CC - Item 8F - Second Reading of Ordinance No. 915: General Plan Amendment 11-01 and Zone Change 11-01, Changing the Land Use Designation of Three Properties at 2562 River AvenueROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
STAFF REPORT
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JEFF ALLRED, CITY MANAGER
DATE: MAY 24, 2011
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE 915 — SECOND READING: GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT 11 -01 AND ZONE CHANGE 11 -01, CHANGING THE
LAND USE DESIGNATION OF THREE (3) PROPERTIES AT 2562
RIVER AVENUE FROM THE OPEN SPACE TO THE OFFICE /LIGHT
INDUSTRIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION AND FROM THE O -S ZONING
CLASSIFICATION
SUMMARY
On May 10, 2011, the City Council introduced Ordinance No. 915, General Plan
Amendment 11 -01 and Zone Change 11 -01. Ordinance No. 915 is now before Council
at the required second reading for adoption.
Staff Recommendation
Staff requests that City Council ADOPT Ordinance No. 915 at its second reading.
PUBLIC NOTICE PROCESS
This item has been noticed through the regular agenda notification process.
Prepared by:
IA MOLLEDA
CITY CLERK
Attachment A — Ordinance No. 915
ITEM NUMBER:
ORDINANCE NO. 915
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
APPROVING ZONE CHANGE 11 -01 CHANGING THE ZONING
CLASSIFICATION OF THREE PROPERTIES GENERALLY AT 2562
RIVER AVENUE TO THE M -1 (LIGHT MANUFACTURING AND
INDUSTRIAL) ZONE. (APN's: 5282 -029 -001, -002, -802)
WHEREAS, the City of Rosemead has an adopted Zoning Ordinance and
associated maps, including specific development standards to control development, and
WHEREAS, approval of Zone Change 11 -01 would designate three properties on
River Avenue as the M -1 (Light Manufacturing and Industrial) zone; and
WHEREAS, State Planning and Zoning Law, Title 17, and Chapter 17.116 of the
Rosemead Municipal Code authorizes and sets standards for approval of Zone Change
applications and governs development of private properties; and
WHEREAS, Section 17.116.010 of the City of Rosemead Municipal Code
authorizes the City Council to approve zone change applications whenever the public
necessity, convenience, general welfare or good zoning practices justify such action;
and
WHEREAS. City of Rosemead policy encourages consistency of its Zoning Code
with the General Plan and promotes separation of conflicting land uses through good
planning practices: and
WHEREAS, on April 18, 2011, the City of Rosemead Planning Commission
considered Zone Change 11 -01 and recommended approval to the City Council after
the Commission made findings that the proposed application will not have a significant
impact on the environment; and
WHEREAS, on April 18, 2011, the Planning Commission held a public hearing to
receive testimony, and after hearing all testimonies from the public, the Commission
recommended approval to the City Council of Zone Change 11 -01; and
WHEREAS, on April 18, 2011, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution 11-
05, thereby recommending approval to the City Council of Zone Change 11 -01; and
WHEREAS, on April 28, 2011, ten (10) notices were mailed to all owners of real
property as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll within 300 feet of the real
property subject to Zone Change 11 -01, a notice was published in the San Gabriel
Valley Tribune on April 29, 2011, and notices were posted in six (6) public locations,
specifying the availability of the application, plus the date, time and location of the public
hearing pursuant to California Government Code Section 65091(a)(3); and
WHEREAS, on May 10, 2011, the City Council held a public hearing to receive
public testimony relative to Zone Change 11 -01; and
WHEREAS. the City Council has sufficiently considered all testimony presented
to them and hereby make the following determination:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of
Rosemead as follows:
SECTION 1 . The City Council hereby makes a finding of adequacy with the
Negative Declaration and HEREBY ADOPTS the Negative Declaration, as the
environmental clearance for Zone Change 11 -01.
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 2. The City Council HEREBY FINDS AND DETERMINES that Zone
Change 11 -0 1 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
amendment to the Zoning Map return the zoning of three properties on River Avenue to
their historic M -1 zoning classification, which is consistent with the adjacent land uses to
north of the properties.
SECTION 3. The City Council FURTHER FINDS AND DETERMINES that Zone
Change 11 -01 is consistent with the Rosemead General Plan as follows
The proposed amendment to the Zoning Map will change the land use classification of
three properties on River Avenue from the O -S (Open Space) zone to the M -1 (Light
Manufacturing and Industrial) zone. The proposed change will not eliminate any active
or passive recreation areas since the subject properties are private property and not
open to the public. Since the properties where classified M -1 before being reclassified to
O -S in the 2010 General Plan update, the proposed project will return the properties to
their historical land use classification. Additionally, there has been no change in use of
the properties in the intervening years since the parcels were classified M -1 (Light
Manufacturing and Industrial).
The revised Zoning Map is consistent with revised General Plan Land Policy Map
(Figure 2 -1) of the General Plan since the land use designation for the three subject
properties will be changed from Open Space to Office /light Industrial and the M -1 (Light
Manufacturing and Industrial) zone is a corresponding zone to the Office/Light Industrial
land use designation in Table 2 -5 of the Land use Element of the General Plan.
The public necessity, convenience, and general welfare will be served by the
adoption of the revised Zoning Map, as K will allow for increased opportunities for light
manufacturing and industrial development in a portion of the City that is already one of
the primary centers for such economic activity in the City without negatively impacting
residential neighborhoods or commercial areas of the City. The Zone Change will
ensure that internal consistency is maintained between the land use designation and
zoning classification for the subject properties.
SECTION 4. The Zoning Map as a part of Title 17 of the Rosemead Municipal
Code is HEREBY AMENDED to read as read as incorporated by this reference as
Exhibit A:
SECTION 5 . 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. 915 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 6 . The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this 24'" Day of May, 2011.
Steven Ly, Mayor
ATTEST:
Gloria Molleda, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Rachel Richman, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF ROSEMEAD )
I Gloria Molleda, City Clerk of the City of Rosemead, California, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance No.915 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first
reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 10' day of May, 2011. That after
said Ordinance was adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the
24 day of May, 2011, by the following vote, to wit:
Yes:
No:
Absent:
Abstain:
GLORIA MOLLEDA, City Clerk