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Home My WebLink AboutPC Reso No 2016-18 (Alberhill Villages Specific Plan)RESOLUTION NO.2016.18 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 GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2012-01 WHEREAS, Pacific Clay Products, lnc., is the Applicant for and has requested approval of the Alberhill Specific Plan No.20 12-0'1 , General Plan Amendment (GPA) 2012-01 , Zone Change (ZC) 2012-02, (DEIR) Draft Environmental lmpact Report (State Clearing House Number 2012061046) whrch are collectively referred to herein as the "Project"; and WHEREAS, Government Code Section 65358 empowers the legislative body to amend all or part of an adopted General Plan if to do so would be in the public interest and so long as no mandatory element of the General Plan is amended more frequently than four times during any calendar year; and WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment No. 2012-01 (the "Project") is part of the City's First (1't) Cycle amendments to the Lake Elsinore General PIan for the 2016 calendar year; and WHEREAS, Public Notice of the General Plan Amendment was given on January 18, 2016 and on February 16, 2016 a duly noticed public hearing of the Planning Commission has 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, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City of Lake Elsinore (the "City") has prepared an Environmental lmpact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2012061046: the "ElR") on the Project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.; "CEQA"), the State Guidelines for lmplementation of the California Envrronmental Quality Act (California Code of Regulations, Sections 15000 et seq.: ihe "State CEQA Guidelines"), and the City's Procedures for lmplementing the State CEQA Guidelines and its other procedures relating to environmental evaluation of public and private projects. SECTION 2. The City transmitted for filing a Noticeof Preparation of the Draft EIR on or about June 13, 2012 in accordance with the CEQA Guidelines, for distribution to those agencies which have jurisdiction by law with respect to the Project and to other interested persons and agencies, and sought the comments of such persons and agencies. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2016.18 PAGE 2 of 7 SECTION 3. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15082(c)(1), on July 17, 2012, the City held a duly noticed scoping meeting in order to facilitate consultation regarding the scope and content of the environmental information in the Draft ElR. SECTION 4. The City transmitted for filing on or about November 5, 201 5 a Notice of Availability/Notice of Completion of a Draft Environmental lmpact Report ("DElR") and in accordance with the State CEQA Guidelines forwarded the DEIR to the State Clearinghouse, for distribution to those agencies which have jurisdiction by law with respect to the Project, and to other interested persons and agencies, and sought the comments of such persons and agencies. SECTION 5. Notice to all interested persons and agencies inviting comments on the Draft EIR was published in accordance with the provisions of CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines and the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code and posted at the Office of the County Clerk of Riverside County on November 5, 2015. SECTION 6. The State Clearinghouse posted the DEIR for a 45-day public comment period which ran from November 5,2015 to December 31,2015. SECTION 7. All actions required to be taken by applicable law related to the preparation, circulation, and review of the DEIR have been taken SECTION 8. That in accordance with the California Planning and Zoning Law and the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code, the Planning Commission hereby makes the following findings for the approval of General Plan Amendment No. 2012-01: 1. The proposed General Plan Amendment will not be a) detrimental to the health, safety, comfort or general welfare of the persons residing or working within the neighborhood of the proposed amendment or within the City, or b) injurious to the property or improvements in the neighborhood or within the City. a. The proposed General Plan Amendment has been analyzed relative to its potential to have detrimental effects and conditions have been imposed on the subject project to ensure that the health, safety and welfare of surrounding residents will be protected. b. The proposed General Plan Amendment has been conditioned to amend the urban arlerial, major highway, secondary highway classif ications, and widths of the right of way and travel lanes. Lake Street will be realigned, Nicho/s Road will be extended, Temescal Canyon Road will connect directly to Lake Street, and Lincoln Street will extend to connect to existing Lincoln Street. 2. The proposed General Plan Amendment wrll permit reasonable development of the area consistent with its constraints. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2016.18 PAGE 3 of 7 The proposed SP designation will allow for the development of the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan, a master planned development with approximately 1,400 acres of mixed uses including singleiamily residential 8,244 dwelling units; 4,007,000 sq. ft. of civic/institutional, commercial retail, professional office/medical and entertainmenf uses; development of a university campus or similar institution to serve up to 6,000 students; and suppofting uses including schoo/s, worship centers, parks and greenbelt paseos. 3. The proposed General Plan Amendment No. 2012-01 shall amend the City of Lake Elsinore General Plan. Amendments to the following sections of the General Plan will be made: c. b Land Use Element: include amending the land use designations on the project site from Residential Mixed Use, Hiliside Residential, Low Density Residential, Low-Medium Residential, Medium Density Residential, High Density Residential, Recreational, Open Space, Public lnstitutional, General Commercial, and Commercial Mixed-Use, to 'Alberhill Villages Specific Plan' land uses. With a mining extraction overlay to remain, pursuant to the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan. Circulation Element: Certain areas of the overall circulation plan within the Project area will be amended, as well as certain cross sections of roadways within AVSP. The Alberhill Ranch District section of the General Plan: Tables and certain language will be amended. The zoning of parcels which were originally part of Alberhill Ranch Specific Plan and Murdock Alberhill Ranch Specific Plan, which are now part of Alberhill Villages will be amended (i.e. the 9.09 and 16,7 acre parcels). The Parks and Recreation Element: Language regarding the parks within the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan will be added. Community Facilities and Protection Services Element: The graphic regarding Lake Elsinore Schools and District boundaries will be amended to reflect the proper location of the Elementary School within the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan. The above referenced description of the General Plan Amendment is hereby referenced in Attachment 7 Section '1 of the February 16, 2016 Planning Commission Staff Report. a. d e. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2016.18 PAGE 4 of 7 Existing General Plan Land Uses Amended by GPA No. 2012-01 4. A description of the existing General Plan Land Use Designations changes to the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan Land Use by this General Plan Amendment is as follows: a. The 9.09 parcel and the 16.9 acre parcel that were originally part of the Alberhill Ranch and the Murdock Alberhill Ranch Specific Plan are now included in the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan. The exrsting General Plan Land Use Designation is Specific Plan and will be amended to Commercial Mixed-Use and Open Space by this General Plan Amendment. b. The Street A couplet in the current General Plan Land Use Designation is Residential Mixed Use and will be amended in the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan to Commercial Mixed Use by this General Plan Amendment. c. ln the northwest portion of the existing Alberhill District General Plan Land Use Designation, the Medium Density Residential Land Use Designation has been amended to Low Density Residential Land Use by this General Plan Amendment. d. ln the northwest portion of the existing Alberhill District General Plan Land Use Designatron, the High Density Residential Land Use Designation has been reduced in size by this General Plan Amendment. e. ln the western portion of the existing Alberhill District General Plan Land Use Designation, the Commercial Land Use Designation has been amended to Open Space Land Use Designation by this General Plan Amendment. f ln the western portion of the existing Alberhill District General Plan Land Use Designation, the Low Density Residential Land Use Designation will be amended to Recreational and General Commercial by this General PIan Amendment. S ln the western portion of the existing Alberhill District General Plan Land Use Designation, the High Density Residential Land Use Designation will be amended to Medium Density Residential by this General Plan Amend ment. h. ln the western portion of the existing Alberhill District General Plan Land Use Designation, the Medium Density Residential Land Use Designation will be amended to Low Density Residential by this General Plan Amendment. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2016.18 PAGE 5 of 7 5 i. ln the eastern portion of the existing Alberhill District General Plan Land Use Designation, the Residential Mixed Use Land Use Designation will be amended to Commercial Mixed Use by this General Plan Amendment. j. ln the southern portion of the existing Alberhill District General Plan Land Use Designation, the Medium Density Residential Land Use Designation will be reduced in size and a portion is amended to Low Density Residential by this General Plan Amendment. k. ln the southern portion of the existing Alberhill District General Plan Land Use Designation, the lnstitutional Land Use Designation will be amended to Low Density Residential by this General Plan Amendment. l. ln the southern portion of the existing Alberhill District General Plan Land Use Designation, the Low Density Residential Land Use Designation will be amended to Recreational by this General Plan Amendment. m. ln the southeast portion of the existing Alberhill District General Plan Land Use Designation, the Commercial Mixed Use Land Use Designation will be reduced in size and amended to include General Commercial by this General Plan Amendment. n. The above referenced description of the General Plan Amendment, is hereby referenced in Attachment '10 of the February 16, 2016 Planning Commission Staff Report. The Alberhill Ranch Specific Plan, which was adopted on August B, 1989 and incorporates the 6 acre area (identified to as the 9.09 acre area in the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan) and a '16.9 acre area (identified as the 1 1 acre area in Alberhill Villages Specific Plan) portions of the original Alberhill Ranch Specific Plan 89-2, which are currently designated as Commercial/Specific Plan (C/SP), will be amended to comply with the land use plan for the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan. a. Parcels originally in the Alberhill Ranch Specific Plan (9.09 and 11 acre parcels) are now in the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan will be removed from the Alberhill Ranch Specrfic Plan. b. The above referenced description of the General Plan Amendment, is hereby referenced in Attachment 7 Section 1 of the February 16, 2016 Planning Commission Staff Report The Murdock Alberhill Ranch Specific Plan, which was adopted on June 1992 and incorporates a 16.9 acre Commercial/Specific Plan (C/SP) area, will be amended to comply with the land use plan for the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan 6. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO, 2016.18 PAGE 6 of 7 a. Parcels originally in the Murdock Alberhill Ranch Specific Plan (16.9 acre parcel) that are now in the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan will be removed from the Murdock Alberhill Ranch Specific Plan. b. The above referenced description of the General Plan Amendment, is hereby referenced in Attachment 7 Section 1 of the February 16,2016 Planning Commission Staff Report 7. The proposed General Plan Amendment would establish a |and use density, intensity and usage more in character with the subject property's location, access, and constraints. The land uses and densities associated with the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan provide a variety of lot and hom.e size product type in order to implement the objectives of the City's General Plan. lt also includes land use changes from the existing General Plan designations to the Alberhill Villages Land Use Designations. Using these designations, the Alberhill Villages Land Use Designations allows a maximum of 8,244 dwelling units. 8. The proposed General Plan Amendment will not have a significant effect on the environment under CEQA. The effects of the General Plan Amendment have been analyzed in the Environmental lmpact Report (SCH #2012061046) prepared for the Alberhill Villages Specific Plan, and adequate mitigation measures and/or findings of overriding consideration consistent with CEQA have been incorporated and made where necessary . SECTION g. Based upon the evidence presented, both written and testimonial, and the above frndings, the Planning Commission hereby recommends approval of General PIan Amendment No. 2012-01. SECTION 10. This Resolution shall take effect from and after the date of its passage and adoption. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of February 2016, by the following vote: City of Lake Elsinore Planning Commission ATTEST. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO, 2016-18 PAGE 7 of 7 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE l, Justin Kirk, Principal Planner of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, hereby certify that Resolution No. 2016-18 as adopted by the Planning Commission of the City of Lake Elsinore at a regular meeting held on the 16th day of February 2016, and that the same was adopted by the following vote: AYES: CHAIRMAN JORDAN, VICE CHAIR ARMIT, COMMISSIONER GRAY, COMMISSIONER RAY NOES: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE ABSENT: NONE )'. J ustin