Resolution Number 76-10-20-2RESOLUTION NO. 76-10-20-2 347
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 76-2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, TAKING
ACTION ON GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 76-2
WHEREAS, the following items were included in General
Plan Amendment (GPA) 76-2:
A. McCracken Hill - Request for change in land use
designation from 2 to 1 unit per acre maximum residential
density. This item was withdrawn from GPA 76-2 by the City
Council at its July 21, 1976 meeting. Therefore, there is no
action on this item.
B. Duque - Request for change in land use designa-
tion from 1 to 2 units per acre maximum residential density;
study area located west of Aguacate Road.
C. Swanner - Request for change in land use designa-
tion from Recreation Commercial to Quasi -Industrial. Area is
18+ acres on Rancho Viejo Road south of Mission Hills Drive.
Change requested to accommodate auto dealership on approximately
6 acres within the study area.
D. Alto Capistrano Access - City -initiated Amendment
to determine an alternate access route or routes for the Alto
Capistrano area.
E. Prudential Shopping Center - Request for change
in land use designation from Neighborhood Convenience Center
to General Commercial. Approximately 14 acres located on
Camino Las Ramblas opposite Via California.
and,
WHEREAS, the City's Environmental Review Board
reviewed the proposed Amendments and made the following deter-
minations:
Item B (Duque) - Environmental Impact Report required,
Item C (Swanner) - Environmental Impact Report required.
Item D (Alto Capistrano Access) - Environmental Impact
Report previously prepared for Route "E" access study.
This EIR was deemed adequate for the present Amend-
ment, subject to the requirement for specific environ-
mental assessment of any new access routes proposed
for consideration.
Item E (Prudential Shopping Center) - Environmental
Impact Report previously prepared for project deter-
mined to be adequate subject to submission of additional
information on economics and view analysis.
The preceding environmental impact reports have been
reviewed by the Environmental Review Board and the Planning
Commission and determined to be adequate. The reports have also
been reviewed by the City Council which, after taking public
testimony on the EIRs, have certified them as adequate; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission and City Council have
held duly -advertised public hearings, received public testimony,
reviewed staff reports, EIRs, and other relevant material concern-
ing the petitions, and considered all of the above in light of
the goals and policies of the General Plan; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has found and determined as
follows concerning the various items in GPA 76-2:
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1. Item B (Duque) 349
A. The adverse environmental impacts of the
increase in maximum residential density within the
subject property or the study area as a whole are
not justified by any considerations of hardship or
overriding benefits;
B. The established character of the study area
would be adversely affected by any increase in maxi-
mum residential density for all or any part of the
area.
2. Item C (Swanner)
A. The proposed Quasi -Industrial designation
could create pressures for similar changes in other
areas of the City. This would lead to a dispersion
of commercial -industrial land uses in conflict with
the goals and policies of the General Plan and the
Citizens' Policy Plan;
B. The proposed land use change and similar
changes influenced by the Amendment would adversely
affect the visual image of the City as seen from the
freeway;
C. The existing Recreation Commercial designa-
tion already provides a reasonable range of develop-
ment options for the properties;
D. The General Plan background studies of land
allocation needs, land absorption rates, and market
demand determined that the location and acreage of
property already designated Quasi -Industrial is
sufficient;
E. The creation of a Quasi -Industrial designa-
tion on the subject properties could create unaccept-
able conflicts with nearby low density residential
uses.
3. Item D (Alto Capistrano Access)
A. Possible access routes from the Meredith
tract to the north are not economically or physically
reasonable alternatives.
B. Construction of Route "E" to the south of
the Meredith tract or Route "D" over Window Hill,
would not, by themselves, correct the Alto Capistrano
access problems.
C. Construction of Routes "D" and "E" together
could work effectively to correct the access problems
if traffic control measures (such as a diverter or
cul-de-sac) were installed at Via de Agua and Avenida
Calita upon completion of Routes "D" and "E".
4. Item E (Prudential Shopping Center)
A. The proposed 14 -acre shopping center is con-
siderably larger than the scale of "approximately 4
to approximately 8 acres" specified in the General Plan
for satellite shopping centers outside of the City's
central business district;
B. Development of a shopping center larger than
the 4-8 acre standard could detract from the vitality
of the central business district. Approval of such a
change would be contrary to the General Plan policy
of concentrating larger scale general commercial uses
in the downtown area.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council
does hereby take the following actions on General Plan Amend-
ment 76-2:
1. Denial of GPA 76-2B (Duque) and retention of the
existing Very Low Density Residential (maximum one residential
unit per acre) land use designation; action taken on this item
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Friess, Heckscher and Mayor Nash
NOES: Councilmen Sweeney and McDowell
2. Denial of GPA 76-2C (Swanner) and retention of
the existing Recreation Commercial land use designation; action
taken on this item by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Friess, Heckscher and Mayor Nash
NOES: Councilmen Sweeney and McDowell
3. Approval of GPA 76-2D (Alto Capistrano Access)
to include the following:
a. Designation of Route "E" on the Composite
Land Use Map as a required commuter.
b. Designation of Route "D" on the Composite
Land Use Map as a required commuter.
C. Elimination of the ridgeline protection
designation south of the Meredith tract to the extent
necessary to accommodate Route "E".
d. Relocation of the local park designation
for Alto Capistrano to the vicinity of the intersec-
tion of Avenida Calita and Camino Las Ramblas.
Action taken on this item by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Friess, Heckscher, McDowell,
Sweeney and Mayor Nash
NOES: None
4. Denial of GPA 76-2E (Prudential) and retention
of the existing land use designations. A motion to approve a
change in land use designation was defeated, thus resulting in
a retention of the existing designations. The vote on the motion
to approve the change was as follows:
AYES: Councilmen McDowell and Sweeney
NOES: Councilmen Friess, Heckscher and Mayor Nash
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 20th day of October,
1976, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Friess, Heckscher, McDowell,
Sweeney and Mayor Nash
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
CITY CLE K
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, MARY ANN HANOVER, 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. 76-10-20-2, adopted by the
City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 20th day of October 1976.
(SEAL) MARY ANj, OVE , CITY CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
MARY ANN HANOVER, being first duly sworn, deposes
and says:
That she is the duly appointed and qualified City
Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano;
That in compliance with State laws of the State of
California and in further compliance with City Resolution
No. 74-1-28-4, and on the 21st day of October
1976 , she caused to be posted:
being:
RESOLUTION NO. 76-10-20-2
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 76-2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, TAKING
ACTION ON GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 76-2
in three (3) public places in the City of San Juan Capistrano,
to wit:
The Administration Building;
The Post Office;
The Orange County Public Library.
MARY ANNNOVER, City Clerk
San Jua Capistrano, California