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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC RES 4326RESOLUTION NO. 4326 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 2016-01 TO CHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM INDUSTRIAL (1) TO PLANNED COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL (PCR) FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 320- 438 WEST 6T" STREET AND 620-694 S. B STREET. The Planning Commission of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as follows: The Planning Commission finds and determines as follows: A. That a proper application has been submitted to the City of Tustin (the City) Community Development Department by Intracorp SoCal-1 LLC for a General Plan Amendment (GPA) 2016-01, Zone Change (ZC) 2016-001, Tentative Tract Map (TTM) 17993 for Condominium Purposes, Design Review (DR) 2016-004 and Development Agreement (DA) 2016-002 to demolish an existing industrial park consisting of eleven (11) buildings and associated facilities and develop one hundred forty (140) residential condominium units with common and private open space including a recreation center, swimming pool and paseos, and a privately owned and maintained public park, on an approximately 6.81 acre site located at 320-438 W. 6th Street and 620-694 S. B Street. B. That the subject property is zoned Planned Industrial and designated as Industrial (1) under the General Plan Land Use description. C. That the subject property has been used for various industrial uses since 1961. D. That the project, as proposed would conflict with the existing Industrial General Plan land use designation for the site. E. That the subject property is surrounded by a range of uses including commercial, light industrial, residential and the Interstate 5 freeway. F. That the proposed change to the General Plan land use designation to Planned Community Residential (PC Residential) would allow for the development of low, medium and high density residential development within a wide range of living accommodations. G. That the project, as proposed, would have a density of 20.5 du/acre, consistent with high density residential developments. H. That the City conducted a ninety (90) day consultation period on the project with California Native American Tribes pursuant to Government Code Sections 65351 and 65352.3 and received no comments. Exhibit A Resolution No. 4326 Page 2 I. That City prepared an Initial Study to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with GPA 2016-01 that concluded, with mitigation measures, potential significant impacts can be reduced to a level of insignificance and a draft Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) was prepared. J. That a Notice of Intent to Adopt a MND was published and the MND and Initial Study were made available for a thirty (30) day public review and comment period from July 27, 2016, to August 26, 2016, in compliance with Sections 15072 and 15105 of the State CEQA Guidelines. K. Public comments were received and a Final MND Declaration with responses to submitted comments was prepared. L. That a public hearing was duly called, noticed and held for GPA 2016-01 on September 27, 2016 by the Planning Commission. M. That proposed GPA 2016-01 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 a standpoint of current development, accessibility, transportation and public facilities. 2. Policy 1.7: As part of the City's attraction to business and industry, provide adequate sites to house future employees. 3. Policy 1.11: Where feasible, increase the amount and network of public and private open space and recreational facilities which will be adequate in size and location to be usable for active or passive recreation as well as for visual relief. 4. Policy 2.2: Maintain consistency between the Land Use Element, Zoning Ordinances and other City ordinances, regulations and standards. 5. Policy 5.8: Improve edge conditions and buffers between older residential neighborhoods and adjacent freeway edges. 6. Policy 6:2: Encourage and promote high quality design and physical appearance in all development projects. 7. Policy 6.11: Encourage the establishment of unique identity in the City's neighborhoods. 8. Policy 8.7: To ensure an orderly extension of essential services and facilities, and preservation of a free-flowing circulation system, continue to require provision of essential facilities and services at the developer's expense where these systems do not exist or are not already part of the City's financed capital improvement program. Exhibit A Resolution No. 4326 Page 3 9. Policy 10.2: Review and consider the possible development of residential uses in the Old Town area both as individual residential projects, and integrated above ground floor retail and office uses. 10. Policy 10.3: Encourage outdoor pedestrian spaces, such as courtyards, arcades and open landscaped passages, to be integrated into new development. N. That the proposed project is consistent with the Planned Community Designation PC Residential which allows for a diversification in the relationships of various densities, building and open spaces and provides for development of low, medium and high density residential development within a wide range of living accommodations. O. That the Planning Commission has considered the Initial Study/MND along with its Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program in its recommendation that the City Council approve GPA 2016-01. II. That the Planning Commission does hereby recommend that the City Council approve GPA 2016-01. n 1 1 1 Exhibit A Resolution No. 4326 Page 4 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City of Tustin at a regular - meeting on the 27th day of September, 2016. i ri ►i:_:M Chairperson ELIZABETH A. BINSACK Planning Commission Secretary Exhibit A: Existing and Proposed General Plan Land Use Designation STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF TUSTIN ) I, Elizabeth A. Binsack, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am the Planning Commission Secretary of --the City of Tustin, California; that Resolution No. 4326 was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin Planning Commission, held on the 27thth day of September, 2016. PLANNING COMMISSIONER AYES: PLANNING COMMISSIONER NOES: PLANNING COMMISSIONER ABSTAINED: PLANNING COMMISSIONER ABSENT: ELIZABETH A. BINSACK Planning Commission Secretary Kozak, Lumbard, Mason (3) Thompson (1) Smith (1) EXHIBIT A RESOLUTION NO. 4326 Existing General Plan - I Proposed General Plan - PCR 1 1