HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 08-12 Adopting Santa Fe Depot Specific Plan UpdateORDINANCE NO. 08 -12
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE ADOPTING THE SANTA FE
DEPOT SPECIFIC PLAN UPDATE.
WHEREAS, on March 9, 2010 the City adopted its 2010 General Plan, which
modified land use designations in the Old Towne Historic District, including, but not limited
to, a variety of changes in the environs of the historic Santa Fe Depot and Orange
Transportation Center as presented on the Land Use Element's Land Use Policy Map; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code §65860 requires a city's zoning
ordinances to be consistent with its general plan; and
WHEREAS, the Implementation Plan of the City of Orange 2010 General Plan
includes Implementation Program 1 -3, which calls for the implementation and updating of
various specific plans in Orange including the Santa Fe Depot Specific Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Orange 1993 Santa Fe Depot Specific Plan warranted
updated content and planning area given the significant changes that have occurred in the
area over the past for nearly two decades including establishment of the Old Towne National
Register of Historic Places District and associated property reinvestment; establishment of
successful Metrolink service in Orange County; expansion of Chapman University into the
Depot area; and the transition of industrially designated land out of industrial uses; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Fe Depot Specific Plan has been updated to increase the size
of the original 1993 planning area from 47 acres to approximately 101 acres, with boundaries
of Walnut Avenue to the north, Palmyra Avenue to the south, Olive Street to the east, and a
combination of Parker and Pixley Streets to the west to enable the updated Specific Plan to
plan for the area as a transit- and pedestrian- oriented district that links the Depot and Orange
Transportation Center with surrounding neighborhoods, employment, institutional uses, and
the historic downtown business district; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Fe Depot Specific Plan Update provides City decision makers
with updated policies, standards, and guidelines to more effectively guide future change and
growth in the Depot area in a manner that strives to maintain the integrity of the historicindustrialandresidentialcharacteroftheareawhilepursuingimprovementstothepublic
right -of -way and infrastructure, encouraging adaptive re -use of historic buildings,
strategically managing parking and traffic, and accommodating context sensitive infill
development; and
WHEREAS, the environmental impacts of the Specific Plan Update have
been analyzed through Final Program Environmental impact Report (PEIR) No. 1820 -09,
which is comprised of Draft PEIR No. 1820 -09, changes and revisions to Draft PEIR No.
1820 -09, the Response to Comments, technical appendices, and the Mitigation Monitoring
Program, pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),
local CEQA Guidelines, and the State CEQA Guidelines, a full, true and correct copy of
which is on file with the City Clerk of the City of Orange; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, having considered the proposed update to
the Santa Fe Depot Specific Plan contained herein at a public hearing held on May 7, 2012,
including review of the staff report and having received public testimony on the item, has
determined the proposed Specific Plan Update is justified and recommends approval thereof,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted duly advertised public hearings on June 26,
2012 taking public testimony in support and opposition to the Santa Fe Depot Specific Plan
Update, concluding with the adoption of the Plan via Ordinance No. 8 -12 on September 11,
2012; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes the proposed Specific Plan Update will serve
the public health, safety and welfare.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I:
The 1993 Santa Fe Depot Specific Plan is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
updated 2012 Santa Fe Depot Specific Plan as presented in Attachment A.
SECTION II
The proposed Specific Plan update document described in Section I is related to the
public welfare, required by California Government Code Section 65860 and consistent with
Final Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) No. 1820 -09 for the Santa Fe Depot
Specific Plan Update, prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act.
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.
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ADOPTED this 11 day of September, 2012.
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fvecche, May>Q,r, City of Orange
ATTEST:
Mary y, City Clerk, Ci range
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 28 day of August, 2012, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said
City Council duly held on the 1 Ith day of September, 2012, was duly passed and adopted by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Smith, Cavecche, Bilodeau, Dumitru
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN (RECUSED): COUNCILMEMBERS: Whitaker
Mary EM , City Clerk, City o Orange
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