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ORDINANCE NO. 03-4
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, 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
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: FINDINGS OF FACT. The City Council does hereby make the
following findings of fact:
a. On December 10, 2002 the City Council of City of Santa Clarita adopted
Resolution No. 02-176 initiating the South Santa Clarita Annexation to
promote orderly growth and good planning practices in the project area.
b. Such prezoning would become effective upon annexation and designated upon
the Zoning Map incorporated within and part of Title 17 of the City's Unified
Development Code.
C. The Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on the South
Santa Clarita Annexation Prezone 02-004 of approximately 825 -acres on
January 7, 2003, and adopted Resolution 02-47, recommending that the City
Council approve Prezone 02-004 for the South Santa Clarita Annexation
Area. Notice of said public hearings was given in the manner required by the
Santa Clarita Municipal Code and State law.
SECTION 2. Based upon the testimony and other evidence received at the hearing,
and upon the study and investigation made by the Planning Commission and on its behalf,
the City Council further finds as follows:
a. The purpose of the proposal is to prezone the project site of approximately
825 -acres from Los Angeles County Residential, A-2-1 (Heavy Agricultural -
one acre minimum lot size) zoning to City of Santa Clarita Residential Estate
(RE) and Residential Moderate (RM) designation upon adoption of the
Negative Declaration prepared for the project, approved under separate
resolution;
b. That the prezone has been reviewed for consistency with the City's General
Plan.
a. Public participation and notification requirements pursuant to Section 65090
of the Government Code of the State of California were duly followed; and
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d. The Negative Declaration prepared for this project was approved by separate
resolution by the City Council on February 25, 2003.
SECTION 3. FINDINGS FOR PREZONE. Based upon the foregoing facts and
findings, the City Council hereby finds as follows:
a. That a need for the prezone of Residential Estate (RE) and Residential
Moderate (RM) does exist within the area of the project site so the site can be
annexed in to the City of Santa Clarita and so the site's prezoning
designation would be consistent with the City's General Plan and existing
uses in the project area;
b. That the subject property is a proper location for the RE and RM prezoning
designation; the prezone will be consistent with the General Plan designation
for that area and with the existing land uses.
C. That public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good planning
practice justifies the prezone classifications proposed because the prezone will
be consistent with the City's development standards.
d. That the proposed prezoning designation of RE and RM is consistent with
existing land uses in the area and would not result in a substantive change to
the existing zoning of the project site; and
e. That the project site consists of 825 acres of land containing two single-family
homes and one mobile home park, contiguous to the corporate limits of the
City of Santa Clarita.
SECTION 4. The City Council approves the request to prezone the South Santa
Clarita Annexation area to the City of Santa Clarita zones RE and RM, as shown on
Exhibit A attached.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall
cause the same to be published as required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of February, 2003.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERIC
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
) ss.
I, Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance No. 03-4 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first
reading at the regular meeting of the City Council on the 14`" day of January, 2003. That
thereafter, said Ordinance was duly passed and adopted at the regular meeting of the City
Council on the 25th day of February, 2003, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Weste, McLean, Kellar, Smyth
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Ferry
V'""AR
CITY CLERK
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