996, Hellman Properties LLC ("Applicant"), completed and submitted a revised Specific Plan for the Hellman Ranch property and adjoining properties, appropriate General Plan Amendments, and Vesting Tentauve Tract Map No. 15381 and 15402 (collectively "application") with the City of Seal Beach. The Applicant seeks amendments to the General Plan to allow the implementation of the Hellman Ranch Specific Plan, dated October 1996,on the land described in "Exhibit A" to Resolution No. 97-22, incorporated by reference. Section 2. Pursuant to 14 Calif. Code of Regs. ~ 15025(a) and ~~ II.C and ill of the City's Loca1 CEQA Guidelines, staff prepared an Initial Study and a Draft Environrnental Impact Report, which was circulated for public review and comment from April 8, 1997 to May 27, 1997, in compliance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act and the City's Loca1 CEQA Guidelines. A Revised DElR was circulated for public review and comments from June 9, 1997 to July 23, 1997. Upon completion of the public review period, a Final Environmental Impact Report was reviewed by the Planning Commission at a public hearing held on September 3, 1997. Section 3. A duly noticed public hearing was held before the Planning Commission on September 3, 1997 to consider the applications. At the public hearing, Applicant's consultants and representatives, including Applicant's legal counsel, and several other persons spoke in favor of and in opposition to the request. Section 4. The record of the hearings indicates the following: (a) Applicant seeks to establish the following uses as part of the Hellman Ranch Specific Plan: c 70 detached single-family residences on 14.7 acres; c a 107.5 acre, 18-hole public golf course: c 23.1 acres of restored saltwater wetlands c 9.7 acres of freshwater wetlands c 20,000 square feet of visitor-serving commercial uses, including an interpretative center and public facility (Krenwinkel House), on 1.8 acres; c Dedication of Gum Grove Nature Park to the City of Seal Beach, 10.2 acres; c Mineral Production/Future Development on 28.2 acres; c Maintain the Los A1amitos Retarding Basin, 34.7 acres (b) The subject specific plan area is comprised of five (5) parcels, comprising a total of approximately 231.3 acres. Presented below is a summary of current General Plan and Specific Plan land use designations for the proposed Hellman Ranch Specific Plan area: C:Woy DocumoIl1lIRESOIC".ulalion E1cmonl Amcndmcnl97-1 PCR docILW\09-)()'97 CIrculatIOn Element Amendment 97-1 Pltmnmg CommISSIOn Reso/utwn 97-27 September 3, 1997 HELlMAN RANCH PROPERTY CURRENT GENERAL AND SPECIFC PLAN LAND USE DESIGNA nONS Current General Plan Land Uses Cu"ent Soecific Plan Land Uses Low Density Residential - 75 acres, 329 single family homes Low Density Residential- 18 acres, 113 single family homes Multiple Family Residential - 24 acres, 660 multiple family units Industrial (Oil Extraction)- 36.4 acres Public Land Uses Community Park - 26 acres Flood Control Basin - 38 acres Wetlands - 41.4 acres Oil Production - 25 acres Public Land Uses Community Park - 17.7 acres Flood Control Basin - 35.3 acres Golf Course - 105 acres (c) The surrounding land uses and zoning are as follows: NORTH: In the City of Long Beach, the Island Village subdivision, zoned Planned Development, Westminster Boulevard and the Leisure World gated community in the City of Seal Beach, zoned Residential High Density-Planned Development (RHD-PD). NORTHWEST: Los Angeles/Orange County line. NORTHEAST: City Police Station, Public Works Yard and other City facilities in the Public Land Use zone (FLU); Boeing Aviation and Space Division in the Light Manufacturing (M-I) zone. SOUTH: Single family dwellings located in the Residential Low Density (RLD) zone. WEST: Pacific Coast Highway, the Haynes Cooling Channel and the San Gabriel River. EAST: Seal Beach Boulevard and the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, in the Public Land Use (FLU) zone. Section 5. Based upon substantial evidence in the record of the Planning Commission hearings regarding the application, including the facts stated in 14 of this resolution, and in the environmental documentation prepared in conjunction with this project, and pursuant to 1128-2600 and 28-2602 of the City's ~, the Planning Commission hereby finds that General Plan Circulation Element Amendment 97-1 will be beneficial to the short term and long term land use goals of the City of Seal Beach. The Planning Commission further finds that approval of the subject applications will promote the public health, safety and welfare. Therefore, the Planning Commission finds that the requested amendments to the General Plan Circulation Element of the City of Seal Beach will be in the public interest, and makes the following findings of fact: (a) The proposed General Plan Amendments, Specific Plan Amendments, and Redevelopment Plan Amendments will provide a less intensive use than is presently allowed under current General Plan and Specific Plan regulations. (b) This proposal will result in completion of a city process that was initiated in 1990, based upon denial of a previous development proposal by the City. That denial set forth specific findings enumerating the reasons for denial. Evidence Circulation E1emclll Amcndmcnl97-I.1'CR doc 2 CIrculatIOn Elem4n1 Amendment 97-1 Planning ComnllSSIOtl ResolutIOn 97-27 September 3, 1997 presented during the public hearing indicates that the project applicant has reevaluated the proper balance of development and public benefit for the Hellman Ranch property, and the proposed Hellman Ranch Specific Plan addresses those concerns of the City in a manner which provides for appropriate development on the subject properties. (c) These proposed roadways currently indicated in the Circulation Element are no longer necessary given the scale and type of development proposed. The circulation system for an earlier development proposal on the Hellman Ranch property indicated a total of 773 residential units is no longer appropriate given the scale and type of development proposed in the current specific plan revision, which comprises 70 single family homes and a public golf course. (d) The proposed Hellman Ranch Specific Plan, and the necessary General Plan Amendments 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 health, safety and welfare. Section 6. Based on the foregoing, the Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council approve Circulation Element Amendment 97-1 as set forth below: 1. The last paragraph of "Section Two: 'I'ramportation as it Applies to the Needs of the City and Other General Plan Elements", subsection titled "Relationship to Other Elements: Land Use", is revised to read as follows: "Approximately -l4:jl 231 acres behind Marina Hill are subject to development through the Specific Plan process. This development includes a road system to both serve the m 70 unit development and serve traffic ill the imffielliltte lIfell generated by the public golf course. " 2. "Section Three: Modes of Transportation", subsection titled "Roadway Proposals", Subsection 4 is deleted in its entirety, as is the Figure indicating the proposed circulation system for an earlier development proposal on the Hellman Ranch property indicating a total of 773 residential units. These proposed roadways are no longer necessary given the scale and type of development proposed in the current specific plan revision. 3. "Section Four: Implementation", subsection titled "Capital Improvements Program", the fJrSt area of concern is deleted in its entirety, as the proposed circulation system for an earlier development proposal on the Hellman Ranch property indicating a tota1 of 773 residential units is no longer appropriate given the scale and type of development proposed in the current specific plan revision. The deleted area of concern reads as follows: "FirM SIfeet eJtlenMSII ffem PIleilie C811M Ilitftwtiy te Seal Beaeh Betlle'JltI'll" PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City of Seal Beach at a meeting thereof held on the 3'" day of September ,1997 by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Brown, Hood, Larson, Law, and Yost NOES. Commissioners - ABSENT' Commissioners Ci..ul.~on E1e..",' AmoodmeDl97-1.PCR.doo 3 CuculJJrwn Element Amendment 97-1 PlJJnnmg CmnmlSSton Resolution 97-27 September 3, 1997 ~7u 'w B~. Brown, M.D. Chairman, Planning Commission Ci..uIa1ioo _Ill Amo_ 97-1 PCR doc 4