HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 01-16 Zone Change Metrolink Parking StructureORDINANCE NO. 01-16
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING ZONE CHANGE
1275 -14, A ZONE CHANGE FROM PUBLIC
INSTITUTION (SPECIFIC PLAN) TO OLD TOWNE
MIXED USE -15 (SPECIFIC PLAN).
CITY OF ORANGE
METROLINK PARKING STRUCTURE PROJECT
130 N. LEMON STREET
WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is working to expand
Metrolink service in Orange County and at full roll out projects that the Orange station will need
900 parking spaces to accommodate demand; and
WHEREAS, the Orange Transportation Center (OTC) currently has 375 spaces; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to construct a parking structure in cooperation with OCTA
and in early 2009 entered into a cooperative agreement with OCTA to plan for a new parking
structure to serve the OTC and the Metrolink Service Expansion; and
WHEREAS, the City retained a design firm to prepare project concepts and design plans
and held a series of community workshops between 2010 and 2013; and
WHEREAS, schematic design plans for the Metrolink Parking Structure Project were
completed in 2014; and
WHEREAS, the project site has an existing General Plan land use designation of Old
Towne Mixed Use (OTMU), 6 to 15 dwelling units per acre; and
WHEREAS, the project site is zoned both Public Institution (Specific Plan) denoted PI
SP) and Old Towne Mixed Use -15 (Specific Plan) denoted OTMU -15 (SP); and
WHEREAS, according to Table LU -3 in the General Plan Land Use Element, the portion
of the project site zoned PI (SP) is inconsistent with the site's existing OTMU (6 to 15 dwelling
units per acre) General Plan land use designation; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code §65860 requires consistency between a city's
General Plan and zoning; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to change site zoning from PI (SP) to OTMU -15 (SP), which
would bring the project site zoning into consistency with the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, on May 27, 2015, City departments reviewed the Metrolink Parking
Structure Project including the Zone Change and recommended the project proceed to hearings
subject to certain requirements and conditions; and
WHEREAS, on November 4, 2015, the City's Design Review Committee reviewed the
Metrolink Parking Structure Project including the Zone Change and recommended approval
subject to conditions by a vote of three ayes and none opposed; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a duly advertised public hearing on
December 7, 2015, at which time interested persons had an opportunity to testify either in support
of or opposition to the Project; and
WHEREAS, on December 7, 2015, the Planning Commission reviewed the Metrolink
Parking Structure Project including the Zone Change and, having received public testimony on the
item, recommended approval subject to conditions by a vote of four ayes and none opposed; and
WHEREAS, Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) No. 1832 -14 was prepared in
accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and
concluded that the environmental impacts of the Metrolink parking Structure Project would be less
than significant with the incorporation of mitigation measures; and
WHEREAS, MND No. 1832 -14 was circulated for public review for at least 30 days as
required by CEQA, with the comment period beginning June 10, 2015 and ending on July 15,
2015; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered the information presented in
Final MND No. 1832 -14 including written comments received; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, having considered the proposed Ordinance and Zone
Change at a duly advertised public hearing held on January 12, 2016 including review of the staff
report and having received public testimony on the item, has determined the proposed Zone
Change is justified and appropriate.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
The existing zoning is depicted on the map attached hereto as Exhibit "A ". The City
Zoning Map is hereby amended in order to change the zoning classification on the site as depicted
on the map attached hereto as Exhibit `B ".
SECTION II
The proposed zone change described in Section I is related to the public welfare required
by California Government Code Section 65860. Further, impacts of the Zone Change are
adequately described and evaluated in MND No. 1832-14 in compliance with the CEQA.
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SECTION III
A summary of this ordinance shall be published and a certified copy of the full text of this
ordinance shall be posted in the Office of the City Clerk at least 5 days prior to the City Council
meeting at which this ordinance is adopted. A summary of this ordinance shall also be published
once within 15 days after the ordinances passage in a newspaper of general circulation, published,
and circulated in the City of Orange. The City Clerk shall post in the Office of the City Clerk a
certified copy of the full text of such adopted ordinance along with the names of those City
Councilmembers voting for and against the ordinance in accordance of Government Code Section
36933. This ordinance shall take effect 30 days from and after the date of its final passage.
ADOPTED this 9th day of February, 2016.
Teresa Smith, Mayor, City of Orange
ATTEST:
Mary E. ' Neqrhy, City Clark-,C-4+f Orange
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF ORANGE
I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council held on the
12th day of January, 2016, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said City Council duly held on
the 9th day of February, 2016, was duly passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Alvarez, Whitaker, Smith, Murphy, Nichols
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
Mary E. ' City Clerk; ity range
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