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Home My WebLink AboutPC Reso No 2012-16RESOLUTION NO. 2012 -16 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE APPROVAL OF PRE - ANNEXATION ZONE CHANGE NO. 2012- 01 SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OF THE ANNEXATION NO. 81 WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elsinore (the "City ") has commenced proceedings to annex approximately three hundred twenty (320) acres of land within the City's Sphere of Influence generally located southwest of State Route 74 (Central Avenue), west of Waterford Street, and northeast of Dexter Avenue and Interstate 15 into the corporate boundaries of the City of Lake Elsinore (also referred to as the "3rd Street Annexation "); and WHEREAS, Government Code Section 56375 requires that as a condition to annexation, a city shall pre -zone the territory to be annexed or present evidence satisfactory to the Local Agency Formation Commission ( "LAFCO ") that the existing development entitlements on the territory are vested or built out, and are consistent with the City's general plan; and WHEREAS, on August 14, 2007, the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore adopted Ordinance No. 1229 approving the pre- annexation zoning designation of "Ramsgate SP" for approximately 75.1 acres of the 3rd Street Annexation area located south of State Route 74 (Central Avenue), north of Wasson Canyon, west of Rosetta Canyon Drive, and east of Cambern and Conard Avenues; and WHEREAS, the City is initiating proceedings to change the zoning designation on the remaining 244.9 acres of land within the 3rd Street Annexation area from the County of Riverside's zoning designations to City's pre - annexation zoning designations as set forth below; and WHEREAS, the City prepared a Recirculated Program Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2005121019: the "RP -EIR ") to address the potential environmental impacts of a comprehensive update of its General Plan and of Annexation No. 81 pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.: "CEQA "), the State Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (California Code of Regulations, Sections 15000 et seq.: the State CEQA Guidelines "), and the City's Procedures for Implementing the State CEQA Guidelines and its other procedures relating to environmental evaluation of public and private projects; and WHEREAS, on December 13, 2011 the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore certified the RP -EIR with Errata and Responses to Comments, the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations, and the Mitigation PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2012-16 PAGE 2OF4 Monitoring and Reporting Program; and WHEREAS, both the General Plan and proposed Annexation No. 81 were evaluated in the certified RP -EIR and as described above the proposed pre - annexation zoning is consistent with the General Plan's land use designations applicable to the annexation area; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Section 15183 of the State CEQA Guidelines where the prior EIR relied upon by the lead agency was prepared for a general plan or community plan, any rezoning action consistent with the general plan or community plan shall not require additional environmental review; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Lake Elsinore has been delegated with the responsibility of making recommendations to the City Council for changes to the official zoning map; and WHEREAS, at a duly noticed public hearing on March 20, 2012, the Planning Commission considered evidence presented by the Community Development Department and other interested parties with respect to this item. NOW THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Recirculated Program Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2005121019: the "RP- EIR ") evaluated the potential environmental impacts of a comprehensive update of its General Plan and of Annexation No. 81 and pursuant to Section 15183 of the State CEQA Guidelines no additional environmental review is required for the proposed Pre - Annexation Zone Change No. 2012 -01. SECTION 2. The Planning Commission has considered the proposed Pre - Annexation Zone Change No. 2012 -01 and based upon the evidence presented recommends to the City Council approval of the proposed Pre - Annexation Zone Change No. 2012 -01 and amendment to the Zoning Map to conform to the proposed Pre - Annexation Zone Change No. 2012 -01 by adopting the proposed pre- zoning map attached to this Resolution as Exhibit "A ". SECTION 3. That in accordance with the Cortese -Knox Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, State Planning and Zoning law and the City of Lake Elsinore Municipal Code ( "LEMC "), the Planning Commission makes the following findings for the approval of Pre - Annexation Zone Change No. 2012- 01: 1. The proposed zone change will not be: a) detrimental to the health, safety, comfort or general welfare of the persons residing or working within the PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2012-16 PAGE 3OF4 neighborhood of the proposed amendment or within the City, or b) injurious to the property or improvements in the neighborhood or within the City. The proposed pre- annexation zoning will not be detrimental, but will be beneficial to the public health, safety, comfort and welfare and will improve the property in the neighborhood and the City by allowing a variety of residential, commercial and open space uses to be established within the 3rd Street Annexation area compatible with the surrounding uses and consistent with the General Plan and providing for future improvement and development of infrastructure improvements such as water and sewer lines, lighting and paving of existing dirt right of ways. 2. The proposed action will be consistent with the Goals, Policies and Implementation Programs of the General Plan and the development standards established with the LEMC. The pre - annexation zoning is consistent with Goal 1 of Chapter 2.0 (Community Form) of the General Plan in that this pre- annexation zoning will assist in achieving the City's goal to "create a diverse and integrated balance of residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, public and open space land uses" and the related Implementation Program to update the Official Zoning Map 'to provide consistency between zoning requirements and General Plan land use designations." 3. The proposed pre- annexation zoning designations conform to and are consistent with the City of Lake Elsinore's General Plan Land Use Map. The proposed R -M -R (Rural Mountainous Residential), R -E (Estate Single - Family Residential), R -1 (Single Family Residential), CMU (Commercial Mixed -Use), C -2 (General Commercial), C -O (Commercial Office), C -M (Commercial Manufacturing), OS (Open Space) and Ramsgate SP zoning districts are consistent with the City of Lake Elsinore General Plan's Hillside Residential, Low Density Residential, Low - Medium Density Residential, Medium Density Residential, High Density Residential, Commercial Mixed Use, General Commercial, Business Professional, Public Institutional and Ramsgate Specific Plan land use designations adopted for the annexation area by the Lake Elsinore City Council on December 13, 2011. SECTION 4. This Resolution shall take effect from and after the date of its passage and adoption. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2012-16 PAGE 4OF4 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this twentieth day of March, 2012, by the following vote: AYES: VICE CHAIRPERSON O'NEAL, COMMISSIONER BLAKE, COMMISSIONER GONZALES, COMMISSIONER MORSCH NOES: NONE ABSENT: CHAIRPERSON JORDAN ABSTAIN: NONE Shelly Jor ,-6 airperson City of Lake Elsinore Planning Commission TEST: Warren Morelion, AICP Planning Manager I I I I 1 I i w I t f I I I I I I I R { I I I i oe T S f z z i )R cl `- � Q C 5� �; s P r 7431 - ' I -15 / S H WY -74 CITY BOUNDARY CITY PRE — ZONING C -2 — GENERAL COMMERCIAL C —M — COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING _ CMU — COMMERCIAL MIXED USE _ C -O — COMMERCIAL OFFICE L� OS —OPEN SPACE RA — SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ,.T R —E — ESTATE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL R —M —R— RURAL MOUNTAINOUS RESIDENTIAL SP — RAMSGATE SPECIFIC PLAN R -1 R -M -R - - - - -_ _-- - --- _- - - - - -- -- - - - .-------------- - - - - -E — SOURCES: CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE GIS CITY OF >...�. 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