Res 93-015RESOLUTION NO. 93-015
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE CITY OF POWAY
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (GPA g~-O1A)
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Poway recognizes that the need may
arise to amend the City's General Plan; and
WHEREAS, Section 65350, et seq., of the California Government Code
describes the procedures for amending General Plans; and
WHEREAS, the applicant, the City of Poway, has initiated a General Plan
Amendment, GPA 93-01A, amending the Land Use Element, Community Design Element,
Emergency Services Element, Public Facilities Element and the Glossary; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment would create a new land use category,
Hospital Campus, and delete the Open Space land use category; and
WHEREAS, the City of Poway held a properly noticed public hearing in
accordance with the California Government Code and the California Environmental
Quality Act to consider the proposed amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that proposed General Plan Amendment 93-01A
will not have significant adverse impact on the environment and hereby issues a
Negative Declaration; and
WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that the proposed General Plan
Amendment will foster an orderly and compatible pattern of land use.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Poway does hereby amend the
City of Poway General Plan as follows, with deletions being struck out and
additions being printed in italics:
1. Amend Strategy 4 of Goal I, Policy F to read as follows:
Structures shall be no higher than two stories or 35 feet,
which ever 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. 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
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Insert new strategies 22 and 23 to Goal II, Policy B as follows, and
renumber as required:
22. Generally, facilities to service the medical needs of the
community should be clustered at and around Pomerado Hospital.
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Ambulatory clinics and services should, however, be located in
other areas of the community as well as the Hospital Campus,
to facilitate neighborhood access to services.
23.
The area which includes the Pomerado Hospital Campus and
adjacent properties along Pomerado Road from Monte Vista Road
to Bernardo Heights Parkway shall be recognized as a high
activity area with a primary focus on medical uses.
Amend Goal II, Policy D, Strategy 6 as follows:
-"~""~ ..... ~ ..... ~ ¢"~ities Land use decisions which may
influence the provision of medical services in the community should
be coordinated with the Palomar Pomerado Health System. Copies of
all submitted development proposals that may cause an increase or
change in medical service demand shall be submitted to the health
system for comment. In addition, regular reports of building permit
activity shall be submitted to the System.
Amend Goal VII, Policy C as follows:
The City shall seek to ensure the provision of high quality medical
services and facilities at a level consistent with the needs of the
community residents. Medical services should be provided with
respect to the unique needs of the service area, with the Palomar
Pomerado Health System assisting the City of Poway in reviewing and
analyzing the demand for medical services and the proper method to
respond to these changing needs. Planning decisions involving
medical services should take into account the economic impact on the
PPHS and, specifically, the impact on its ability to compete with
private hospital systems.
The City shall provide to the Palomar Pomerado Health Service
copies of all submitted development proposals that may cause
an increase or change in the medical service demand.
The Pomerado Hospital Campus should be developed to include
several medical services in an integrated complex with the
existing inpatient hospital as the most significant principal
use; other uses may include doctor's offices, laboratories,
outpatient surgery centers, imaging centers, medical training
and research facilities, mental health clinics, continuing
care facilities, outpatient clinics, rehabilitation clinics,
pharmacies, and other outpatient service facilities.
Add a new strategy 6 under Goal VII Policy F as follows:
Coordinate the development and implementation of any emergency
plan with the staff of the Palomar Pomerado Health System to
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ensure that adequate medical care is available in times of
emergency.
Add a new strategy 9 under Goal XII Policy A as follows:
9. Coordinate the planning of medical facilities and services to
meet the medical and health needs of the community with the
Palomar Pomerado Health System.
Add a section concerning Hospital Campus Design immediately preceding the
Manufacturing Design section of the Community Design Element as follows:
HOSPITAL CAMPUS DESIGN
The architectural theme of the Pomerado Hospital Campus area should
continue to reflect the rural nature of the surrounding hillside
area. Future development of the Campus should maintain the open
suburban atmosphere as the prevailing common theme. The exterior
pattern and coloring of the buildings should incorporate earth tones
of the surrounding natural setting and be consistent with a "Santa
Fe" Southwestern style of architecture. In substance, the overall
appearance of the area should preserve the high quality visual
environment which is pleasing to the passerby as well as the user.
Amend the fourth paragraph on page III-6 to read as follows:
The following 22 23 land use categories are established. There are
12 residential, five commercial, one manufacturing, three open
space, ~ one public facilities, one hospital campus and one planned
community categories. Each land use category corresponds to one
zoning category of the same name. Specific densities allowed in the
Rural Residential categories depend on the average slope of the
property and are described in Table III-3. A summary of land uses
is included as Table III-2.
Amend the sixth paragraph on page III-6 to read as follows:
In November 1988 the voters of Poway adopted Proposition FF by
initiative which requires voter approval of any changes to land use
designations, slope criteria, parcel size, or zoning in the Rural
Residential and Open Space categories. The 1991 General Plan update
create~d two new categories: Open Space-Resource Management and
Public Facilities. In 1992 a third new category was created --
Hospital Campus. These categories are intended to further categorize
uses which were allowed under the OS category in November 1988 and
may not be amended to include uses not allowed under the OS category
in November 1988 without voter approval.
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10. Amend the second paragraph on page III-23 to read:
Cogeneration provides a unique opportunity for major commercial,
industrial and multiple family residential projects to sell energy
back to SDG&E. Under specific conditions set by SDG&E, waste heat
from electrical generation is recaptured and used on-site for
heating, absorption air conditioning, process use or to generate
steam. A second type of cogeneration system uses low-pressure steam
that is normally wasted in high-pressure'steam production. In 1982,
Poway's Franciscan Inn (now Poway Country Inn) installed a
cogeneration system which was designed to meet its domestic and
swimmin§ pool heating needs. In 1988, the Pomerado Hospital
installed a cogeneration and thermal energy storage system designed
to reduce power purchased from SDG&E and also reduce over-all
utility costs.
11.
Amend the first paragraph of the Medical Services section of the Emergency
Services Element as follows:
MEDICAl SERVICES
A major concern of the residents of Poway is the availability of
medical services and facilities of the highest quality at the most
efficient cost. Medical services should be provided with respect to
the unique needs of the service area, with the Palomar Pomerado
Health System, a special district, assisting the City of Poway in
reviewing and analyzing the demand for medical services, and the
proper method to respond to these changing needs. Medical scr':iccs
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12. Add a definition of Hospital Campus to the glossary as follows:
Hospital Campus
A minimum 40-ac~e development which includes several
medical services in an integrated complex, centered
around a minimum 100-bed inpatient acute-care hospital
as the most significant principal use~ other uses may
include doctors' offices, laboratories, outpatient
surgery centers, imaging centers, medical training and
research facilities, mental health clinics, continuing
care facilities, outpatient clinics, rehabilitation
clinics, pharmacies, and other outpatient service
facilities. For purposes of this section an "acute care
hospital" shall be given the same meaning as that used
by the state agency responsible for licensing such
hospitals.
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13. Amend the Land Use Element on page III-12 as follows:
Public Facilities
Hospital Campus (NC): The Hospital Campus designation is intended
to provide various types of medical services and facilities in an
integrated complex which is designed to intensively service the
medical and health needs of the residents of the community. The
existing in-patient hospital provides the most significant principal
use. Other principal uses under this designation may include
doctor's offices, laboratories, outpatient surgery centers, imaging
centers, medical training and research facilities, mental health
clinics, continuing care facilities, outpatient clinics,
rehabilitation clinics, pharmacies, and other outpatient service
facilities.
The area comprising a Hospital Campus may consist of one or more
legal lots. The aggregate lot area of the Hospital Campus must
contain a minimum of 40 acres. The legal lots contained within the
Hospital Campus may be owned by separate entities. If there is a
reconfiguration of the boundaries of the lots within the Hospital
Campus, which may result in a decrease or increase in the number of
lots, then each of the lots shall remain part of the Hospital
Campus. The Hospital Campus shall remain an integrated complex
providing a variety of medical facilities and services.
Public Facilities (PF): The Public Facilities designation is
intended for lands containing privately and publicly owned
facilities serving the needs of the general community. These
include the g...4+~l
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fire stations, water treatment facility, City Hall, and other
similar uses.
14. Amend the third paragraph on page VI-29 to read:
Although limited in number, private recreation, golf, swim and
tennis, soccer and equestrian clubs also provide significant open
space areas within the community and their continued use is
encouraged. These private facilities and the City's developed park
and recreation facilities are designated Open Space - Recreation
(OS-R} in the Land Use Element and are discussed in the Public
Facilities Master Element.
15. Delete the Open Space (OS) category on page III-11 as follows:
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APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Poway, State of
California, this 2nd of February, 1993.
ATTEST:
Don HigginsOnD~yor
Marjor~e ~. Wahlsten, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
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I, Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby
certify, under the penalty of perjury, that the foregoing Resolution,
No. 93-105 , was duly adopted by the City Council at a meeting of said City
Council held on the 2nd of February , 1993, and that it was so adopted by
the following vote: --
AYES: CAFAGNA, CALLERY, EMERY, SNESKO, HIGGINSON
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
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Marjori~e %. Wahlsten, City Clerk
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