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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-15-05 Approve Anex Development with The Irvine CompanyORDINANCE NO. 15- 05 I AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING A PRE ANNEXATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR SANTIAGO HILLS WEAST ORANGE PLANNED COMMUNITIES ( DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT) BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF ORANGE AND THE IRVINE COMPANY APPLICANT: THE IRVINE COMPANY WHEREAS, the City Council has authority per Orange Municipal Code Sections17.44.130 to take action on a Development Agreement by and between the City of Orange and The Irvine Company,WHEREAS, an application was filed by The Irvine Company for a Development Agreement in accordance with provisions ofthe Orange Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, entitlements filed by The Irvine Company in accordance with the provisions of the City of Orange Municipal Code for Santiago Hills II and East Orange Planned Communities include General Plan Amendment 2003-0001, Pre Zone Change No. 1218 &1219, ROMP, Design Guidelines, Tentative Tract Map 16199, Tentative Tract Map 16201, and Tentative Tract Map 16514, Development Agreement; and WHEREAS, these subject entitlements constitute actions that will be protected by the provisions of the Development Agreement; and I WHEREAS, the Development Agreement was processed In the time and manner prescribed by state and local law; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Community Development Director analyzed the proposal and determined that the project will have a potentially significant adverse effect on the environment. A Draft Environmental Impact Report (DraftSEIR 1278/Draft EIR 1716) was prepared and circulated for public review for a period of at least 45 days, from October 20,2004 through December 6, 2004. The Final Environmental Impact Report for the Santiago Hills 11 and East Orange Planned Communities and required discretionary permits is complete and adequate for the consideration of the Development Agreement. Resolution 10018 has been passed, approved and adopted by the City Council on November 8, 2005, certifying Final SEIR I 278/Final EIR 1716, SC#1988110905 and adoption of a Statement of Overriding Consideration and Mitigation Monitoring Program for the Santiago Hills II and East Orange Planned Communities and all required discretionary permits; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing for the SHII/EOPC project on July 18, 2005, continued the item to August IS, 2005 and adopted Planning Commission Resolution No. PC 28-05 on August IS, 2005, recommending that the City Council approve Pre Annexation Development Agreement for Santiago Hills II and East Orange WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a duly advertised public hearing on September 27,2005, continued the item to October 11,2005, to October 25,2005, and again to November 8, 2005, at which time interested persons had an opportunity to testify either in support of or opposition to the proposal and for the purpose of considering Development Agreement by and between the City of Orange and The Irvine Company, upon property described as follows: For Legal Description, See Exhibit A of draft Development Agreement, which is Attachment A. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Orange hereby ordains as follows: SECTION 1 - FINDINGS 1. The Development Agreement is consistent with the objectives, policies, general land uses, and programs specified in the General Plan.2. The Development Agreement is compatible with the uses authorized in, and the regulations prescribed for, the zoning district in which the real property is and will be located. 3. The Development Agreement is in conformity with and will promote public necessity,public convenience, general welfare, and good land use practices.4. The Development Agreement is in conformity with the public necessity, public convenience, general welfare, and good land use practices.5. That in consideration of the rights accruing to the applicant under the Development Agreement, the applicant shall provide the City or the community with special benefits which might not otherwise be provided by the applicant in the absence of such an agreement. 6. The Development Agreement is consistent with the policy of the City in respect to development agreements as provided in Section 17.44.200 such that the Development Agreement is of significant public benefit not only to the prospective residents of the proposed development, but to the entire community.7. The Development Agreement will not adversely affect the orderly development of property or the preservation of property values.8. The Development Agreement will promote and encourage the development of the proposed project by providing a greater degree of requisite certainty.9. The data and analysis upon which these findings of fact are based are set forth in the staff report and associated documents for Final SEIR No. 1278/Final EIR 1716, General Plan Amendment No. 2003-0001, Zone Change No. 1218 & 1219, ROMPS, Design Guidelines, Tentative Tract Maps 16199,16201 and 16514, Conditional Use Permit 2 2488-03, and Development Agreement by and between the City of Orange and The Irvine Company, staffs oral presentation, public testimony, Planning Commissioner comments, and Council comments which constituted the City Council's review of this application. I SECTION 2 The Pre Annexation Development Agreement for Santiago Hills II and East Orange Planned Communities is shown in Attachment A, attached hereto and incorporated by this reference.SECTION 3 Should any section, subsection, clause, or provision of this Ordinance for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Ordinance; it being hereby expressly declared that this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase hereof would have been prepared, proposed, approved and ratified irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.SECTION 4 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 five (5) days prior to the City Council meeting at which this Ordinance is to be adopted. A summary of this Ordinance shall also be published once within fifteen (15) days after this Ordinance's 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 Council members voting for and against the Ordinance in accordance with Government Code Section 36933. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its final passage.ADOPTED this nnd day of November, 2005.I Mark A. Murphy, Mayor, ATTEST: Mary E. M ity Clerk, C 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 sth day of November, 2005, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said City Council duly held on the 22nd day of November, 2005, was duly passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: Smith, Ambriz, Murphy, Dumitru COUNCILMEMBERS: None COUNCILMEMBERS: Cavecche COUNCILMEMBERS: None tJ Mary E. 4