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Home My WebLink About1998-07-14 - ORDINANCES - PREZONE 98-001 AMEND (2)Ordinance No. 98.16 Page 1 ORDINANCE NO. 98-16 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP (PREZONE 98 -001) FOR WHITNEY RANCH (ANNEX 98-001 AND PREZONE 98-001), THE 537.1 ACRE AREA LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND OUTSIDE THE EXISTING CITY LIMITS EAST OF STATE ROUTE 14, EXTENDING EAST OF THE TERMINUS OF SAN FERNANDO ROAD AND INTO A PORTION OF THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita has proposed and initiated prezoning of approximately 537.1 acres of inhabited land (Whitney Ranch), located adjacent to and outside the existing City limits, east of State Route 14 and east of the terminus of San Fernando Road and into a portion of the Angeles National Forest; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita adopted the City of Santa Clarita General Plan on June 26, 1991 by City Council Resolution 91-98 and adopted the City of Santa Clarita Unified Development Code, including the City's zoning designations, on November 24, 1992, effective December 24, 1992; and WHEREAS, such prezoning, as described in Exhibit A 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 Planning Commission of the City of Santa Clarita conducted a public hearing on June 16, 1998, pursuant to applicable law, to consider the prezone for the City of Santa Clarita, and adopted Resolution No. P98-22, with the finding that the Negative Declaration was in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and recommending that the City Council approve Annexation No 98-001, Prezone No. 98-001 and the Negative Declaration prepared for the project; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita set June 23, 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 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 annexation and prezone; and WHEREAS, at said public hearing, said annexation and prezone was duly heard and considered; and WHEREAS, following said public hearing, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita adopted Resolution 98-79 approving the Negative Declaration prepared for this annexation and prezone with the finding that the Negative Declaration was in compliance with the California Ordinance No. 98-18 Page 2 Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 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 A-2-1, A-2-5, and W zoning to City of Santa Clarita RE (Residential Estate), OS (Open Space) and MOCA (Mineral/Oil Conservation Area) overlay in conformance with the City's General Plan. B. Public participation and notification requirements pursuant to Sections 65090 and 65351 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 the proposed Annexation No. 98-001 prezoning consists of 537.1 acres of uninhabited land located adjacent to, and outside of the existing City limits, east of State Route 14, extending east of the terminus of San Fernando Road and into a portion of the Angeles National Forest, as identified in Exhibit A (Legal Description). B. That the subject property is a proper location for the RE, OS, and MOCA overlay zones, as identified in Exhibit B (Annexation and Zoning Map), consistent with the location of the RE, OS and MOCA overlay designations on the City's General Plan Land Use Map. C. That the proposed zone change is consistent with the objectives of the City's Unified Development Code, the General Plan and development policies of the City. D. That a need for the prezone to the various City zones exists within the project area, and that public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good planning practice justify the prezoning designations. SECTION 4. 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 RE, OS and MOCA overlay. Ordinance No. 98.18 Page 9 SECTION 5. 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 (proposed Annexation No. 98 -001 - Whitney Ranch) of the subject property to the City of Santa Clarita, whichever occurs last. SECTION 6. 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. 98.18 Page 4 PASSED AND APPROVED this 14th ATTEST: CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COL-ITY OF LOS ANGELES ) CITY OF SANTA CLARITA ) day of July '1998 . I, shamn Dawson , City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 98-16 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 23rd day of June 19 98 . That thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 14th day of July 1998 by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS- KI.AJIC, DARCY, FERRY, WESTE, HEM0 NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS- NOW ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS- NMF CITY CLERK annex\981pzord an -W -A, Exhibit A Legal Description for Annexation No. 98-001 to the City of Santa Clarita Whitney Ranch Annexation Those portions of Sections 6,7,3 and 12 in Township 3 North, Range 15 West, S.B.M., in the County o f Los nge!es, State of California, according to the official plat of said land on Ile in the :)isrrct Land Office on February 2, 1992, described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the center line of the Antelope Valley Freeway, as desc::bed in the F;nai Order of Condemnation recorded July 26,197 1 as Instrument No. 22.06, in the office of the county recorder of said county, with the north line of the south half of Government Lot 6 in said Section 6; thence Easteriy along said aorh line and along the north line of the south half of' he north half of the south half of said Section 6 to the northeast comer of the south half of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of said Section 6; thence southerly, along the easterly line of said south half of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter, to the southeast comer thereof; thence easterly, along the north line of the south half of the south half of said Section 6 to the northeast comer thereof, thence south, along the east line of said Section 6, to the southeast comer thereof, being also the northwest comer of the northwest quarter of said Section 8; thence easterly, southerly and westerly, along the northerly, easterly and southerly line of said northwest quarter of Section 3, to the southwest comer of said northwest quarter, being also the east quarter comer of said Section 7; thence continuing westerly, along the south line of the north half of said Section 7, to the southwest comer of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 7; thence northerly, along the westerly line thereof, to the northwest comer of said southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 7; thence westerly, along the south line of the north half of the south half of the north half of said Section 7, to the east line of Lot 2 of said Section 7; thence north, along the east line of said Lot 2, to a point distant South I degree 45 minutes 10 seconds West, along said east line, 254 feet from the northeast comer of the southwest quarter of the acrthwest quarter of said Section 7; thence leaving said east ine, north 3 degrees 25 minutes 55 seconds west, 1232.88 feet to a 2 inch by 2 inch stake set on the west line of said Section 7, distant south on said ;vest line 130.3 feet 3rom :he northwest comer of the southwest quarter of the northwest quaver of said Section, being also the southeast corner of the north 3 acres of Lot 2 in said Section I2; thence westerly, along the south line of said south 3 acres, and its westerly prolongation, to its intersection with the centerline of the Antelope Valley Freeway, hereinabove described; thence northeasterly, along said centerline to the point of beginning. r 3u V !! 1 77 a Exhibit B Zoning Map for Annexation No. 98-001 to the City of Santa Clarita Whitney Ranch Annexation O xxf+ai,mos. aXAX3S ISaUO3 —ZDL2Z� £.DwZOl4 nSsNl1 ZGMCd 'd'Ai'Q��t� A.> M.::.GO aDk \ \y a Q \ V > 5�Nt1 d3MCd 'e'M'C� 1 d0 ,stie£ c �s 0 LON � � d .I J w � T �o 7 2 � � Z N > i �3= it ► �� ii�•n Ci M r. � � d .a .I J w �o � 2 � � Z .a �o � Y