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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 2006-1197 ORDINANCE NO. 1197 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING RAMS GATE SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 89-1 FIFTH REVISION, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE EAST OF INTERESTATE 15, SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 74, AND WEST OF GREENW ALD AVENUE. WHEREAS, The Shopoff Group filed an application with the City of Lake Elsinore to amend the Ramsgate Specific Plan No. 89-1; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Lake Elsinore at a regular meeting held on September 5, 2006, made its report upon the desirability of the proposed project and made its recommendations in favor of Ramsgate Specific Plan No. 89-1 Fifth Revision by adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. 2006-92 recommending to the City Council approval of Rams gate Specific Plan No. 89-1 Fifth Revision; and WHEREAS, public notice of the application 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 September 26, 2006. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council has considered the proposed specific plan amendment prior to making its decision. The City Council adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 2006-04 prepared for this project as adequate and prepared in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) which analyzes environmental effects of the proposed project. SECTION 2. That in accordance with State Planning and Zoning law and Chapter 17.99 (Specific Plan District) of the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code, the City Council makes the following findings for approval of the Ramsgate Specific Plan No. 89-1 Fifth Revision: CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. 1197 PAGE 2 OF 5 - 1. The location and design of the proposed development is consistent with the goals and policies of the City's General Plan and with any other applicable plan or policies adopted by the City, or in the process of being prepared and adopted. a. The General Plan supports the development of the Ramsgate Specific Plan. The Fifth Revision adds acreage to the General Plan that is contiguous to its eastern boundary, and supplements Planning Area 6, which lost three-fourths of its original acreage to open space preservation. The Fifth Revision has been reviewed and conditioned to enhance and update the Ramsgate Specific Plan Fourth Revision. b. The Fifth Revision has been designed to support the objectives of the Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan adopted by the City, by preserving habitat areas identified in the Conservation Plan. - c. The Fifth Revision has been presented to the General Plan Advisory Committee charged with the preparation of the Draft General Plan Update, and received a favorable response. 2. The proposed location allows the development to be well-integrated with or adequately buffered from its surroundings, whichever may be the case. a. The Fifth Revision provides for the development of low-medium density residential, as an extension of the single family detached residential neighborhoods within Planning Area 6. In so doing, both Planning Areas 6 and 10 have primary and secondary access from Greenwald Avenue. b. The Fifth Revision increases the single family neighborhood on the eastern portion of the Plan, in both size and amenities, providing an aggregate three acres of parks, and compensating for the loss of acreage in this portion of the Plan to the preservation of open space. 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. CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. 1197 PAGE30F5 - a. A Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) was prepared by Urban Crossroads in October 2005, which determined that the proposed project will generate 2,211 trip-ends daily with 173 in the a.m. peak period and 233 in the p.m. peak period. The TIA identified that traffic from the project will use Scenic Crest Drive and Greenwald Avenue. As a secondary highway, Greenwald has the capacity for 35,000 vehicle trips. The project will not cause this capacity to be exceeded. b. The City of Lake Elsinore General Plan states that the objective of the City is to "strive to maintain a minimum Level of Service 'c' at all intersections during non-peak hours and Level of Service (LOS) 'D' at all intersections during peak hours to ensure that traffic delays are kept to a minimum. " With the incorporation of mitigation measures in the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, the project will meet LOS 'D' objective, except for the intersection of River Road at State Route 74 in the County. 4. The Final Specific Plan shall identify a methodology to allow land uses to be adequately serviced by existing or proposed public facilities and servIces. a. The Fifth Revision has been reviewed and conditioned to provide adequate public services for the site. b. The Fifth Revision provides recreational amenities, pedestrian pathways, and open space for residents in the low-medium density residential development. 5. The overall design of the Specific Plan shall produce an attractive, efficient and stable development. The proposed Revision will allow the construction of a more substantial and complete single family neighborhood in the eastern portion of the Plan, with parks and amenities and primary and secondary access to Greenwald Avenue. 6. In accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), impacts have been reduced to a level of non- CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. 1197 PAGE40F5 significance through adoption of mitigation measures and conditions of approval. SECTION 3. 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 4. 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. INTRODUCED AND APPROVED UPON FIRST READING this 26th day of September, 2006 by the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BUCKLEY, KELLEY, SCHIFFNER, MAGEE NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: HICKMAN ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED UPON SECOND READING this 10th day of October, 2006, upon the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Buckley, Hickman, Kelley, Schiffner., Magee COUNCILMEMBERS: None NOES: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. 1197 PAGE50F5 ATTEST: