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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
VIA: STEPHAN E. HUNT, CHIEF OF POLICE/ACTING CITY MANAGER
FROM: KURT CHISTIANSEN, FAICP, ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR
DATE: JULY 17, 2017
SUBJECT: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 2017-05 FOR A
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (GPA-2017-01) AND DEVELOPMENT CODE
AMENDMENT (NO. 244) TO REFLECT THE CITY’S ADOPTION OF THE TOD
SPECIFIC PLAN
SUMMARY:
At the June 19, 2017 City Council meeting, a public hearing was conducted and Ordinance No. 2017-05
was introduced for first reading, amending the General Plan and the Azusa’s Development Code to
reflect the Transit Oriented Development Specific plan, by title only, and adopts Ordinance No. 2017-
05. The proposed action, reads by title only, second reading and adopts Ordinance No. 2017-05,
amending the General Plan and Azusa’s Development Code to reflect the City’s adoption of the TOD
Specific Plan.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council take the following action:
1) Read by title only, second reading and adoption, Ordinance No. 2017-05, amending the General
Plan and Azusa’s Development Code to reflect the City’s adoption of the TOD Specific Plan.
DISCUSSION:
Attached to this Staff Report (Attachment 1) is the proposed Ordinance No. 2017-05 which was
introduced at the June 19, 2017 City Council meeting. If no further revisions to the Ordinance are
desired, the City Council can move for the adoption of the Ordinance.
APPROVED
CITY COUNCIL
7/17/2017
General Plan Amendment No. GPA-2017-01 & Code Amendment No. 244
July17, 2017
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FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. As proposed, the Metro grant will also allocate
funding for Staff time, which will result in a savings to the City’s General Fund. The City is requesting
the amendments and all associated entitlements costs to be waived.
Prepared by: Reviewed by:
Edson Ibañez Kurt Christiansen, FAICP
Assistant Planner Economic and Community Development Director
Reviewed and Approved by: Reviewed and Approved:
Louie F. Lacasella Stephan E. Hunt
Management Analyst Chief of Police/Acting City Manager
Attachment:
1) Ordinance No. 2017-05
ORDINANCE NO. 2017-05
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA REVISING THE GENERAL
PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO REFLECT THE
ADOPTION OF THE TOD SPECIFIC PLAN
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted the TOD Specific Plan and Zone Change
at a regular meeting on November 2, 2015;
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Azusa, after giving notice
thereof as required by law, held a public hearing on June 19, 2017 for City-initiated
amendments to the General Plan (General Plan Amendment No. GPA-2017-01) and the
Development Code (Code Amendment No. 244); and
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a public hearing on the proposed
Development Code Amendment No. 244 and General Plan Amendment No. GPA-2017-
01 at a regular meeting on June 19, 2017, and conducted a first reading of this
Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Ordinance have
occurred.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct
and are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. Article IX to Chapter 18 of the Azusa Municipal Code is hereby
deleted in its entirety.
SECTION 3. Chapter 3 (Built Environment) of the General Plan is hereby revised
as follows:
1. Revise Chapter 3, The Built Environment
• Where applicable throughout document, replace Downtown District with TOD
Specific Plan District
• Where applicable throughout document, replace Monrovia Nursery site with
APU/Citrus College site, regarding the second proposed train station location
• Revise ‘Figure CD-2, Urban Form Diagram’ to reflect new district boundaries,
add new districts, and delete “7: Downtown District” and its subzones
• Revise ‘Figure CD-3, Regulating Plan’ to reflect new district boundaries, add new
districts, and delete “7: Downtown District” and its subzones
• Revise ‘Figure CD-4, Land Use Diagram’ to reflect new district boundaries, add
new districts, and delete “2: Downtown /Civic”
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• Amend Goal 4, Districts, to reflect new districts
- Remove number of districts to allow flexibility in the future if districts are
amended
• Amend Goal 4 policies as shown in enclosed draft
• Amend Policy 5.1 to add the TOD Specific Plan
SECTION 4. The Development Code is hereby revised as follows:
1. Zoning Map: In addition to the amendments to the Code itself, the Zoning Map shall
be amended to reflect the TOD Specific Plan District, and remove the three existing
Downtown Districts (DCC, DTC, and DTV). The Zoning Map has also been
amended to reflect other recent changes to the Development Code and other
specific plans.
Chapter 88.20. Regulating Plan
88.20: Revise Figures 1 and 2, and associated keys, to reflect new district
boundaries
88.20.010 through 88.20.040: Clean up edits are reflected, including those to allow
flexibility by removing the exact number of planning areas and roadway
segments
Chapter 88.22. Neighborhoods
88.22.030: Replace “Downtown District” with “TOD Specific Plan District”
Chapter 88.24. Districts
88.24.005.A: Add note referring to TOD Specific Plan for applicable uses and
remove DTC, DCC, and DTV zone districts in Table 2-2
88.24.010: Rescind Section 88.24.010, Downtown, which will be replaced with new
TOD Specific Plan District
88.24.020.C-1.h: Replace “Downtown District and Foothill Boulevard Corridor” with
“TOD Specific Plan District”
88.24.020.C-2.b: Remove, with existing 88.24.040.C-2.c becoming new
88.24.040.C-2b.
88.24.020.C-3: Add “Requirements” section outlining neon signage along Route 66
with design requirements reference to TOD Specific Plan.
88.24.040.C-1.1.e: Replace “Foothill Boulevard Corridor, Downtown” with “TOD
Specific Plan”
88.24.040.C-1.3: Add “Requirements” section outlining neon signage along Route 66
with design requirements reference to TOD Specific Plan.
NEW 88.24.050: New TOD Specific Plan District section language recommended in
keeping with the structure of existing district sections
Chapter 88.26. Corridors
88.26.010: Rescind portions of Section 88.26.010, Foothill Boulevard Corridor, which
will be replaced with the TOD Specific Plan District
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88.26.020: Replace references to Downtown District and sub districts with TOD
Specific Plan District
Chapter 88.36, Parking and Loading
88.36.050.B: Replace parking requirements for Downtown District with TOD Specific
Plan requirements
88.36.100.B: Replace references to DTC and DTV districts with TOD Specific Plan
District
88.36.080.F: Replace references to Downtown District with TOD Specific Plan
District
Chapter 88.38, Signs
88.38.040.I: Add exception for Route 66 themed signs in compliance with TOD
Specific Plan
88.38.040.J: Add exception for Route 66 themed signs in compliance with TOD
Specific Plan.
Chapter 88.42, Standard for Specific Land Uses
88.42.120.G: Add Section G on mixed-use development standards within the TOD
Specific Plan District
Chapter 88.54, Nonconforming Uses, Structures, and Parcels
• 88.54.100.A.1.a: Replace reference to Downtown sub districts and Foothill
Boulevard Corridor with TOD Specific Plan District
SECTION 5. On November 2, 2015 , the City Council certified the Final
Environmental Impact Report (SCH#2015021018) (FEIR) for the TOD Specific Plan
pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, §§ 21000
et seq.) and the State CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, §§ 15000 et seq.) As
described herein and in the accompanying staff report, the City is making certain minor
modifications to the City’s General Plan and Development Code in order to ensure
consistency with the Specific Plan.
State CEQA Guidelines §15162 provide that when an EIR has been certified for
a project, no subsequent EIR shall be prepared for that project unless the lead agency
determines, on the basis of substantial evidence, one or more of the following:
• Substantial changes are proposed in the project that would require major
revision to the previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental
effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects;
or
• Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which
the project is undertaken which would require major revisions of the previous EIR due to
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the involvement of new significant effects or a substantial increase in the severity of
previously identified significant effects; or
• New information of substantial importance shows that the project would
have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR, or that
significant effects previously examined would be substantially more severe, or that
mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be
feasible and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects but the City
Council declined to adopt them, or mitigation measures or alternatives that are different
from those included in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more
significant effects on the environment but the City Council declined to adopt them.
Section 15006 of the State CEQA Guidelines expressly encourages public
agencies to reduce delay and paperwork associated with implementation of CEQA by
using previously prepared environmental documents when those previously prepared
documents adequately address potential impacts of the proposed project.
Here, the Development Code amendments and General Plan amendments are
solely designed to ensure consistency with the Specific Plan. Because the City is not
considering making any substantive changes to the Specific Plan, it can be seen with
certainty that: (1) there will be no new significant impacts or more severe significant
impacts than were previously disclosed in the EIR; (2) there have been no changes in
the circumstances under which the Specific Plan was approved and the EIR certified
such that previously undisclosed impacts will occur; and (3) no new information has
come to light that was not known and could not have been known at the time the EIR
was certified showing that previously undisclosed impacts will occur. In light of the
standards for subsequent environmental review outlined in CEQA and the State CEQA
Guidelines, no subsequent review is required here, and no changes to the previously
certified EIR are necessary pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21166 and
State CEQA Guidelines sections 15162 and 15164.
SECTION 6. Custodian of Records. The documents and materials that
constitute the record of proceedings on which this Ordinance is based are located at the
City Clerk’s office located at 213 E. Foothill Blvd., Azusa, CA 917025. The custodian of
these records is the City Clerk.
SECTION 7. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance or the application thereof to any entity, person or circumstance is held for
any reason to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall
not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect
without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this
Ordinance are severable. The City Council of the City of Azusa hereby declares that it
would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, sentence, clause or phrase
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, sentences,
clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 8. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30)
days following its adoption.
SECTION 9. Publication. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Ordinance. Not later than fifteen (15) days following the passage of this Ordinance, the
Ordinance, or a summary thereof, along with the names of the City Council members
voting for and against the Ordinance, shall be published in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Azusa.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Azusa,
California, at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the ____ day of
___________________, 20___, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
City of Azusa
________________________________
Joseph R. Rocha, Mayor
ATTEST:
________________________________
Jeffrey Cornejo, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP
_______________________________
Marco Martinez, City Attorney
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CERTIFICATION
I, Jeffrey Cornejo, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. ____ is the actual Ordinance No. ____ that was introduced at
a regular meeting of said City Council on the _____ day of _______________, 20___
and was finally passed and adopted not less than five (5) days thereafter on the ____
day of _____________, 20___ by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
______________________________
Jeffrey Cornejo, City Clerk