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RESOLUTION NO. 05-57
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A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF SEAL BEACH ADOPTING SPECIFIC PLAN
AMENDMENT 05-1 TO AMEND THE HEIGHT LIM:IT TO 55
FEET FOR THE HOTEL, TO AMEND THE SETBACKS FROM
35 FEET TO 30 FEET ALONG WESTMINSTER AVENUE AND
FROM 35 FEET TO 20 FEET ALONG SEAL BEACH
BOULEVARD AND TO REVISE SECTIONS 1.7 AND 2.6,
LAND USE SUMMARY TABLE 1-3, SPECIFIC PLAN LAND
USES TABLE 2-1, AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
TABLE 5-2 FOR PLANNING AREA 4 OF THE BOEING
SPACE & COMMUNICATIONS GROUP SPECIFIC PLAN
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE:
Section 1. A development application by Panattoni Development and The
Boeing Company was deemed complete on July 14, 2005. The proposed project will include
construction of four new buildings in the Boeing Space & Communications Group Specific Plan
Area 4.
Section 2. The application includes a request to amend the Specific Plan
Table 5-2 to change the height to 55 feet for the proposed hotel, to change the setback from 35
feet to 30 feet along Westminster Avenue, to change the setback from 35 feet to 20 feet along
Seal Beach Boulevard, to revise the Land Use Summary Table 1-3 and Section 1.7 to change the
number of hotel rooms from 120 to 110, to change the maximum gross floor area for the hotel
from 55,000 to 66,000, and to change the maximum gross floor area for the commercial from
32,500 to 20,000 and revise Specific Plan Land Use Table 2-1 and Section 2.6 to change the
number of hotel rooms from 120 to 110 and to change the allowable 87,500 square feet to 86,000
in Table 2-1 ofthe Specific Plan.
Section 3. A duly noticed public hearing was held by the Planning
CommIssion on November 9, 2005 to consider Mitigated Negative Declaration 05-4, Specific
Plan Amendment 05-1, Site Plan Review 05-1, and Conditional Use Permit 05-12 for the hotel in
conjunctIOn with the proposed development at 2301-2499 Seal Beach Boulevard.
Section 4. The Planning Commission received into evidence the Staff Report
of November 9, 2005, along with all attachments thereto, including the Staff Report and
considered all public testimony presented.
Section 5. The Planning Commission made the following findings regarding
Specific Plan Amendment 05-1 and determined the proposed project is consistent with the General
Plan:
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Specific Plan Amendment 05-1 - Pacific Gateway Plaza
November 9, 2005
1. The project is consistent with the provisions of the Land Use Element of the City's General
Plan, which provides a General Commercial zoning designation for the subject property
and permits commercial development. The uses are also consistent with the remaining
elements of the City's General Plan, as the policies of those elements are consistent with,
and reflected in, the Land Use Element. Accordingly, the proposed uses are consistent with
the General Plan.
2. The project as proposed will be consistent with the Boeing Specific Plan, as proposed to be
amended.
3. The building and property at 2301-2499 Seal Beach Boulevard are adequate in size, shape,
topography and location to meet the needs of the proposed use of the property. The
property is approximately 4.47 acres in area, and provides an adequate number of parking
spaces.
4. The building and property at 2301-2499 Seal Beach Boulevard, as conditioned, meets all
criteria for commercial set forth in the Code and the Boeing Specific Plan, as amended.
5. The changes to the Specific Plan meet the intent of the Boeing Space & Communications
Group Specific Plan and are necessary for the development of Planning Area 4 withm the
established square footage limits of the Specific Plan.
6. The amendment is compatible with adjacent land uses.
Based upon the foregoing, the Planning Commission hereby approves Boeing Specific Plan
Amendment No. 05-1, as indicated below:
1. Table 1-3 modified to change the number of Hotel Rooms from 120 to 110.
2. Table 1-3 modified to change the Maximum Gross Floor Area for the Hotel from 55,000 to
66,000.
3. Table 1-3 modified to change the Maximum Gross Floor Area for the Commercial from
32,500 to 20,000.
4. Table 1-3 modified to change the Specific Plan Total of Maximum Gross Floor Area from
2,210,500 to 2,209,000.
5. Section 1.7 modified from 120 hotel rooms to 110 hotel rooms and from 32,500 square feet
of commercial building floor area to 20,000 square feet of commercial building floor area.
6. Table 2-1 modified to change the Planning Area 4 Maximum Gross Floor Area from
87,500 to 86,000.
7. Table 2-1 modified to change the Total of 120 to 110 hotel rooms.
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Specific Plan Amendment 05-1 - Pacific Gateway Plaza
November 9, 2005
8. Table 2-1 modified to change the Total of Maximum Gross Floor Area from 2,210,500 to
2,209,000.
9. Section 2.6 modified from 120 hotel rooms to 110 hotel rooms and from 32,500 square feet
of commercial building floor area to 20,000 square feet of commercial building floor area.
10. Table 5-2 modified to change the Maximum Building Height in Planning Area 4 from 40
feet to 55 feet.
11. Table 5-2 modified to change the Minimum Setback Adjacent to Westminster Avenue from
35 feet to 30 feet.
12. Table 5-2 modified to change the Minimum Setback Adjacent to Seal Beach Boulevard
from 35 feet to 20 feet.
13. Any further amendments to the Boeing Space & Communications Group Specific Plan
require separate approvals.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission hereby adopts Specific
Plan Amendment 05-1.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City of Seal Beach
at a meeting thereof held on the 9th day of November 2005 by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioners Shanks, Deaton, Ladner, and Roberts,
NOES: Commissioners None
ABSENT: Commissioners O'Malley
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Chairperson, Planning Commission
Lee Whittenberg
Secretary, Planning Commission
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