Ordinance Number 900ORDINANCE NO. 900
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN
(CDP) 81-01, FORSTER CANYON PLANNED COMMUNITY, "R&D"
(RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT -OFFICE) DISTRICT STANDARDS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Recitals and Findings.
Centra Realty requests approval of an amendment to the "R&D" (Research &
Development -Office) District regulations, Section V.D.10.f., Development
Standards, and specifically, subsection 3(a), Roofs and subsection 8, Minimum
Width of Landscaped Areas, established by Comprehensive Development Plan
(CDP) 81-01, Forster Canyon Planned Community.
2. The proposed project has been processed pursuant to Section 9-2.301,
Development Review of the Land Use Code.
3. The Environmental Administrator has determined thatthe project's potential impacts
have been fully addressed through the previously certified Final Environmental
Impact Report for Pacific Point and the executed Development Agreement,
determined that the project is exempt from Department of Fish and Game Fees, and
referred the site and architectural plans to the Design Review Committee and the
Planning Commission, referred potential text amendments for the Comprehensive
Development Plan to the City Council.
4. The Planning Commission conducted a duly -noticed public hearing on September
14, 2004 pursuant to Title 9, Land Use Code, Section 9-2.335, City Council Policy 5,
and Planning Department Policy 510 to consider public testimony on the proposed
project and has considered all relevant public comments.
5. The proposed zone change, amending Sections Section V.D.10.f.3(a) and Section
V.D.10.f.8, is consistent with the General Plan goals, policies, and objectives, in
particular, the provisions of the Land Use Element and the Community Design
Element because the recommended development standards will allow office
development consistent with the General Plan land use designation for the property,
and the recommended development standards include appropriate criteria to assure
consistency with the purpose and intent of the "R&D" (Research & Development -
Office) District and the Pacific Point Design Guidelines.
6. The proposed zone change is consistent with the General Plan designation for the
project site because the text amendments will facilitate the development of office
use which is consistent with the General Plan's Planned Community designation
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and the development of "light industrial" pursuant to Table LU -3, Planned
Communities, Allowable Use Guidelines; and,
The proposed zone change will result in the development of land uses suitable to
the property's unique situation including natural and man-made constraints because
the recommended text amendments will result in development standards which will
allow site development consistent with the project site's natural and man-made
constraints; and,
The proposed zone change will be compatible with the existing land uses and/or
zoning classifications of adjoining properties or properties in the vicinity of the
property being rezoned which could potentially be affected by development because
the recommended development standards will maintain compatibility of the
proposed project with existing and proposed adjoining land uses.
SECTION 2. Amendment.
Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) 81-01, Forster Canyon Planned
Community, "R&D" (Research & Development -Office) District standards are hereby
amended as provided by Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein.
passage.
SECTION 3. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days after its
SECTION 4. City Clerk's Certification.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the
same to be posted at the duly designated posting places within the City and published
once within fifteen (15) days after passage and adoption as required by law; or, in the
alternative, the City Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a
certified copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the Office of the City Clerk five
(5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance; and, within fifteen (15) days after
adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be published the aforementioned summary and shall
post a certified copy of this Ordinance, together with the vote for and against the same, in
the Office of the City Clerk.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED
� ED this 5th day of January, 2004.
WYAVr HART, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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R. MONAHAN, CITY CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, MARGARET R. MONAHAN, appointed City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 900 which was
regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at the Regular Meeting of the City Council
on the 7`" day of December 2004 and that thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and
passed at the Special Meeting of the City Council on the 5'" day of January 2005 by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Allevato, Bathgate, Soto, and Mayor Hart
NOES COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL M MTS: Swerdlin
W/
AR ARET R. MONAHAN, City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
REZONE (RZ) 04-07, AMENDMENTS TO COMPREHENSIVE
DEVELOPMENT PLAN CDP) 81-01, FORSTER CANYON PLANNED
COMMUNITY "R&D" (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT -OFFICE) DISTRICT
STANDARDS
Development Standards, Section V.(D)(9)(f)(3)(a), Roofs is hereby amended as follows:
(a) All roofs shall be sloping or pitched roofs with full roofs to be required
wherever building dimensions permit. Minimum height of sloping roofs shall
be 6 feet for single -story and 8 feet for two-story structures, measured
vertically above the eave.
Development Standards, Section V(D)(9)(f)(8), Minimum Width of Landscape Areas, is
hereby amended as follows:
(a) Between Parking Areas and One Story Buildings: 10'-0", provided the
Planning Commission may reduce the minimum width to 5'-0" based on a
determination that the total open area provided would meet or exceed that
required under the stricter standard.
(b) Between Parking Areas and Two Story Buildings: 15'-0", provided the
Planning Commission may reduce the minimum width to 7'-6" based on a
determination that the total open area provided would meet or exceed that
required under the stricter standard.
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