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Home My WebLink AboutCC Reso No 2011-058 City Council Reso RESOLUTION NO. 2011 -058 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING RESIDENTIAL DESIGN REVIEW NO. 2011.05 BY RICHMOND AMERICAN HOMES AT ROSETTA CANYON, TRACTS 25476, -77, -78, -79 AND 32503 WHEREAS, an application has been filed with the City of Lake Elsinore by Richmond American Homes (the "Developer ") requesting approval of Residential Design Review No. 2011 -05 (the "Design Review ") proposed for 89 lots in Tract Map Nos. 25476, -77, -78, -79, and 32503 known as "Rosetta Canyon;" and WHEREAS, the project is located south of Highway 74, east of Interstate 15, and north of Wasson Canyon (the "Site "); and WHEREAS, the Design Review includes design details for 89 lots including a model home complex on the Site; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore has been delegated with the responsibility of making decisions pertaining to residential projects; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Cal. Pub. Res. Code §§ 21000 et seq.: "CEQA ") and the CEQA Guidelines (14 C.C.R. §§ 15000 et seq.), public agencies are expressly encouraged to reduce delay and paperwork associated with the implementation of CEQA by using previously prepared environmental documents when those previously prepared documents adequately address the potential impacts of the proposed project (CEQA Guidelines Section 15006); and WHEREAS, CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a) states that "When an EIR has been certified or negative declaration adopted for a project, no subsequent EIR shall be prepared for that project unless the lead agency determines, on the basis of substantial evidence in the light of the whole record, one or more of the following: 1. Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; 2. Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or 3. New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete or the negative declaration was adopted, shows any of the following: (A) The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR or negative declaration; City Council Resolution No. 2011 -058 (B) Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR; (C) Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative; or (D) Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative. "; and WHEREAS, a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report with Mitigation Monitoring Program (SCH 88090525, the "SEIR ") for the Ramsgate Specific Plan was certified and an Addendum adopted thereto. Further, various mitigated negative declarations have been adopted for subsequent amendments to the Ramsgate Specific Plan and design review applications which implement the Specific Plan. WHEREAS, public notice of the Design Review has been given in accordance with the requirements of the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code, 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 October 11, 2011. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council has considered the proposed design for the 89 residential homes and model complex prior to making a decision and has found them acceptable. SECTION 2. The City Council finds and determines that in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, the Design Review does not present a substantial change or new information that would require further CEQA analysis. The environmental impacts associated with development of the Design Review were contemplated by, fully analyzed in, and mitigated through the various environmental documents previously approved for the Site. No new CEQA documentation is necessary for the Design Review. SECTION 3. That in accordance with Section 17.184 of the City of Lake Elsinore Municipal Code (LEMC), the City Council makes the following findings for the approval of Residential Design Review No. 2011 -05: 1. The project as conditioned will comply with the goals and objectives of the Ramsgate Specific Plan, and the ILEMC and therefore will comply with the goals and objectives of the City of Lake Elsinore General Plan. The Ramsgate Specific Plan and LEMC designations for the Site are implemented by the Design Review. City Council Resolution No. 2011 -058 2. The project complies with the design directives contained in the Ramsgate Specific — Plan and all other applicable provisions of the Municipal Code. The Design Review complies with all development standards pertaining to the Site in the Ramsgate Specific Plan and the LEMC. The products proposed by Richmond American Homes have similar style features and shall be constructed with similar colors and materials that blend with homes already constructed in Rosetta Canyon. Therefore the proposed products are consistent and compatible with existing surroundings. The project will provide wall and fence treatments as previously approved for the tracts, as well as landscaping as previously conceptually designed for the Site. 3. Conditions and safeguards pursuant to Section 17.184.070, including guarantees and evidence of compliance with conditions, have been incorporated into the approval of the subject project to insure development of the property in accordance with the objectives of this Chapter and the planning district in which the site is located. Conditions have been applied to this project that prescribe site design, setbacks, height, architectural design, exterior materials, colors, textures, landscaping, lighting, walls and fences, grading and phasing. — SECTION 4. Based upon the evidence presented, the above findings, and the attached conditions of approval, the City Council hereby approves Residential Design Review No. 2011 -05. SECTION 5. This Resolution shall take effect from and after the date of its passage and adoption. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this 11 day of October 2011. q - Q t-C BRI SDAL 1 MAYOR A TEST: II L Lk . CAI VIRGI 7L. Big i M CL' 41 K CL K fi APPRO ED AS F R /6 11 kg( ii BARB A LEIBOL' -- CITY ATTORNEY CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE ) I, Virginia J. Bloom, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, hereby certify that Resolution No. 2011 -058 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, at a regular meeting held on the 11 day of October 2011, and that the same was adopted by the following vote: AYES: Council Member Melendez, Mayor Pro Tem Magee, Council Member Hickman, Council Member Weber and Mayor Tisdale NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None 14L4 l Virginia BIo• 4 City Cle