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RESOLUTION NO. 98 - 39
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH ADOPTING
NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. 98-3, RELATING
TO GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 98-2 AND
ZONE CHANGE 98-2, IN THE CITY OF SEAL
BEACH, CALIFORNIA (ANAHEIM BAY VILLAS)
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE:
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,
the City of Seal Beach. The Applicant has submitted the aforementioned revised appl ications 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 III
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) On June 25, 1998, D Bartlett Associates, on behalf of Ellen Musso, et ai,
submitted general plan and zone change applications for 0.53 acres located generally at 321 Seal
Beach Boulevard.
(b) The subject property is comprised of nine (9) parcels, upon which the
applicant is proposing to construct eight (8) detached single family residences, requiring a future
subdivision of the subject property, on three parcels having twenty-six foot frontages, three
parcels having twenty-nine foot frontages, and two parcels having thirty foot frontages
(c) The subject property is legally described as Lots 11, 13, 15,17,19,21,23,
25, and 27 in Block 217 of Tract No. 10 as shown on a map thereof recorded in Book 9 Page 10
of Miscellaneous Maps and Records of Orange County, California
(d) 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, C-2, General Commercial.
SOUTH:
ft , C-2, General Commercial
Single Family Residence on lot of approximately 2,587 sq
WEST:
Single Family Residential, RMD, Medium Density
Residential
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Pltmnlng Commr..."" Resolution 98-39
NegatlYl Declaration 98-3
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November 18, 1998
EAST: Anaheim Bay and the Naval Weapons Center in the Public
Land Use/Recreation (pLU/R) zone.
(e) Staff has prepared an Initial Study and proposed Negative Declaration as
required by the California Environmental Quality Act. Staff has received three comment letters,
with the County of Orange requesting the preparation of a "Water Quality Management Plan".
City staff is recommending inclusion of the preparation of this plan as a condition of approval of
any future subdivision requests filed for the subject property The other commenting agencies,
the Southern California Association of Governments and Caltrans District 12, expressed no
concern with the proposal.
(f) No new information was brought forward at the public hearing with regard
to potential environmental impacts from the revised project that was not addressed in the Initial
Study, or addressed by the additional condition of approval regarding the preparation ofa "Water
Quality Management Plan".
Section 5. The Planning Commission affirms that it independently reviewed
Negative Declaration No. 98-3 prior to acting on the applications and hereby finds as follows
(a) Negative Declaration No. 98-3 was prepared by staff and therefore reflects
the independent judgement of the City of Seal Beach, and
(b) There is no substantial evidence in the record, which would support a fair
argument that approval of the applications, with required mitigation measures, might have a
significant environmental impact
Section 6. Based on the foregoing Sections 1 through 5, the Planning
Commission hereby adopts Negative Declaration 98-3 in compliance with the California
Environmental Quality Act
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
Cutuli, Hood, Larson, and Lyon
NOES. Commissioners
Brown
ABSENT: Commissioners
None
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V Secretary of the Planning Commissio'fi
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