NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PUBLIC HEARING
WILL BE HELD BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA,
RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING:
General Plan Amendment 21-238, Specific Plan Amendment 21-239, Zoning Amendment 21-240, Land Use Plan Amendment 21-241 – West Pico Corridor Specific Plan Update and Architectural Overlay District Expansion.
A Public Hearing to consider City-initiated amendments to the City’s General Plan, West Pico Corridor Specific Plan, Zoning, and Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan. For details, see the website https://www.san-clemente.org/westpico. The amendments are proposed to:
• Change the land use designation of two parcels located at 1510 Avenida De La Estrella (APNs 057-020-45 and 057-020-67) to High Industrial from a split of Light Industrial and High Industrial. This is a cleanup item that would make existing non-conforming automobile towing and salvage businesses on the parcels a conforming use. Concrete batch plants would not be allowed on the two parcels, unlike other High Industrial areas of West Pico Corridor.
• Expand the Architectural Overlay District to include several missing properties along primary circulation routes between the Downtown and Pier Bowl. The Overlay requires major remodels and new development to have Spanish Colonial Revival architecture.
• Update the Specific Plan to be consistent with the General Plan and Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan (LUP), as required by State law, and expand the Specific Plan area to include additional parcels. Additionally, this part of the project also includes an update to design guidelines and standards for Los Molinos that implement General Plan and LUP policies for the Los Molinos Focus Area.
• Update Title 17 Zoning to reflect and clarify the changes above.
The City has completed an environmental assessment for the project in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). For the GPA, staff determined a General Plan Environmental Impact Report Addendum may be prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164(b), as minor technical changes or additions are necessary to reflect the proposed amendments. The LUPA is exempt from CEQA pursuant to California Public Resources Code Section 21080.9 and CEQA guidelines Section 15265. For the SPA and ZA, the amendments are exempt from further CEQA review. The amendments are mandatory actions under Government Code Section 65860 and are within the scope of the General Plan EIR and subsequent Addenda, pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15168.
Materials for this project are on-file at the Planning Division, at 910 Calle Negocio, available online, and are available for public inspection and comment by contacting Project Planner Christopher Wright at (949) 361-6193 or wrightc@san-clemente.org. If you challenge this item in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of San Clemente at, or prior to, the public hearing.
To allow staff adequate time to confirm software compatibility, individuals wishing to utilize electronic visual aids to supplement their oral presentations at the meeting, must submit the electronic files to the City Clerk by no later than 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Only compatible electronic formats will be permitted to be used on City audio/visual computer equipment. Staff makes no guarantee that such material will be compatible, but will use its best efforts to accommodate the request.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that said public hearing will be held on October 18, 2022 at 8:30 pm at the San Clemente City Council Chambers located at 910 Calle Negocio, 2nd Floor, San Clemente, California and will be live streamed from the City’s YouTube channel at www.san-clemente.org/live or live on Cox Communications Local Access Channel 854. In order to ensure that the City Councilmembers have adequate time to consider written materials concerning agenda items, it is strongly recommended that such materials be submitted to the City Clerk’s office by noon the day preceding the City Council meeting.
Laura Campagnolo
Legislative Administrator
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