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MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT
Honorable City Council
Barry K. Hogan, Community Development
ITEM q -
June 19, 2003 (CC Meeting of 07/02/03)
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SUBJECT: Consider Proposed Priority Processing of General Plan
Amendment Pre - Screening Applications Nos. 2003 -02 and
2003 -03, Zone Changes, Residential Planned
Developments and Tentative Tract Maps, Development
Agreement and Other Related Entitlement Applications
for the Husted and Mazur Properties. (Toll Bros.
Applicant) .
BACKGROUND
At the June 18, 2003, Affordable Housing /Community Development
Committee meeting, Committee Members Mayor Hunter and
Councilmember Mikos heard the request by Toll Brothers for
priority processing of entitlement applications for the Husted
property, located on the east side of Grimes Canyon Road, north
of the intersection of Championship Drive and Grimes Canyon Road
and entitlement applications for the Mazur property, located on
the west side of Walnut Canyon Road, north of the intersection
of Championship Drive and Walnut Canyon Road. Both of the
requests are for property which is contiguous to the northern
City limits as well as to the Moorpark Country Club Estates.
DISCUSSION
Toll Brothers has submitted two (2) applications for amendment
of the Moorpark General Plan and Zoning on two (2) properties
which are located immediately north of the Moorpark Country Club
Estates, one (1) property on the east (Mazur) and one (1)
property on the west ( Husted). In consideration of Toll
Brothers desires to fast -track these two (2) applications, it is
offering to pay the City a minimum of $75,000 in five (5)
monthly payments of $15,000 each, to pay for the dedicated time
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of one (1) planner to work on their project. In the event that less
than $75,000 is spent on the General Plan Amendment and zone change,
the remainder shall be retained by the City. If additional funding is
needed, the applicant will be required to deposit sufficient funds to
cover the additional expense. This funding is to be used only for the
processing of the General Plan Amendment and zone change. All deposits
required for work on the environmental documentation, Development
Agreement, Tentative Tract Map and Residential Planned Development
Permit will need to be paid. Toll Brothers applications would be
taken out of the normal General Plan Amendment process schedule
restrictions.
This request for fast - tracking and payment for a dedicated planner
comes out of discussion with staff since staff was concern about the
delay in anticipated development in fiscal 03/04 due to floodplain and
other issues. These projects would allow staff time to be directed to
a chargeable project. Both proposed General Plan Amendments and zone
changes are a logical extension of the existing and contiguous
Moorpark Country Club Estates, each proposed project would have their
only vehicular access from Moorpark Country Club Estates and this
would be a logical extension of development along the City's
northwestern boundary.
It would be staff's intent to have all entitlement applications
processed as part of these two (2) General Plan Amendments and zone
change requests. This would require amendments to the Residential
Planned Development, a new Tract Map, an amendment to the Development
Agreement, and accompanying environmental documentation. Toll
Brothers would pay all processing costs for these applications.
When this item was brought before the Affordable Housing /Community
Development Committee on June 18, 2003, it felt that the applicant's
proposal for fast - tracking had merit, as well as the applicant's offer
to pay for fast - tracking.
STAFF RECOMIMNDATION
Remove the Toll Brothers applications, both Husted and Mazur, from the
General Plan Amendment Pre - Screening process and authorize processing
of the General Plan Amendments, zone changes and related entitlements
consistent with this staff report.
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