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Res P-17-22 RESOLUTION NO. P-17-22 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (GPA) 17-001 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Poway recognizes that the need may arise to amend the City's General Plan from time to time; WHEREAS, section 65350, et seq., of the California Government Code describes the procedures for amending General Plans; WHEREAS, in 2014 the City began conducting a study of the Poway Road corridor and prepared a new Poway Road Specific Plan to guide the long-term growth and development of the Poway Road planning area; WHEREAS, the new Poway Road Specific Plan contains definitions, a land use plan, development standards and design guidelines that communicate the City’s vision for the planning area and set the policy framework to guide development; WHEREAS, the proposed amendments ensure consistency between the new Poway Road Specific Plan and the City’s General Plan; and WHEREAS, on December 5, 2017, the City Council held a duly advertised public hearing to solicit comments from the public, both pro and con, relative to this matter. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Poway as follows: Section 1: The City Council hereby finds that the above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full. Section 2: A Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) was prepared for the Poway Road Specific Plan Amendment (SPA 17-001) and the City Council certified the FEIR at a duly noticed public hearing on December 5, 2017. This general plan amendment is made in furtherance of, and consistent with, SPA 17-001; therefore, the FEIR is applicable to this project. Section 3 : The City Council finds that GPA 17-001 is consistent with Specific Plan Amendment 17-001, Zone Text Amendment 17-002 and the corresponding Zone Change 17-001, and would maintain land use compatibility with the surrounding properties. Section 4: The City Council hereby approves GPA 17-001, and amends certain sections of the City’s General Plan as specified below. Removals are indicated with strikethroughs and additions are indicated with underline. Resolution No. P-17-22 Page 2 Strategy 4 of Policy F – Architecture of Goal 1 within the Goals, Policies and Strategies (page 14) and Community Development (page 37) chapters shall be amended as follows: 4. Structures shall be no higher than two stories or 35 feet whichever is less. Exceptions may be made for architectural projections such as church steeples and freestanding clock towers and as specified in the Old Poway Specific Plan or development within the Poway Road Specific Plan. If any addition to the existing Pomerado Hospital building is constructed the expansion may be the same overall height from grade as the existing structure if it is attached or connected to the existing structure. Community Business description on page 11 of Community Development Element is to be removed from the General Plan as follows: COMMUNITY BUSINESS (CB): The Community Business District is a classification intended to accommodate local and community wide commercial centers that typically serve large areas of the City. Land uses in this area would include a wide range of less intensive retail and service type use such as junior department stores, medical and financial office complexes, food chains, restaurants and specialty stores. Planned Community description, starting on page 12 of Community Development Element is to be amended as follows: Planned Community PLANNED COMMUNITY (PC): The Planned Community designation allows a variety of land uses to occur based upon the adoption by the City Council of a specific plan. The purpose of this designation is to encourage comprehensive land planning of large contiguous areas so that parcel specific issues can be addressed with creative solutions. There areas are areas currently designated Planned Community. They are Rancho Arbolitos, South Poway, Poway Road and Old Coach. Rancho Arbolitos includes only single family homes. The Old Coach area has been approved for estate single family homes and a 27-hole golf course with club house. The distribution of land uses in South Poway is shown on Figure III- 1. Distribution of land use and zoning districts, development standards and design guidelines for Poway Road are contained in the Poway Road Specific Plan.