Resolution Number 95-5-16-3314
RESOLUTIONNO.
MITIATION OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 95-2. SAN
JUAN MEADOWS (EORSTER CANYON PLANNED OU..ULUNII
LA MESA AREA/TENTATIVE TRACT MAP 143431 1
(SAN JUAN PARTNERSLIMITED
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING CONSIDERATION OF A
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE LA MESA PORTION OF THE
FORSTER CANYON PLANNED COMMUNITY (COMPREHENSIVE
DEVELOPMENT PLAN 81-2) AND TENTATIVE TRACT MAP 14343 (SAN
JUAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WHEREAS, San Juan Partners Limited Partnership has requested that the City
Council initiate consideration of a general plan amendment with respect to a 148 -acre parcel located
along La Novia Avenue and bordered to the south by Pacific Pointe, to the west by the Capistrano
Terrace Mobilehome Park, and to the east by the Glendale Federal Planned Community (more
precisely referred to as Assessor's Parcel Map 666-311-01, -02, and -03; and,
WHEREAS, the applicant, San Juan Partners Limited Partnership has requested that
' the City consider general plan amendments to: (1) redesignate a portion of the "2.1, open space
recreation area" located along Forster Canyon Road near Pacific Pointe to "5.0, public institutional"
for public use dedication; (2) redesignate the "2.1, open space recreation area" adjoining the senior
site to " 1.4 medium density residential (5 dwelling units/acre)"; and, (3) amend the Equestrian and
Recreation Trails Master Plan to establish an alternate trail alignment along Forster Canyon Road
linking the Old Forster Canyon Road trail with the City's open space lands; and,
WHEREAS, Section 9-2.102(a) of the Land Use Code grants the City Council sole
authority to initiate consideration of General Plan Amendments and allows property owners and City
staff to petition the City Council to initiate such applications.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San
Juan Capistrano does hereby find that the applicant's request to initiate consideration of a general plan
amendment is not inconsistent with the provisions of the General Plan on its face and does not reveal
any obvious inconsistencies with the existing provisions of the General Plan and therefore, warrants
further evaluation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San Juan
Capistrano does hereby direct staff to evaluate the proposed General Plan amendment submitted for
the San Juan Meadows (Forster Canyon Planned Community, La Mesa Area/Tentative Tract Map
14343) in conjunction with Zone Change and Tentative Tract Map applications for the project to
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determine General Plan consistency and provide recommendations to the Planning Commission and
City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this
. 1995.
CAROLYN NASH, MAYOR
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
16th
day of
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.
95-5-16-3 adopted by the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California,
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of May , 1995, by the
following vote:
AYES: Council Members Jones, Hart, Campbell, Swerdlin and
Mayor Nash
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
(SEAL)
CHERYL JO SO , CITY CLERK
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