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RESOLUTION NO. 98 - 40
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL
BEACH RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY
COUNCIL APPROVAL OF GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT 98-2 (ANAHEIM BAY VILLAS)
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH
DOES HEREBY RESOL VB:
Section 1. D. Bartlett Associates, on behalf of Ellen Musso, Et AI
("Applicant") has submitted revised applications for a general plan amendment and zone
change for the Anaheim Bay Villas project proposed for property located at 321 Seal
Beach Boulevard, in the City of Seal Beach. The Applicant has submitted the
aforementioned revised applications to allow the construction of eight (8) single family
detached residences on three parcels having twenty-six foot frontages, three parcels
having twenty-nine foot frontages, and two parcels having thirty foot frontages.
Section 2 Pursuant to 14 Calif Code of Regs ~ 15025(a) and ~~ n C
and ill of the City's Local CEQA Guidelines, staff prepared an Initial Study and a
Negative Declaration, which was circulated for public review and comment from August
27, 1998 to September 17, 1998, in compliance with the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act and the City's Local CEQA Guidelines The Negative
Declaration was reviewed by the Planning Commission at a public hearing held on
September 23, 1998 in relation to the original land use proposal and again on November
18, 1998 in relation to the revised land use proposal.
Section 3. A duly noticed public hearing was held before the Planning
Commission on November 18, 1998 to consider the revised applications. At the public
hearing, the Planning Commission invited and considered any and all testimony offered
in favor or opposition to said revised applications.
Section 4.
The record of the hearings indicates the following'
(a) Applicant seeks to establish the following uses as part of the
Anaheim Bay Villas project:
PROPOSED PROJECT LAND USES
Development
Area
321 Seal Beach
Boulevard
Size
(acres)
0.53
acres
Proposed Uses
Number of Square Feet
Eight (8) lots/single 23,287 square feet
family residences
(b) The subject property is comprised ofnine (9) parcels, comprising a
total of approximately 53 acres. A future land subdivision request will be required to
create the parcels as proposed in the revised application. Presented below is a summary
of current General Plan and Zoning land use designations for the proposed Anaheim
Bay Villas:
C \My DocumonIsIRESOIOPA 98-2 PCR docILW\lI-20-98
Pkmnmg COiff1fII&f'orI Reaolllhon No. 98-40
General Plan Amendment 98-2
J21 Seal Beach Boulevard (AnaheIm Bay V.I14s)
November 18, 1998
Existing and Proposed General Plan
And Zoning Designations
General Plan
Designation
Zoning
Designation
Existing
General
Plan
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
General
Plan/Zoning
From: C-G,
General Commercial
From C-2,
General
Commercial
053 acres
053 acres
0.53 acres
To' RMD, Residential
Medium Density
To: RMD, Residential
Medium Density
(c)
The surrounding land uses and zoning are as follows
NORTH. Mini MartlBait Shop, at the southwest comer of Pacific
Coast Highway and Seal Reach Boulevard, in the General Commercial (C-2) zone.
SOUTH: Residence in the General Commercial. (C-2) zone, with
mixed residential and commercial uses south of Landing Avenue, in the Limited
Commercial (L-C) zone
WEST: Single Family Residences in the Residential Medium
Density (RMD) zone.
EAST: Anaheim Bay and the Naval Weapons Center in the Public
Land UselRecreation (pLU/R) zone.
Section 5. Based upon substantial evidence in the record of the
Planning Commission hearings regarding the application, including 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 Planning
Commission hereby finds that General Plan Land Use Element Amendment 98-2 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 Land Use 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 will conform land uses to
the goals and policies of the Land Use Element for the subject area, as revised, and
provides a comprehensive development which accomplishes the following goals of the
City in achieving sustainable development on the subject property:
1 Creates a land use that is compatible and consistent with the
prevailing pattern ofland uses in the immediate vicinity
2. Promotes the general integrity of the neighborhood by
replacing declining and underutilized commercial land use with desirable, appropriately
located residential uses
3. Creates a comprehensive development program for under-
utilized and potentially incompatible properties
(b) The proposed Anaheim Bay Villas project, and the necessary
General Plan Amendment, 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. The proposed amendment is consistent with the General Plan, as amended
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PlannIng Com.......IOII Reso/lIllOll No. 98-40
Geneml Plan Amendment 98-2
321 Seol Beoch Boulevard (AnaheIm Bay VlUas)
November 18, 1998
Section 6. Based on the foregoing Sections 1 through 5, the Planning
Commission hereby recommends that the City Council approve General Plan
Amendment 98-2, changing the General Plan Land Use designation for the subject
property from General Commercial to Residential Medium Density.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the
City of Seal Beach at a meeting thereof held on the 18th day of November, 1998, by the
following vote'
AYES. Commissioners
Cutull, Hood, Larson and Lyon
NOES: Commissioners
Brown
ABSENT Commissioners
None
rown, MD
an ofthe Planning Commission
L ~~
~ Whittenberg /'
Secretary of the Planning Comrilission
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