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Resolution Number 97-8-19-4los RESOLUTION NO. 97-8-19-4 INITIATION OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 97-2 - OFF-SITE FREEWAY SIGNS TO IDENTIFY AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIPS AVAILABLE IN CITY A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT STUDY TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO INCORPORATE SPECIFIC DESIGN PARAMETERS THAT WOULD ALLOW AN OFF-SITE FREEWAY -VISIBLE SIGN FOR THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFYING THE AUTOMOBILE MAKES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY WHEREAS, the San Juan Capistrano Auto Dealers Association has submitted a letter petition in accordance with Municipal Code Section 9-2.102 to the City requesting consideration of an amendment to the General Plan; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the request for initiation of an amendment to the City's adopted General Plan; and, WHEREAS, the initiation of a General Plan Amendment merely allows the request to be studied and considered by the City's Planning Commission and City Council as part of the public review process designed to encourage public comment on the merits of the amendment and should not be construed by any party as an indication of future approval. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano does hereby initiate General Plan Amendment 97-2, based upon the finding that the Land Use Element include cautionary language that is to be followed when considering an amendment to the General Plan. This cautionary language is as follows: "As a process, the simplified step-by-step procedure listed on Table One did not involve a discrete series of steps, rather a continuous feedback and review procedure among each step as additional new information, issues and objectives were identified. This same basic procedure should be followed in reviewing the Land Use Element and any prospective change in the future. Possible modifications by way of new information or circumstances should be developed through this same process in order to make direct comparisons. "The Land Use Element represents a desirable pattern and direction for the ultimate future development of San Juan Capistrano as determined at this point in time. As new information becomes available or circumstances change, the Land Use Element may be revised through the amendment process. Thus the Land Use Element is not a final picture of the City; it is an expression of what is desired for the future, based on today's knowledge and circumstances, and is part of a continuous planning process requiring continued research, -1- policy review, and revisions. Revisions to the Element must be made only after thorough study indicates the desirability of a revision, and where such revisions have been developed within the procedural framework established for the Element." Page 7, Land Use Element. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 19th day of August 1997. ATTEST: � s CITY CLERW STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO ) I, CHERYL JOHNSON, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 97-8-19-4 adopted by the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th day of August 1997, by the following vote: AYES: Council Members Jones, Greiner, Hart, Campbell and Mayor Swerdlin NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None (SEAL) CHERYL Jog-4SON, CITY CLERK -2-