HomeMy WebLinkAboutWest Santa Ana Heights GP & CA Initiation (PA2003-149)CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item No. 2
June 19, 2003
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Planning Department
Patrick J. Alford, Senior Planner
(949) 644 -3235
Palford@city.newport-beach.ca.us
SUBJECT: West Santa Ana Heights — General Plan Amendment and Code
Amendment Initiation (PA 2003 -149)
ISSUE:
Should the Planning Commission recommend that the City Council initiate amendments
to the General Plan and the Zoning Code relating to the annexation of West Santa Ana
Heights?
Adopt Resolution No. 2003- recommending initiation of ;a General Plan
amendment (GPI 2003 -004) to the City Council and initiating code;, amendment (CA
2003 -006).
DISCUSSION:
On March 11, 2003, the City Council directed staff to proceed with ei
area known as West Santa Ana Heights. This area consists of the i
the County of Orange's Santa Ana Heights Specific Plan, the Santa
and several hundred parcels south of Mesa Drive. These areas are r
the Newport Beach sphere of influence and consequently not address
Plan. In order to proceed with the annexation process, a General P
necessary. Land use types, residential densities, and development
proposed based on existing land uses and land use policies of the
and the City of Costa Mesa. City Council Policy K -1 states that ar
General Plan shall be initiated by the City Council after recomr
Planning Commission.
Any future annexation of West Santa Ana Heights will require
prezoned. The California Government Code allows a city to prez+
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city. The prezoning becomes effective after the territory is annexe
may also involve amending the Santa Ana Heights Specific Plan (C
Newport Beach Municipal Code) and the amendment to existing or
zoning districts or overlay districts.
Environmental Review:
None required for the initiation of amendments.
Public Notice:
None required for the initiation of amendments.
Prepared by:
Patrick J. ford
Senior Planner
Attachments: Draft resolution of intent.
Submitted by:
Patricia L. Temple
Planning Director
Santa Ana Heights
June 19, 2003
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RESOLUTION NO. 2003 -_
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH RECOMMENDING THE INITIATION
OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL PLAN TO THE CITY
COUNCIL AND INITIATING A CODE AMENDMENT RELATING
TO THE ANNEXATION OF WEST SANTA ANA HEIGHTS [GPI
2003 -004]
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH HEREBY FINDS,
RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach begun a process that could
result in the annexation of the territory know as West Santa Ana Heights.
Section 2. Amendments to the General Plan and Zoning Code are necessary to establish
land use and development policies and regulations for the West Santa Ana Heights area.
Section 3. City Council Policy K -1 establishes that amendments to the General Plan
shall be initiated by the City Council after recommendation from the Planning Commission.
Section 4. Title 20 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code authorizes the Planning
Commission to adopt a resolution initiating amendments to the Zoning Code of the City of
Newport Beach.
Section 5. The Planning Commission hereby recommends the initiation of a General
Plan amendment (GPI 2003 -004) to the City Council and initiates an amendment to Title 20 of
the Newport Beach Municipal Code to establish land use and development policies and
regulations for the West Santa Ana Heights area.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 19TH DAY OF JUNE 2003.
Q
NOES:
AN
Steven Kiser, Chairman
BY:
Shant Agajanian, Secretary