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Home My WebLink AboutRDA Reso 2002-1765 RESOLUTION NO. 1765 RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING THE TOWN CENTRE I LAND USE POLICY TO IMPLEMENT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE TOWN CENTRE I REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND THE TOWN CENTRE PROCEDURES MANUAL AND DESIGN MANUAL; ASSIST IN THE ELIMINATION OF PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC BLIGHTING CONDITIONS; AND IMPLEMENT THE "VISION" OF ESTABLISHING DOWNTOWN CHULA VISTA AS THE BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, CIVIC, AND CULTURAL FOCAL POINT OF THE CITY WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista adopted the Town Centre I Land Use Policy in September 1977 to establish definitive criteria for land uses, and to inform the general public of the type of businesses that would be consistent with the goals and objectives of the Town Centre I Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, the adopted Town Centre I Land Use Policy included general policy guidelines and a list of permitted and non-permitted uses; and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista amended the Town Centre I Land Use Policy in September 1999 to include the downtown "vision" statement, a reference to Municipal Code regulations relating to exterior noise levels, and a new category specifying land uses that require a Special Use Permit; and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista again desires to amend the Town Centre I Land Use Policy in an effort to enhance and diversify the land use mix in the downtown area, and provide a more user-friendly land use guide for prospective investors, owners, tenants, and the general citizenry; and WHEREAS, the amended Town Centre I Land Use Policy provides an improved policy that mirrors the goals and objectives of the Town Centre I Redevelopment Plan and Implementation Plan, and implements the "vision" of establishing downtown Chula Vista as the business, entertainment, civic, and cultural focal point of the city; and WHEREAS, the amended Town Centre I Land Use Policy: 1. Identifies the most important economic development and revitalization objectives of the Town Centre I Redevelopment Area; 2. Provides a Town Centre I Land Use Matrix that illustrates a more comprehensive list of permitted and non-permitted land uses in the Town Centre I Redevelopment Area, including land uses that require a Special Use Permit; and 3. Provides a Town Centre I Land Use Matrix Definitions attachment that defines land uses in the matrix that may need further clarification. WHEREAS, the amended Town Centre I Land Use Policy will assist in the elimination of physical and economic blighting conditions in the Town Centre I Redevelopment Area; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista does hereby adopt the Town Centre I Land Use Policy in the form presented, a copy of which shall be attached hereto in Exhibit A. ---.-.-..-- Resolution No. 1765 Page 2 Presented by Approved as to form by fJh~ ~ Chris Salomone Director of Community Development Resolution No. 1765 Page 3 PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA this 15th day of January, 2002 by the following vote: AYES: Members Davis, Padilla, Rindone, Salas, and Chair/Mayor Horton NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTENTIONS: None ~fjl1J1E1V\ Shirley Horto Chairman ATTEST: ~.~ Chris Salomone - Executive Secretary STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO) ss: CITY OF CHULA VISTA) I, Chris Salomone, Executive Secretary to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista, California DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Resolution No. 1765 and that the same has not been amended or repealed. Dated: January 15, 2002 &~~ Chris Salomone Executive Secretary _.~."..._-----,----_._-_.,-,- -.------ Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista Town Centre I Land Use Policy ~~ft- ~ ~§~~ CIlY OF CHUlA VISTA Puroose The purpose of the Town Centre I Land Use Policy is to provide a land use guide for implementing the "vision" of establishing downtown Chula Vista as the business, entertainment, civic, and cultural focal point of the city. The Land Use Policy advises prospective investors, owners, tenants, and the general citizenry of the type of land uses that are consistent or inconsistent with the Town Centre I Redevelopment Plan and Implementation Plan, the Town Centre Procedures Manual, Design Manual, and the downtown "vision." The Land Use Policy also provides a useful tool to assist affected advisory bodies and the Redevelopment Agency to formulate rationale land use decisions based on the Project Area Objectives that are listed below. Ail proposed land uses are required to be consistent with one or more of the Project Area Objectives, which are derived from Article I Section 120 of the Town Centre I Redevelopment Plan, and corresponding Implementation Plan. Proiect Area Obiectives 1. Eliminate blighting influences, including incompatible and noxious land uses, obsolete structures and inadequate parking facilities. 2. Eliminate environmental deficiencies including, among others, smail and irregular lot and block subdivisions, several poorly planned streets, and economic and social deficiencies. 3. The strengthening of the mercantile posture of Town Centre and the improvement of retail trade therein. 4. The renewal of Town Centre's physical plant and the improvement of its land use patterns and spatial relationships. 5. The retention and expansion of viable land uses, commercial enterprises, and public facilities within the area. 6. The attraction of capital and new business enterprises to the core area. 7. The comprehensive beautification of the area, including its buildings, open space, streetscape, and street furniture. 8. The encouragement of multi-family, middle-income residential units in and near the core area. 9. The possible accommodation of future local and regional mass transit and related facilities; improvement of off-street parking areas and provision for a mini-transit intra- project system. 10. The establishment of design standards to assure desirable site design and environmental quality. 11. The reorientation of the people of Chula Vista to their core area, and the resultant promotion of sense of "towness."1 Permitted Uses & Land Use Consistency All proposed land uses shall be consistent with the Town Centre I Redevelopment Plan and Implementation Plan, the Town Centre Procedures Manual, Design Manual, and the downtown "vision." Additionaily, all proposed land uses must comply with ail applicable federal, state, and local rules and regulations. Article VI (Permitted Uses and Controls) of the Town Centre I Redevelopment Plan specifies permitted land uses in the redevelopment area. The Land Use Policy's accompanying matrix provides a comprehensive list of the type of land uses that are permitted or non-permitted in the redevelopment area, including land uses that require a special land use permit. If a land use is not specifically listed, the Community Development Director shall determine if the use is permitted, not permitted, or will require a special land use permit. The Director's determination shall be based on the requirements for the most comparable land use specified. Generaily, all special land uses requiring a special use permit shall be presented to the Town Centre Project Area Committee (PAC) at a public hearing for its consideration and recommendation. Final decisions on special use permits shall be made by the Redevelopment Agency at a public hearing. The procedures and required findings for special use permits shail be the same as those for conditional use permits, as set forth in Section 19.14.080 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code, except that the PAC shall serve as the recommending body to the Redevelopment Agency in regards to planning and/or redevelopment matters in the redevelopment area. Prospective applicants of major or minor projects should refer to Section III of the Town Centre Procedures Manual for rules and regulations pertaining to the filing and processing of all plans and proposals in the Town Centre Redevelopment Area. I Towness is a unique feeling spawned by an emotional relationship between people and their city. This feeling is founded upon a sense of belonging. When the peopie feel that they belong to their city and that their city belongs to them. a state of towness exists. 2 Town Centre I Redevelopment Project Area Land Use Policy Matrix Land Use Type Permitted Special Land Use· Not Permitted Accountant, Administrative, Financial X Plonner. & Real Estate Office Adult Bookstore X Adult Mini-Motion Picture X Adult Motion Picture X Amusement Arcades X Antique Shop X Apparel Shop X Art Gallery and Artist Studio X Arts & Crafts. Toy or Hobby Store X Attomey Office X Automotive Sales (new or pre-owned) X Bailbond Office (Subareo 3 only) X Bakery X Bar. Comedy and/or Nightclub. unless X appurtenant to bonafide food service Barber. Hair Salon or Beauty Shop X Bicycle Shop X Billiards/Pool Rooms X Body Art or Piercing, unless appurtenant to X specialty retail sales store Book and Magazine Stores X Boutiques X Caboret X Candy Store X Comera Shop X Car Wash X Coffee Shop. Coffee House or Juice Bar X Commercial Juvenile Recreation Center X Computer Software Store X Day Care Center X Decorator (home) accessory shops X Dental Office X Drive-Through business (Subarea 3 oniy) X Financial Institutions X Fitness Center/Gym (including Aerobic. X Karate. and Dance Studios) Florists X Gift and Novelty Shop X Hardware Store (under 25.000 sq. ft.) X Health and Specialty Food Store X Hotels/Bed and Breakfost Establishments CC"" X Ice Cream/Yogurt Shop X Interior Design Shop X Jewelry Store X 'Special Use Permit required "Central Commercial ICC; Residential (R) 3 Town Centre I Redevelopment Project Area Land Use Policy Matrix Land Use Type Permitted Special Land Use" Not Permitted Laundry ond Dry Cleaner X Leather Goods (retail) X Locksmith Shop X Luggage Shop X Mixed-Use Commercial & Residential X Massage Parlors X Motion Picture Theatres X Motor Vehicle Repair Shop X Museum X Music Store X Musical Recording Retail Store [audiotapes, X compact discs. etc.) New Computer Hardware Store X New Furniture. Lamps, & Household X Accessory Stores Pawn Shop X Performing Arts Theatres X Pet Shop/Grooming X Pharmocy X Photocopy Center/Computer Graphics X Physician. Chiropractic. Acupuncture, X Alternative Medicine Office Pubiic & Quosi-Public Office X Residentiol R" X Restauronl. Delicotessen and Carry-Out X Restaurant, Full Service X Secondhand merchandise X Shoe Store. Shoe Shine. and Shoe Repair X Sidewalk or Outdoor Café [Sidewalk & X Encroachment Permit Required) Smog Test Focility X Spa/Theropeutic Massage Parlor [subject to X Police Department Approval) Specialty Retail X Sporting Goods Store X Stationory and Card Shop X Tailor or Alterotion Shop X Tanning Parlor X Tobacco Retoil Shop X Travel Agency X Vendor Cart [private property only) X Video Rental and Sales X Wedding Shop X 'Special Use Permit required "Central Commercial ICC: Residentiol(R) 4 Town Centre I Redevelopment Project Area Land Use Policy Matrix Definitions The following special definitions are set forth for clarification purposes. "Adult Bookstore" means an establishment that devotes more than fifteen (15) percent of the total floor area utilized for the display of books or periodicals to display and sale the following: 1. Books, magazines, periodicals, or other printed matter, or photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes. slides, tapes, records, or other forms of visual. or audio representations that are characterized by an emphasis upon the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; or 2. Instruments, devices or paraphernalia that are designed for use in connection with specified sexual activities. An "adult bookstore" does not include an establishment that sells books or periodicals as an incidental or accessory part of its principal stock-in-trade, and does not devote more than fifteen (15) percent of the total floor area of the establishment to the sale of books and periodicals. (C.v.M.C. 19.04.007) "Adult Motion Picture" means an enclosed building with a capacity of 50 or more persons used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to a specified sexual activity for observation by patrons therein. (C.V.M.C. 19.04.007 A) "Adult Mini-Motion Picture" means an enclosed building with a capacity for less than 50 persons used for presenting material distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to a specified sexual activity for observation by patrons therein. (C. V .M. C. 19 .04.007B) "Amusement Arcade" is defined as a facility where coin or token operated games, machines. or devices of skill, chance, or entertainment are offered to the general public. "Antique Shop" is defined as any premises predominantly used for the sole of articles, works of art, furniture. or decorative objects that are considered rare and to have special value because of age. artistry, beauty,' or period of origin. An antique shop does not include premises that sell second-hand merchandise. "Cabaret" means a place of business which features topless dancers, bottomless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonotors, or similar entertainers. (C.v.M.C. 19.04.047) 5 "Massage Parlors" refer to Chula Vista Municipal Code Chapter 5.36 for regulations pertaining to massage parlors. "Vendor Cart" is defined as an outdoor portable cart from which a vendor displays. sells, offers for sale, gives away, or offers to give away anything of value including any food, non-alcoholic beverage, goods, wares. merchandise or services. 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