HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 2010-1282ORDINANCE NO. 1282
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE
CANYON HILLS SPECIFIC PLAN
WHEREAS, Pardee Homes, has filed an application with the City of Lake
Elsinore requesting approval of Amendment No. 3 to the Canyon Hills Specific Plan (the
"Project"); and
WHEREAS, the 1,969-acre Canyon Hills Specific Plan site is located between I-
15 and 1-215, along Railroad Canyon Road, within the western portion of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Lake Elsinore considered
the proposed Amendment at its regularly scheduled meeting on June 15, 2010 meeting
and made a recommendation that the City Council approve the proposed Amendment;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore is responsible for
making decisions relating to the approval or amendment of specific plans; and
WHEREAS, public notice of the Project has been given, and the City Council has
considered evidence presented by the Community Development Department and other
interested parties at a public hearing held with respect to this item on July 27, 2010.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
CALIFORNIA, ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Prior to making a decision, the City Council has reviewed and
analyzed Amendment No. 3 to the Canyon Hills Specific Plan pursuant to the Planning
and Zoning Laws (Cal. Gov. Code 65000 et seq.) and Chapter 17.99 of the Lake
Elsinore Municipal Code ("LEMC").
SECTION 2. That in accordance with State Planning and Zoning Laws and the
Lake Elsinore Municipal Code, the City Council makes the following findings for the
approval of Amendment No. 3 to the Canyon Hills Specific Plan:
1. The location and design of the proposed development shall be consistent
with the goals and policies of the City's General Plan and with any other applicable plan
or policies adopted by the City.
The Canyon Hills Specific Plan Amendment No. 3 meets the City's Specific Plan criteria
for content and required implementation of the General Plan established by Section
65450 et sea. of the California Government Code and Section 17.99 of the City of Lake
Elsinore Municipal Code. Accordingly, the proposed Specific Plan Amendment No. 3
complies with the objectives of the General Plan and the purpose of the planning district
in which the site is located.
2. The proposed location shall allow the development to be well-integrated
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with or adequately buffered from its surroundings, whichever may be the case
The Project is appropriate to the site and surrounding developments in that
implementation of the Project will result in construction of single-family homes, multi-
family attached condominiums, neighborhood commercial uses, a neighborhood park,
and an open space in accordance with appropriate development and design standards
contained in the Canyon Hills Specific Plan Amendment No. 3 document. The Project
creates interest and varying vistas as a person moves along any Project street. The
Project also complements the quality of existing neighboring development and will
continue to provide visually-pleasing design and architecture within the immediate area.
3. All vehicular traffic generated by the development, either in phased
increments or at full build-out, is to be accommodated safely and without causing undue
congestion upon adjoining streets.
The width and type of pavement needed to carry the type and quantity of traffic
generated that will result from implementation of Canyon Hills Specific Plan Amendment
No. 3 has been reviewed and accounted for. The City has conditioned the Project to be
served by roads of adequate capacity and design standards to provide reasonable
access by car, truck, transit, and bicycle.
4. The Specific Plan Amendment shall identify a methodology(s) to allow
land uses to be adequately serviced by existing or proposed public facilities and
services. In appropriate circumstances, and as provided elsewhere by City Code, the
City may require that suitable areas be reserved for schools, parks and pedestrian
ways; or public open spaces shall be dedicated or reserved by private covenant for the
common use of residents, establishments or operations in the development.
The Canyon Hills Specific Plan Amendment No. 3 properly identifies methodologies to
allow land uses to be adequately serviced by existing or proposed public facilities and
services. The Specific Plan Amendment No. 3 identifies necessary streets and
circulation to support the proposed land use allocations, as well as all necessary wet
and dry utilities for proper and adequate infrastructure services. In addition, the Final
Specific Plan Amendment No. 3 identifies single family and multi-family land uses„
neighborhood commercial uses, a neighborhood park, and an open space for dedication
and preservation.
5. The overall design of Specific Plan Amendment No. 3 will produce an
attractive, efficient and stable development.
The proposed Canyon Hills Specific Plan Amendment No. 3 has been designed in
consideration of the size and shape of the property, thereby, strengthening and
enhancing the immediate areas. The Project will complement the quality of neighboring
existing and future uses by creating visually-pleasing development.
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The Canyon Hills Specific Plan Amendment No. 3 will not be detrimental to the health,
safety, comfort or general welfare of the persons residing or working near the Project or
within the City, nor will it be injurious to property or improvements in the project area or
within the City. In addition, staff has substantiated that all applicable City Departments
and Agencies have been afforded the opportunity for a thorough review of the Specific
Plan Amendment No. 3 and have incorporated all applicable comments and/or
conditions related to installation and maintenance of landscaping, street dedications,
regulations of points of vehicular ingress and egress and control of potential nuisances,
so as to eliminate any negative impacts to the general health, safety, comfort, or
general welfare of the surrounding neighborhood or the City.
6. In accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA), impacts have been reduced to a level of non-significance, or in the
case where impacts remain, a statement of overriding considerations must be adopted
to justify the merits of project implementation.
In accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15164(a), the City prepared an addendum
to the previously certified Final Environmental Impact Report for the Canyon Hills
Specific Plan (State Clearinghouse No. 87111606) (the `FEIR') to address the minor
changes proposed under Specific Plan Amendment #3 (the "Addendum'). The
reconfiguration of Phases Vll and VII does not result in any new significant impacts or
new information not previously analyzed in the FEIR. The Addendum to the FEIR is
adequate and is prepared in accordance with the requirements of CEQA.
SECTION 3. Based upon all of the evidence presented, the above findings, and
the conditions of approval imposed upon the Project, the City Council hereby approves
Canyon Hills Specific Plan Amendment No. 3.
SECTION 4. If any provision, clause, sentence or paragraph of this Ordinance or
the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the other provisions of this Ordinance and are hereby declared
to be severable.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of its
final passage. The City Clerk shall certify as to adoption of this Ordinance and cause
this Ordinance to be published and posted in the manner required by law.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of August 2010, by the following vote:
MELISSA A. MELENDEZ
MAYOR
CAROL COWLEY
INTERIM CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
B RBARA LEIBOLD
CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )ss.
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE )
I, Carol Cowley, Interim City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, California,
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1282 was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore on the 27th day of July
2010, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Lake Elsinore held on the 10th day of August, 2010 by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: BUCKLEY, HICKMAN, MAGEE,
MAYOR PRO TEM BHUTTA AND MAYOR MELENDEZ
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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