HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES CC 2021 3983 2021 0106RESOLUTION NO. 2021-3983
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, REJECTING GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT REQUEST NO. 2019-02 TO CHANGE THE
GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION ON 7.4
ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF LOS ANGELES AVENUE AND BELTRAMO
RANCH ROAD FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (L),
HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (H) AND PARK (P) TO
VERY HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (VH) FOR
CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF A 69-UNIT
RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, ON THE APPLICATION OF JAY
DECKARD (FOR WARMINGTON GROUP)
WHEREAS, Section 17.44.050(C) of the Moorpark Municipal Code requires the
pre-screening of General Plan Amendment applications requested by property owners
or the owner's agent before an application can be accepted for review; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 2015-3466 establishes the process for the review of
General Plan Amendment Pre-Screening applications; and
WHEREAS, on November 21, 2019, Jay Deckard for Warmington Group
submitted an application for General Plan Amendment Pre-Screening No. 2019-02,
requesting a change in the land use designation from low density residential (1), high
density residential (H) and open space and recreation (P) to very high density
residential (VH) for the development of a 69-unit residential project located on 7.4 acres
of property at the southeast corner of Los Angeles Avenue and Beltramo Ranch Road;
and
WHEREAS, on May 13, 2020, the City Council allowed the review of the General
Plan Amendment Pre-Screening No. 2019-02 off-schedule, due to COVID-19, as
prescribed in Resolution No. 2015-3466; and
WHERAS on June 24, 2020, the Community and Economic Development
Committee reviewed General Plan Amendment Pre-Screening No. 2019-02, received
public comments, advised the applicant to consider a revised design that would address
neighborhood concerns and continued the request to the September 16, 2020,
Community and Economic Development Committee; and
WHEREAS on September 16, 2020, the Community and Economic Development
Committee continued review of General Plan Amendment Pre-Screening No. 2019-02,
which included a revised 69-unit conceptual design and recommended that the City
Council deny the acceptance of a General Plan Amendment application for this
proposal based on incompatibility with adjacent neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, at a duly noticed public hearing on January 6, 2021, the City Council
considered the agenda report and any supplements thereto and written public
comments; opened the public hearing and took and considered public testimony both
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for and against the proposal; closed the public hearing and reached a decision on this
matter; and
WHEREAS, a General Plan Amendment Pre-Screening request is not a formal
development entitlement application and is therefore not subject to the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The legislative action of this request is not
considered a Project , as defined by CEQA Section 15378 and would have no potential
for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably
foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION: The City Council
concurs with the determination that action on a General Plan Amendment Pre -
Screening application is not a project subject to the California Env ironmental Quality
Act.
SECTION 2. REJECTION OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST:
Staff is hereby authorized to reject for review a General Plan Amendment Request No .
2019-02 . In accordance with Section 17.44.060(0) of the Zoning Ordinance , no
resubmittal of a similar application may be made for one (1) year after a denial decision .
SECTION 3 . The City Cl e rk shall c e rtify to the adoption of this re solution and
shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of original resolutions .
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of January, 2021 .
ATT EST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF VENTURA
CITY OF MOORPARK
SS .
I, Ky Spangler, City Clerk of the City of Moorpark , California, do hereby certify
under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 2021-3983 was adopted by
the City Council of the City of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on the 6th day of
January, 2021, and that the same was adopted by the following vote :
AYES :
NOES :
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers Castro, Enegren, Groff, Pollock , and Mayor Parvin
None
None
None
WITNESS my hand and the official sea l of said City this 6th day of January ,
2021 .
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(seal)