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No. 2007-1228 - ORDINANCE NO. 1228 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING RAMSGATE SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 89-1 SIXTH REVISION (SP A6) WHEREAS, the Shopoff Group filed an application with the City of Lake Elsinore to amend the Ramsgate Specific Plan No. 89-1 with a Sixth Revision (the "Specific Plan Amendment"); and WHEREAS, Government Code Section 65453(a) states that a specific plan shall be amended in the same manner as a general plan, except that a specific plan may be adopted by resolution or by ordinance and may be amended as often as deemed necessary by the legislative body; and WHEREAS, it is the policy of Lake Elsinore that Specific Plans serve as zoning mechanisms and specific plan amendments shall be approved by ordinance of the City Council; and WHEREAS, after considering the Specific Plan Amendment at a regular meeting held on July 17, 2007, the Planning Commission of the City of Lake Elsinore recommended that the City Council approve Ramsgate Specific Plan No. 89-1 Sixth Revision; and WHEREAS, public notice of the Specific Plan Amendment has been given, and the City Council has considered the Planning Commission's recommendation and evidence presented by the Community Development Department and other interested parties at a public hearing held with respect to this item on August 14, 2007. NOW, THEREFORE, 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 a decision. The City Council finds and determines that the proposed Specific Plan Amendment is consistent with the goals and policies of the Lake Elsinore General Plan and the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code. SECTION 2. That in accordance with State Planning and Zoning Law and Chapter 17.99 of the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code, the City Council makes the following findings for approval of the Specific Plan Amendment: 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. 1 The General Plan supports the development of the Ramsgate Specific Plan. The Specific Plan Amendment adds acreage that is contiguous to the City's southern boundary into this planning area. The proposed Specific Plan Amendment has been reviewed and conditioned to enhance and update the previous revisions to the Ramsgate Specific Plan. The proposed Specific Plan Amendment 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. The Specific Plan Amendment has been considered and accounted for in the Draft General Plan Update. The Specific Plan Amendment is consistent with proposed land uses on its western boundary. 2. The proposed location allows the development to be well-integrated with or adequately buffered from its surroundings, whichever may be the case. The Specific Plan Amendment provides for the development of low density residential in proposed Tentative Tract Map No. 32537, which is an extension of the single-family detached residential neighborhoods adjacent to the west and under construction to the east. Development standards for a 4,600 square foot product line in Tentative Tract Map No. 35422 are proposed as part of the Specific Plan Amendment. A lot of this size is more compatible with the higher density residential, light industrial and commercial land uses proposed for properties to the west in the City's General Plan Update. 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. A Traffic Impact Analysis (TlA) was prepared by Urban Crossroads in January 2007. The results of the TIA revealed that the proposed TTM 32537 would generate 699 daily trips (55 a.m. peak hour trips and 74 p.m. peak hour trips), and that the proposed TTM 35422 would generate 1,924 daily trips (151 a.m. peak hour trips and 203 p.m. peak hour trips). 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 '0' objective. 2 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. The Specific Plan Amendment has been reviewed and conditioned to provide adequate public services to support the anticipated development. In addition, recreational amenities, pedestrian pathways, and open space for residents in the two proposed tract maps is required by the Specific Plan Amendment. 5. The overall design of the Specific Plan shall produce an attractive, efficient and stable development. The Specific Plan Amendment will allow the construction of single family neighborhoods in the western portion of the Plan with parks, amenities, and primary and secondary access. 6. In accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), impacts have been reduced to a less than significant level through adoption of mitigation measures, the Mitigation and Monitoring Program, and conditions of approval. SECTION 3. Based upon all of the evidence presented, both written and testimonial, the above findings, and the conditions of approval imposed upon the Project, the City Council hereby adopts an Ordinance amending the Ramsgate Specific Plan for a sixth revision. 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. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, on this h ay August 2007. ATTEST: \jGUciJ& ~ MICHELLE SOTO INTERIM CITY CLERK 3 APPROVED AS TO FORM: - ~ ~\tjtvv~ BARBARA ZEID LEIBOLD CITY ATTORNEY CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF RIVERSUDE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE -- ) )ss. ) I, MICHELLE SOTO, Interim City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1230 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore on the 14th day of AUQust 2007, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore held on the 28th day of AUQust 2007, by the following roll call vote: AYES: MAYOR ROBERT E. MAGEE MAYOR PRO TEM DARYL HICKMAN COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS BUCKLEY COUNCILMEMBER GENIE KELLEY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT SCHIFFNER NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE \_M(u~ ~ MICHELLE SOTO INTERIM CITY CLERK 4