HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 14-73RESOLUTION NO. 14 -73
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE COMMERCIAL
DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE CULTURAL RESOURCES
DISTRICT
The City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as follows:
The City Council finds and determines as follows:
A. That the Commercial Design Guidelines (CDG) for the Cultural Resources
District (CRD) are modeled after the Residential Design Guidelines (RDG)
for the CRD, which were originally adopted in 1994 and updated in 2012.
B. That the CDG assist property owners, architects, contractors, and design
professionals in designing projects that are acceptable and consistent with
the design criteria and standards established by the CRD.
C. That the Planning Commission requested that CDG be developed as a
companion document to the RDG.
' D. That on February 25, 2014, staff presented an overview and a draft of the
CDG to the Planning Commission for a thirty (30) day review period.
E. That on July 22, 2014, the Planningtommission reviewed the comments
received and provided additional comments. Based on the comments
received, the draft , CDG were revised to include sections on seismic
retrofit and Complete Streets.
F. That on August 14, 2014, copies of the CDG were released to the public
for a thirty (30) day public review period through direct mailings to the
Tustin Chamber of Commerce, the Tustin Area Historical Society, and the
Tustin Preservation Conservancy, and made available on the City's
website, at the Tustin Library, and at City Hall.
G. That comments were received from the Tustin Preservation Conservancy
and from one (1) Tustin resident. The comments were incorporated into
the revised draft CDG.
H. That on October 28, 2014, the Planning Commission held a public
workshop and recommended that the City Council approve the
Commercial Design Guidelines for the Cultural Resources District by
' adopting Resolution'No. 4272.
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I. That the approval of the Commercial Design Guidelines for the Cultural '
Resources District is exempt from environmental review under the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section
15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines. This section provides that a
project is exempt from environmental review where it can be seen with
certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a
significant effect on the environment. If approved, the Commercial Design
Guidelines for the Cultural Resources District would serve as a guide to
assist property owners, contractors, and design professionals in
understanding goals for the preservation of historically significant buildings
and neighborhoods. The proposed document would not have a significant
direct or indirect effect on the environment.
II. The Tustin City Council hereby approves Commercial Design Guidelines for the
Cultural Resources District, attached hereto as Exhibit A.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Tustin, at a regular
meeting on the 18th day of November, 2014.
ATTEST:
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JEFFREy1C. PARKER,
City Cle
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ELWYN A. MURRAY, '
Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, Jeffrey C. Parker, City Clerk and ex- officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of
the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 14 -73 was duly
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held on the 18th day
of November, 2014, by the following vote:
COUNCILPERSONS AYES: Murray, Puckett, Nielsen, Gomez, Bernstein (5)
COUNCILPERSONS NOES: None (0)
COUNCILPERSONS ABSTAINED: None (0)
COUNCILPERSONS ABSENT: None (0)
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JEFIFFPYC. PARKER,
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