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HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-13 - Adopting General Plan Amendment GP -98-07, to delete the floor area ratio category of very low traffic uses194 RESOLUTION NO. 99-13 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT GP -98-07, TO DELETE THE FLOOR AREA RATIO CATEGORY OF VERY LOW TRAFFIC USES FROM THE COMMERCIAL -RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION; AND SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT SP -98-03, TO AMEND THE NEWPORT BOULEVARD , SPECIFIC PLAN TO PROHIBIT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF MINI -WAREHOUSES AND LAND USES WHICH ARE CONTRARY TO THE INTENT OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa adopted the 1990 General Plan by Resolution No. 92-27 on March 16, 1992, and the Newport Boulevard Specific Plan by Resolution No. 96-69 on July 15, 1996; and WHEREAS, the General Plan is a long-range, comprehensive document which serves as a guide for the orderly development of Costa Mesa; and the Newport Boulevard Specific Plan provides additional planning guidelines and standards for the east side of Newport Boulevard; and WHEREAS, by their very nature, the General Plan and the Newport Boulevard Specific Plan need to be updated and refined to account for current and future community needs; and WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment GP -98-07 amends the General Plan text to delete the floor area ratio category of very low traffic uses from the Commercial - Residential land use designation; and WHEREAS, Specific Plan Amendment SP -98-03 amends the Newport Boulevard Specific Plan text to prohibit the future development of mini -warehouses and other land uses which are contrary to the intent of the specific plan; and WHEREAS, public hearings were held on January 11, 1999, by the Planning Commission; and on February 1 and March 1, 1999, by the City Council, in accordance with Section 65355 of the Government Code of the State of California, with all persons having been given the opportunity to be heard both for and against said Amendment GP -98-07 to the General Plan, and said Amendment SP -98-03 to the Newport Boulevard Specific Plan; and WHEREAS, this Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City that said amendments to the General Plan and the Newport Boulevard Specific Plan be adopted; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Costa Mesa City Council that the General Plan is hereby amended by the adoption of General Plan Amendment GP -98-07 which amends the text of the General Plan as set forth in Exhibit "A", and that the Newport Boulevard Specific Plan is hereby amended by adoption of Specific Plan Amendment SP -98-03 as set forth in Exhibit "B", attached hereto. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the proposed General Plan Amendment and Specific Plan Amendment have been reviewed for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the CEQA Guidelines, and the City environmental procedures, and have been found to be exempt. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18' day of March, 1999. nt-', 0 Mayo of the City of Costa Mesa ATTEST: T Deputy City C k of the City of Costa Mesa STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 99-13 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 1" day of March, 1999. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 2' day of March, 1999. T. Deputy City Perk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa 1 1 195 CXH t BIrr A Pages 381, 389-1, and 389-2 of the 1990 General Plan 1 EXHIBIT A Resolution No. 99-13 Page 1 of 4 Graduated Standards Commercial Classifications. The graduated standards divide commercial uses into four broad categories based upon their traffic generation characteristics. The following table and text lists and describes these standards. TABLE 61 COMMERCIAL BUILDING INTENSITY STANDARDS Land Use Designation Very Low "Traffic FAR Low'Fraffic FAR Moderate Traffic FAR }sigh Traffic FAR Commercial- 0-7-5- 0,40 0.30 0.20 Residential Neighborhood 0.75 Il 15 0.25 0.15 Commercial General Commercial 0.75 0.40 0.30 0.20 Commercial Center 0.75 11,45 0.35 0.25 The Very Low 'Traffic category allows commercial uses with daily trip generation rates of less fewer than 3 trip ends per 1,000 square feet of floor area. Allowable uses under this standard include mini -warehouse developments. The Low Traffic category allows commercial uses with daily trip generation rates between 3 and 20 trip ends per 1,000 sq. ft. of floor area. Allowable uses under this standard include general offices, motels and hotels, and furniture stores. The Moderate Traffic category allows commercial uses with daily trip generation rates of between 20 and 75 trip ends per 1,000 sq. ft. of floor area. Allowable uses within this standard include general retail uses, car dealers, medical and government offices, hospitals, auto repair, and cleaners. The High 'Traffic category allows commercial uses with daily trip generation rates in excess of 75 trip ends per 1,000 sq. fl. of floor area. Allowable uses in this category include restaurants, convenience markets, service stations, and banks. The above floor area ratios standards shall apply to all proposals for new development, all requests for expansions to existing facilities and conversions of single -purpose buildings to other uses with different trip generation rates and/or characteristics. Mixed use projects or shopping centers which include a range of low, moderate and high trip generating uses shall not exceed the Moderate Traffic floor area ratios standards of the above land use classifications. Projects which include very low traffic -generating land uses in addition to other commercial uses may be developed at the maximum 0.75 FAR standard as long as the other uses on the site do not exceed the intensity which could he developed if 20% of the total lot area was devoted to such uses at the FAR which would otherwise apply to such uses. Industrial Classifications. The graduated standards also divide the industrial uses into four broad categories based upon their traffic generation characteristics. Although the categories are the same as the commercial ones, the thresholds are different because of the lower overall traffic generation characteristics of industrial uses. The following table and text lists and describes these standards: Updated I1-19-96 1 381 EXHIBIT A Resolution No. 99-13 Page 2 of 4 19'7 LKS• It is furthermore the intent of this land use designation to allow commercial uses which serve and complement the residential neighborhoods to the east and within the Specific Plan area. Appropriate uses include markets, drug stores, retail shops, financial institutions, service establishments and support office uses. Restaurants and residency hotels such as single room occupancy (SRO) hotels may be appropriate if properly located to avoid adverse impacts to the surrounding residential areas. The establishment of such uses in various areas proximate to residential neighborhoods can reduce to the need for longer vehicle trips to areas of more intense commercial activity in order to obtain goods or services which may be required on a frequent basis. Development within this designation will accommodate a wide variety of retail uses, offices and service establishments housed in one-story commercial buildings. Two-story buildings should only be permitted where it can be shown that they will not adversely impact adjacent uses. The allowable floor area ratios (FAR) are 0.20 for high traffic generating uses, 0.30 for moderate traffic generating uses, and 0.40 for low traffic generating uses, . Standards for determining the traffic generation rates for very -low, low, moderate, and high traffic generating uses are contained in the Land Use/Circulation Correlation section of this element. Population densities in commercial development within the Commercial -Residential designation are largely a factor of the employment -generating ratios of the uses pennitted. 'Fable 63 identifies the ratios used to estimate employment projections throughout this plan. The standard mix of uses in this designation would generate an average population density of 27 employees per acre. A development that consisted of office use only would require up to 60 employees per acre. Residency hotels, such as SROs, may have resident populations of up to 117 persons per acre. Institutional uses may also be appropriate in this designation, provided that land use compatibility and traffic issues have been addressed. Institutional uses would require a discretionary review and approval process. Residential, commercial and noncommercial uses may be integrated into a single development through the Planned Development process. Residential densities in planned development projects are not to exceed 17.4 units per acre pursuant to the development standards in the adopted Newport Boulevard Specific Plan. Noncommercial uses wc,ald be subject to the same floor area standards as commercial uses in this designation. Individual components of mixed use projects which include separate commercial and residential uses shall comply with the floor area ratio, density and all other development standards for the portion of the lot on which they are located. Parking between mixed uses may be permitted according to the provisions of the Municipal Code. Mixed use projects which combine complementary commercial and residential uses within a single structure sliall not exceed the applicable floor area ratio and density standards and shall not be developed at an intensity Updated I I-19-96 389-1 EXHIBIT A Resolution No. 99-13 Page 3 of 4 1 that would exceed the traffic generation of the site if it was developed at the moderate trip generation rate. Compatible zones include AP, CL, Cl, P, PDC, R2 -MD, R2 -HD, PDR -MD AND PDR -HD. Neighborhood Commercial: As the title implies, Neighborhood Commercial areas are intended to serve local convenience shopping and service needs. Appropriate uses include markets, drug stores, retail shops, financial institutions, service establishments and support office uses. Restaurants, hotels and motels, and residency hotels such as single room occupancy (SRO) hotels may be appropriate if properly located, designed and operated to avoid adverse impacts to surrounding uses. The establishment of such uses in various areas proximate to residential neighborhoods can reduce the need for longer vehicle trips to areas of more intense commercial activity in order to obtain goods or services which may be required on a frequent basis. In addition to the convenience afforded neighborhood residents, well placed Neighborhood Commercial areas can reduce vehicle use and thereby traffic congestion and energy consumption. Since Neighborhood Commercial uses are intended to serve nearby residential neighborhoods, the uses permitted should be among the least: .intense of the commercial spectrum. The establishment of a Neighborhood Commercial designation for commercial areas adjoining sensitive land uses can be one method of preventing the encroachment of potentially incompatible uses. Development within this designation will accommodate a wide variety of retail uses, offices and service establishments housed in one-story commercial buildings. Two-story buildings should only be permitted where it can be shown that they will not adversely impact adjacent uses. The allowable floor area ra,:ios (FAR) are 0.15 for high traffic generating uses, 0.25 for moderate traffic generating uses, 0.35 for low traffic generating uses, and 0.75 for very low traffic generating land uses. Standards for determining the traffic generation rates for very low, low, moderate and high traffic generating uses are contained in the Land Use/Circulation Correlation section of this element. Updated 11-19-96 1 389-2 EXHIBIT A Resolution No. 99-13 Page 4 of 4 199 200 EXHIBIT B Pages 23 and 32 of the Newport Boulevard Specific Plan EXHIBIT B Resolution No. 99-13 Page 1 of 3 J 1 1 Ll 1 Adopt Specific Plan Development Standards In order to ensure compatibility with surrounding residential neighborhoods and residential uses that may be developed in the plan area, it is necessary to identify land uses which are not consistent with the long-range intent of this plan. The development standards in this plan would prohibit certain uses within the plan area from establishing as a new use or prohibit the expansion of an existing use; the limitation may be for the whole plan area or be applied to a certain block. Provided below is a list of uses which are either prohibited and/or restricted from expanding in the plan area pursuant to the development standards in Section 6.0. RESTRICTED USES 1 . Motels and hotels 2. Adult entertainment businesses 3. Automotive, motorcycle and service) 4. Automotive repair, automotive 5. Tire sales and installation 6. Mini -warehouses boat dealerships (including sales and paint and body It is also the intent of the plan to prohibit the approval of land uses and/or site designs that are detrimental to the purpose of this plan as stated in Section 1.0, Purpose. New commercial land uses should stimulate economic activity along the boulevard while considering compatibility issues with existing and future adiacent residential land uses, when applicable. Additionally, it is the intent of this plan to encourage the consolidation of smaller lots for redevelopment to residential uses. Included in this plan is a development standard which encourages lot consolidation prior to rezoning to either a residential or planned development residential zoning district. The base density would be set at 12 units per acre and can be increased incrementally to either 14.5 units per acre or 17.4 units per acre depending on the size of the combined lots and street frontage. 23 EXHIBIT B Resolution No. 99-13 Page 2 of 3 201 202 6.0 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS The following development standards shall be applied, as appropriate, to new development and new uses or expansion of uses requiring discretionary review and permits. Figure 14, at the end of this document, provides an overview of the entire plan area and depicts development standards and implementation programs that can be shown graphically. It should be noted that the information is intended to be illustrative and is not to be interpreted as the precise locations for future land uses or structures. 1.0 GENERAL 1.1 Additional development standards not specified in this Specific Plan shall be applied pursuant to the requirements of the underlying zoning district. Where there is a conflict, the provisions of this Specific Plan shall supersede the Municipal Code. 1.2 Land uses and/or site designs which are determined to be detrimental to the purpose of this Specific Plan, as specified in Section 1.0, shall be prohibited. New commercial land uses should stimulate economic activity along the boulevard while considering compatibility issues with existing and future adiacent residential land uses, when applicable. 2.0 COMMERCIAL USES 2.1 The Floor Area Ratio (FAR) limit of 0.20 high traffic, 0.30 moderate traffic and 0.40 low traffic shall be applied to commercial and institutional uses in the plan area. 2.2 Allowable land uses for commercially zoned property shall be governed by the Costa Mesa Municipal Code provisions for the applicable zoning district, with the followin4 exceptions: Table 4- COMMERCIAL USES Newport Boulevard Specific Plan NEW USES PROHIBITED FROM ESTABLISHING IN EXISTING USES PROHIBITED FROM EXPANDINd'1N THE PIAN AREA THE PLAN AREA Pursuant to the provisions of the applicable zoning Pursuant to the provisions of the applicable zoning district with the following additions: district with the following addition: 1. Motels and hotels 1. Adult entertainment businesses 2. Adult entertainment 2. Mini -warehouses 3. Mini -warehouses Exception: The following uses are prohibited Exception: The following new uses are from expanding in that portion of the plan area prohibited in that portion of the plan area between between 22nd Street and Mesa Drive: 20th Street and Mesa Drive: 4. Automotive, motorcycle, and boat dealerships 3. Automotive, motorcycle, and boat dealerships (including sales and service)' (including sales and service) 5. Automotive repair, automotive paint and body 4. Automotive repair, automotive paint and body 6. Tire sales and installation 5. Tire sales and installation. • Note: Pag Bros. Cycles is allowed to re-establish at 2380 Newport Boulevard pursuant to the 32 EXHIBIT B Resolution No. 99-13 Page 3 of 3 1 1