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MINUTES OF THE
CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA
Council Chambers
6:00 p.m. Public Services Building
Wednesday, April 2, 2003 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista
ROLL CAW MOTIONS TO EXCUSE:
Present: Castaneda, Madrid, Cortes, Hom
Absent: O'Neill, Hall
Staff Present: Rick Rosaler, Principal Planner
Luis Hernandez, Principal Planner
Chris Salomone, Western Chula Vista Development Mgr.
Stan Donn, Associate Planner
Jeff Steichen, Associate Planner
Dave Hanson, Deputy City Attorney I
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/SILENT PRAYER
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: Read into the record by Vice Chair Castaneda
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: March 12, 2003
MSC ( Hom/Madrid ) (4-0-2) to approve minutes of March 12, 2003 as submitted. Motion
carried.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: No public input.
1. REPORT: Presentation on Western Chula Vista.
Chris Salomone, Western Chula Vista Development Manager gave a brief overview of
the work he's been doing on developing a Western Chula Vista Development Strategy.
The work program is at it's inception phase, but will essentially entail creating a
comprehensive master plan encompassing the area west of 1-805 to the Bay, and the area
between the Otay River and Sweetwater River. One of the plan's main objective will be
to balance out development in the eastern and western part of the City. The five major
areas being reviewed are: 1) Parks 2) Capital Improvements, 3) Traffic 4) Regional Issues,
and 5) The 1-5 corridor.
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2. PUBLIC HEARING: PCS 03-11; Consideration ofa Tentative Subdivision Map for a
portion of Planning Area 12 - Freeway Commercial of Otay
Ranch.
Background: Rick Rosaler, Principal Planner reported that the Freeway Commercial
consists of 132.9 acres of land located at the northeastern section of the Otay Valley
Parcel of Otay Ranch.
The applicant applied for approval of a Tentative Subdivision Map consisting of 38 lots
for freeway-oriented commercial uses for their 86.9 acre portion of Freeway Commercial
in the Otay Ranch.
On March 18,2003 the City Council approved Planning Area 12 Freeway Commercial
SPA Plan for the entire 132 acres. McMillin Otay Ranch is now proposing to subdivide
their ownership within the planning area.
Staff Recommendation: Staff believes thatthe proposed Tentative map for Planning Area
12 Freeway Commercial (South) is consistent with the approved Otay Ranch GDP and
Planning and FC SPA policies and recommends approval of the Tentative Map.
Public hearing opened and closed at 6:40.
Dave Gatzke thanked staff and the Commission for their work and review of the project
and stated he was available to answer any questions.
MSC (Cortes/Horn) (4-0-2) that the Planning Commission adopt resolution PCS 03-11
recommending that the City Council approve Tentative Subdivision Map C.V.T. 03-11)
in accordance with the findings and subject to the conditions contained therein.
Motion carried.
3. PUBLIC HEARING: PCC 03-41; Consideration of a Conditional Use Permitto
construct and operate a 24-hour gas station, 24-hour food mart
with sales of beer and wine, a full service carwash, and lube
service at the intersection of Eastlake Parkway and Fenton
Street.
Background: Stan Donn, Associate Planner reported that the project involves 1.22 acres
within the Eastlake Village Marketplace commercial center, which is located at the
northwest corner of Eastlake Parkway and Otay Lakes Road.
The surrounding land uses include: 1) Target store; 2) Eastlake Parkway; 3) Wendy's fast
food restaurant; and 4) Lowe's Home Improvement Center.
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The project consists of:
· A 24-hour gas station consisting of four individual4-pump fuel-dispensing islands and
is anticipated to dispense an average of 250,000 gallons per month.
· A 3,276 sf, 24-hr. food mart with alcohol sales between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to
11 :00 p.m. of beer and wine for off-site consumption.
· A seven days a week operation lube service from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. It will have a
staging area to accommodate approximately 8-1 0 cars and it is anticipated that it will
perform an average of 45 cars per hour.
The site will contain 37 parking spaces, 20 of which are designated for patrons and 17 for
employees.
Staff Recommendation: That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution PCC 03-41
approvi ng the construction and operation of a 24-hour gas station and food mart with sales
of beer and wine, a full service carwash, and lube service at the intersection of Eastlake
Parkway and Fenton Street.
Public hearing opened and closed 6:50.
MSC (Cortes/Castaneda) (4-0-2) that the Planning Commission adopt Resolution PCC 03-
41 approving the construction and operation of a 24-hour gas station and food mart with
sales of beer and wine, a full service carwash, and lube service at the intersection of
Eastlake Parkway and Fenton Street. Motion carried.
4. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of the following application filed by The
Eastlake Company involving 4.4 acres located on the east
side of the future Eastlake Parkway, north of Olympic
Parkway.
a. GPA 03-02; Amendments to the Chula Vista General
Plan Land Use Diagram in order to change the land use
designation from Public/Quasi-pUblic to Medium High
Density Residential (11-16 du/ac).
b. PCM 03-10; Amendments to the Eastlake II & III
General Development Plan, Eastlake II & III Sectional
Planning Area (SPA) plans and associated regulatory
documents to change the land use designation from
PQ (Public/Quasi-Public) to MH (Medium High Density
Residential) and the Land Use District Designation
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from CPF (Community Purpose Facility) to MH (Medium
High Density Residential).
Background: Jeff Steichen, Associate Planner reported that the amendments include
changing the General Plan Land Use designation from Public Quasi-Public to Medium
High Residential.
Second, is to change the General Development Plan from PublidQuasi Public to Medium
High Residential.
Third is the SPA Plan Amendment to change the Site Utilization Plan in order to merge the
southern 4.4 acres of the GDP-2 parcel with the 65-acre southerly GR-9 parcel, decreasing
GPQ-2 from 15.8 acres to 11.4 acres and increasing parcel GR-9 from 64 to 69.4 acres.
The second part of the SPA Plan Amendment is to change the Eastlake II PC District
Regulations Land Use District Map from CPF to Residential Multi-Family. Modify Eastlake
Trails Neighborhood Plan CPF Master Plan to reflect the reduction of 4.4 acres and
eliminate the site as a potential Community Purpose Facility site.
Staff Recommendation: That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution GPA 03-02, PCM
03-10 recommending that the City Council adopt the addendum to FSEIR 85-04 and FSEIR
97-04 and approve the proposed amendments to the General Plan, Eastlake II and Eastlake
III General Development plans, Eastlake II and 111 Sectional Planning Area (SPA) Plans and
associate regulatory documents.
Public hearing opened 7:10.
Commissioner Castaneda inquired how it came about that more Community Public
Facilities Purpose acreage was designated than what was required.
Guy Asaro, The Eastlake Company, 900 Lane Avenue, Chula Vista, CA responded that
Eastlake Ill's requirement was dealt with independently because there was a specific need
to provide some acreage for the Little League, therefore, upon conferring with the City, it
was decided that Little League fields would be provided from their CPF acreage. Although
the CPF acreage was designated for both Eastlake III and Eastlake Greens, the Greens never
achieved full density, therefore, those two things combined created an excess in acreage.
Public hearing closed 7:15.
MSC (Cortes/Madrid) (4-0-2) that the Planning Commission adopt Resolution GPA 03-02,
PCM 03-10 recommending that the City Council adopt the addendum to FSEIR 85-04 and
FSEI R 97-04 and approve the proposed amendments to the General Plan, Eastlake II and
Eastlake III General Development plans, Eastlake II and III Sectional Planning Area (SPA)
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Plans and associate regulatory documents. Motion carried.
5. Public Hearing: PCS 03-04; Consideration of Tentative Subdivision Map to
divide approximately 62.64 acres into 4 super-lots and 2 open
space lots. The Eastlake Company.
Background: Jeff Steichen, Associate Planner reported that the project site consists of
approximately 62 acres located at the northeast corner of Eastlake Parkway and Olympic
Parkway within the Eastlake Greens residential community. The project contains 4
residential super-lots, which can either be developed with multi-family development or
further subdivided to allow for single-family residential. A maximum of 750 residential
units is allowed for the entire project.
The project will be served by existing and future amenities, which include an existing 15
acre park north of Eastlake High School and a future 11.8 acre park to be located east of
the 200 foot wide utility corridor.
The SPA Guidelines require the developer to provide a pedestrian trail along the eastern
edge of the project between Olympic Parkway and Eastlake Parkway. The SPA currently
depicts the trail running through the 200 foot wide utility corridor. Staff has conditioned
the project so that if the developer is unable to obtain permission to construct the trail
within the easement, the developer may then construct the trail along the eastern edge of
Lots 1,2 and 4 at the time they are developed. In addition, the applicant is required to
construct a pedestrian connection between the pedestrian trail and the neighborhood park.
Rather than providing the additional neighborhood parks, Eastlake has paid in-lieu fees for
any remaining park obligations.
Commission Discussion:
Commissioner Madrid expressed concern with the potential risks the utility equipment
could pose to pedestrians who may wander off the trail into the utility corridor and
inquired if the utility corridor would be fenced off.
Luis Hernandez responded that it is an open trail and there are overhead and underground
utility lines.
Staff Recommendation: That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution PCS 03-04
recommending that the City Council approve the proposed tentative subdivision map
based on the findings and subject to the conditions contained in the City Council
Resolution.
Public Hearing opened and closed 7:30.
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MSC (Madrid/Hom) (4-0-2) that the Planning Commission adopt Resolution PCS 03-04
recommending that the City Council approve the proposed tentative subdivision map
based on the findings and subject to the conditions contained in the City Council
Resolution. Motion carried.
COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS:
ADJOURNMENT at 7:40 p.m. to the Planning Commission meeting of April 23, 2003.
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- Diana Vargas, Secretary to Planning Commission
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