HomeMy WebLinkAbout1456 - RECOMMEND TO APPROVE GPA_ LAND USE ELEMENT_BONITA CANYON PCRESOLUTION NO. 1456
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO THE
CITY COUNCIL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAND USE
ELEMENT OF THE NEWPORT BEACH GENERAL PLAN TO
REFLECT THE BONITA CANYON PLANNED COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PLAN [GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 97 -2]
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 65300 of the California Government Code, the City of
Newport Beach is required prepare and adopt a comprehensive, long -term, general plan for the
physical development of the city and any land outside of its boundaries which bears relation to
its planning; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has initiated proceedings for the detachment of the
area known as Bonita Canyon from the City of Irvine and annexation to the City of Newport
Beach; and
WHEREAS, the Bonita Canyon area has established land use and development
entitlements that are not currently addressed in the Land Use Element of the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Land Use Element of the General Plan needs to be amended to include
the general distribution, location and extent of the land uses established in the Bonita Canyon
area; and
WHEREAS, on October 9, 1997 and October 23, 1997, the Planning Commission of the
City of Newport Beach held a public hearing regarding General Plan Amendment 97 -2; and
WHEREAS, the public was duly noticed of the public hearing.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission of the City of
Newport Beach does hereby recommend that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach
approve General Plan Amendment 97 -2 to amend the Land Use Element of the General Plan to
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read as provided in attached Exhibit "A" and to revise the Land Use Element Map as illustrated
in attached Exhibit `B."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Commission does hereby recommend
that the City Council include a provision that the approval of this amendment shall become
effective only if the detachment of the Bonita Canyon area from the City of Irvine and the
annexation to Newport Beach is approved by the Orange County Local Agency Formation
Commission.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act,
it has been determined that the previously certified Environmental Impact Report (State Clearing
House Number 95091032) prepared for Planning Area 26/Bonita Canyon Zone Change (Bonita
Canyon) is adequate to serve as the environmental document for this project.
ADOPTED this 23rd day of October, 1997, by the following vote, to wit:
BY
Michael C. Kranzley, Chairman
o�mas J. Ash ecretary
AYES Adams, Ashley, Fuller, Kranzley, Ridgeway.
Selich
NOES
ABSENT Gifford
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