HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2003 0903 CC REG ITEM 10HITEM I o. 4 .
MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Barry K. Hogan, Community Development Director
Prepared By: David A. Bobardt, Planning Ma g r'23
DATE: August 21, 2003 (CC Meeting of 09/03/2003)
SUBJECT: Consider the City of Moorpark General Plan Annual
Report Including the Housing Element Progress Report —
September 2002 to August 2003
BACKGROUND
Government Code Section 65400(b) requires the planning agency of
each local government to provide an annual report to the
legislative body on the status of the General Plan and progress
in its implementation. Also included in the annual report is
information about progress in meeting the community's share of
regional housing needs with information concerning City efforts
to remove local governmental_ constraints to the maintenance,
improvement, and development of housing. This annual report must
be provided to the legislative body, the Governor's Office of
Planning and Research, and the Department of Housing and
Community Development on or before October 1st of each year. The
following information is provided in compliance with the above
Government Code provisions.
DISCUSSION
STATUS OF GENERAL PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS
Land Use Element
A comprehensive update to the Land Use Element was adopted in
May 1992. A number of substantial amendments have been made to
this element since this time. These include the conversion of
about 1,000 acres of rural residential designated land to higher
residential densities and open space, the adoption or
substantial amendment of three (3) Specific Plans (Carlsberg,
Downtown, and Moorpark Highlands), and the approval of a voter-
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initiated City Urban Restriction Boundary (CURB). The Community
Development Department has projected a comprehensive update to
this element, along with the Circulation Element, to begin in
the later portion of Fiscal Year 2003 -2004.
Approved Amendments to the Land Use Element - September 2002 to
August 2003
■ General Plan Amendment No. 2002 -03 Approved by City
Council Resolution No. 2.002 -2002 (9/18/2002) - City
Council approved a request from Toll Brothers for minor
amendments to the Land Use Element Map for Tract 4928 to
ensure that the land use designations followed property
lines. In addition, a clarification to a Land Use
Element was adopted to indicate that ornamental orchards
were not considered agricultural uses for the purposes of
maintaining a proper setback of residences from
agricultural land.
■ General Plan Amendment No. 2003 -01 Approved by City
Council Resolution No. 2003 -2110 (8/21/2003) - Tentative
Tract Map No. 5187, approved for two - hundred -fifty (250)
houses west of Walnut Canyon Road and south of
Championship Drive, included a condition for the
provision of twenty (20) affordable housing units plus
additional in -lieu fees to be used by the City for low
and very -low income housing. This General Plan Amendment
application changed the Land Use Element Map to convert
approximately three (3) acres of land currently planned
for Rural Low and Open Space uses to High Density
Residential uses, to allow for the construction of
seventeen (17) of the twenty (20) required affordable
units on land immediately adjacent to Tentative Tract Map
No. 5187. In accord with the development agreement for
Tentative Tract Map No. 5187, fees will be collected by
the City for the required affordable units that will not
be built by the applicant.
Proposed Amendments to the Land Use Element Currently in Process
■ General Plan Amendment Case No. 98 -01 - SunCal Companies
has requested a modification to the Land Use Element Map
and text to change the planned use for Specific Plan No.
10 area, east of Walnut Canyon Road and north of Wicks
Road, and to delete reference to Specific Plan No. 10
from the element. The Land Use Element Map currently
permits up to one- hundred - fifty -four (154) housing units
under a Specific Plan with a Rural Low Density
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Residential overlay that permits one (1) dwelling unit
per each five (5) acres without a Specific Plan. The
proposal is to convert the planned use of this land to
Medium -Low Density Residential uses (two (2) dwelling
units per acre) to accommodate one- hundred -ten (110)
single - family homes on approximately seventy -two (72)
acres. This project has completed environmental review
and Planning Commission review. Action by the City
Council on this project is expected later this year.
■ General Plan Amendment Case No. 2001 -05 - The North Park
Village project proposes 1,500 market rate housing units
and one - hundred -fifty (150) affordable units on 3,547
acres currently outside the City of Moorpark municipal
boundaries. it would require amendments to the Land Use,
Circulation, Open Space, Conservation, and Recreation,
Safety, and Housing Elements of the General Plan since it
includes land proposed to be annexed to the City as a
Specific Plan area. it also proposes an extension of the
City's Urban Restriction Boundary in the Land Use
Element, which requires voter approval. The land is
presently in the unincorporated County of Ventura, and is
designated for open space uses. A Draft Environmental
Impact Report has recently been released for public
review for this project.
■ General Plan Amendment Case No. 2003 -02 - Shea Homes has
requested an amendment to the Land Use Element Map on
approximately fifteen (15) acres of land south of Los
Angeles Avenue and west of Spring Road. The proposal is
to convert the land currently planned for General
Commercial uses to Very High Density Residential to allow
for the development of approximately ninety -six (96)
units of duplex -style housing. This project is currently
being redesigned by the applicant.
Pre - Screening Applications for Land Use Element Amendments
City Council Resolution No. 99 -1578 requires pre- screening of
all requests for General Plan Amendments, based on adopted
criteria, to evaluate those requests that the City should accept
as a formal General Plan Amendment application at a later date.
The General Plan pre- screening process establishes certain time
periods for application and consideration. The application and
procedures have been streamlined and clarified to provide more
in -depth analysis of potential projects and allow the
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prioritization of applications that support City goals and
policies relating to its Housing and Land Use Elements.
Seven (7) applications are under consideration at this time:
• PS 2000 -02 - This is a request from Dr. DeeWayne Jones to
increase planned residential density on 41 -acres at the
north end of the City, east of Walnut Canyon Road. The
request is to change the planned density from Rural Low
Density Residential (one (1) unit per five (5) acres) to
Rural High Density Residential (one (1) unit per one (1)
acre) to allow twenty -one (21) housing units. The project
has been reviewed by the Affordable Housing and Community
Development Committee and will be scheduled for Council
consideration in the near future.
• PS 2001 -02 - This is a request from Grand Moorpark LLC to
redesignate four (4) acres along Los Angeles Avenue from
General Commercial to Very -High Density Residential
(fifteen (15) units per acre) to permit the construction
of sixty -six (66) townhouses on the site. Action on this
application is on hold pending a study of the future
demand for commercial land.
• PS 2001 -03 - This is a request from Mohammad Sheshebor
and Ahmed Gharabaghi to redesignate 4.8 acres along Los
Angeles Avenue from Rural High Density Residential (one
(1) unit per acre) to Medium Industrial to permit the
construction of a recreational vehicle storage facility.
Although allowed to proceed for processing as part of a
Specific Plan that encompasses a much larger area, action
on this application is on hold pending the potential sale
of this property and withdrawal of the application.
• PS 2002 -02 - This is a request from Wayne Colmer to
redesignate land currently in the Specific Plan No. 9
area, south of Casey Road and west of Walnut Canyon Road,
to allow greater density. The applicant is currently
redesigning plans. Estimated area of the site and
proposed density are not yet known.
• PS 2003 -01 - This is a request from Centex Homes to
redesignate forty -eight (48) acres north of Casey Road
and west of Walnut Canyon Road, from Rural Low Density
Residential (one (1) unit per five (5) acres) to Medium
Density Residential (four (4) units per acre) to permit
the construction of one - hundred - seventeen (117) houses on
the site. The project has been reviewed by the
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Affordable Housing and Community Development Committee
and will be scheduled for Council consideration in the
near future.
■ PS 2003 -02 - This is a request from Toll Brothers to
redesignate twenty -three and one -half (23.5) acres north
of Championship Drive and west of Walnut Canyon Road,
from Rural Low Density Residential (one (1) unit per five
(5) acres) to Medium -Low Density Residential (two (2)
units per acre), to permit the construction of twenty -
eight (28) houses on the site. The City Council has
waived the pre - screening process for this project and has
allowed the filing of a General Plan Amendment
application.
■ PS 2003 -03 - This is a request from Toll Brothers to
redesignate forty (40) acres north of Championship Drive
and east of Grimes Canyon Road from Rural Low Density
Residential (one (1) unit per five (5) acres) and Open
Space to Medium -Low Density Residential (two (2) units
per acre) and Open Space to permit the construction of
fifty -five (55) houses on the site. The City Council has
waived the pre- screening process for this project and has
allowed the filing of a General Plan Amendment
application.
Circulation Element
An updated General Plan Circulation Element was adopted in May
1992. Further analysis of circulation system alternatives
continued in 1999 with the approval of Specific Plan No. 2. The
adoption of Specific Plan No. 2 included a circulation system
amendment to allow for the construction of an extension of
Spring Road, to function as a connecting arterial between Los
Angeles Avenue and Walnut Canyon Road, through the central
portion of the City establishing an additional north /south
corridor. Specific Plan No. 2 also includes right -of -way
reservations for the SR -23 and SR -118 arterials across the
project site.
The city -wide equestrian and bicycle trails were expanded by the
adoption of a Class 1 and Class 2 bicycle trail within Specific
Plan No. 2, and addition of a segment of the city -wide and
regional connection of equestrian trails to serve the northern
portion of the community. Modification No. 2 to Tract 4928
(Toll Brothers), approved in 1999, included an alignment
alteration to provide an expanded "C" Street (now Championship
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Drive) right -of -way which includes an equestrian /multi -use trail
alignment.
Measure "S ", adopted by the voters of the City of Moorpark in
January 1999, restricted the future eastern extension of
Broadway to serve circulation needs of potential agricultural,
open space, or recreational uses in the portion of the planning
area northeast of the City limits.
The City is presently undertaking two (2) projects to widen Los
Angeles Avenue: one between Spring Road and Moorpark Avenue, and
the other between Beltramo Ranch Road and a point east of
Maureen Lane. The widening will provide six (6) lanes of
traffic as called for in the Circulation Element.
In addition, the City is currently studying potential future
alignments and appropriate improvements for the SR -23 Bypass and
SR -118 Bypass currently included on the Highway Network map in
the Circulation Element.
Approved Amendments to the Circulation Element - September 2002
to August 2003
None.
Proposed Amendments to the Circulation Element Currently in
Process
■ General Plan Amendment Case No. 2001 -05 - As noted above
in the Land Use Element section, the North Park Village
Specific Plan is seeking an amendment to the Highway
Network and Bikeway Element maps in the Circulation
Element. Of significance are the proposed addition of a
freeway interchange and arterial to serve the Specific
Plan site and the proposed deletion of the eastern
extension of Broadway as a rural collector.
■ General Plan Amendment Case No. 2003 -03 - This proposed
amendment to the Highway Network map would add "A" Street
from Tentative Tract Map No. 5187 to the Highway Network
as a rural collector and add a westerly extension of High
Street to the Highway Network as a local collector. This
proposed amendment includes an application by William
Lyon Homes for "A" Street and the City of Moorpark for
High Street. This application has been reviewed by the
Planning Commission and is scheduled for City Council
review in September 2003.
Pre - Screening Applications for Circulation Element Amendments
None.
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Noise Element
The Noise Element was amended in
prepared the element. Hearings
with adoption in March 1998.
Implementation Measure No. 2 i
required an update of the Noise
land use and circulation plans.
adopted.
1998. Mestre -Greve consultants
were conducted in late 1.997,
The 1998 update satisfied
n the Land Use Element that
Element to reflect the City's
A Noise Ordinance was also
Approved Amendments to the Noise Element - September 2002 to
August 2003
None.
Proposed Amendments to the Noise Element Currently in Process
None.
Pre - Screening Applications for Noise Element Amendments
None.
Open Space, Conservation, and Recreation (OSCAR) Element
The OSCAR is a combined element, meeting State mandates for an
Open Space Element and Conservation Element, and providing an
optional Recreation Element. The City adopted the OSCAR Element
in August 1986. Implementation Measure No. 2 in the Land Use
Element requires an update of the OSCAR Element to ensure
consistency of open space and park designations and policies
with the Land Use Element.
In 1996, the City Council approved a contract with a consultant
to prepare an updated OSCAR Element. A final draft was prepared
and received staff review and was anticipated to go to public
hearing late in 1999. However, due to the adoption of a Voter
Initiative Measure "S ", several areas of the OSCAR have required
revision. The Planning Commission and Parks and Recreation
Commission held a joint workshop on the draft element in May
2000. The Parks and Recreation Commission gave further review to
the document in July 2000. The rewritten element was discussed
at public workshops before the Planning Commission in June and
August 2001. Hearings were held by the Planning Commission in
September 2001. In October 2001, the City Council considered
the draft element and referred it to an ad -hoc committee for
further study. The element is presently being redrafted by
staff, and will follow a decision on the North Park Specific
Plan project in order to include this project in the element, if
necessary.
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Approved Amendments to the Open Space, Conservation, and
Recreation Element - September 2002 to August 2003
None.
Proposed Amendments to the Open Space, Conservation, and
Recreation Element Currently in Process
General Plan Amendment Case No. 2001 -05 - As noted above in
the Land Use Element section, the North Park Village
Specific Plan is seeking an amendment to the various maps
of open space and parks in the Open Space, Conservation,
and Recreation Element. Of significance are the proposed
additions of a 30 -acre public park and a 2,121 -acre nature
preserve.
Pre - Screening Applications for Open Space, Conservation, and
Recreation Element Amendments
None.
Safety Element
The Safety Element was approved in April 2001. This update
includes information and environmental studies related to the
West Simi Valley Alquist - Priolo Zone. The adopted Safety Element
includes the most recent information on earthquake faults,
including identification of active faults and policies on
setbacks and development constraints. Also, current information
on flooding and drainage improvement needs is included in the
updated element.
Approved Amendments to the Safety Element - September 2002 to
August 2003
None.
Proposed Amendments to the Safety Element Currently in Process
■ General Plan Amendment Case No. 2001 -05 - As noted above
in the Land Use Element section, the North Park Village
Specific Plan is seeking an amendment to the Safety
Element to modify exhibits and statistics to include the
Specific Plan site.
Pre - Screening Applications for Safety Element Amendments
None.
Housing Element
The current Housing Element was approved by the City in December
2001, and subsequently certified by the California Department of
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Housing ar_d Community Development. The City's progress to date
in implementing the Housing Element is discussed below.
Approved Amendments to the Housing Element - September 2002 to
August 2003
None.
Proposed Amendments to the Housing Element Currently in Process
■ General Plan Amendment Case No. 2001 -05 - As noted above
in the Land Use Element section, the North Park Village
Specific Plan is seeking an amendment to the Housing
Element to modify exhibits and statistics to include the
Specific Plan site.
Pre - Screening Applications for Housing Element Amendments
None.
Progress in Implementing the Housing Element, Including Meeting
the Local Share of the Regional Housing Needs
Share of Regional Housing Needs - The City's fair share for
affordable housing units under the 1998 -2005 Regional Housing
Needs Assessment (RHNA) requirements is shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1
CITY OF MOORPARK
LOCAL SHARE OF REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS: 1998 -2005
Income Group
Number
Percentage
Very Low
269
21.4°
Low
155
12.4°
Moderate
383
30.5°
High
448
35.7%
TOTAL
1,255
100.0%
Progress in Meeting Local Share - Table 2 is a list of housing
units that either have been completed or have started
construction since January 1, 1998. This table includes the
number of units affordable by households with incomes
categorized as Very Low (less than 50 percent of Ventura County
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median income) , Low (50 -80 percent of County median in_come),
Moderate (80 -120 percent of County median income), or High
(greater than 120 percent of County median income), based on
estimated original sales or rental price. Units affordable to
very -low and low - income residents were secured through
development agreements with the City.
TABLE 2
NEW DWELLING UNITS COMPLETED OR STARTED CONSTRUCTION
JANUARY 1, 1998 TO AUGUST 30, 2003
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Affordability
Tract Map No.
Very
(Project Name)
Low
Low
Mod.
High
Total
Tr.4340
(Deauville)
-
-
-
15
15
Tr.4637
(Mirabella)
-
-
-
23
23
Tr.4975
(Greystone /Lyon)
-
-
-
127
127
Tr.4976
(Greystone)
-
-
-
160
160
Tr.4977
(Richmond American)
-
-
-
109
109
Tr.4980
(Western Pacific)
-
-
-
138
138
RPD 97 -01
(Archstone)
29
21
262
-
312
Tr. 4928
(Toll Brothers)
-
-
-
216
216
Tr.5161
(Cabrillo)
4
11
44
-
59
Tr. 5181
(TR Partners)
-
1
7
8
Tr.5201
(Wilshire Builders)
-
-
-
10
10
Tr. 5307
(Wayne Colmer)
2
4
19
25
Vint. Crest Senior Apts.
(USA Properties)
48
142
190
Total Units Provided
83
179
332
798
1,392
2005 City Share
269
155
383
448
1,255
(% 2005 City Share Met)
(31 %)
(1155)
(87 %)
(178 %)
(111 %)
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Table 3 shows residential projects that have been approved but
are not yet under construction, with expected affordability by
household income. With these additional projects, it is expected
that the City of Moorpark will meet its local share of regional
housing needs for all but very -low income households. The City
has been collecting fees from development projects to be used
for additional affordable housing units. Program No. 3 in the
Housing Element calls for a monitoring of progress toward
compliance with RHNA by the end of 2002, and rezonina if
necessary. It should be noted, most of these projects have been
approved as a result of rezoning, either through the upzoning of
land planned from lower densities or through the rezoning of
commercial land to allow residential uses, as called for in the
City's Housing Element. After all these projects were approved,
only relatively small areas of land remain within the City to
provide additional opportunity for rezoning for additional
residential development. The City will, nonetheless, continue
to seek opportunities to rezone land to provide for housing,
where possible.
TABLE 3
APPROVED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
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Total
Expected Income
Tract
Units
Applicant
Category Served
250 High (Market Rate) plus 4
Very Low, 4 Low, and 9 Moderate
units off -site. In -lieu fees
5187
will be collected for 3
and
267
William Lyon
additional affordable units (1
5405
Very Low, 1 Low, 1 Moderate)
along with additional fees on
the 250 market -rate units for 5
Very Low and 10 Low
High and Moderate (Market Rate)
5045
562
Pardee
plus 25 Low Units plus fee for
Very Low
Pacific
Moderate (Market Rate) plus 22
5053
247
Communities
Low plus fee for 15 Very Low
Pacific
Moderate (Market Rate)
5204
37
Communities
Moderate (Market Rate) plus 7
5133
79
Shea
Low plus fee for 5 Very Low
Total
Units
1,192
-
-
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City Efforts to Remove Governmental Constraints to the
_Maintenance, Improvement, and Development of Housing Units - The
City of Moorpark has taken the following steps to remove
governmental constraints that hinder the development of
affordable housing units:
1. Continued implementation of the City's General Plan,
as discussed previously in this report.
2. Continued processing of Specific Plans that include
affordable housing components as a portion of the
project Development Agreements.
3. Continued revisions to the Zoning Ordinance to allow
more flexibility in affordable housing projects.
4. Compliance with the affordable housing provisions of
the Community Redevelopment Law.
5. Use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds
for housing services in lower income neighborhoods.
6. Provision of priority processing to projects that
include affordability components.
7. Support of changes of land use designation from non-
residential to residential uses with high to very -high
density under Residential Planned Development
provisions.
8. Support of upzoning of land planned for lower
residential densities.
9. Support of density bonuses
that provide an affordabil
project.
10. Preparation of amendment to
make permits for second
compliance with AB 1866.
for residential projects
ity component within the
Second Unit Ordinance tc
units ministerial in
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Receive and file the report.
2. Direct staff to forward a copy of this report to:
Governor's Office of Planning and Research
State Department of Housing and Community Development
County of Ventura- Planning Division
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