RES-9823 General Plan Amendment 3091 W Chapman Ave.RESOLUTION NO. 9823
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ORANGE APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT TO REDESIGNATE PROPERTY LOCATED
AT 3001 WEST CHAPMAN AVENUE FROM GENERAL
COMMERCIAL TO AJLLOW HIGH DENSITY
RESIDENTIAL, REDESIGNATE PROPERTY LOCATED
AT 3091 WEST CHAPMAN AVENUE FROM GENERAL
COMMERCIAL TO ESTABLISH A NEW OVERLAY
DISTRICT H TO ALLOW AN INCREASE IN F.A.R. AND
HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, AND REDESIGNATE
PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE SERRANO HEIGHTS
SPECIFIC PLAN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SERRANO
AVENUE AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH KENDRA DRIVE
TO ADJUST THE BOUNDARY OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN,
DESIGNATE A PORTION OF THE AREA FOR A PVBLIC
PARK SITE AND ENLARGE AN AREA DESIGNATED FOR
MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
APPLICANTS: BRE PROPERTIES
TRAMMELL CROW RESIDENTIAL
SUN CAL COMPANIES AND
ORANGE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the City Council has the authority per Government Code Section 65350 et
seq., to amend the City's General Plan when it finds it to be in the public interest; and
WHEREAS, BRE Properties (BRE) , Trammell Crow Residential (Trammell Crow)
and Sun Cal Companies along with the Orange Unified School District (Sun Cal) have filed
applications with the City requesting amendment to the land use element ofthe General Plan to
re-designate various properties to accommodate their respective projects;
and WHEREAS, the City Council has the authority per Government Code
Section 65358(b), to group unrelated general plan amendments into one action;
and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed each of the requested
General Plan Amendments in accordance with Government Code Section 65353;
and WHEREAS, the City Council held duly advertised public hearings on January 13,
2004 and January 27,2004 for the purpose of considering, among other things, the amendment to
the land use element of the General Plan upon the properties described in Exhibit A;
and WHEREAS, in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (
CEQA)and State CEQA Guidelines the City has pn:pared either an Environmental Impact
Report
hereinafter EIR) or Mitigated Negative Declaration (hc:reinafter MND) to evaluate the
potential adverse environmental effects of the projects :md related amendments to the land use
element of General Plan; and
WHEREAS, in each instance the City Council certified and adopted the appropriate
environmental document in accordance with CEQA at a legally notice public hearing.
NO'\', THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE THAT THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL
PLAN IS HEREBY AMENDED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS:
1. That the proposed action furthers the City's General Plan goals of providing
additional recreational facilities and housing opportunities.
2. That the California Government Code :md City of Orange requirements for a
General Plan Amendment have been appropriately and adequately addressed.
3. That the subject sites are physically suitable for the type and intensity of the land
uses being proposed.
4. That there is adequate public access and adequate utilities to servIce the
proposed public park and residential developments.
5. That the project locations, size and design are compatible with existing
surrounding development and neighborhoods.
6. That the projects provide for safe and adequate vehicular and pedestrian
circulation, both on and off-
site.7. That the general plan amendment is granted upon sound principles of land
use and in response to services required by the
community.8. That the general plan amendment will not cause deterioration of bordering
land uses or create special problems for the areas in which the sites are
located.9. That the general plan amendment has been considered in relationship to
its effect on the community or neighborhood for the areas in which the sites
are
located.10. That there is no evidence before the City Council of the City of Orange that
the proposed public park site or residential developments will have any potential
for adverse affects, either individually or cumulatively, on wildlife resources or
the habitat upon which the wildlife
depends.11. That the data and analysis upon which these findings of fact are based are
set forth in the staff reports, oral presentation, public testimony, and
Commissioner
comments, that constitute the record which is the basis for the City Council's
review and approval of this general plan amendment.
12. That it approves the amendment of the land use element of the City's General
Plan to re-designate the subject properties in accordance with the maps
attached as Exhibit
A.ADOPTED this 2ih day of January,
2004.A~~h~
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ATTEST:Ma~~~~
auge I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City
of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 27th day of January, 2004, by the
following
vote::
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:COUNCILMEMBERS: Ambriz" Alvarez, Murphy, Coontz,
Cavecche COUNCILMEMBERS:
None COUNCILMEMBERS:
None COUNCILMEMBERS:
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