HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-01-26 - AGENDA REPORTS - NORTH VALECIA 2 PREZONE (2)AGENDA REPORT
City Manager
Item to be presente�fby: Laura Stotler
PUBLIC HEARING
DATE: January 26, 1999
SUBJECT: APPROVING PREZONE 98-002 AND THE NEGATIVE
DECLARATION FOR THE 1,054 ACRE NORTH VALENCIA 2
PREZONE, LOCATED OUTSIDE AND ADJACENT TO THE CITY
LIMITS NORTH OF NEWHALL RANCH ROAD, EAST AND
WEST OF MCBEAN PARKWAY AND NORTH AND SOUTH OF
COPPERHILL DRIVE/RYE CANYON ROAD.
RESOLUTION NO. 99-5
ORDINANCE NO. 99-2
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Building Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council to conduct the public hearing, adopt Resolution No. 99-5 to approve
the Negative Declaration prepared for the prezone, with the finding that the
project will not have a significant effect on the environment; and, introduce
Ordinance No. 99-2 approving Prezone 98-002, waive further reading, and pass to
a second reading.
BACKGROUND
This request is for the prezone of the North Valencia area and is a continued
public hearing item from November 24, 1998. The proposed prezone area is 1,054
acres and would create City zones consistent with the General Plan land use
designations for this area. Originally, the City initiated a prezone request for
2,116 acres in the North Valencia area in accordance with the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) for the North Valencia 2 (NV2) Specific Plan and
Annexation that the Council approved last July. The site presently has a mix of
vacant land and developed residential, commercial, industrial uses, and Valencia
High School. Site characteristics include a portion of San Francisquito Creek, an
earthquake fault study zone, several protected oak trees and some minor
hillsides. No development of the property is proposed as part of this prezone
request.
In order to reduce annexation processing times, a prezone is sought at this time
so that the City will have an opportunity to process an annexation request with
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the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) concurrently with the
processing of the North Valencia 2 Specific Plan. The LAFCO requires that the
City prezone territory prior to annexation. A final fiscal impact analysis for the
North Valencia 2 Specific Plan will be circulated to the Council prior to
consideration of an annexation application to LAFCO.
It should be noted that this prezone request includes area not included within the
NV2 Specific Plan. Earlier this month the Valencia Company asked to modify the
originally prezone area to exclude approximately 1,062 acres located north of
Decoro and west of San Francisquito Creek from the prezone. Newhall Land and
Farming did t his because they are currently processing entitlements of this area
through the County of Los Angeles. This would reduce the prezone acreage from
2,116 acres to 1,054 acres. The prezone includes the areas known as North Park
(inhabited), East Creek, Decoro South and a portion of the Valencia Industrial
Center. Although prezoned together, annexation of this area is likely to proceed
through separate actions.
The Planning Commission held a public hearing on November 3, 1998 and the
Commission's recommendation for approval is attached to this report.
DISCUSSION
The proposed City zones are BP (Business Park), CC (Community Commercial),
CN (Neighborhood Commercial), RH (Residential High), RMH (Residential
Medium High), RS (Residential Suburban), RL (Residential Low), RE (Residential
Estate). The proposed zoning is consistent with the City's General Plan and with
existing development. City zoning and development regulations would apply to
this property upon completion of an annexation to the City. If the NV2 Specific
Plan were approved, then the Specific Plan area zoning would change to SP
(Specific Plan).
An initial study and negative declaration have been prepared for this prezone
based upon the General Plan Final EIR. The Valencia Company has agreed to
pay all fees associated with the annexation.
FISCAL IMPACT
Prezoning of the property would have no fiscal impact. A fiscal impact analysis to
address annexation of the North Valencia 2 and North Park areas is under
preparation.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 99-5, Adoption of Negative Declaration
Ordinance No. 99-2, Prezone
Negative Declaration (In City Clerk's Reading File)
Public Notice (In City Clerk's Reading File)
Initial Study (In City Clerk's Reading File)
Planning Commission Staff Report dated November 3, 1998
Resolution No. P98-32
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 26, 1999, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita
introduced Ordinance 99-2 entitled:
AN ORDINANACE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP (PREZONE 98-002) FOR THE
NORTH VALENCIA 2 AREA, 1,054 ACRES LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND OUTSIDE
THE EXISTING CITY LIMITS NORTH OF NEWHALL RANCH ROAD, EAST AND WEST
OF MCBEAN PARKWAY, AND NORTH AND SOUTH OF COPPER HILL DRIVEIRYE
CANYON ROAD.
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 28th day of January 1999.
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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, January 28, 1999, 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