CC - Item 8E - Ordinance 891 - 2nd Reading - Approving Zone Change 10-02 - Amending protion of the City of Rosemead Zoning Map to Achieve Consistency with the City General PlanROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
STAFF REPORT
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JEFF ALLRED, CITY MANAGER
DATE: MAY 11. 2010
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE 891 -SECOND READING: APPROVING ZONE CHANGE
10-02, AMENDING A PORTION OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD ZONING
MAP TO ACHIEVE CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY GENERAL PLAN
SUMMARY
On April 27, 2010, the City Council introduced Ordinance No. 891, which approved
Zone Change 10-02, amending a portion of the City of Rosemead Zoning Map to
achieve consistency with the City General Plan. Ordinance No. 891 is now before
Council at the required second reading for adoption.
Staff Recommendation
Staff requests that City Council ADOPT Ordinance No. 891 at its second reading.
PUBLIC NOTICE PROCESS
This item has been noticed through the regular agenda notification process.
Prepared by:
GLORIA MOLLEDA
CITY CLERK
Attachment A - Ordinance No. 891
APPROVED FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA: ITEM NUMBER: 1
ORDINANCE NO. 891
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA APPROVING ZONE CHANGE 10-02, AMENDING A
PORTION OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD ZONING MAP TO
ACHIEVE CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY GENERAL PLAN
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Findings. The following findings are adopted in support of
Zone Change 10-02 to bring all zoning designations on the City of Rosemead
Zoning Map into consistency with the land use designations outlined in the
General Plan.
A. The City Council of the City of Rosemead recently adopted an
amendment to the Land Use Element of the General Plan, which
reallocated the amou-it of land designated for mixed-use
development in the City and established three new land use
designations . (High Intensity Commercial, Mixed-Use
Residential/Commercial, and Mixed-Use High Density
Residential/Commercial).
B. The majority of all existing portions of the City that were designated
for mixed-use development in the 2008 General Plan changed to
their prior General Plan designation as stated in the 1987 General
Plan.
C. The current Zoning Map is now inconsistent with the General Plan
Land Use Map, and does contain zoning land use designations to
implement the new High Intensity Commercial, Mixed-Use
Residential, and Mixed-Use High Density land use designations.
D. Section 65860 et seq of the California Government Code states
that a zoning ordinance shall be consistent with the city general
plan if the city has officially adopted such plan and the various land
uses authorized by the ordinance are compatible with the
objectives, policies, general land uses, and programs specified in
the plan.
E. The City wishes to adopt a comprehensive zoning map update to
bring the Zoning Map into consistency with the City's General Plan
to ensure careful regulation and well-designed projects through
effective land use planning. This zone change will establish two
new zoning designations, "Regional Commercial C-4 zone" and
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'Residential/Commercial Mixed-Use Development Overlay zone',
to implement the new land use designations in the General Plan.
F. The proposed zone change ensures and maintains internal
consistency with all of the objectives, policies, general land uses,
programs, and actions of all elements of the General Plan. The
update does not conflict with current General Plan policies,
objectives or programs.
G. The proposed zone change would not be detrimental to the public
convenience, health, safety, or general welfare of the City.
H. The proposed zone change will not have significant adverse effects
on the environment.
Section 2. The Rosemead City Council adopted a General Plan update
and certified an accompanying Program Environmental Impact Report (Program
EIR) on October 14, 2008. The certified Program EIR provided a program-level
assessment of the environmental impacts resulting from development pursuant
to land use policy and implementation of the goals and policies set forth in all
chapters of the updated General Plan, as well as long-term implementation of the
General Plan through a revised Zoning Code. On April 13, 2010, the City
Council adopted an addendum EIR, along with a new Statement of Overriding
Considerations, for the 2010 General Plan update. The Addendum EIR is based
on the 2008 Program EIR in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15164.
Zone Change 10-02 is consistent with the Program EIR and Addendum, and
pursuant to Public Resources Code 21083.3 and CEQA Guidelines sections
15162, 15168, and 15183 is exempt from the requirement that additional
environmental documentation be prepared.
The City Council, having final approval authority over this project, has
reviewed and considered all comments received during the public review period
prior to the approval of this project.
Section 3. The City Council ;HEREBY FINDS AND DETERMINES that
Zone Change 10-02 is in the best interest of the public necessity and general
welfare, and good city planning practice dictates and supports the proposed zone
change, in that the change to the Rosemead Municipal Code will provide a
superior level of planning and protection to the quality and character of the City.
Section 4. The City Council FURTHER FINDS AND DETERMINES that
Zone Change 10-02 is consistent with.the Rosemead General Plan as follows:
A. Land Use: California State law requires zoning to be compliant with
the goals, objectives and policies of the General Plan. Zone Change 10-02 will
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satisfy this requirement. The zoning map revision will specifically bring all zoning
designations into compliance with the goals and policies of the 2010 General
Plan land use designations.
B. Circulation: The zoning map update will bring City zoning
designations into compliance with the goals, objectives, and policies of the
General Plan. Potential impacts to-traffic and transportation depend on the
extent of a proposed project and local conditions. Each new proposed project
will be required to provide efficient vehicular access to the site. Furthermore, all
developments will be required to satisfy the parking requirements outlined in the
municipal code.
C. Housing: The proposed zone change will not induce substantial
new population growth nor displace existing housing units or people. The zoning
map update will bring City zoning. designations into compliance with the goals,
objectives, and policies of the General Plan. The new Regional Commercial C-4
and Residential/Commercial Mixed-Use Development Overlay zones are
proposing maximum Floor Area Ratios (FAR) and densities consistent with what
is already established in the City's General Plan.
D. Resource Management: The zoning map update will bring City
zoning designations into compliance-with the goals, objectives, and policies of
the General Plan. No land is being re-designated to allow development which
was formally targeted for some conservation or resource management or
extraction purpose.
E. Noise: Zone Change 10-02 would implement the goals and policies
established in the 2010 General Plan Update. The associated development
standards to the zones identified and established in this update will require new
developments to developments to comply with the City's Noise Ordinance.
Noise impacts would be similar to and possibly less than, the level of impacts
identified in the 2008 General Plan EIR.
F. Public Safety: Impacts to law or fire enforcement, parks, and public
facilities are area or community specific. The proposed zone change would not
impact police, fire, or school services; and there would be no change in demand
for or use of public parks. The entire City of Rosemead is located in Flood Zone
C (flood insurance is not mandatory) and is free from any flood hazard
designations
Section 5. The City Council hereby adopts the Zone Change 10-
02, amending the City of Rosemead Zoning Map to bring all zoning designations
into consistency with the land use designations outlined in the General Plan. The
zoning map has been attached hereto,as Exhibit "A".
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Section 6. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or word of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Rosemead HEREBY DECLARES that
it would have passed and adopted Ordinance No. 890 and each and all
provisions thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more of said provisions
may be declared to be invalid.
Section 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30)
days after its adoption.
Section 8. ADOPTION. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this ordinance and shall publish a summary of this ordinance and post a certified
copy of the full ordinance in the office of the City Clerk at least five days prior to
the adoption and within 15 days after adoption of the ordinance, the City Clerk
shall publish a summary of the ordinance with the names of the council members
voting for and against the ordinance.. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after the date of its adoption.
Section 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this day of 2010.
GARY TAYLOR, Mayor
ATTEST:
GLORIA MOLLEDA, City Clerk
Joseph M. Montes, City Attorney
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