RES-8940 Approving General Plan Amendment No. 1-98RESOLUTION NO. 8940
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE
UPHOLDING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ORANGE AND APPROVING
THE GENERAL PLAN CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY
GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF ORANGE-
OLIVE ROAD ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE
METROLINK RIGHT OF WAY AND LINCOLN AVENUE,
General Plan Amendment No. 1-
98 Applicant: Greystone
Homes
RECITALS:After report thereon by the Planning Commission and after due public hearing by
the PI31ming Commission on March 16, 1998, as required by law, the City Council of the City
of Orange considered a recommendation of the Planning Commission of the City of
Orange recommending by Resolution No. PC 16-98 that theapproximately 3.44
acre property situated on the west side of Orange-Olive Road on the northwest comer
of the Metrolink right of way and Lincoln Avenue be redesignated from a combination
of medium density residential (nMDRn) and public facilities (npFn) to the
low-medium density residential nLMDRn) designation, After finding and determining the
hereinafter described facts, the City Council determined that the project is categorically exempt
from CEQA and that General Plan Amendment 1-98 should be approved,
as recommended by the Planning Commission. The real property which is the subject of
General Plan Amendment 1-98 is generally depicted on the map attached hereto as Exhibit "
A" and incorporated herein by this reference as though fully set forth herein and shall be
referred
to herein as the "subject property".During its public hearing, the City Council found
the facts
more particularly set forth as follows:1. The applicant, Greystone Homes, is in the
process of constructing 36 single family residential dwelling units on approximately 3.44 acres
ofproperty at a density of 10.46 dwelling units per acre. The overall project (
herein referred to as the "project"or the "proposed project") will include 4 lettered lots
on Santa Fe Place, and an adjacent part of the
Lincoln Avenue public right of way.2. The project site is currently located
in unincorporated Orange County and is designated in the County's general plan
as Medium Density Residential (MDR) and Public FacilitieslFire Station (PF). The current
County of Orange zoningfor the
project site is R-4/PD (3000).3. The surrounding land use, zoning and jurisdictions
are as follows: to the north --single family residence, R-I-7,
the east -- manufacturing and warehouse uses, M-l zone, Industrial, County of
Orange; to the south -- commercial building, C-l zone, Limited Business District,
City of Orange; to the west -- residential condominiums, R-3 zone, Multi-
Family Residential District, City of
Orange.NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Orange as
follows:I. That the foregoing recitals are true and
correct.2, That the project is categorically exempt from the prOVtSlOns of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15319 of the State
CEQA
Guidelines.3, That the recommendation of the Planning Commission be upheld and that
General Plan Amendment 1-98 redesignating the subject property generally
depicted on Exhibit "A" attached hereto as low-medium density
residential (nLMDRn) be approved because the amendment is in the public interest
and the proposed designation is compatible with
surrounding land uses.Adopted this 23rd day
of
June, 1998.ATTEST:C4AA~ &-
a/.AA-:C
Cassandra J. Cat ,City Clerk of the
City of Orange J6arine Coontz, Mayor of the .
y of Orange I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted by the City Council ofthe City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 23rd
day of June,1998, by
the
following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:ABSENT:ABSTAIN:COUNCIL MEMBERS: MURPHY,
SLATER,
COONTZ, SPURGEON,ALVAREZ
COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS:Reso No. 8940
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EXHIBIT "A"
ANNEXATION NO. CA97-
32 TO THE CITY OF
ORANGE ALL OF TRACf NO. 15314 AND A PORTION OF LINCOLN AVENUE, IN
THE UNINCORPORAlED lERRITORY, COUNTY OF ORANGE, STAlE
OF CALIFORNIA, PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 760 PAGES 17 THROUGH
20,INCLUSIVE OF MISCELLANEOUS MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS:BEGINNING AT AN ANGLE POINT ON THE EXISTING BOUNDARY
LINE OF THE crry OF ORANGE AS ESTABLISHED BY ANNEXATION NO.
220 TO SAID CITY. SAID ANGLE POINT BEING AT THE SOUTHEASlERL
Y lERMINUS OF THAT CERTAIN COURSE SHOWN AS "NORTH 51025'
WEST,51 i.50FEET'" ON THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID
ANNEXATION;THENCE FOLLOWING ALONG SAID EXISTING CITY BOUNDARY
PER SAID ANNEXATION AND PER ANNEXATION NO. 289, ANNEXATION
NO.211 THROUGH THEIR VARIOUS COURSES IN A
GENERAL NORTHWESTLRL Y, SOUTHERLY, NORTHWESTERLY, SOUTHERLY
AND EASTERLY DIRECfION TO AN ANGLE POINT IN SAID EXISTING
CITY BOUNDARY, SAID ANGLE POINT BEING AT THE
NORTHEASTERLY TERMINUS OF THAT CERTAIN COURSE SHOWN AS "SOUTH 89023'
10"WEST, 501.6 FEET" IN AFOREMENTIONED ANNEXATION NO, 211,
SAID ANGLE POINT ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF
THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY (A.T. & S.
F.RR), 50.00 FEET WIDE AS SHOWN ON SAID TRACT NO. 15314;
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EXHIBIT "A"
ANNEXATION NO. CA97-
32 TO THE CITY OF
ORANGE LEAVING SAID EXISTING CITY BOUNDARY AND FOLLOWING
ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE OF SAID A.T. & S.F. RR AND THE EASTERLY
LINE OF SAID TRACI' NO. 15314, NORm 16020'22" EAST 649,72 FEET TO
THE POINT OF
BEGINNING.THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL OFLM'D CONTAINS 3.44
ACRES,ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF IS A MAP
DESIGNATED AS EXHIBIT "
B".E. SOLLIE P.L.S. 5749
DATE Y LICENSE EXPIRES: 12/31/
99 THIS PROPOSAL DOES MEET THE APPROVAL OF THE ORANGE
COUNTY SURVEYOR'S
OFFICE.DATED
THIS ?>f2.J2 DAY OF ,pr=:R ,
1998 f"~3J1l::>.
3SDATENCANAS, COUNTY
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