HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2024-24 General Plan Conformity ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 2024-24
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, FINDING THAT THE VACATION OF CERTAIN
STREETS AND EASEMENTS LOCATED WITHIN THE AREA BOUNDED BY
NICHOLS ROAD TO THE NORTH, PIERCE ROAD TO THE EAST, KINGS
HIGHWAY TO THE SOUTH, AND TERRA COTTA ROAD TO THE WEST (WITHIN
AN AREA COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS “STOCKDALE”) IS IN CONFORMITY
WITH THE CITY’S GENERAL PLAN
Whereas, the Planning Commission (Commission) of the City has been delegated with
the responsibility of making recommendations to the City Council regarding whether a street
vacation conforms to the City’s General Plan Circulation Element;
Whereas, Staff has determined that previously dedicated paper streets and easements
located in the Stockdale area have not and will not be used for any public purpose ;
Whereas, Southern California Edison has requested, pursuant to the California Street
and Highway Code Section 8346, reservation of easements and rights that are necessary to
use, maintain, operate, repair, replace, remove, or renew existing facilities in certain identified
areas; and
Whereas, the General Plan does not designate those paper streets as future roadways.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RECOMMEND AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein.
Section 2: The Planning Commission hereby finds and determines that vacation of the
certain streets and easements located within the area bounded b y Nichols Road to the north,
Pierce Road to the east, Kings Highway to the south, and Terra Cotta Road to the west is in
conformity with the City’s General Plan.
Section 3: The Commission finds and determines that the proposed vacation is
categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Cal. Pub. Res. Code §§
21000 et seq.: “CEQA”) and the State Guidelines for Implementation of CEQA (14 C.C.R. §§
15000 et seq.: the “CEQA Guidelines”) pursuant to a Class 1 exemption for existing facilitie s
because it involves the vacation of a portion of a street which involves negligible or no
expansion of use. (14 C.C.R. § 15301.)
Section 4: Based upon all of the evidence presented and the findings above, the
Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council find that the vacation as
described in Section 2 above is consistent with the City’s General Plan , subject to such
easements that will have been requested to be reserved by Southern California Edison.
Section 5: This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
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Passed and Adopted on this 3rd day of December, 2024.
Jodi Peters
Chair
Attest:
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Damaris Abraham
Community Development Director
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE )
I, Damaris Abraham, Community Development Director of the City of Lake Elsinore, California,
hereby certify that Resolution No. 2024 -24 was adopted by the Planning Commission of the City
of Lake Elsinore, California, at a regular meeting held December 3, 2024 and that the same was
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioners Ross, Carroll, and Williams; Vice Chair Gray; and Chair Peters
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
Damaris Abraham
Community Development Director
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