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Resolution Number 96-3-5-4310 RESOLUTION NO. 96-3-5-4 i ► : h :.► 1 :► . 1 14 t415 11 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DENYING AN APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S JANUARY 23, 1996 DENIAL OF A REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW NIGHT LIGHTING AT THE SAN JUAN HILLS DRIVING RANGE LOCATED AT 32111 SAN JUAN CREEK ROAD (CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 95-6/SAN JUAN GOLF, INC.) WHEREAS, the applicant, Rick Parifio for San Juan Golf, Inc., 32120 San Juan Creek Road, San Juan Capistrano, California 92675, has appealed the Planning Commission's action of January 23, 1996 denying a request for approval of a conditional use permit for night lighting of the San Juan Hills Driving Range, located at 32111 San Juan Creek Road within the Open Space Recreation (OR) District, designated 2.1 (Open Space Recreation) on the General Plan Map; and, WHEREAS, this project has been processed and reviewed in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (1970). The City's Environmental Administrator has reviewed this project and determined that it qualifies for issuance of a mitigated negative declaration; and, WHEREAS, at its meeting of June 28, 1994, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. PC 94-6-28-1, approving the site plan for the San Juan Hills Driving Range. The proposal included approval of a variance for 50 -foot poles to support safety netting; and, WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a duly -noticed public hearing on March 5, 1996 to consider public testimony on the proposed project. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano does hereby make the following findings: 1. Land uses adjacent to the San Juan Hills Driving Range include light sensitive medium density housing to the east and the Chateau San Juan senior housing project to the south of the site. Photometric studies indicate minimal direct light impacts to the San Juan Hills East neighborhood; however, the effects of glare over the driving range will have a negative impact on the neighborhood in the form of a "halo" over the driving range. The proposed fights will also have a negative impact on the Loma and Mesa Vista hillside homes in that the driving range is located at the base of the hills and is in the foreground of the view of the valley below. The glare from the driving range would therefore have the potential to significantly impact the views from these homes. 2. The proposed 60 -foot poles located at the north end of the driving range behind the tee -boxes will each be fitted with three 1,500 -watt metal halide lamps directed southward, ' towards Chateau San Juan. As a result of this configuration, the residents of Chateau San Juan will -1- 311 be subject to direct glare from the fixtures as well as the glare impacts described in Finding No. above. 3. The proposed fighting is not consistent with the Community Design Element of the City's General Plan in that the Community Design Element specifies the minimization of night fighting along circulation corridors "particularly along Interstate 5." This project, while not directly adjacent to Interstate 5 is in close enough proximity that the halo effect of the lighting above the range would be clearly visible from the freeway, at a point which is central and clearly identifiable to motorists as being in San Juan Capistrano. 4. The proposed fighting is not consistent with the Scenic Highways Element in that the Scenic Highways Element identifies San Juan Creek Road as a scenic drive and places it within the scenic corridor of Ortega Highway, which is eligible as a State Scenic Highway. Although these roads have not been established by resolution as scenic highways and drives, their inclusion within the Scenic Highways Element clearly establishes their significance as an important visual resource, and as such should not be subject to development which may have a negative visual impact, such as that resulting from outdoor recreational lighting. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano does hereby deny the applicant's appeal of the Planning Commission's action of January 23, 1996, denying a conditional use permit for night lighting of the San Juan Hills Driving Range. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this Sth day of March .1996. ATTEST: CITY CLERK rA &4 0-&,144 i WYATT ART, MA O -2- 312 ' 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. 96-3-5-4 adopted by the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 5th day of March 1996, by the following vote: AYES: Council Members Jones, Nash, Swerdlin, Campbell and Mayor Hart NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None (SEAL) (✓`/ I CHERYL J S N, CITY CLERK -3-