HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 12-12 Zone Change 1265-12ORDINANCE NO. 12 -12
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING ZONE CHANGE
NO. 1265 -12 REZONING PROPERTIES IN THE
PORTION OF THE UPTOWN ORANGE 2010
GENERAL PLAN LAND USE FOCUS AREA EAST
OF THE CITY DRIVE, SOUTH AND WEST OF
INTERSTATE 5, AND NORTH OF THE
INTERSECTION OF THE CITY DRIVE AND
METROPOLITAN DRIVE TO PUBLIC
INSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH CONSISTENCY
BETWEEN THE PUBLIC FACILITIES AND
INSTITUTIONS GENERAL PLAN LAND USE
DESIGNATION AND ZONING CLASSIFICATION,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW
ZONE CHANGE NO. 1265 -12
APPLICANT: CITY OF ORANGE
WHEREAS, on March 9, 2010 the City adopted its 2010 General Plan, including a
Land Use Element and associated Land Use Policy Map that maintained the long- standing
land use designation of Public Facilities and Institutions for properties in the Uptown Orange
Land Use Focus Area occupied by the facilities of the UC Irvine Medical Center, County
judicial and animal control facilities, Orangewood Family and Children Services, and a City
of Orange fire station generally located east of The City Drive, south and west of Interstate 5,
and north of the intersection of The City Drive and Metropolitan Drive; and
WHEREAS, the properties subject to Zone Change No. 1265 -12 have had zoning
classifications of Single Family Residential (R -1), General Business (C -2), or are un- zoned,
none of which are consistent with the Public Facilities and Institutions General Plan land use
designation; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65860 requires consistency
between a city's General Plan and zoning designations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orange is authorized by Government
Code Section 65850 to adopt ordinances amending the City's zoning code; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, having considered the proposed Ordinance
and Zone Change at a public hearing held on August 20, 2012, including review of the staff
report and having received public testimony, has determined the proposed amendment is
justified and recommends approval thereof, and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a duly advertised public hearing on September
25, 2012 for the purpose of considering Zone Change No. 1265 -12 as it pertains to the
portion of the Uptown Orange General Plan Land Use Focus Area generally located east of
The City Drive, south and west of Interstate 5, and north of the intersection of The City Drive
and Metropolitan Drive upon the properties shown in the attached Exhibit "A ";
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 " and
incorporated herein by reference. The Orange Municipal Code is amended in order to
change the zoning classification by amending the zoning on the sites depicted on the map
attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION II
The proposed zone changes described in Section I are related to the public welfare,
required by California Government Code Section 65860 and consistent with Final Program
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. 1815 -09 for the Comprehensive General Plan
Update, certified on March 9, 2010, and prepared in accordance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The proposed zone changes are within the scope of the
previously approved General Plan and are adequately described in the previously certified
General Plan Program EIR for purposes of CEQA.
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 9 th day of October, 2012.
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ATTEST:
Mary E. , ity Clerk, Cit o 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 25 day of September, 2012, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said
City Council duly held on the 91h day of October, 2012, was duly passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES:COUNCILMEMBERS:Whitaker, Smith, Cavecche, Bilodeau, Dumitru
NOES:COUNCILMEMBERS:None
ABSENT:COUNCILMEMBERS:None
ABSTAIN:COUNCILMEMBERS:None
Mary E. ; City Clerk, Orange