Resolution Number 15-05-05-03 RESOLUTION NO. 15-05-05-03
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING CONSIDERATION OF AN
AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT, TABLE
25: SITES INVENTORY TABLE AND CORRESPONDING DETAILS, AND
AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION OF THE
CITY HALL SITE (PORTION OF APN NO. 668-101-10) FROM QUASI-
INDUSTRIAL TO VERY HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
WHEREAS, the City's General Plan Housing Element requires that all
jurisdictions facilitate housing development by providing opportunities for housing
development, including units that can accommodate all income levels of the City's
Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA); and
WHEREAS, on January 21, 2014, the City adopted the 2014-2021 General Plan
Housing Element and approved General Plan Amendments and the rezoning of several
housing sites; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan Housing Element Sites Inventory approved on
January 21, 2014, does not contain sufficient sites to meet the City's RHNA; and
WHEREAS, State Housing Element Law requires that the City maintain a sites
inventory that can accommodate its share of the regional housing need (RHNA)
throughout the planning period (2014-2021); and
WHEREAS, six (6) additional sites have been identified as potentially being
added to the General Plan Housing Element Sites Inventory (Table 25) to address the
City's RHNA shortfall; and
WHEREAS, one (1) of the proposed new sites, the City Hall site (APN No. 668-
101-10), has a General Plan designation of Quasi-Industrial and requires a General
Plan amendment to change the designation to Very High Density to be able to
accommodate the City's RHNA shortfall for lower-income units; and
WHEREAS, Section 9-2.307 of Title 9, Land Use Code requires that the City
Council initiate consideration of all General Plan Amendments; and
WHEREAS, the proposed General Plan Amendment will not result in the City
exceeding the limit of no more than four amendments to the General Plan per calendar
year as stipulated in Section 9-2.307 of the Title 9, Land Use Code; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of San Juan
Capistrano hereby formally initiates consideration of a General Plan Amendment to the
Housing Element Sites Inventory Table (Table 25) and Corresponding Details, and
Amending the General Plan Land Use Designation of the City Hall site (2.5 acre portion
of APN No. 668-101-10) from Quasi-Industrial to Very High Density Residential, and
refers the matter to staff for study and analysis, and to the Planning Commission for a
recommendation.
i 5/5/2015
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 51" day of May 2015.
DEREK REEVE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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RI MORRIS, CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, MARIA MORRIS, appointed City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 15-05-05-03 was duly adopted by the City
Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano at an Adjourned Regular meeting thereof,
held the 5" day of May 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Allevato, Perry, Ferguson, Patterson and Mayor Reeve
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCILAMBER: None
0AR MORRISXity Clerk
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