HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2011-008RESOLUTION NO. 2011-008
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA AMENDING THE CITY'S DESIGN MANUAL
WHEREAS, on May 25, 2010, the City Council directed staff to amend the City's
Design Manual to provide guidelines for implementing sustainability measures consistent with
the policies established by the General Plan (2005) and Climate Action Plan (2008) in areas of
the City outside of the master planned communities and specific plans; and
WHEREAS, in December 2009, the Southwest Working Group (SWWG) was formed to
work with staff on various planning activities in the southwest area of the City, and said planning
efforts were coordinated with the direction from the City Council in May 2010 to complete the
sustainability design guidelines; and
WHEREAS, workshops were held in June and July 2010, with the Chula Vista
Redevelopment Corporation and the Design Review Board, respectively, to present and discuss
the proposed draft Sustainable Design Guidelines, and afrer providing positive input the two
review boards requested that staff finalize the Design Guidelines and present them for final
recommendation to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, staff finalized the Sustainable Design Guidelines and restructured them into
two sections comprised of the Mixed Use Design Guidelines and Conservation Design
Guidelines, proposed to be incorporated as Section V and Section VI, respectively, of the City's
Design Manual and presented them as Amendments to the Design Manual, as shown in Exhibits
"A" and "B," on file in the City Clerk's office and incorporated herein by this reference; and
WHEREAS, the Development Services Director has reviewed the proposed
Amendments to the Design Manual for compliance with the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) and has determined that the activity is not a "Project" as defined under Section
15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines. Therefore, pursuant to Section 15060(c)(3) of the State
CEQA Guidelines the activity is not subject to CEQA. Thus, no environmental review is
required at this time. Subsequent individual development projects requiring discretionary
approval and proposed pursuant to the City's design guidelines will be subject to CEQA review;
and
WHEREAS, the proposed Amendments to the Design Manual were presented to the
Design Review Board on November 15, 2010, and the Design Review Board voted 5-0 to
recommend to the City Council approval of the proposed Amendments to the Design Manual;
and
WHEREAS, the proposed Amendments to the Design Manual were presented to the
Chula Vista Redevelopment Corporation Board of Directors on December 9, 2010, and the
Board of Directors voted 5-0-0-2 to recommend to the City Council approval of the proposed
Amendments to the Design Manual; and
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WHEREAS, the proposed Amendment to the Design Manual were presented to the
Planning Commission on December 22, 2010, and the Planning Commission voted 5-1-0-1 to
recommend to the City Council approval of the proposed Amendments to the Design Manual;
and
WHEREAS, the Design Manual serves as a companion design document for
development projects, and the proposed revisions to the Design Manual address sustainable
design concepts that developers/applicants would need to consider in designing their projects
prior to submitting for a Design Review permit.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby approve the proposed Amendments to the City's Design Manual.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
Gary alb t P. ., AIC ]en R. oogins
Assistant it Manager/Development Services it A ey
Director
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 18th day of January 2011 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilar, Bensoussan, Castaneda, Ramirez and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
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Cheryl Cox, M or
ATTEST:
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Donna R. Norris, C C, ity Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2011-008 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 18th day of January 2011.
Executed this 18th day of January 2011.
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk