HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-85 - Amending General Plan to Clarify Intensity LevelsRESOLUTION NO. 87-85
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN
OF THE CITY CF OOSIA MESA TO CLARIFY INTENSITY
LEVELS.
WHEREAS, the City Council approved development of PA -87-15, the Home
Ranch Project, on May 4, 1987; and
WHEREAS, a lawsuit (Costa Mesa Residents for Responsible Growth v.
City of Costa Mesa, Orange County Superior Court, Case Number 52-54-40) has
been filed that challenges the lawfulness of that approval and alleges the
City's General Plan is legally inadequate, in part, because there are no
stardards of population density and building intensity; and
WHEREAS, the City's General Plan does establish standards of popula-
tion density and building intensity by means of the three land use options
contained in the Lanai Use Element; and
WHEREAS, the City Council also has designated by amendment to the
General Plan building intensities for the four major undeveloped parcels in
Costa Mesa north of the I-405 Freeway; and
WHEREAS, when the City Council adopted General Plan Amendment GP -83-1B
(Revised) and General Plan Amendment GP -86-1D thereby deleting certain
intensities, it did not intend to allow development at a greater level of
intensity, but intended to have the intensities more closely correlated
with traffic circulation improvements and their financing by other planning
procedures, including a Specific Plan; and
WHEREAS, on January 19, 1987, the City Council directed the prepara-
tion of the North Costa Mesa Specific Plan (NCMSP) which covers the four
major parcels of undeveloped property north of the I-405 Freeway; and
WHEREAS, the I-405 Freeway Access Study identifies certain traffic
circulation deficiencies involving access to the I-405 Freeway and proposes
alternative methods of solving these deficiencies; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has directed an additional circulation study
to be done to determine traffic improvements needed in North Costa Mesa in
addition to those noted in the I-405 study; and
WHEREAS, these studies and a funding mechanism are to be incorporated
as part of the NCMSP; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to clarify the City's General Plan by this
amendment in response to the allegations in the pending lawsuit;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa that the General Plan of the City of Costa Mesa is hereby
amended as follows:
1. The maximum building intensities for the four parcels, which are
the subject of the NCMSP, are those square footages formerly assigned to
than and shown on Exhibit A which is attached and incorporated herein.
2. Those intensity levels are maximums and development might not be
allowed to those levels when City approval is obtained for a Final Develop-
ment Plan for specific projects.
3. The building intensity and population density levels for the 107
specific study areas discussed in the Land Use Element are those used in
the three Land Use Options, except for those areas where a General Plan
amendment after 1981 has designated a different level, and the intensity
for the remaining developed areas is that fixed by the constraints of the
applicable zoning standards. The study data for the 107 study areas are
incorporated by reference.
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4. The proposed traffic circulation improvements identified in the
I-405 Freeway Access Study and the additional arterial improvements to be
determined in the other study referred to in the above recitals are identi-
fied as passible additional thc)roughfares and additional network improve-
ments that upon further study may be added to the City's Master Plan of
Highways.
5. Upon canpletion of the I_MSP any indicated and appropriate per-
manent changes to the General Plan will be made.
6. This amendment clarifies existing and implicit provisions and
standards in the City's General Plan in order to eliminate apparent confu-
sion or misunderstanding as evidenced by the lawsuit.
HE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the designation of these building inten-
sity standards has formerly been studied in their respective Environmental
Impact Reports prepared in compliance with the California Environmental
Quality Act and, therefore, no new environmental analysis need be prepared
for this amendment.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of Augus ,
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ayor of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
Cy Clerk the City of Costa esa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Resolution No. 87-85 was duly and regularly passed arra adopted by the
said City Council at a special meeting thereof, held on the 3rd day of
August, 1987.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 4th day of August, 1987.
ClUty Clerk and ex -off icio Cler f the
City Council of the City ofC a Mesa
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