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Home My WebLink AboutOrd 2001-2834 ORDINANCE NO. 2834 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE AMENDED OTAY RANCH SECTIONAL PLANNING AREA (SPA) ONE PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT REGULATIONS TO MODIFY THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP FOR VILLAGE ONE WEST WHEREAS, the property which is the subject matter of this ordinance is identified as Exhibit "A" attached hereto and described on Chula Vista Tract 98-06A, and is commonly known as Village One West (South) ("Property"); and WHEREAS, an application to amend the Sectional Planning Area (SPA) One Planned Community District Regulations Zoning District Map was filed with the City of Chula Vista Planning and Building Department on December 6, 2000 by Otay Project, LLC, The Otay Ranch Company ("Applicant"); and WHEREAS, the modified Otay Ranch SPA One Planned Community District Regulations Zoning District Map is intended to ensure that the Otay Ranch 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 eastern Chula Vista, to promote the orde~y planning and long term phased development of the Otay Ranch GDP and to establish conditions which will enable the amended Otay Ranch SPA One area to exist in harmony within the community ("Project"); and WHEREAS, the amended Otay Ranch SPA One Planned Community District Regulations and Zoning District Map is established pursuant to Title 19 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code, specifically Chapter 19.48 (PC) Planned Community Zone, and are applicable the Otay Ranch SPA One Land Use Plan of the amended SPA One Plan; and WHEREAS, the amended Otay Ranch SPA One Planned Community District Regulations modifies the SPA One Zoning District Map to reflect zoning district boundary adjustments to the Single-Family Three, Single-Family Four, and Open Space/Park One Zoning Districts located in south portion of Otay Ranch Village One West; and WHEREAS, the development of the Property has been the subject matter of a Sectional Planning Area One Plan ("SPA One Plan") previously approved by the City Council on June 4, 1996, by Resolution No. 18286, and as amended on February 16, 1999, by Resolution No. 19375, wherein the City Council, in the environmental evaluation of said SPA One Plan, relied in part on the original Otay Ranch SPA One Plan Final Environmental Impact Report No. 95-01, SCH #94101046 CEIR 95-01"), and the amended Otay Ranch SPA One Plan Final Environmental Impact Report No. 97-03, SCH #97091079 CEIR 97-03"); and WHEREAS, an amendment to the Otay Ranch GDP was approved by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista on November 10, 1998 and an amendment to the SPA One Plan was Ordinance 2834 Page 2 approved by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista on February 16, 1999, by Resolution No. 19375 (PCM 97-11), which added Village One West to the Otay Ranch SPA One area; and WHEREAS, the amended Otay Ranch SPA One Plan refines and implements the land plans, goals, objectives and policies of the Otay Ranch GDP as adopted by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista on October, 23, 1993, and as amended on May 14, 1996, and November 10, 1998; and WHEREAS, this Project is a subsequent activity in the program of development environmentally evaluated under Program EIR 90-01, FEIR 95-01, FEIR 97-03, that is virtually identical in all relevant respects, including lot size, lot numbers, lot configurations, transportation corridors, etc., to the project descriptions in said former environmental evaluations; and WHEREAS, the City's Environmental Review Coordinator has determined that any impacts associated with the proposed amendment to the Otay Ranch Sectional Planning Area One (SPA) Planned Community District Regulations modifying the SPA One Zoning District Map, to reflect zoning district boundary adjustments to the Single-Family Three, Single-Family Four, and Open Space/Park One Zoning Districts located in south portion of Otay Ranch Village One West have been previously identified in amended SPA One Plan FEIR 97-03 and has therefore, prepared an addendum to that document, identified as Exhibit "D" in the amended Otay Ranch SPA One Resolution No. 2001-118; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission set the time and place for a hearing on said Otay Ranch Sectional Planning Area (SPA) One Plan amendment (PCM-01-09) and notice of said hearing, together with its purpose, was given by its publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city and its mailing to property owners within 500 feet of the exterior boundaries of the Project site at least ten days prior to the hearing; and WHEREAS, the hearing was held at the time and place as advertised, namely 6:00 p.m. March 28, 2001, in the Council Chambers, 276 Fourth Avenue, before the Planning Commission and said hearing was thereafter closed. WHEREAS, by a vote of 6-0-0-1, the Planning Commission recommended approval the project; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was scheduled before the City Council of the City of Chula Vista on the Otay Ranch SPA One Amendment modifying the neighborhood boundaries on the SPA One Land Use Map, and Village One West Land Use Map, and adopting the ordinance to modify the Otay Ranch SPA One Planned Community District Regulations Zoning District Map for Village One West; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Chula Vista does hereby find, determine, resolve and order as follows: Ordinance 2834 Page 3 I. PLANNING COMMISSION RECORD The proceedings and all evidence introduced before the Planning Commission at their public hearing on the amended SPA One Plan held on March 28, 2001 and the minutes and resolutions 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 Califomia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) claims. II. ACTION The City Council hereby approves an amendment to the SPA One Planned Community District Regulations modifying the Zoning District Map of the SPA One Planned Community District Regulations, identified as Exhibit "B" in this ordinance, finding that they are consistent with the City of Chula Vista General Plan, the Otay Ranch General Development Plan, Otay Ranch SPA One Plan, and all other applicable Plans, and that the public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good planning and zoning practice support their approval and implementation. III. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH CEQA The City Council hereby finds that the Project, as described and analyzed in the FEIR 97- 03, would have no new effects that were not examined in said FEIR [Guideline 15168 (c)(2)]; and IV. CEQA FINDiNG REGARDiNG PROJECT WITHiN SCOPE OF PRIOR EIR The City Council hereby finds that: (1) there were no changes in the Project from the FEIR 97-03 which would require revisions of said reports; (2) no substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the Project is undertaken since the previous reports; (3) and no new information of substantial importance to the Project has become available since the issuance and approval of the prior reports; and that, therefore, no new effects could occur or no new mitigation measures will be required in addition to those already in existence and made a condition for Project implementation. Therefore, the City Council approves the Project as an activity that is within the scope of the project covered by the FEIR 97- 03 [Guideline 15168(c)(2) and 15162(a)]. V. INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT OF CITY COUNCIL The City Council found that pursuant to Resolution No. 2001-118 that the Addendum prepared to Otay Ranch SPA One EIR 97-03 identified as Exhibit "D" in the amended Otay Ranch SPA One Resolution No. 2001-118, reflects the independent judgment of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista and adopted the Addendum to Otay Ranch SPA One EIR 97-03. Ordinance 2834 Page 4 VI. INCORPORATION OF ALL MITIGATION MEASURES AND ALTERNATIVES The City Council does hereby re-adopt and incorporate herein as conditions for this approval all applicable mitigation measures and alternatives, as set forth in the findings adopted in the Mitigation Monitoring Program for FEIR 97-03. VII. NOTICE WITH LATER ACTIVITIES The City Council does hereby give notice, to the extent required by law, that this Project was fully described and analyzed and is within the scope of the FEIR 97-03 adequately describes and analyzes this project for the purposes of CEQA [Guideline 15168(e)]. VIII. CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN The proposed Project is consistent with the General Plan for the following reasons: A. THE PROPOSED SPA ONE PLAN AMENDMENT MODIFYING THE SPA ONE PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT REGULATIONS ZONING DISTRICT MAP IS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE CHULA VISTA GENERAL PLAN. The Otay Ranch Sectional Planning Area (SPA) Plan Amendment modifying the Otay Ranch SPA One Zoning District Map reflects the land uses, circulation system, open space and recreational uses, and public facility uses consistent with the Otay Ranch General Development Plan and Chula Vista General Plan. B. THE PROPOSED OTAY RANCH SECTIONAL PLANNING AREA (SPA) PLAN AMENDMENT WILL PROMOTE THE ORDERLY SEQUENTIALIZED DEVELOPMENT OF THE INVOLVED SECTIONAL PLANNING AREA. The SPA One Plan Amendments contain provisions and requirements to ensure the orderly, phased development of the project. C. THE PROPOSED OTAY RANCH SECTIONAL PLANNING AREA (SPA) PLAN AMENDMENT WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT ADJACENT LAND USE, RESIDENTIAL ENJOYMENT, CIRCULATION OR ENVIRONIVIENTAL QUALITY. The land uses within Otay Ranch are designed with an open space buffer adjacent to other existing projects, and future developments off-site and within the Otay Ranch Sectional Planning Area One. A neighborhood park will be located within the Village One West area to serve the project residents, and the project will provide housing types compatible with Sunbow Master Planned Community, as required by the General Development Plan. A comprehensive street network serves the project and provides for access to off-site adjacent properties. The proposed plan closely follows all existing environmental protection guidelines and will avoid unacceptable off-site impacts through _ the provision of mitigation measures specified in the Otay Ranch Environmental Impact Report. Ordinance 2834 Page 5 Presented by Approved as to form by Robert A. Leiter ~oKaheny c~-J Planning and Building Director mey PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, Califomia, this 1st day of May, 2001, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Moot, Padilla, Salas and Horton NAYS: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None Shirle;Hoa~o,~Mayor ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2834 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 24th day of April, 2001 and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 1st day of May, 2001. Executed this 1st day of May, 2001. Susan Bigelow, City Cle~ ' AST ---~-. ~p.'( t'p.~ PROJECT BOUNDARY C HULA VISTA PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT PROJECT PROJECT DESCRIPTION, APPLICANT, OTAY PROJECT L.p. 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