HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-58 - General Plan Amendment 89-2A Land Use ElementRESOLUTION NO. 91 -58
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING
THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE NEWPORT BEACH
GENERAL PLAN REDESIGNATING PROPERTIES
NORTHWEST OF THE ADOPTED ALIGNMENT FOR
BIRCH STREET /MESA DRIVE IN SANTA ANA HEIGHTS,
FROM SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED TO
• ADMINISTRATIVE, PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL
COMMERCIAL. ALSO TO ESTABLISH FLOOR AREA
LIMITS CONSISTENT WITH THE BUSINESS PARK USES
IN THE SANTA ANA HEIGHTS SPECIFIC PLAN
[GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 89 -2 (A)]
WHEREAS, as part of the development and implementation of the Newport
Beach General Plan the Land Use Element has been prepared; and
WHEREAS, said element of the General Plan sets forth objectives, supporting
policies and limitations for development in the City of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, said element of the General Plan designates the general
distribution and general location and extent of the uses of land and building intensities in
a number of ways, including residential land use categories and population projections,
commercial floor area limitations, the floor area ratio ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the Land Use and Circulation Elements are correlated as
required by California planning law; and
WHEREAS, the provisions and policies of the Land Use and Circulation
Elements are further implemented by the traffic analysis procedures of the Traffic Phasing
Ordinance and the implementation programs of that Ordinance and the Fair Share Traffic
Contribution Fee Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the original intention of the provisions of the Land Use Element
concerning the Santa Ana Heights area were to establish land uses that were consistent with
the County of Orange Santa Ana Heights Specific Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Land Use Element designates the sites for Single Family
Detached Residential land use, with one dwelling unit for each lot; and
• WHEREAS, the adopted alignment for Birch Street /Mesa Drive will isolate
the site from the other residential land uses in the area; and
WHEREAS, the proposed changes in land use from Single Family Detached
to Administrative, Professional and Financial Commercial would reflect surrounding land
uses; and
WHEREAS, the proposed changes in land use regulation are consistent with
the existing County of Orange Santa Ana Heights Specific Plan; and
WHEREAS, the circulation system will not be significantly impacted by the
proposed project; and
• WHEREAS, the project has been reviewed, and it has been determined that
all significant environmental concerns for the proposed project have been addressed in a
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previously certified environmental document, (EIR 508A), and that the City of Newport
Beach intends to use said document for the above noted project, and further that there are
no additional reasonable alternative or mitigation measures that should be considered in
conjunction with said project; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 707 of the Charter of the City of Newport
Beach, the Planning Commission has held a public hearing to consider a certain amendment
to the Land Use Element of the Newport Beach General Plan, and recommended approval
of this amendment to the City Council; and
WHEREAS , the City Council has held a duly noticed public hearing on this
amendment to the Newport Beach General plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Newport Beach that the General Plan is amended as shown in Exhibit No. 1 and as
follows:
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ESTIMATED GROWTH FOR STATISTICAL AREA d6
Residential (in du's)
Commercial (in sq.ft.)
Existing
Gen.Plan
Projected
Existing
Gen.Plan
Projected
1/1/87
Projection
Growth
1/1/87
Projection
Growth
1. Irvine Avenue
6
-0-
(6)
136,084
202,276
66,192
2. Santa Ana Heights
442
313
029j
351,816
4,144,991
993,175
309
(133)
1,170,205
818,389
3. Bayview
233
233
-0-
599,660
987,500
387,840
TOTAL
681
546
(135)
1,087,560
A334,-i6=
1,24720 7
2,359,981
1,272,421
Population
1,348
f269�
1,072
(276)
ADOPTED this loth day of June , 1991.
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