Item 9 - Initiation of GPA 95-01
AGENDA Rl._ ORT SUMMARY
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Jame. L. Bowersox, City Man~
INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Assistant City ManageAi" &.
Reba Wright-Quastler, Director of PI~n~ing Services ~
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DATE:
June 6, 1995
SUBJECT:
Initiation of General Plan Amendment 95-01 to: amend strategy I.F.4 of the
General Plan to allow structures in the South poway Community Plan to exceed 35
feet in height; 2) create four new commercial land use categories and delete the
Manufacturing Service (MS) and Commercial Community (CC) categories, and; (3)
redesignate properties in and adjacent to the Poway Road Specific Plan area
consistent with the revised land use categories.
ABSTRACT
The report proposes the initiation of General Plan Amendment 95-01 which would allow for
amendment of the South Poway Community Plan height restrictions for industrial buildings and
for the adoption of the proposed Poway Road Specific Plan.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The initiation of general plan amendments is not subject to the California Environmental Quality
Act.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
None.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the resolution initiating the proposed General Plan
Amendment 95-01.
ACTION
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ell L OF POWAY
AGENDA REPORT
TO:
FROM:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City
Council
James L. Bowersox, City Man~
John D. Fitch, Assistant CitY"Manager~~ li
Reba Wright-Quastler, Director of Planning Services i2'->-'
INITIATED BY:
DATE:
June 6, 1995
SUBJECT:
Initiation of General Plan Amendment 95-01 to: amend strategy I.FA
of the General Plan to allow structures in the South Poway
Community Plan to exceed 35 feet in height; 2) create four new
commercial land use categories and delete the Manufacturing Service
(MS) and Commercial Community (CC) categories, and; (3)
redesignate properties in and adjacent to the Poway Road Specific
Plan area consistent with the revised land use categories.
BACKGROUND
General Plan Heiqht Limitation
In recent years there have been several inquiries from industrial uses that require
buildings higher than 35' in order to accommodate automated warehousing and inventory
retrieval systems. The General Plan currently prohibits buildings over 35' as follows:
I.FA. 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. 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.
Powav Road Soecific Plan
The draft poway Road Specific Plan anticipates dividing the specific plan area into four
nodes which would be distinguished by separate design standards and permitted land
uses. In order to adopt the plan it is necessary to first establish these land use categories
in the general plan and redesignate the properties within the planning area to the land use
designation assigned to the node in which they fall.
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It is also recommended that the Manufacturing Service (MS) zone, which is currently
applied to properties near the Poway Road/Garden Road intersection be eliminated.
Properties within the specific planning area that are currently zoned MS would be
redesignated Automotive/General Commercial. There are three properties which front on
Garden Road which are zoned MS but are not part of the specific planning area. Because
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of their location on Garden Road, it is recommended that these properties be rezoned
Community Neighborhood.
FINDINGS
General Plan Heieht Limitation
In order to accommodate proposed industrial uses whose equipment dictates a building
over 35' in height, it is recommended that the South Poway Specific Plan be amended to
allow industrial buildings up to 45' in height as long as those buildings are not adjacent to
downhill slopes along the perimeter of the business park. In addition, it is recommended
that any 45' building element be setback an additional ten feet from the required front yard
setback.
Since these recommended amendments require an amendment to the general plan height
limitation, it is recommended that the City Council initiate a general plan amendment to
address this issue.
Powav Road Specific Plan
In order to establish the framework for the Poway Road Specific Plan, it is recommended
that the City Council initiate a general plan amendment to establish the
Automotive/General Commercial (A1GC), Town Center (TC), Mixed Use (MU) and
Community Business (CB) land use designations and to delete the Manufacturing Service
(MS) and Commercial Community (CC) designations. It is also recommended that the City
Council initiate a general plan amendment to redesignate properties within and adjacent
to the specific planning area to the appropriate land use designations.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The initiation of a general plan amendment is not subject to the California Environmental
Quality Act.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
None.
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RECOMMENDId:JQtt
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the resolution initiating the proposed
General Plan Amendment 95-01.
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Attachment:
Proposed Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO P-95-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
INITIATING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 95-01
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, Section 17.46.020B of the Poway Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance)
provides that a change in the boundaries of any zone or a change in regulations may be
initiated by resolution of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment 95-01 consists of the following:
GPA 95-01 A which would amend strategy I.F.4 of the General Plan to allow structures in
the South Poway Community Plan area to exceed 35 feet in height; and .
GPA 95-01 blZOA 95-01 which will create four new commercial land use categories for the
Poway Road area and delete the Manufacturing Service (MS) category and the
Commercial Community (CC) category. This item would also redesignate properties within
the proposed Poway Road Specific Plan area to one of the new categories. Properties
along Garden Road, adjacent to the specific plan area, would be redesignated from MS
to Commercial Neighborhood (CN) and the portion of the property occupied by the
Lutheran Church which is currently zoned MS would be changed to the Residential Single
Family - 2 (RS-2) designation which is currently on the remainder of the property.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Poway
by adoption of this resolution, does hereby initiate General Plan Amendment 95-01 and
associated changes to the Zoning Code and zoning boundaries, as identified above.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Poway, State of
California, this sixth day of June 1995.
Don Higginson, Mayor
ATTEST:
Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk
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