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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2004 - 40RESOLUTION NO. 2004 — 40 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL PLAN TO ALLOW CONVERSION OF HOTELS AND MOTELS TO RESIDENTIAL USE AT HIGHER DENSITIES THAN PERMITTED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, AND TO CHANGE THE COMBINED GENERAL PLAN/ZONING MAP FROM RS-1 TO IP-PD FOR TWO ACRES AT 5800 BOXER ROAD APPLICANTS: PACIFICA COMPANIES AND CINGULAR WIRELESS CASE FILE NOS. GP-2003-2, GP-2003-5 WHEREAS, the City Council considered the recommendation and findings of the Planning Commission, along with evidence and testimony presented at the duly advertised public hearings held by the City Council on January 20, 2004, and February 17, 2004, regarding the following changes to the General Plan: • GP-2003-2 requested by Pacifica Companies regarding the conversion of hotels and motels to residential use at higher densities than permitted for new construction, and • GP-2003-5, requested by Cingular Wireless to change the Combined General Plan/Zoning Map from RS-1 (Single -Family Residential) to IP-PD (Private Institutional -Planned Development) for two acres at 5800 Boxer Road WHEREAS, the Planning Commission and City Council have caused and duly held studies and proceedings for the timely amendment to the General Plan of the City of National City, pursuant to Title 7, Chapter 3, Article 6 of the Government Code of the State of California, and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission at duly advertised public hearings held on December 1, 2003, and December 15, 2003, considered the proposed changes to the General Plan of the City of National City, along with all evidence and testimony presented at said ' hearings, and along with the proposed Negative Declaration for said change to the Combined General Plan/Zoning Map together with any comments received; and WHEREAS, the change to the General Plan is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act with regard to the conversion of hotels and motels to residential use at higher densities than permitted for new construction, on the basis that that there is no possibility that the proposal will have a significant environmental effect. The amendment would allow for long-term, residential occupancy and ownership of individual units, in lieu of short-term, visitor or tourist occupancy of existing hotel suites, rather than result in new construction. The need for environmental review for specific conversions would be assessed on a case by case basis, for specific projects. Physical changes would be associated with upgrading existing properties to facilitate the conversions. In most cases, it is anticipated that such changes would also be exempt from environmental review, as they would result in no or negligible expansion of use; and WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the need and desirability to conduct reviews of, and consider amendments to, the General Plan to accommodate the changing needs of the community. Resolution 2004 — 40 March 2, 2004 Page Two NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council has considered the proposed Negative Declaration No. IS-2003-9, which addresses said change to the Combined General Plan/Zoning Map from RS-1 to IP-PD together with any comments received during the public review process, and finds on the basis of the whole record (including the Initial Study and any comments received) that there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the environment and that the Negative Declaration reflects the City's independent judgment and analysis, and hereby approves the Negative Declaration and authorizes the filing of a Notice of Determination. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council finds that the proposed amendment to the General Plan, Housing Element and Land Use Code, which will provide procedures for conversion of hotels and motels to residential use at higher densities than permitted for new construction, is in the public interest and consistent with General Plan policies, since it will provide increased opportunities for home -ownership at all income levels, and case by case review will permit the City to require necessary upgrading of the existing buildings. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council finds that the proposed change to the Combined General Plan/Zoning Map is in the public interest, since it will apply an Institutional Zone that more closely reflects the existing use of the property, will allow for conditional approval of a wireless communications facility on an existing water tank while avoiding the precedent of approving a wireless communications facility in a Residential Zone, and ensures protection of the nearby residential uses and natural resources by requiring case by case review for approval of future development proposals. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby amends the General Plan and Housing Element by adding the following policy, as Policy X-1 in Chapter IV (Housing) of the General Plan and as Policy 4.9 in the Housing Element, to read as follows: Consider, on a case -by -case -basis, the conversion of existing hotels and motels to residential use, allowing for higher density thah permitted for new housing, in order to increase housing opportunities while maintaining or enhancing the character of adjacent neighborhoods and commercial areas. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby amends the Combined General Plan/Zoning Map from RS-1 (Single -Family Residential) to IP-PD (Private Institutional -Planned Development), as further described by case file exhibits (GP-2003-5/ZC- 2003-4) on file in the Office of the City Clerk as Exhibit "A". --- Signature Page to Follow --- Resolution No. 2004 — 40 March 2, 2004 Page Three PASSED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of March, 2004. ATTEST: y�Gn��sfif � iC Michael R. Dalla l erk APPROVED AS TO FORM: George H. Eiser, III City Attorney By: dolf Hradecky Senior Assistant City Attorney