Public Hearing - Amendment to General Plan

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19I' 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 BE IT NOW THEREFORE RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Based on the entire record before the City Council, all written oral evidence presented to the City Council, and the findings made in this Resolution, the Cit}' Council of the City of Colton hereby amends the General Plan land use designation for the Subject Site, as set forth in Exhibit "A", from "Business Park" to "Industrial Park" ("General Plan Amendment"). SECTION 2. Based on the entire record before the City Council and all and oral evidence presented to the City Council, the Council finds the General Plan Amendment promotes the goals and objectives of the General Plan, and each element thereof, and leaves the General Plan a compatible, integrated, and internally consistent statement of policies. In accordance with the City of Colton General Plan, the proposed land use classification provides for land uses that are adequately buffered and which do not adversely affect surrounding residential, office, educational or commercial land use. (See Colton General Plan, p. 2-19.) Most of the existing infrastructure improvements in this area are in place so that once the Subject Property is developed it will be adequately served by surrounding public streets. Moreover, designating the Subject Property from a business park use classification to an industrial park land use classification will not affect the availability of land to meet the region's housing needs, since the property was not desiganted for, nor intended for, residential uses. Finally, development of the Subject Property in accordance with the goals and standards of the general plan, as well as the development standards of the underlying zoning designation will assure that development of the subject site is compatible with the goals and standards of other general plan elements. SECTION 3. The City Council has determined the proposed General Plan Amendment is in the public interest because it provides additional opportunities for industrial development and employment opportunities for Colton residents. SECTION 4. In considering this General Plan Amendment, the City Council considered the housing needs of the region and balanced those needs against the public servic needs of the residents and available fiscal and environmental resources. SECTION 5. Based on the entire record before the City Council and all and oral evidence presented, the City Council finds the General Plan Amendment complies wit "CEQA' and hereby adopts the negative declaration for the following reasons: A. The negative declaration and initial study prepared for the Application contain a complete and accurate reporting of the environmental impacts associated with the Application. The documents have been completed in compliance with CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines.