HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-02-24 - AGENDA REPORTS - NORTHPARK PREZONE GEN PLAN (2)Agenda Item:
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
PUBLIC HEARING City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by: Vincent Bertoni
DATE: February 24, 2004
SUBJECT: CONTINUE NORTHPARK PREZONE, GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT AND AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT AN
ANNEXATION APPLICATION TO THE LOCAL AGENCY
FORMATION COMMISSION TO MARCH 23, 2004
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Building Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Continue this item to the March 23, 2004 City Council public hearing agenda.
BACKGROUND
California Law requires that a General Plan Element cannot be amended more than four times in
one calendar year. This requirement allows multiple element amendments to be approved on the
same occasion counted as 'one' amendment.
This item was originally scheduled to be heard by the Council on February 24, 2004, and public
notification was sent regarding the date of the hearing. Due to state law requirements regarding
the number of occasions a General Plan Element can be processed and approved, staff has
requested to continue this item to March 23, 2004 to combine this proposal with another
proposed General Plan Land Use Element Amendment to give the Council more flexibility to
review and approve General Plan Amendments to the and Use Element the rest of this year.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Council may wish to not continue this item to March 23, 2004.
Continued To: roti a3, a ooq
FISCAL IMPACT
With the requested continuance, there is no fiscal impact to the City of Santa Clarita anticipated.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
PLANNING & BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING/
INTENT TO ADOPT A NEGATIVE DECLARATION
APPLICATION: MASTER CASE NUMBER MC04-008
Annexation 04-001, Prezone 04-001, General Plan Amendment 04-001
PROJECT APPLICANT: City of Santa Clarita
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A request to submit an annexation application to the Local Agency Formation
Comission for the Northpark Annexation.
General Plan Amendment and Prezone of approximately 501 acres of inhabited
land containing approximately 1350 residences, Northpark Elementary School,
Cheseborough County Park, an undeveloped park site, two churches, and a
commercial center (Northpark Village). The Prezone will establish City of
Santa Clarita zoning designations for the annexation area consistent with the
existing uses and development in the project area that will activate upon
completion of the annexation. No development is proposed as part of this
General Plan Amendment, Prezone, and annexation application request.
Current County of Los Angeles Zoning Proposed City of Santa Clarita Zoning\General Plan designation
RPD (Residential Planned Development) RL (Residential Low)
RS (Residential Suburban)
RMH (Residential Medium High)
OS (Open Space)
C-3 (Commercial) CN (Commercial Neighborhood)
PROJECT LOCATION: The project area is known as Valencia Northpark and includes residences on
the northeast and southeast comer of Copperhill Drive and McBean Parkway,
Grace Baptist Church located north of Copperhill Drive, church of the Latter
Day Saints located west of McBean and north of Summerhill Lane, the
Northpark Village commercial center at the northeastern comer of Decoro
Drive and McBean Parkway, residences located north of the commercial center
and west and east of McBean Parkway, south of Copperhill Drive.
A DRAFT NEGATIVE DECLARATION has been prepared for this proposed project and is available for a
public review period, during which the City of Santa Clarita Planning & Building Services will receive
comments, beginning at 12:00 p.m. on January 14, 2004 and ending at 12:00 p.m. on February 3, 2003.
During the public review period a copy of the negative declaration and all supporting documents will be
located at:
City Hall
Planning & Building Services Department
23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 302
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
A copy of the draft negative declaration (without all supporting documents) will be posted at the Los
Angeles County Library, Valencia Branch during the public review period noted above.
The City of Santa Clarita Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on this matter on the following
date:
DATE: February 3, 2004
TIME: 7:00 p.m..
LOCATION: Council Chamber, City Hall
23920 Valencia Blvd., First Floor
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
The City of Santa Clarita City Council will conduct a public hearing on this matter on the following date:
DATE: February 24, 2004
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 hearing, it must be
submitted to the Planning & Building Services Department by 12:00 P.M. on January 21, 2004.
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, Aimee Schwimmer, AICP, Associate Planner.
Vincent P. Bertoni, AICP
Interim Director of Planning & Building Services
Posted: Santa Clarita City Hall Published: The Newhall Signal
Los Angeles County Library, Valencia Branch January 14, 2004
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NOTICE OF CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
CITY COUNCIL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, at its
regular meeting held February 24, 2004, continued a public hearing on
ITEM 10 NORTHPARK PREZONE, GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND AUTHORIZATION TO
SUBMIT AN ANNEXATION APPLICATION TO THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION
COMMISSION - a request to approve a Prezone and General Plan Amendment to the Valencia
Northpark annexation area. This item also includes a request for authorization to submit an
application for annexation of the Valencia Northpark Area to the Local Agency Formation
Commission (LAFCO). This agenda item was advertised and public notice was sent via mail for a
public hearing to be held on February 24, 2004 before the City Council. Due to state law
requirements regarding the number of times a City's General Plan can be amended, staff requests this
item be continued to March 23, 2004, so it may be combined with other requests to amend the City's
General Plan Land Use Element.
to March 23, 2004. The continued public hearing will be held at or after 6:00 p.m. in the
Council Chamber at 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, California.
Dated this 25th day of February, 2004.
SHARON L. DAWSON, CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
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 on February
25, 2004, she caused the above notice to be posted at the door of the Council Chamber located
at 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, California.
SHARON L. DAWSON, CITY CLERK
Santa Clarita, California
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