HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2020-116RESOLUTION NO. 2020-116
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING STAFF’S DETERMINATION
THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT SUBSTANTIALLY
CONFORMS TO THE VISTA DEL MAR PROJECT APPROVED
BY CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 16, 2016
WHEREAS, the area of land which is the subject of this Resolution is one existing parcel
located in the Urban Core Specific Plan (USCP) at the northeast corner of Third Avenue and K
Street (Lot 1 of Final Map 16277); and
WHEREAS, a duly verified application for a Substantial Conformance determination and
Encroachment Permit was filed on March 10, 2020 with the City of Chula Vista Development
Services Department by CASA 795 LLC (James Pieri, Managing Member and Applicant) for a
128,865 square feet mixed use senior citizen and affordable housing development with 142 parking
spaces within the USCP C-1 Third Avenue South Neighborhood Transition Combining District
(Project); and
WHEREAS, the Director of Development Services has reviewed the Project for
compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has determined that the
Project was adequately covered in previously adopted Final Environmental Impact Report and
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program FEIR 06-01, certified by the Chula Vista City
Council in May 2007 and the addendum to UCSP FEIR 06-01 adopted by City Council on August
16, 2016, therefore no further environmental review is required; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant proposed the modification of the project to request concessions
under State Density Bonus provisions under California Government Code (CGC) § 65915 and
Chula Vista Municipal Code (CVMC) Chapter 19.90 that promote affordable housing through the
use of density bonus, incentives or concessions, waivers or reductions to development standards,
and/or reduced parking ratios; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the State Density Bonus Law and CVMC Chapter 19.90, the
Applicant will provide a senior citizen housing development with 16 affordable rental units for
very low-income households; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant is requesting a waiver from the floor area ratio standards of the
UCSP and use of the specified parking ratios in the CGC; and
WHEREAS, the basis for reviewing this change through substantial conformance review
is a result of the application of CGC § 65915(j)(1) that states that the granting of a concession or
incentive shall not require or be interpreted to require a general plan amendment, local coastal plan
amendment, zoning change, study, or other discretionary approval; and
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WHEREAS, the Housing Accountability Act (the “HAA” or “Act”) found in CGC §
65589.5 applies to all housing development projects, whether affordable, market rate, or mixed
use; and
WHEREAS, the HAA restricts a city’s ability to deny, reduce the density of, or make
infeasible housing developments that are consistent with objective general plan, zoning,
subdivision, and design review standards; and
WHEREAS, other than the requested floor area ratio concession, the revised Project
complies with all other standards of the UCSP, is consistent in design with the prior project
approval, and thus is also consistent with the City of Chula Vista General Plan; and
WHEREAS, all conditions of the previously approved project remain applicable and in
force for the revised Project; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk set the time and place for the hearing on the Project application,
and notices of said hearing, together with its purpose given by its publication in a newspaper of
general circulation in the City prior to the hearing; and
WHEREAS, the duly noticed and called hearing on the Project was held before the City
Council in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, Chula Vista Civic Center, 276 Fourth Avenue, to
hear public testimony with regard to the same.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
that it hereby approves the staff’s substantial conformance determination for the Project as
presented.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Kelly G. Broughton, FASLA Glen R. Googins
Director of Development Services City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 26th day of May 2020 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Diaz, Galvez, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2020-116 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 26th day of May 2020.
Executed this 26th day of May 2020.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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