HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-01-14 - AGENDA REPORTS - PREZONE SOUTH SC ANNEX (2)PUBLIC HEARING
DATE:
SUBJECT:
DEPARTMENT:
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by:
January 14, 2003
Vince Bertoni
PREZONE FOR THE SOUTH SANTA CLARITA ANNEXATION
AREA (MASTER CASE 02-474)
Planning and Building Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Conduct the public hearing and adopt a resolution approving the negative declaration;
introduce an ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA TO APPROVE PREZONE NO. 02-004 (MASTER CASE 02-
474) FOR THE SOUTH SANTA CLARITA ANNEXATION AREA LOCATED EAST OF
INTERSTATE 5 AND WEST OF STATE ROUTE 14 ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHERN
BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITY LIMITS.
BACKGROUND
On December 10, 2002, the City adopted Resolution No. 02-176 initiating the South Santa
Clarita Annexation. The State of California Cortese-Knox-Hertzburg Local Government
Reorganization Act of 2000 requires that the proposed project area be prezoned consistent
with the City's General Plan before annexation.
Adoption of the Prezone would allow staff to complete the annexation application submitted
for the project area to the Los Angeles County Local Agency Formation Commission
(LAFCO) on December 11, 2003.
On January 7, 2003, the Planning Commission recommended approval of the Prezone for
the South Santa Clarita Annexation.
ANALYSIS
Project Description
This is a request to prezone the project area from County of Los Angeles A-2-1 (Heavy
Agricultural -one acre minimum lot size) zoning to City RE (Residential Estate) designation
on 811 acres and RM (Residential Moderate) designation on 14 acres. The area is not
currently designated on the City's Zoning Map.
The project site consists of two single-family residences and one mobile home park. The balance
of the project site is vacant. No development is proposed with this project. The proposed
annexation is generally located adjacent to the City's southern boundary east of Interstate 5 and
west of State Route 14 in the unincorporated area of the County of Los Angeles.
Agenda Item
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The requested Prezone would be consistent with the City of Santa Clarita General Plan and
existing land uses in the area. No development is proposed with this prezone request.
General Plan
The proposed annexation is located in the unincorporated area of the County of Los
Angeles. The property is currently designated HM (Hillside Management), TC
(Transportation Corridor), W (Watershed), and Urban 3 (6.7 to 15du/ac) under the Los
Angeles County Santa Clarita Valley Areawide General Plan.
The existing City of Santa Clarita General Plan land use designation is RE (Residential
Estate) on 811 acres and RM (Residential Moderate) on 14 acres.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
1. Council may choose not to adopt the Resolution and pass the Ordinance for a second
reading on January 28, 2003.
2. Other direction as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact is anticipated with the proposed prezone.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
Ordinance
Map of Annexation Prezone Area
COUNCIL READING FILE
Planning Commission Staff Report
Planning Commission Resolution
Negative Declaration
Initial Study
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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
PLANNING & BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
APPLICATION: MASTER CASE NUMBER 02-474
(Prezone No. 02-004)
(Annexation No. 02-004)
PROJECT APPLICANT: City of Santa Clarita
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project is a Prezone of approximately 823 mostly undeveloped acres for annexation to the
City of Santa Clarita. The City of Santa Clarita currently designates the site as RE (Residential
Estate) on 809 acres and RM (Residential Moderate).
PROJECT LOCATION: Generally located east of Interstate 5 and west of State Route 14 adjacent to and outside the
existing southern limits of the City of Santa Clarita in the unincorporated area of the County of
Los Angeles.
A DRAFT NEGATIVE DECLARATION has been prepared for this proposed project and is available for public
review beginning at 12:00 p.m. on December 17, 2002.
City Hall
Planning & Building Services Department
23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 302
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
Hearings on this matter will be conducted on the following dates:
Planning Commission
DATE: January 7, 2003
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
City Council
DATE: January 14, 2003
TIME: 6:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Council Chamber, City Hall
23920 Valencia Blvd., First Floor
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
If you wish to challenge the action taken on this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you
or someone else raised at the public hearings described in this notice, or written correspondence delivered to the
City of Santa Clarita at, or prior to, the public hearings. If you wish to have written comments included in the
materials the Planning Commission receives prior to the public hearings, it must be submitted to the Planning &
Building Services Department by 12:00 P.M. on Tuesday, January 7, 2003, for Planning Commission, or Tuesday
January 20, 2003, for City Council.
For further information regarding this proposal, you may contact the City of Santa Clarita, Department of Planning
& Building Services, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Third Floor, Santa Clarita, CA 91355; Telephone: (661) 255-4330, Kelvin
Parker, Associate Planner.
Vincent P. Bertoni, AICP
Planning Manager
Posted: Santa Clarita City Hall
Los Angeles County Library, Valencia Branch
Jeffrey Lambert, AICP
Director of Planning & Building Services
Published: The Newhall Signal
December 17, 2002