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HomeMy WebLinkAbout98_050 PC ResolutionPC RESOLUTION NO. 98-050 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA APPROVING PLANNING APPLICATION NO. PA98-0431 (TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 29033), LOCATED SOUTH OF LA SERENA, BETWEEN MARGARITA ROAD AND MEADOWS PARKWAY, WITHIN THE TEMEKU HILLS PORTION OF SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 199, AND KNOWN AS ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NO. 950-050-020 WHEREAS, Temeku Hills Development Partners, L.P. filed Planning Application No. PA98- 0431 (Tentative Tract Map No. 29033) in accordance with the City of Temecula General Plan, Development Code and Riverside County Land Use and Subdivision Ordinances, which the City has adopted by reference; WHEREAS, Planning Application No. PA98-0431 (Tentative Tract Map No. 29033) was processed including, but not limited to public notice, in the time and manner prescribed by State and local law; WHEREAS, the Planning Commission considered Planning Application No. PA98-0431 (Tentative Tract Map No. 29033) on December 16, 1998, at a duly noticed public hearing as prescribed by law, at which time the City staff and interested persons had an opportunity to, and did, testify either in support or opposition to this matter; WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the Commission headng and after due consideration of the testimony, the Commission considered all facts relating to Planning Application No. PA98-0431; NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. by reference. That the above recitations are true and correct and are hereby incorporated Section 2. Findings. That the Temecula Planning Commission, in approving Planning Application No. PA98-0431 (Tentative Tract Map No. 29033), hereby makes the following findings as required in Section 7.1 of County Ordinance No. 460: A. The proposed land division and the design or improvement of the project is compatible with the General Plan designation and consistent with Specific Plan No. 199. The site is physically suitable for the type and density of development. The General Plan Land Use designation for the site is Medium Density Residential (7-12 dwelling units per acre). Tentative Tract Map No. 29033 proposes 72 residential parcels on 13.8 acres for a density of 5.29 units per acre and is compatible with the Medium designation. Planning Area 42 of the Specific Plan calls for a minimum lot size of 4,500 square feet, and the proposed map is consistent with these standards. B. The design of the proposed land division or the type of improvements is not likely to cause serious public health problems. The project has been reviewed for conformance with Specific Plan No. 199, the City's General Plan, Development Code, Subdivision and Landscaping Ordinances. -The project is consistent with these documents and conditions of approval have been placed on the project accordingly to assure that the development conforms to City Standards. R:\staffrpt\43 lpa98 .PC.doe 6 C. The design of the proposed land division or the type of improvements will not conflict with easements, acquired by the public at large, for access through, or use of, property within the proposed land division. The project will take direct access from Temeku Drive and Meadowbrook Way and will not obstruct any easements. D. The map as proposed, conforms to the logical development of the site, and is compatible with the health, safety and welfare of the community. Access and circulation are adequate for emergency vehicles. Slopes areas are protected and maintained as open space. E. The design of the proposed land division or proposed improvements are not likely to cause substantial environmental damage or substantially and unavoidably injure fish or wildlife or their habitat. There are no known fish, wildlife or habitat on the project site, and the project will not affect any fish, wildlife or habitat off-site. The site is surrounded by development and is an infill site. Furthermore, grading has already occurred at the site, which is a portion of a larger specific plan. The project will not individually or cumulatively have an adverse effect on wildlife resources, as defined in Section 711.2 of the Fish and Game Code. Section 3. Environmental Compliance. Environmental Impact Report No. 202 was prepared for Specific Plan No. 199 and was certified by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors on August 26, 1986. In conjunction with Amendment No. 2 to the Specific Plan, a number of additional studies were undertaken to update and complement the original EIR. The additional studies, a geotechnical study, traffic study and a Kangaroo Rat trapping and update study, confirmed the validity of the original analysis. It has been eleven (11) years since the original environmental analysis was performed for this project. Therefore, Staff prepared another Initial Environmental Assessment to examine the question of whether any impacts, beyond those analyzed in the previous EIR and subsequent studies, would result from the proposed project, changes in circumstances, or from new information. In areas where there was a potential change in circumstances, specifically traffic, noise, and lighting, staff requested additional information from the applicant. Based upon Staff's analysis, the project is consistent with the information contained in the previously certified EIR. Due to the limited scope of the proposed changes to the specific plan, there will be no effect beyond that which was reviewed in the previous analysis. Under California Public Resources Code Section 21166 and Section 15162 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, no additional EIR is required unless additional impacts not previously considered, or substantial increases in the severity of impacts, may result from: substantial changes in the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which would require a major revision in the EIR, or new information that could not have been known at the time the EIR was prepared becomes available. None of these situations t~as occurred; therefore, no further environmental analysis is required. Section 4. Conditions. That the City of Temecula Planning Commission hereby approves Planning Application No. PA98-0431 (Tentative Tract Map No. 29033) located south of La Serena Way, between Margarita Road and Meadows Parkway, within the Temeku Hills portion of Specific Plan No. 199, and known as Assessor's Parcel No. 953-050-020, subject to Exhibit A, attached hereto, and incorporated herein by this reference and made a part hereof. R:\s~affrpt\43 lpa98.FC .doc 7 Section 5. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this sixteenth day of December, 1998. Marcia S~aven, Chairl~e'~'on I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Planning Commission of the City of Temecula at a regular meeting thereof, held on the sixteenth day of December, 1998 by the following vote of the Commission: AYES: 4 NOES: 0 ABSTAINED: 1 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS: PLANNING COMMISSIONERS: PLANNING COMMISSIONERS: NAGGAR, SLAVEN, SOLTYSIAK WEBSTER NONE GUERRIERO Debbie Ubnoske, Secretary R:\slaffrpt\43 lpa98.PC.doc 8