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Home My WebLink About1998-02-24 - AGENDA REPORTS - PREZONE 97-002 ANNEX MC97 223 (2)AGENDA REPORT City Manager Appro\ Item to be presented UNFINISHED BUSINESS DATE: February 24, 1998 SUBJECT: PREZONE NO. 97-002 (MASTER CASE NO. 97-223), TO FACILITATE ANNEXATION OF 34.2 ACRES OF UNINHABITED LAND LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NEWHALL RANCH ROAD, AND MCBEAN PARKWAY, ADJACENT TO NORTHWEST CITY LIMITS ORDINANCE NO. 98-6 DEPARTMENT: Planning and Building Services RECOMMENDED ACTION City Council adopt Ordinance No. 98-6 approving Prezone No. 97-002. BACKGROUND At the meeting of February 10, 1998, the City Council waived further reading and introduced Ordinance No. 98-6 and waived further reading. ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS Based on previous City Council action, no alternatives are identified by staff. FISCAL IMPACT The fiscal impact analysis prepared for the project indicates that the action will result in a net cost to the City of $370,000 over the course of the next ten years. Ordinance No. 98-6 sApbs\annex\972arp z2.f1f Adopted: :a_, �Y ORDINANCE NO. 98-6 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP (PREZONE 97-002) FOR THE UNINHABITED AREA LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND OUTSIDE THE EXISTING CITY LIMIT, GENERALLY AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NEWHALL RANCH ROAD AND MCBEAN PARKWAY WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita has proposed and .initiated prezoning of approximately 34.2 acres of uninhabited land,' located adjacent to and outside the existing City limits, generally at the northwest corner of Newhall Ranch Road and McBean Parkway. WHEREAS, such prezoning, as mapped in Exhibit A, 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 January 6, 1998, 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 P98-06 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 February 10, 1998, 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 designation A-2-5 zoning to City of Santa Clarita CC in conformance with the City's General Plan and Final EIR (SCH# 90010683) adopted June 1991, and with the City's zoning designations which became effective December 24, 1992. B. A Negative Declaration was prepared for the project and circulated for review and comment by the public, with no comments received. The public review period was from December 12, 1997, to January 6, 1998. Ordinance No. 98-6 Page 2 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 City CC zone exists within the project area. B. That the subject property is a proper location for the CC land use designation. C. That public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good planning practice justify the prezoning designations. D. That the proposed prezoning designation to -CC is 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 97-002. consists of 34.2 acres of uninhabited land located adjacent to, and outside of the existing City limits, generally at the northwest comer of Newhall Ranch Road and McBean 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. B. The proposed prezone would not have a significant adverse effect on the environment 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. 98-6 Page 3 PASSED AND APPROVED this day of '19—. MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) § CITY OF SANTA CLARITA } I, Sharon L. Dawson, 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 annex\972ord.eam PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 24, 1998, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita adopted Ordinance 98-6 entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP (PREZONE 97-002) FOR THE UNINHABITED AREA LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND OUTSIDE THE EXISTING CITY LIMIT, GENERALLY A THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NEWHALL RANCH ROAD AND MCBEAN PARKWAY by the following vote: AYES: Smyth, Boyer, Majic, Darcy, Heidt NOES: None ABSENT: None A certified copy of the complete text of the ordinance is posted and may be read in the City Clerk's Office, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 301, Santa Clarita, and/or a copy may be obtained from that office. Dated this 26th day of February, 1998. Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk City of Santa Clarita STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) CITY OF SANTA CLARITA ) Sharon L. Dawson, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that she is the duly appointed and qualified City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita and that by Thursday, February 26, 1998, she caused a certified copy of the subject ordinance to be posted and made available for public review in the City Clerk's office and a copy of the ordinance summary to be published as required by law. Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk City of Santa Clarita