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Home My WebLink AboutPC RES 4363 RESOLUTION NO. 4363 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE TUSTIN CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AND CERTIFY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT PREPARED FOR THE PROPOSED DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL CORE SPECIFIC PLAN PROJECT; APPROVE GENERAL. PLAN AMENDMENT [GPA-2018-000011 INCLUDING TEXT AMENDMENTS AND AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN EXHIBITS/MAPS; AND ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 1497 APPROVING ZONE CHANGE 2018- 00002 INCLUDING ADOPTION OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL CORE SPECIFIC PLAN (SP-12), RELATED AMENDMENTS OF THE TUSTIN CITY CODE, RECISION OF THE FIRST STREET SPECIFIC PLAN (SP-10) AND CERTAIN PLANNED COMMUNITIES AND, AMENDMENT OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN ZONING MAP The Planning Commission of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as follows: I. The Planning Commission finds and determines as follows: A. That the Tustin City Council has focused financial resources and approved numerous measures intended to encourage economic development and business attraction to ensure continued economic vibrancy of the City's historic Old Town Tustin commercial core. Though these measures were helpful, City leaders recognized that additional residential development in the area could add more patrons and visitors to the area that would positively contribute to the economic health of Old Town Tustin and the surrounding commercial core, thus preserving, protecting, and revitalizing this important area of the City. B. That on February 4, 2014, the City Council authorized the preparation of the Downtown Commercial Core Specific Plan (DCCSP) and related supporting documents. C. That between October 2014 and January 2016, the City of Tustin held three (3) public Workshops that included property owners, business owners and others to help define a strategy to enhance and protect the heart of Tustin's historic Old Town village atmosphere while creating a stronger, vibrant, pedestrian-oriented destination intended to revitalize the community's commercial core. The proposed Master Plan/Specific Plan will ensure implementation of architecturally-coordinated development in the area, attract thriving new businesses, encourage private sector investment and reinvestment, and enhance customer visitation to the Resolution No. 4363 Page 2 commercial corridors of Old Town, First Street, Newport Avenue, and the freeway interface at Sixth Street for a vibrant downtown commercial core. D. That the proposed DCCSP project required preparation of a Specific Plan, preparation of Tustin General Plan Amendment, revision of several existing Tustin City Codes and zoning ordinances including but not limited to: 1. General Plan Amendment (GPA) 2018-00001 including text amendments and amendments to Exhibits/Maps within the Land Use and Circulation Elements. 2. Ordinance No. 1497 adopting: a. Zone Change (ZC) 2018-00002 establishing the DCCSP (SP-12); b. Recision of the First Street Specific Plan (SP-10) and certain Planned Communities; a. Various Tustin City Code amendments intended to support the DCCSP; and b. Revision of the Tustin Zoning Map reflecting the changes proposed above. E. That the proposed DCCSP project is considered a "project" subject to the terms of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), that involved the following: 1. An Initial Study (IS) was prepared and concluded that an EIR should be prepared, and the Notice of Preparation (NOP) was released for a 30-day public review period from August 1, 2016 through August 31, 2016. The notice was published in the Orange County Register on August 1, 2016, and made available for public review through various means. 2. A Scoping process was completed in which the public was invited by the City to participate. The scoping meeting for the EIR was held on August 16, 2016 at the City of Tustin Library. The notice of a public scoping meeting was included in the NOP that was published and distributed on August 1, 2016. 3. The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) was prepared and made available for a 45-day public review period (February 15, 2018 to April 2, 2018). The Notice of Availability (NOA) for the DEIR was sent to all required agencies and interested parties and published in the Tustin News on February 15, 2018 and made available for public review through various means. 4. Responses to Comments received were prepared and were released for agency review prior to consideration by the approving body. 5. That as part of the approval process for the DCCSP/Zone Change and the GPA and the associated actions thereto, the EIR must be Resolution No. 4363 Page 3 adopted/certifiedl by the City Council concurrently. A Notice of Intent to adopt an EIR with Statement of Overriding Consideration will be prepared for subsequent City Council consideration since the City Council is the final approval authority for the project. F That California law requires that a specific plan be consistent with the general plan of the adopting locality. A General! Plan Consistency Analysis has been prepared as part of the DCCSP that finds, the project to be consistent, with adoption of the proposed GPA's. G. That California Government Code Section 65450 establishes the authority for cities to adopt specific plans, including a requirement that the City's Planning Commission must provide a recommendation on the proposal to the City Council, the final approval authority for the project. R That a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held on the proposed project on April 10, 2018, by the Tustin Planning Commission. At that time, the Tustin Planning Commission continued the public hearing to April 24, 2018. Il. The Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council adopt and certify the Final EIR for the DCCSP project (Exhibit 1); approve GPA 2018-000011 including but not limited to text amendments and amendments to Exhibits/Maps within the, Land Use and: Circulation Elements (Exhibit 2); and adopt Ordinance No. 1497 approving ZC-20118-00002 including but not limited to approval of the Downtown Commercial Core Specific Plan, recision of the First Street Specific Plan (SP-10) and certain Planned Communities, various Tustin City Code amendments intended to support the DCCSP, and revision of the Tustin Zoning Map (Exhibit 3). PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City of Tustin at a regular meeting on the 24th day of April 2018. Austin Lu bard Chairperson ........... u. ELIZABETH A. BINSACK Planningi Commission Secretary Resdution No. 4363 Page 4 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF TUSTIN 1, Elizabeth A. B,insack, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am the Planning Commission Secretary of the City of Tustin, California; that Resolution No. 4363 was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin Planning Commission, held on the 24th day of April 2018. ELIZABETH A. BINSACK Planning Commission, Secretary Exhibits: 1. Environmental, Impact Report for DCCSP project 2. General Plan Amendment GPA-2018-000101 1 Ordinance No. 1497 approving Zone Change-2018-010002 including the DCCSP Attachment 1: Zone Change (ZC) 2018-00002 establishing the Downtown Commercial Core Specific Plan (SP-12); Attachment 2: Recision of the First Street Specific Plan (SP-10) and certain Planned Communities; Attachment 3: Various Tustin City Code amendments intended to support the DCCSP; ,Attachment 4: Revision of the Tustin Zoning Map reflecting the changes proposed above. Resolution No. 4363 Page 5 PLANNING COMMISIONER AYES: Kozak, Lumbard, Mason, Smith PLANNING COMMISIONER NOES: PLANNING COMMISIONER ABSTAINED: Thompson PLANNING COMMISIONER ABSENT. ELIZABETH A. BINISACK Planning Commission Secretary