HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1996-2674 ORDINANCE NO. 2674
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE OTAY RANCH SECTIONAL
PLANNING AREA (SPA) ONE PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT
REGULATIONS (PCM 95-01 B)
WHEREAS, an application for adoption of the Otay Ranch Sectional Planning Area
(SPA) One Plan, was filed with the City of Chula Vista Planning Department in July, 1994 by
the Otay Ranch L.P. ("Applicant"); and
WHEREAS, the Otay Ranch SPA One Planned Community District Regulations are
intended to ensure that the SPA One Plan is prepared in accordance with the Otay Ranch
General Development Plan (GDP), to implement the City of Chula Vista General Plan for the
Eastern Territories, to promote the orderly planning and long term phased development of the
Otay Ranch GDP and to establish conditions which will enable the Otay Ranch SPA One to
exist in harmony within the community ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, these Planned Community District Regulations are established pursuant to
Title 19 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code, specifically Chapter 19.48 PC Planned Community
Zone, and are applicable to the Otay Ranch SPA One Land Use Plan of the SPA Plan; and
WHEREAS, the SPA One Plan project area includes all of Village Five and the portion
of Village One east of Paseo Ranchero. The SPA One Plan project area is comprised of
approximately 1,061.2 acres of land located south of Telegraph Canyon Road between Paseo
Ranchero and the future alignment of SR-125. The area west of Paseo Ranchero has been
excluded from the SPA One Plan due to the difficulty in master-planning a village with a major
roadway, Paseo Ranchero, bisecting it. In addition, habitat in Village One, west of Paseo
Ranchero, needs further analysis; and
WHEREAS, a GDP amendment was required to process this SPA without the area west
of Paseo Ranchero due to a requirement in the GDP that stated that all villages must be
master-planned as a unit; and
WHEREAS, a GDP amendment was approved by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista on May 14, 1996, to allow SPA One to be processed without the area west of Paseo
Ranchero; and
WHEREAS, the SPA One Plan refines and implements the land plans, goals, objectives
and policies of the Otay Ranch GDP as adopted by the Chula Vista City Council on October
28, 1993, and amended on May 14, 1996; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission set the time and place for hearings on said
Project and notice of said hearings, together with its purpose, was given by its publication in
a newspaper of general circulation in the City and its mailing to property owners and tenants
within 1,000 feet of the exterior boundaries of the property at least 10 days prior to the
hearing; and
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WHEREAS, the hearings were held at the time and place as advertised on November
8, 1995 and November 15, 1995 in the Council Chambers, 276 Fourth Avenue, before the
Planning Commission. Said hearings were continued to March 27, 1996, April 10, 1996,
April 24, 1996 and May 1,1996 by a motion of the Planning Commission at which time, said
hearings were thereafter closed; and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Review Coordinator has conducted a Second-tier Draft
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) EIR 95-01, a Recirculated Second-tier Draft EIR and
Addendum, and Findings of Fact and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program have
been issued to address environmental impacts associated with the implementation of the
Project; and
WHEREAS, this Second-tier EIR, the Recirculated EIR and Addendure incorporates, by
reference, two prior EIRs: the Otay Ranch General Development Plan/Subregional Plan
(GDP/SRP) EIR 90-01 and the Chula Vista Sphere of Influence Update EIR 94-03 as well as
their associated Findings of Fact and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. Program
EIR 90-01 was certified by the Chula Vista City Council and San Diego County Board of
Supervisors on October 28, 1993, and the Sphere of Influence Update EIR 94-03 was certified
by the Chula Vista City Council on March 21, 1995; and
WHEREAS, to the extent that these findings conclude that proposed mitigation
measures outlined in the Final EIR and Addendure are feasible and have not been modified,
superseded or withdrawn, the City of Chula Vista hereby binds itself and the Applicant and
its successors in interest, to implement those measures. These findings are not merely
informational or advisory, but constitute a binding set of obligations that will come into effect
when the City adopts the ordinance approving the Project. The adopted mitigation measures
are express conditions of approval. Other requirements are referenced in the Mitigation
Monitoring and Reporting Program adopted concurrently with these Findings and will be
effectuated through the process of implementing the Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby find, determine, resolve and order as follows:
I. PLANNING COMMISSION RECORD
The proceedings and all evidence introduced before the Planning Commission at their
public hearings on the Draft EIR, the Recirculated EIR and Addendure held on November 8,
1995, November 15, 1995, March 27, 1996 and March 28, 1996, their public hearings held
on this Project on November 15, 1995, March 27, 1996, April 10, 1996, April 24, 1996 and
May 1, 1996 and the minutes and resolutions resulting therefrom, are hereby incorporated
into the record of this proceeding. These documents, along with any documents submitted
to the decision makers, shall comprise the entire record of the proceedings for any California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) claims.
II. ACTION
The City Council hereby approves the ordinance adopting the Planned Community
District Regulations for the Otay Ranch SPA One Plan finding that they are consistent with
the City of Chula Vista General Plan and that the public necessity, convenience, general
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 1 lth day of June, 1996, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Alevy, Moot, Padilia, Rindone, Horton
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
Shirle~Horton, Mayor
ATTEST:
Bever~lyAuthelet, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance No. 2674 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 14th
day of May, 1996 and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the 1 lth day of June, 1996.
Executed this 1 lth day of June, 1996.
Beverly A(. Authelet, City Clerk
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welfare and good zoning practice supports their approval and implementation.
II. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH CEQA
That the City Council does hereby find that FEIR 95-01 and Addendum, the Findings
of Fact, the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and the Statement of Overriding
Considerations are prepared in accordance with the requirements of the CEQA, the State EIR
Guidelines and the Environmental Review Procedures of the City of Chula Vista.
III. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force the thirtieth day from its adoption.
~ & ~' Approved as to form
Gerald~'~ramri,~a, Manager Ann Y. Moorej
Special Planning Projects Assistant City Attorney