HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-04-27 - ORDINANCES - MC 98-114 PORTA BELLA GVR (2)ORDINANCE NO. 99-9
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
APPROVING MASTER CASE NO. 98-114 FOR
ZONE CHANGE 98-002 TO RESIDENTIAL ESTATE -PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (RE -
PD), RESIDENTIAL MODERATE -PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (RM -PD), RESIDENTIAL
MEDIUM HIGH -PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (RMH-PD), BUSINESS PARK -PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT (BP -PD), NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL -PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT (CN -PD) AND COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL -PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT (CC -PD) AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE PORTA BELLA SPECIFIC
PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO ALLOW FOR A FOUR MONTH
EXTENSION OF THE PURCHASE DATE OF THE METROLINK STATION AND TO
ALLOW GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD TO TRAVERSE THE SITE AND TO ALLOW THE
CONSTRUCTION OF GOLDEN VALLEY ROAD AND GRADING FOR A PROPOSED
HIGH SCHOOL SITE IN THE CANYON COUNTRY AREA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby make the following findings of fact:
a. The Golden Valley Road and High School project is generally located east of the
Porta Bella development area, south of Soledad Canyon Road, west of Sierra
Highway, and north of the Placerita Canyon area in the City of Santa Clarita.
b. In February, 1998, the City and William S. Hart Union High School District
entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding
certain aspects of the potential construction and cost sharing of the construction
of Golden Valley High School and Golden Valley Road from approved Tract
42670 to Sierra Highway in the Canyon Country area.
C. In April 1998, the City and Santa Clarita Business Park entered into a
Development Agreement regarding certain aspects of the potential construction
of Golden Valley Road from approved Tract 42670 to Sierra Highway in the
Canyon Country area. The City was required to prepare the required
environmental documentation per the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA).
d. On May 15, 1998, Master Case No. 98-114 was submitted for the following
entitlement requests: modification to the Porta Bella Specific Plan and
Development Agreement, Zone Change 98-002, and General Plan Amendment
98-003 to change the zoning and general plan categories from Residential Estate
(RE), Residential Low (RL), Residential Moderate (RM), and Business Park (BP)
to RE, RM, Residential Medium High (RMH), BP, Neighborhood Commercial
(CN), and Community Commercial (CC). The project also includes the grading
and construction of Golden Valley Road.
e. The Golden Valley Road/High School project area is generally vacant, with a
number of slopes including an identified primary ridgeline. Oil and water wells
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are located adjacent to the site. Major features of the area include Oro Fino
Canyon, a portion of the San Gabriel Fault Zone, the DWP aqueduct pipeline,
natural gas transmission lines, cable television facilities and electrical
transmission corridors.
The project consists of (1) the grading of a 135 -acre school site with an export of
approximately 1.5 million cubic yards of earth, (2) construction of approximately
11,000 feet of Golden Valley Road, a major highway on the City's Circulation
Element, with the import of 1.5 million cubic yards from the school site, (3)
General Plan amendments as previously identified, and (4) modifications to the
Porta Bella Specific Plan. Two scenarios were analyzed for the Porta Bella
amendments, with Scenario "A" being a more intensive development.
g. The City of Santa Clarita prepared an Initial Study for the project, which
determined that the project may have a significant effect on the environment and
that an environmental impact report must be prepared. A Notice of Preparation
(NOP) for the project was mailed in July, 1998 to affected agencies. A scoping
meeting was held at Santa Clarita City Hall in July, 1998 to obtain information
from the public as to which issues should be addressed in the environmental
document.
r`. h. The Golden Valley Road/High School Site Draft Environmental Impact Report
(Draft EIR) was circulated for review and comment by the affected governmental
agencies and all comments received have been considered. The Draft EIR
(SCH#98071076) was distributed to the Planning Commission, the public and
affected governmental agencies for a 45 -day public review period beginning on
February 3, 1999, and ending on March 22, 1999. Late comments were accepted
until March 29, 1999, to allow for mail delays.
i. The Planning Commission held five duly noticed public hearings on the Draft
EIR for the Golden Valley Road/High School Site Project and related
entitlements commencing on February 16, 1999, and continuing on March 2,
1999, March 16, 1999, and March 30, 1999, with an action being taken on April
6, 1999. These public hearings have been held at 7:00 p.m. at the City Council
Chambers, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Santa Clarita, CA 91355.
Three of the public hearings were held during the public comment period. These
public hearings were held for the purpose of providing an opportunity for the
Commission and the public to consider focused discussions on each of the
environmental issue areas discussed in the Draft EIR.
j. Prior to the April 6, 1999, Planning Commission hearing, all modifications to the
Porta Bella Specific Plan and Development Agreement were tabled and this item
was continued to a date uncertain with two exceptions. The first is that the
r alignment of Golden Valley Road could traverse the Porta Bella site once the
State Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) releases the area. The
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second modification is a four-month extension on the purchase agreement
between the City and the owners of the Porta Bella site for the Metrolink station.
k. Prior to the April 6, 1999, Planning Commission Hearing, the requested zone
changes on properties, excluding the Porta Bella project, were modified to
include a Planned Development (PD) overlay zone which would require a
conditional use permit be obtained prior to construction with the exception of the
high school facility. The PD overlay would allow for more orderly development
in the area.
1. The Final EIR, herein incorporated by reference, includes the Draft EIR and the
following: responses to written comments on the Draft EIR, responses to public
testimony regarding Draft EIR issues raised at the public hearings during the
public comment period, modifications to the Draft EIR text, and the Mitigation
Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP). The Draft EIR was provided to the
Commission on February 3, 1999, and the remaining Final EIR documents were
prepared and provided to the Planning Commission on March 31, 1999. Prior to
recommending project approval, the Planning Commission considered the Final
EIR, as well as information provided in staff reports, the amendment text, and
public testimony.
M. On April 6, 1999, the Planning Commission adopted a recommendation that the
City Council adopt an ordinance approving the requested zone change and
modifications to the Porta Bella Specific Plan and Development Agreement
document.
n. The City Council held duly noticed public hearings on this project commencing
on April 13, 1999 and April 27, 1999. On April 13, 1999, the City Council
certified the FEIR for this project (Resolution 99-60), held the first reading of
this ordinance, waived further reading of the ordinance, and continued this item
for a second reading on April 27, 1999. On April 27, 1999, the City Council
having waived further reading, completed the second reading in order to approve
Zone Change 98-002 which changes the existing zoning to RE -PD, RM -PD, RMH-
PD, BP -PD, CN -PD and CC -PD and modifications to the Porta Bella
Development Agreement and Specific Plan to allow a four-month extension to
the purchase agreement and allows for Golden Valley Road to traverse the site
(Exhibits A and B). All the public hearings on the project were held at 6:30 p.m.,
at the City Council Chambers, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Santa Clarita.
SECTION 2. Based upon the above findings of fact, oral and written testimony and
other evidence received at the public hearings held for the project, and upon studies and
investigations made by the Planning Commission and the City Council and on its behalf, the
City Council further finds as follows:
a. At the hearings described above, the City Council considered staff presentations,
staff reports, Planning Commission staff reports and resolutions, applicant
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presentations, public testimony on the proposal, and the FEIR prepared for the
project.
b. The Zone Change and modifications to the Porta Bella Specific Plan and
Development Agreement provides for development standards and types of public
and private improvements that will not cause serious public health problems,
since access, water, sewage disposal, fire protection, and solid waste disposal are
addressed in the MMRP.
C. The Final Environmental Impact Report identifies certain significant
environmental effects. The Final Environmental Impact Report identifies
feasible mitigation measures for each of these impacts with the exclusion of air
quality, visual resources, agricultural resources, solid waste disposal, and biota,
which cannot be avoided through mitigation. The identified mitigation measures
have been incorporated into the Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Plan (MMRP)
and conditions of approval for the project.
SECTION 3. Based upon the foregoing facts and findings, the City Council
hereby finds as follows:
a. A FEM including the Draft EIR, Responses to Comments, Text Changes to the
DEIR and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP), and the
Statement of Overriding Considerations for this project have been prepared and
circulated in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
The Planning Commission adopted Resolution P99-09 recommending that the
City Council certify the FEIR and adopt a Statement of Overriding
Considerations. The City Council certified the FEIR and adopted the Statement
of Overriding Considerations through adoption of Resolution 99-06.
b. This project as modified by the Planning Commission and City Council will not
adversely affect the health, peace, comfort or welfare of persons residing in the
area; nor be materially detrimental to the use, enjoyment, or valuation of
property in the vicinity of the project site; nor jeopardize, endanger or otherwise
constitute a menace to the public health, safety, or general welfare since the
project conforms with the City's General Plan, Unified Development Code and
is compatible with surrounding land uses.
C. The project has substantiated the findings for approval of a Zone Change and to
modify a Development Agreement and Specific Plan.
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby approves Zone Change 98-002 consisting of a
zone change to City of Santa Clarks. RE -PD, RM -PD, RMH-PD, BP -PD, CN -PD and CC -PD and
modifies the existing Porta Bella Specific Plan and Development Agreement as modified by the
Planning Commission and City Council and herein incorporated by reference (Exhibit A and
B).
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modifies the existin a Bella Specific Plan and Develop t Agreement as modified by the
Planning Comm issio City Council and herein incorpo a d by reference (Exhibit A and
B):
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall become effective at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first day
after adoption.
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.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 27f n day of anri 1 199g_.
OR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) as.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Sharon L. Dawson, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. oo_o was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at
a regular meeting of the City Council on the 13th day of April ,
That thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting
of the City Council on the 7 -7i ---h day of April 19gg_ by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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