HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC RES 4453 RESOLUTION NO. 4453
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF TUSTIN, RECOMMENDING THAT THE TUSTIN CITY
COUNCIL APPROVE SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT (SPA) 2022-
0001 TO AMEND THE DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL CORE
SPECIFIC PLAN (DCCSP; SP-12) TO LIST "LIVEIWORK UNITS"
AS AN ALLOWABLE RESIDENTIAL USE IN DEVELOPMENT
AREA 6C (DA-6C) SUBAREA.
I. The Planning Commission finds and determines as follows:
A. That a Specific Plan Amendment (SPA) 2022-0001 was initiated by the
City to amend the Downtown Commercial Core Specific Plan (DCCSP; SP-
12) to list "live/work units" as an allowable residential use in Development
Area 6C (DA-6C) subarea.
B. That the purpose of the DCCSP, adopted on July 3, 2018 by Ordinance
No. 1497, is to allow residential development on commercially zoned
properties. Residential uses are an allowable use in DA-6C subarea in an
integrated mixed-use format, subject to the Residential Allocation
Reservation (RAR) discretionary approval process.
C. That on June 19, 2018, the Tustin City Council adopted Resolution No. 18-
24 adopting and certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report for the
DCCSP project.
D. That Mixed-use and Live/work uses are allowed within various
Development Areas of the DCCSP as identified in the Specific Plan
document. While mixed use is permitted in DA-6C, LiveNVork is listed as
prohibited use. Live/work residential uses are allowed and have been built
in other Development Areas of the DCCSP.
E. That DA-6C is irregular in shape, adjacent to freeway, detached and
resembles an island from the surrounding areas, and presents
development potential challenges. SPA 2022-001 to allow Live/Work
within DA-6C would provide flexibility while still achieving the DCCSP goals
and objectives.
F. That SPA 2022-0001 is consistent with Senate Bill 330, which prohibits a
county or city, from enacting a development policy, standard, or condition
that would have the effect of changing the land use designation or zoning
of a parcel or parcels of property to a less intensive use or reducing the
intensity of land use within an existing zoning district below what was
allowed under the general plan or specific plan land use designation and
zoning ordinances of the county or city as in effect on January 1, 2018, in
that the zoning of the properties in effect on January 1 , 2018 were
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commercially zoned, which allowed a mix of commercial and office uses,
but did not allow residential uses or mixed-use residential uses, which are
now allowed with the adoption of the DCCSP in July of 2018. SPA 2022-
001 will not change the density or intensity of the DA-6C subarea.
G. That SPA 2022-0001 complies with the Tustin General Plan, in that adding
Live/work units as a permitted residential use in DA-6C complies with the
following goals, policies, and special management areas:
Land Use Element Goal 1: Provide for a well-balanced land use
pattern that accommodates existing and future needs for housing,
commercial and industrial land, open space and community facilities
and services, while maintaining a healthy, diversified economy
adequate to provide future City services.
Policy 1.1: Preserve the low-density quality of Tustin's existing single-
family neighborhoods while permitting compatible multi-family
development to meet regional housing needs where best suited from
the standpoint of current development, accessibility, transportation and
public facilities.
Policy 1.5: Encourage compatible and complementary infill of
previously by-passed parcels in areas already predominately
developed.
SPA 2022-0001 complies with the Tustin General Plan Land Use
Element Goal 1, in that adding Live/work units as a permitted
mixed-use residential use in DA-6C would encourage compatible
and complementary residential development to meet regional
housing needs where best suited from the standpoint of existing
and future development in the area, accessibility, transportation
and public facilities. The proposed addition of Live/work units would
encourage different types of housing, but also maintain a mixed-
use environment to provide for a well-balanced land use pattern
that accommodates existing and future needs for housing with
commercial uses on the ground floor.
H. That on July 12, 2022, a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held
for SPA 2022-0001 by the Planning Commission.
I. The Planning Commission finds that the proposed SPA is not subject to the
California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"; Cal. Pub. Resources Code
Section 21000 et seq.) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA
Guidelines (Cal. Code of Regs., title 14, Section 15000 et seq.) because it
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can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in
question may have a significant effect on the environment.
11. The Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council adopt
Ordinance No. 1525 approving SPA 2022-0001 attached hereto as Exhibit A, to
amend the DCCSP (SP-12) to list "live/work units" as an allowable residential use
in Development Area 6C (DA-6C) subarea.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City of Tustin at a regular
meeting on the 12th day of July, 2022,
DAVID J. M LLO, JR.
Chairper n
TINA L. WILLIKOM
Tanning Commission Secretary
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF TUSTIN
I, Justina L. Willkom, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am the Planning
Commission Secretary of the City of Tustin, California and that Resolution No. 4453
was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin Planning Commission
held on the 112kh day of July, 2022.
PLANNING COMMISSIONER AYES- Chu, Mason, Mello (3)
PLANNING COMMISSIONER NOES:
PLANNING COMMISSIONER ABSTAINED:
PLANNING COMMISSIONER ABSENT: Higuchi, Kozak (2)
JU INA L. WILLKOM
Planning Commission Secretary