HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 04-C30i
RESOLUTION NO. 04-C30
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA APPROVING THE 2004 CITY OF AZUSA
GENERAL PLAN (GATEWAY TO THE AMERICAN
DREAM), GENERAL PLAN MAP AND RELATED
DOCUMENTS
AZUSA GENERAL PLAN, GENERAL PLAN MAP AND RELATED DOCUMENTS
WHEREAS, California Government Code, Section 65300 et seq. requires that each
city adopt a comprehensive general plan to guide future growth and development; and
WHEREAS, the City of Azusa's ("City") centennial in 1998 rekindled community
concern about the City's next hundred years and launched an ambitious effort to gain opinion and
participation of hundreds of residents from all backgrounds and walks of life to present a new vision
for the City; and
WHEREAS, these efforts led to the establishment of the Azusa Citizens Congress in
May of 2000 where participants discussed and created statements of common values as the
foundation for a new General Plan for the City and related documents, including the "Gateway to the
American Dream' document, the Azusa General Plan document, the "Places and Changes"
document and "Analysis and Trends" document (collectively the "General Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the General Plan reflects the public participation and hard work of
hundreds of Azusa residents and business owners who have actively participated in the work of the
Citizen's Congress and the creation of the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the preparation of the General Plan, the City also directed
the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report ("EIR") that discusses the potential
environmental impacts of the General Plan in accordance with California Environmental Quality Act
("CEQA"), the state CEQA Guidelines and the City's Local Guidelines for implementing CEQA;
and
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WHEREAS, beginning on January 14, 2004, January 28, 2994, February 11, 2004,
February 25, 2004, March 10, 2004, and ending on March 24, 2004, the Planning Commission of the
City of Azusa ("Planning Commission") conducted duly noticed public hearings on the General Plan
and EIR at which time all persons wishing to testify in connection with the General Plan were heard
and the General Plan was fully studied, discussed and deliberated; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission carefully considered all pertinent testimony
and the staff reports presented during the public hearing for the General Plan and recommended
adoption of the General Plan and certification of the General Plan EIR to the City Council at their
meeting of March 24, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Azusa ("City Council") conducted duly
noticed public hearings and workshops on the General Plan and General Plan EIR on January 14,
2004, March 29, 2004, April 5, 2004, April 12, 2004, and April 19, 2004 at which time all persons
wishing to testify in connection with the General Plan and EIR were heard and the General Plan and
EIR were fully studied; discussed and deliberated; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Based on the entire record before the City Council, all written and oral
evidence presented to the City Council, and the findings made in the staff reports and this
Resolution, the City Council of the City of Azusa hereby approves and adopts the General Plan and
its related documents, as set forth in the attached Exhibit "A" to this Resolution.
SECTION 2: Based on the entire record before the City Council and all written and
oral evidence presented, including the staff reports and the recommendation of the Planning
Commission, the City Council finds the General Plan promotes the goals and objectives of the City
of Azusa and is a compatible, integrated, and internally consistent statement of policies for the
following reasons:
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A. Pursuant to Government Code, Section 65300, the General Plan is
comprehensive and long term.
B. Pursuant to Government Code, Section 65300.5 and 65302, the General Plan
and its elements and parts comprise an integrated, internally consistent statement of policies and
addresses all issues required by state law. Further, the data, assumptions and projections are
consistent with one another. Specifically, among other reasons,:
Figure GEO-3.).
Figure N-3.).
1. The General Plan identifies areas that are subject to flooding. ( See GP
2. The General Plan shows noise contours for specific sources. (See GP
3. The General Plan contains standards of population density and
building intensity for the various land uses. (See GP Table CD -2, GP Figure CD -3; Trends Figure 2-
10 to 2-15.).
4. The General Plan's mobility element is fiscally responsible and
correlated with the land use element. (See GP Mobility Element Policies; GP Mobility Policy 1.1.).
5. The General Plan specifies allowable uses in each land use district (See
GP Table CD -2; General Plan Implementation Matrix.).
6. The General Plan provides density ranges that allow the making of
consistency findings (See GP Table CD -2.).
7. The General Plan housing element complies with state law. (See GP
Chapter 3 — Housing Element.).
C. Pursuant to Government Code, Section 65302, the General Plan addresses all
of the mandatory elements required by law including the Land Use, Housing and Circulation
elements (Built Environment Component) and the Open Space, Conservation, Safety and Noise
elements (Natural Environment Component), as well as other optional elements.
SECTION 3: The City Council also finds that the General Plan is in the public
interest because it provides for additional opportunities for the future growth and development of
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Azusa in an environmentally sensitive manner.
SECTION 4: In considering this General Plan, the City Council has considered the
housing needs of the region and balanced those needs against the public service needs of the
residents and available fiscal and environmental resources.
SECTION 5: The City Council also finds that the General Plan is consistent
with the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (California Public Resources Code,
Section 2715 et seq. — "SMARA") and advances state mining policies. Specifically, The policies
contained in the "Natural Environment" Element of the Azusa General Plan, identified as the
City's "Mineral Resource Management Policies" comply with SMARA for the following reasons:
a. The policies recognize the mineral information provided by the state (See
General Plan Figure MR -1);
b. The policies assist in the management of land uses which are incompatible
with the development of minerals in areas designated as having state or regional significance.
(See Mineral Resource Policy MR3, See also Table CD -2, Land Use Goal No. 8 and Policies 8.1
to 8.12) The General Plan designates a majority of the available areas of regional significance in
the "Open Space' land use designation which prohibits all but passive open space uses. Thus,
there will be no uses permitted that are incompatible with mining operations. Further, the
proposed Development Code will contain an "Open Space" zoning designation that will be
consistent with the General Plan Land Use designation.
C. The policies emphasize the conservation and development of identified
mineral deposits (See Mineral Resource Figure MR -1 & MR -2; Mineral Resource Policies 1.2 & 1.3
which permit continued mining; See also Land Use Goal No. 8 and Policies 8.1 to 8.12.)
Thus, in accordance with Public Resources Code, Section 2764, the City Council
finds that the future land uses and particular access routes identified in the General Plan are
compatible with the continuation of surface mining operations because the General Plan contains
policies that recognize areas of regional significance and permit mining to continue within mining
operations that have a vested right to mine in the City of Azusa. Moreover, the General Plan policies
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prohibit the development of uses that would be incompatible with such mining operations. The
General Plan policies also prohibit development of uses that would be incompatible with mining
operations in non -vested areas that have regional significance should these areas ever be considered
for mining.
SECTION 6. An Initial Study and EIR have been prepared for the General Plan in
accordance with the provisions of CEQA, the State CEQA Guidelines, and the City of Azusa's
procedures for implementing CEQA. The City Council, by adoption of Resolution No. - hereby
adopts and certifies the approval and adoption of the EIR for the General Plan.
SECTION 7: This resolution shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
SECTION 8: The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED the 19'h day of April, 2004.
Unstma Uruz Madrid, Mayor
ATTEST:
VeigMendoza, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Sonil R. Carvalho,City A orney
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council
of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 19`h day of April 2004, by the
following vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, STANFORD, ROCHA, CHAGNON,
MADRID
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
era Mendoza, City Clerk
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Exhibit "A"
[Attach General Plan & Related Documents]
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