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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-35 - Water Quality/Conservation and AuthorizationRESOLUTION NO. 03-35 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT GP -03-01 FOR NEW GENERAL PLAN POLICIES IN THE LAND USE AND CONSERVATION ELEMENTS RELATED TO WATER QUALITY/CONSERVATION AND AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT THE DRAFT LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR ADOPTION BY SANTA ANA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa adopted the 2000 General Plan on January 22, 2002; WHEREAS, the General Plan is a long-range, comprehensive document that serves as a guide for the orderly development of Costa Mesa; WHEREAS, by its very nature, the General Plan needs to be updated and refined to account for current and future community needs; WHEREAS, the Santa Ana Region Municipal Stormwater Permittees of Orange County are required to comply with the permit requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES); WHEREAS, as a co -permittee, the City of Costa Mesa is amending the City's 2000 General Plan to incorporate new General Plan policies in the Land Use and Conservation Elements related to water quality and conservation policies of the NPDES; WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing was held by the Planning Commission on May 12, 2003 and by the City Council on June 2, 2003; WHEREAS, the project has been reviewed for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the CEQA Guidelines, and the City environmental procedures, and found to be exempt from CEQA requirements. BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby adopt General Plan Amendment GP -03-01, which incorporates new General Plan policies related to water quality/conservation in the Land Use Element and Conservation Element, as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached to this resolution, and authorize the submission of the Draft Local Implementation Plan to the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board for adoption, as set forth in Exhibit 'B," as required for conformance with the NPDES Stormwater Permit. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of June, 2003. 771L) �?- DepuyAity Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa Mayor of the ity of Costa Mesa APPROVED AS TO FORM City Attorney STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) as CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, JULIE FOLCIK, 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. 03-35 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of June, 2003, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Monahan, Steel, Cowan, Mansoor, Schaefer NOES: None ABSENT: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 3d day of June, 2003. DepuV City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa Exhibit "A" Amended Pages of 2000 General Plan LU -2A.2 Continue to implement, review, and update the redevelopment plan for the adopted project area. LU -2A.3 Prepare a specific plan to ensure that the portion of the Route 55 extension from 19th Street through the Redevelopment Area is compatible with the Redevelopment Areaandto review development related issues on the remainder of the alignment. LU -2A.4 In the event of damage or destruction, allow any legal conforming use in existence at the time of adoption of the General Plan that is located in a nonconforming development to be rebuilt to its original building intensity, as long as any such rebuilding would not increase the development's nonconformity, and the damage or destruction was in no way brought about by intentional acts of any owner of such use or property. e LU -2A.5 Develop standards, policies, and other methods to encourage the grouping of individual parcels to eliminate obsolete subdivision patterns and to provide improved living environments while retaining the single-family zoning or single-family character of such areas in the City. LU -2A.6 Do not allow "rounding up" when calculating the number of permitted residential units except for lots existing as of March 16, 1992, zoned R2 -MD that have less than 7,260 square feet in area, and no less than 6,000 square feet, where density calculation fractions of 1.65 or greater may be rounded up to two units. LU -2A.7 Allow creation of parcels without street frontage if sufficient easements are provided for planned developments or common - interest developments. LU -2A.8 Encourage increased private market investment in declining or deteriorating neighborhoods. LU -2A.9 Pursue maximum use of utility company funds and resources in undergrounding existing overhead lines. LU -2A.10 Ensure that appropriate watershed protection activities are applied to all new development and significant redevelopment proiects that are subject to the NPDES Stormwater Permit, during the planning protect review, and permitting processes. LU -2A.11 Avoid conversion of areas particularly susceptible to erosion and Sediment loss (e.g., steep slopes) and/or establish development guidelines that identifies these areas and protects them from erosion and sediment loss. LU -2A.12 Preserve or restore areas that provide water ouali v benefits and/or are necessary to maintain riparian and aquatic biota. LU -2A.13 Promote site development that limits impact on and protects the natural integrity of topography. drainage systems, and water bodies. LAND USE ELEMENT • PAGE LU -45 LU -2A 14 Promote integration of stormwater quality protection into construction and post -construction activities as required by the NPDES Stormwater Permit and the Clty'S Local Implementation Plan. GOAL LU -3: SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS It is the goal of the City of Costa Mesa to respond to the needs of its citizens for housing, public services, community facilities, and safety of persons and property, to the extent possible within budgetary constraints, and when deemed appropriate for local governmental involvement. Obiective LU -3A. Ensure availability of adequate community facilities and provision of the highest level of public services possible, taking into consideration budgetary constraints and effects on the surrounding area. _ e LU -3A.1 Pursue annexation of certain areas within the City's Sphere of Influence to control development or uses which may be detrimental to the City. 1-1.13A.2 Strongly encourage protection and preservation of existing, but underutilized, school sites for future recreational, social, or educational uses. LU -3A.3 Establish a development impact fee program to fund additional fire and police personnel, facilities, and equipment to meet the demands of additional growth in the City. LU -3A.4 Require appropriate site and environmental analysis for future fire and police station site locations or for the relocation or closure of existing fire and police facilities. PAGE LU46 • LAND USE ELEMENT Objective CON -113. Work towards the orderly, balanced utilization and conservation of the City's coastal resources. CON -10.1 Coordinate City planning efforts with the County of Orange, the City of Newport Beach, and other agencies to develop uniform and - consistent policies regarding the future use and development of the River Park Project. CON -1 D.2 Preserve and enhance existing wetlands areas. CON -10.3 Review existing public works facility planning efforts to ensure that adequate water, sewer, and circulation systems are available to serve uses in the Coastal Zone and to limit planned capacities to conform to the demands created by development which is consistent with the Coastal Act. i CONA DA Require the provision of adequate visitor serving on-site parking facilities that do not impact sensitive resources within the Coastal Zone. CON -1D.5 Coordinate the development of plans, policies, and design standards for projects within the Coastal Zone with appropriate local, regional, state, and federal agencies. Objective CON -1E. Pursue the prevention of the significant deterioration of local and regional air and water quality. CON -1E.1 Cooperate with and support regional, State, and Federal agencies to improve air quality throughout the South Coast Air Basin. CON -1E.2 Require, as a part of the environmental review procedure, an analysis of major development or redevelopment project impacts on local and regional air and water quality. CON -1E.3 Develop and implement a Reasonable Available Control Measure Plan (including employee ridesharing, traffic signal synchronization, bicyde/pedestrian facilities, energy conservation street lighting, modified work schedules, preferential carpool parking, or other equivalent control measures) in conformance with the Air Quality Management Plan for the South Coast Air Basin. CON -1 EA Develop and implement comprehensive watershed management plans for drainage basins in Costa Mesa. Closely coordinate with the County, surrounding cities and the various special districts whose decisions and activities affect City and County watersheds and other natural resources. CON -1 E.5 Implement urban runoff pollution control measures and programs to attempt to reduce and control the discharoe of pollutants into storm drains to the maximum extent practicable. CON -1E.6 Reduce the quantity of runoff and discharge of pollutants to the maximum extent practicable by integrating surface runoff controls into new development and redevelopment land use decisions. PAGE CON46• CONSERVATION ELEMENT CON -1 E.7 Support the acquisition of areas of open space that have water quality significance by the CityCounty State or other agencies and non-profit oroanizations for preservation. CON -1 E.8 Coordinate with other local govemment agencies on county -wide land use issues to maintain a watershed -based approach to land use, flood wntrol and non -point source pollution prevention. CON -1E.9 Ensure that tand uses which pose a significant threat to water quality, such as automobile dismantlers transportation and vehicle storage facilities, waste transfer disposal facilities light industries, and other uses that have a significant potential for pollution, shall not provide storage to or discharoe pollutants that could easily come in contact with flood waters or high groundwater. r CON -1E.10 Minimize particulate matter pollution through control over construction projects subject to the NPDES Stonnwater Permit (including erosion and sediment controls on amcling quarrying vegetation removal, construction and demolition) industrial processes, parking lots and other activities that pose such a water quality threat. CON -1 E. 11 Ensure development wnsistencv with the National Community Conservation Plan areas in Fairview Park and Talbert Regional Park. CON -1 E 12 Ensure that new developmendsignificant redevelopment proiects subject to the NPDES StorrIwater Permit incorporate to the maximum extent practicable measures that reduce the quantity of storm flow and the discharge of pollutants in urbantstorm water runoff to protect water quality, biological habitats and recreational uses of downstream receiving water bodies. CONAEMEnsure that future land development/mdevelopment projects subject to the NPDES Stom ater Permit adhere to the design standards set forth in the current Drainage Area Management Plan (DAMP) and the City's local Implementation Plan. CONSERVATION ELEMENT• PAGE CON47 Exhibit "B" Draft Local Implementation Plan (Provided as a Separately Bound Document)