HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 16-10 RESOLUTION NO. 16-10
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA APPROVING GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT 2015-01 TO CHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN
LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM COMMUNITY
COMMERCIAL (CC) TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
(HDR) FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1051 BONITA
STREET
The City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as follows:
I. The City Council finds and determines as follows:
A. That a proper application for General Plan Amendment 2015-01, Tentative
Parcel Map 2015-139, Design Review 2015-10, and Conditional Use Permit
2015-21 was filed by Yenny Ng Designs Architects on behalf of Goliath F&M
LLC requesting authorization to change the General Plan Land Use
Designation from Community Commercial (CC) to High Density Residential
(HDR) and subdivide an existing parcel located at 1051 Bonita Street for
condominium purposes to accommodate the construction of four (4)
dwelling units located within two (2) residential buildings;
B. That the subject property was prezoned as Multiple Family Residential (R3
2000) and designated as Multiple Family Residential (MF) under the General
Plan Land Use description prior to annexation to the City of Tustin from the
County of Orange in 1978;
C. That the subject property's designation of MF was then changed to
Community Commercial (CC) during a comprehensive General Plan Update
which was approved by the Tustin City Council on February 9, 1994, through
the adoption of Resolution No. 94-19;
D. That the subject property has been used for residential purposes and the
proposed General Plan Amendment would be consistent with the current use
and zoning of the property andconsistent with the use, zoning, and General
Plan Land Use designation of other properties on Bonita Street;
E. That the City conducted a ninety (90) day consultation period on the project
with Califomia Native American Tribes pursuant to Government Code
Sections 65351 and 65352.3;
F. That City staff prepared an Initial Study to evaluate the potential
environmental impacts associated with the project which concluded there is
no substantial evidence that the project may have a significant effect on the
environment, and a Draft Negative Declaration (ND) was prepared;
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G. That a Notice of Intent to Adopt a Negative Declaration was published and the
Negative Declaration and Initial Study were made available for a 20-day public
review and comment period from November 12, 2015, to December 1, 2015,
in compliance with Sections 15072 and 15105 of the State CEQA Guidelines;
H. That the Planning Commission continued the item from the December 8,
2015, meeting at the request of City staff in order to provide adequate time
to complete the required noticing of the project pursuant to State law. The
item was continued to a date certain of January 12, 2016, and all required
noticing of the project was completed;
That a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held for General Plan
Amendment 2015-01, Tentative Parcel Map 2015-139, Design Review
2015-10, and Conditional Use Permit 2015-21 on January 12, 2016, by the
Planning Commission. Following the public hearing, the Planning
Commission adopted Planning Commission Resolution Nos. 4303, 4304,
and 4305, recommending that the City Council find that the Negative
Declaration is adequate for the project and approve the proposed project
entitlements;
J. That a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held for General Plan
Amendment 2015-01, Tentative Parcel Map 2015-139, Design Review
2015-10, and Conditional Use Permit 2015-21 on February 2, 2016, by the
City Council;
K. That the City Council considered the Initial Study and the Negative
Declaration and adopted Resolution No. 16-09, finding it adequate for
General Plan Amendment 2015-01, Tentative Parcel Map 2015-139,
Design Review 2015-10, and Conditional Use Permit 2015-21;
L. That proposed General Plan Amendment 2015-01 is consistent with the
following General Plan Land Use goals and policies:
1. Policy 1.1: Permit compatible multi-family development to meet
regional housing needs where best suited from the standpoint of
current development, accessibility, transportation and public
facilities.
2. Policy 2.2: Maintain consistency between the Land Use Element,
Zoning Ordinances, and other City ordinances, regulations and
standards.
3. Policy 4.6: Maintain and enhance the quality of healthy residential
neighborhoods, and safeguard neighborhoods from intrusion by non-
conforming and disruptive uses.
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4. Policy 6.2: Encourage and promote high quality design and physical
' appearance in all development projects.
5. Policy 6.6: Improve the overall quality of Tustin's multi-family
neighborhoods through: a) improved buffers between multi-family
residences and adjacent freeway edges, commercial and industrial
uses; b) provision of usable private and common open space in
multi-family projects; c) increased code enforcement; and d)
improved site, building, and landscape design.
II. The City Council hereby approves General Plan Amendment 2015-01 authorizing
a change to the General Plan Land Use Designation from Community Commercial
(CC) to High Density Residential (HDR) for the property located at 1051 Bonita
Street as identified in Exhibit A attached hereto.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Tustin at a regular
meeting on the 2nd day of February, 2016.
eat
JO NIELSEN,
M. •or
ATTEST:
ERICA N. RABE,
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN
I, Eta N. Rabe, 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. 16-10 was duly passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held on the 2nd day of February
2016, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES: Nielsen, Bernstein, Gomez , Murray,
Puckett ( 5 )
COUNCILMEMBER NOES: None ( 0 )
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: None ( 0)
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: None ( 0 )
ERI A N. RABE,
City Clerk
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EXHI:IT A
MESOLUTIU NO. 16-10
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