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Home My WebLink About1996-04-16 - AGENDA REPORTS - NORTH VALENCIA PREZONE ANNEX (2)1 M 1 DM#,114 City Manager Approva Item to be presented y: UNFINISHED BUSINESS DATE: April 16, 1996 SUBJECT: APPROVING PREZONE NO. 92-006 (MASTER CASE NO. 95-242), TO FACILITATE ANNEXATION OF 955.3 ACRES OF UNINHABITED LAND LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF NEWHALL RANCH ROAD, EAST OF AVENUE ANZA, NORTH OF MAGIC MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND THE AUTO CENTER AND WEST OF VALENCIA BLVD. AND BOUQUET CANYON ROAD. ("NORTH VALENCIA") ORDINANCE NO. 96-12 DEPARTMENT: Community Development Ordinance No. 96-12 was introduced to the City Council on March 26, 1996. After conducting a public hearing on the item, the Council waived further reading of the ordinance and passed it to a second reading. Waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 96-12, approving Prezone No. 95-006.. ATTACHMENTS Ordinance No. 96-12 Location Map sAcd\annex\956or2.1hs ORDINANCE NO. 96-12 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP (PREZONE 95-006) FOR THE AREA LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND OUTSIDE THE EXISTING CITY LIMITS, GENERALLY NORTH AND SOUTH OF NEWHALL RANCH ROAD, EAST OF AVENUE ANZA, NORTH OF MAGIC MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND THE AUTO CENTER AND WEST OF VALENCIA BLVD. AND BOUQUET CANYON ROAD. WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita has proposed and initiated prezoning of approximately 955.3 acres of uninhabited land, located adjacent to and outside the existing City limits, generally north and south of Newhall Ranch Road, east of Avenue Anza, north of Magic Mountain Parkway and the Auto Center and west of Valencia Blvd. and Bouquet Canyon Road in the North Valencia area of the Santa Clarita Valley, prior to annexation to the City of Santa Clarita; and WHEREAS, such prezoning, as described in Exhibit A (Legal Description) and mapped in Exhibit B, would become effective upon annexation and designated upon the Zoning Map incorporated within and made a part of the City's Unified Development Code; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita Planning Commission set March 5, 1996, at the hour of 7:00 p.m., in the City Council Chambers, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Santa Clarita, California, as the time and place for a public hearing before said Planning Commission, and notice of said public hearing was given in the manner required by the Santa Clarita Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita Planning Commission adopted Resolution P96-05 recommending that the City Council approve the proposed prezoning of the project area to allow for future annexation; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita City Council set March 26,1996, at the hour of 6:30 p.m., in the City Council Chambers, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Santa Clarita, California, as the time and place for a public hearing before said City Council, and notice of said public hearing was given in the manner required by the Santa Clarita Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, at said public hearing, testimony was received, if any, for, and/or against the proposed prezone; and WHEREAS, at said public hearing, said prezone was duly heard and considered. THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita as follows: SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby find and determine as follows: A. The prezone is a change from Los Angeles County zones RPD 5000 23U, RPD 5000 15U, RPD 5000 9U, Ml'/2, C2, and A2-5 to City of Santa Clarita zones BP, CTC, CC, RS, and RM in conformance in conformance with the City's General Plan and Final EIR (SCH# 90010683) adopted June 1991, and with the City's Ordinance No. 96-12 Page 2 zoning designations which became effective December 24, 1992, B. The Initial Study prepared for the project has been circulated for review and comment by affected governmental agencies and the public, and no comments were received. A Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program has been prepared for this project. The public review period was from January 5, 1996 to March 26, 1996. C. Public participation and notification requirements pursuant to Sections 65090, 65091and 65854 of the Government Code of the State of California were duly followed. SECTION 2. Based upon the testimony and other evidence, if any, received at the public hearing, and upon studies and investigations made by the Planning Commission and the City Council and on their behalf, the City Council further finds and determines that the project is consistent with the General Plan and complies with all other applicable requirements of State law and local ordinance. SECTION 3. In acting on the prezoning application, the City Council has considered certain principles and standards, and finds and determines as follows: A. That a need for the prezone to the various City zones exists within the project area. B. That the subject property is a proper location for the various City land use designations, C. That public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good planning practice justify the prezoning designations. D. That the proposed prezoning designations are consistent with existing land uses in the area and would not result in a substantive change to the existing zoning of the subject site. E. That the proposed Prezone 95-006 consists of 955.3 acres of uninhabited land located adjacent to, and outside of the existing City limits, generally north and south of Newhall Ranch Road, east of Avenue Anza, north of Magic Mountain Parkway and the Auto Center and west of Valencia Blvd. and Bouquet Canyon Road in the'North.Valencia area of the Santa Clarita Valley, as identified in Exhibit A. SECTION 4. The City of Santa Clarita City Council has reviewed and considered the Initial Study prepared for the project and finds and determines as follows:' A. Said study found that no adverse impact to the existing and future environment of the area would result from the proposed prezone. Ordinance No. 96-12 Page 3 B. The proposed prezone would not have a significant adverse effect on the environment based on CEQA Section 21083.3 and the proposed Negative Declaration was prepared, posted, and advertised in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). SECTION 5. Based upon the foregoing, the City Council does hereby ordain that the application for a prezone is approved, and that the Official Zoning Map of the City of Santa Clarita is hereby amended to designate the subject property as identified in Exhibit B. SECTION 6. This ordinance shall become effective at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first day after adoption, or upon the effective date of the annexation of the subject property to the City of Santa Clarita, whichever occurs last. SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify as to the passage of this Ordinance and cause it to be published in the manner prescribed by law: Ordinance No. 96-12 Page 4 PASSED AND APPROVED this day of '19—. MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) § CITY OF SANTA CLARITA ) I, Donna M. Grindey, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the day of , 19 , That thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the day of 19 by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS NOES COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS CITY CLERK a.ex\941ord.eam Exhibit t'A" LEGAL DESCRIPTION PREZONE 95.006 NORTH VALENCIA PREZONE TO CITY OF SANTA C ZONING DESIGNATIONS LARITA EXCLUDING TRACT NO. 44823 AND TRACT NO.44823.01 THAT PORTION OF THE RANCHO SAN FRANCISCO, TERRITORY IN THE UNINCORPORATED OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 1 PAGES 521. AND 522 OF COUNTY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: PATENTS, RECORDS OF SAID BEGINNING AT THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF PARCEL 29 OF PARCEL MAP NO. 12009, IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, COUNTY OF LAS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, PER MAP FILED IN BOOK '182 PAGES 47 THROUGH 54, INCLUSIVE OF PARCEL MAPS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, SAID CORNER BEING A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF NEWHALL RANCH ROAD AS SHOWN ON MAP OF TRACT NO, 52111, FILED IN BOOK • � THROUGH PAGES _, INCLUSIVE, OF SAID MAPS, AND BEING AN ANGLE POINT ON THE BOUNDARY OF SAID CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AS EXISTED ON DECEMBER 21, 1995; THENCE LEAVING SAID BOUNDARY, pERpENpZCULAR TO THE CENTERLINE OF NEWHALL RANCH ROAD AS SHOWN ON SAID MAP OF TRACT N0. 52111 90.00 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF SAID NEWHALL RANCH ROAD; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE THROUGH ITS VARIOUS COURSES AND CURVES TO THE CENTERLINE OF MCBEAN PARKWAY AS SHOWN ON MAP OF TRACT HO. 44481 FILED IN BOOK 1115 PAGES 28 THROUGH 48, INCLUSIVE, OF SAID MAPS; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE OF MCBEAN OF TO THE NORTHWESTERLY PROLONGATION OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF LOT 127 OF SAID TRACT NO, 44481 ON SAID CITY BOUNDARY; THENCE EASTERLY AND` ALONG SAID CITY BOUNDARY THROUGH ITS VARIOUS COURSES AND CURVES TO TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXISTING CITY BOIfGAAy CITY OF SANTA CLAAITA LEGENO: Exhibit "B" NORTH VALENCIA PREZONE AREA Master Case 95-242, Prezone 95-006 CTC ►- CTC V ` cl CC CC- e e e +� CC v Q. r e a CC OEOE TC PXISTIN 13 CITY eOI/'QAAY CITY OF SANTA CLARITA EXISTING CITY BOi14oARy AmEXATICN BOU40ART L SCALE> I. = 2000 I-3-96 EXISTING CCITY Bajc Ay CIT• CF SAWA CLAAITA ' RS. iu CITY eo.#"y CITY OF SANTA CLAAITA NORTH VALENCIA PREZONE AREA Master Case 95-242, Prezone 95-006 _ EXISTING CITY BOUNDARY CITY OF SANTA CLARITA 9 ,tie CTC CTC LEGEND: SCALE 1 _ 2000 1-3-96 EXISTING CITY BOUNDARY rJo CC a ITv OF SARA CLARITA L 3 \\ g CC CC r �\% RS. m a CC RM r Qe R CC h CC PBLVD EXISTING Lr CBOUNDARY (RIVE CTC X11 4 ITY C CITY OF `� f* _ SANTA CLARITA owl GP)1I� 'Yin Or EXISTIrNGG CITY BouDARY p rC SVT S�` CITY OF SANTA CLARITA P K A, A r lV Qs .po c� EXISTING CITY BouDA1Y ANNEXATION BOUNDARY __ - - - - -- RS-Residential Suburban RM -Residential Moderate CC- Community Ccmmerical CTG Commercial Town Center BP- Business Park