CC RES 2018-075 RESOLUTION NO. 2018-75
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES ADOPTING THE 2018 GENERAL
PLAN AND GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP.
WHEREAS, on January 12, 2002, the City Council initiated a comprehensive
update to the General Plan and formed a 15-member General Plan Update Steering
Committee to assist in the update process; and,
WHEREAS, on December 21, 2004, the Steering Committee's
recommendations, along with a General Plan Update Program, were presented to the
City Council. The City Council directed Staff to proceed with the following for future
review by the proposed Planning Commission and City Council: (1) Draft proposed
amendments to the General Plan Goals and Policies, as recommended by the General
Plan Update Steering Committee; (2) Update the factual information within the General
Plan; and (3) Propose improvements to the general format of the General Plan and the
mandatory elements to make the Plan more user friendly. The City Council also directed
Staff to obtain a consultant to assist with updating portions of the General Plan and
disbanded the General Plan Update Steering Committee; and,
WHEREAS, on February 20, 2007, the City Council entered into an agreement
with three consulting firms to assist Staff with the update; and,
WHEREAS, on September 29, 2009, the City Council and Planning Commission
held a joint workshop to kick off to the General Plan Update process; and,
WHEREAS, beginning in late 2009, the Planning Commission began to conduct
public hearings on the update of the General Plan document and the General Plan Land
Use Map; and,
WHEREAS, in 2013, the Planning Commission reviewed and accepted the draft of
the updated General Plan. Since that time, additional necessary land use changes that
were inadvertently left out and text amendments based on new statues were introduced by
Staff and reviewed by the Planning Commission. In 2015, the Planning Commission again
reviewed and accepted a complete draft of the updated General Plan and the General
Plan Land Use Map; and,
WHEREAS, in late 2015, the new City Attorney reviewed the draft updated General
Plan document and determined that certain text was legally insufficient and the technical
studies (Air Quality, Traffic, and Noise) needed to be updated given the recent statutes.
Accordingly, the City contracted with Environmental Science Associates (ESA), who
completed the technical studies in 2017. The technical studies were reviewed and
accepted by the Planning Commission in 2017; and,
WHEREAS, on March 8, 2018, a public notice was published in the Palos Verdes
Peninsula News and a list-serve message was sent announcing the March 27, 2018,
public hearing with the Planning Commission and the availability of the final draft of the
General Plan and the General Plan Land Use Map; and,
WHEREAS, on March 22, 2018, a public notice was published in the Palos
Verdes Peninsula News and a listsery message was sent announcing the April 26,
2018, public hearing with the City Council and a draft Mitigated Negative Declaration
was circulated (for a minimum 30-day period) to public agencies, posted on the City's
website, and a message was sent to the General Plan listserve subscribers; and,
WHEREAS, on March 27, 2018, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution
No. 2018-12, recommending that the City Council approve the updated General Plan
and General Plan Land Use Map; and,
WHEREAS, on April 4, 2018, a revised public notice with the corrected 6:00 PM
starting time for the April 26, 2018, public hearing was mailed to all appropriate
agencies and property owners affected by, and adjacent to, proposed land use
changes; and,
WHEREAS, on April 26, 2018, the City Council held a duly-noticed public hearing
and continued the meeting to a future meeting to allow Staff to incorporate comments
and concerns received from the public and City Council; and,
WHEREAS, on August 16, 2018, a public notice announcing the availability of
the Initial Study and draft Mitigated Negative Declaration and final draft of the General
Plan and Land Use Map was published in the Palos Verdes Peninsula News, mailed to
appropriate public agencies, and posted on the City's website for a comment period of
more than 30 days, commencing on August 16, 2018, and concluding on September 18,
2018. A listsery message was sent to General Plan subscribers; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council held a duly-noticed public hearing on September
18, 2018, in compliance with law, including compliance with the relevant provisions of the
California Government Code and Rancho Palos Verde Municipal Code, entertained the
written and oral report of staff, and took public testimony.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The foregoing recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein.
Section 2: The updated General Plan includes comprehensive revisions to all
previous elements of the General Plan, with the exception of the Housing Element,
which was adopted by the City Council, and certified by the California Department of
Housing and Community Development, in 2014. The updated General Plan contains
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each of the remaining six required elements under Government Code Section 65302, as
follows:
A. Circulation Element, presenting a plan to ensure that utilities and transportation,
including public transportation services, are constantly available to permit orderly
growth and to promote the public health, safety, and welfare.
B. Conservation and Open Space Element, combined two elements, providing an
evaluation of the basic ecological and environmental units dealing with the
natural factors of land, climate, hydrology, biotic resources, geotechnical factors,
and the systematic relationships that must exist among them.
C. Land Use Element, describing the distribution and location of land uses,
population density, and building intensity.
D. Noise Element, identifying existing and potential future sources of noise within
the community, and strategies to limit the exposure of the community to
excessive noise levels.
E. Safety Element, identifying hazards; assessing vulnerability; analyzing risk; and
containing goals, policies, and objectives to reduce risk and prevent loss from
future natural hazard events within the City.
Section 3: The updated General Plan also addresses three additional topics
that are of particular importance to the community, as allowed by Government Code
section 65303, as follows:
A. Fiscal Element, an optional element, establishing the policy framework
necessary to guide all of the City's short- and long-term fiscal decisions.
B. Social Services Element, an optional element, providing a comprehensive set of
goals and policies to encourage greater public participation, promote equitable
public facilities, healthy and affordable housing opportunities; promote healthy
food access and physical activity; and promote improvements and programs for
the senior population.
C. Visual Resources Element, an optional element, providing guidance through the
establishment of goals and policies to ensure the continued preservation,
restoration, and enhancement of significant visual resources within the City.
Section 4: The updated General Plan includes the following revisions based
on the current development of the City, current economic and demographic data, City
Council-approved land use decisions, and statutory requirements.
A. Circulation Element (renames the existing Infrastructure Element).
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1) Deletes infrastructure-related narrative at the beginning and adds a new
introductory section describing the role and purpose of the element.
2) Adds a new policy related to trail access to Eastview area and Western
Avenue.
3) Deletes outdated descriptions of improvements to freeways outside of the
City limits.
4) Relocates the air quality discussion to the Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas, and
Climate Change discussions under the Safety Element.
5) Updates discussions related to arterial, collector, and local streets; level of
service and a list of streets operating at unacceptable levels of service; and
future conditions based on the 2017 Traffic Study.
6) Adds a discussion on the effects the Portuguese Bend Landslide has on the
City's circulation system.
7) Relocates the vehicle noise discussion to the Noise Element.
8) Updates public transportation information.
9) Adds airport and seaport discussion, as required per Gov. Code §65302(b).
10)Updates the path and trail network discussion.
11)Updates infrastructure, resource (water, natural gas, and electricity),
disposal/recovery systems (sewer systems, solid waste, flood control and
storm drain systems), communications systems discussions based on
completed projects and improved technology.
12)Adds military airport and port discussion as required per Gov. Code
§65302(b).
B. Conservation and Open Space Element (renames the existing Natural
Environment Element).
1) Adds an introductory section.
2) Modifies policies related to funding for conservation activities.
3) Relocates the discussion on climate and air quality to the Safety Element as
part of the updated Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas, and Climate Change
discussion.
4) Updates topography, geologic conditions, geotechnical factors, and landslide
information.
5) Adds a coastal discussion consistent with the 1978 Local Coastal Program.
6) Updates mineral resources and hydrology discussions.
7) Adds a discussion on the City's Natural Community Conservation Plan and
Habitat Conservation Plan (NNCP/HCP).
8) Updates ocean resources management discussion.
9) Updates open space and recreational resources, including descriptions of all
City-owned and County-owned public parks and facilities in the City.
10)Updates school district facilities discussion.
11)Adds descriptions of the City's Palos Verdes Nature Preserve.
12)Adds discussion related to City-acquired private property.
13)Adds discussion on the City's Parks Master Plan.
14)Adds discussion for military support and tribal resources as required per Gov.
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Code §65302(d) and §65560.
15)Deletes text on agriculture as the single zoned area is now obsolete.
16)Adds text on the grove of trees planted at Ryan Park and Malaga Cove
Library under Historical Resources based on the Rancho de Los Palos
Verdes Historical Society and Museum's list of dedicated historical sites on
the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
17)Modifies the definitions for Active Recreation and Passive Recreation.
C. Social Service Element.
1) Deletes unnecessary narrative in the introduction.
2) Adds new goals and policies.
3) Deletes social and cultural development discussion.
4) Updates the existing Senior Services discussion under a new heading named
Setting.
5) Adds text related to public input and participation and environmental and health
risks (promotion of public facilities, safe and sanitary homes, and healthy food
access and physical activity).
6) Adds text related to special events, PVIC, Reach program, and dog parks.
D. Fiscal Element.
1) Replaces the existing introductory narrative with simply the purpose and
layout of the Fiscal Element.
2) Modifies a goal related to capital asset expenditures.
3) Replaces the existing text as it reflects specific information about the fiscal
state in 1975 with less specific text to avoid being outdated soon after
adoption, while providing a snapshot in time, and to provide an understanding
of what's happening in the City. As with all elements, Staff intends to update
individual elements periodically.
E. Land Use Element (renames the existing Urban Environment Element).
1) Expands the introduction section to include the purpose and content of the
land use element.
2) Adds new policies and modifies a policy related to lighting.
3) Adds a text on the new land use designations, such as Open Space Hillside
and Open Space Preserve.
4) Adds discussion on Greenways as required per Gov. Code §65302(a).
5) Updates acreage of land use types.
6) Adds a discussion on primary and secondary urban activity areas.
7) Updates the residential density section to include intensity as required per
Gov. Code §65302(a).
8) Updates the commercial section to include density and intensity as required
per Gov. Code §65302(a).
9) Updates retail facilities, commercial, and office space information.
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10)Adds a discussion related to industrial activity as required by Gov. Code
§65302(a).
11)Adds a description of cemetery activity in the City.
12)Deletes most of the outdated content related to future commercial activity.
13)Adds a discussion related to the Western Avenue Vision Plan.
14)Updates the service station section.
15)Updates the institutional section to include density and intensity as required
by Gov. Code §65302(a).
16)Updates the discussion on City facilities and provides a list of all City parks.
17)Updates the discussion related to fire description, county facilities, state
facilities, and federal facilities.
18)Adds the statement that no public or private airports or airstrips exist in the
City, per Gov. Code §65302.3.
19)Updates the discussion related to school facilities and added historical
enrollment data for PVPUSD.
20)Expands the recreational land use discussion to include acreage, parkland or
in-lieu (Quimby) fees, and census data.
21)Adds a dog park section.
22)Removes most of the discussion under agriculture as the only area
designated as Agriculture in the City is proposed to be removed.
23)Adds a timberland production activity section as required by Gov. Code
§65302(a)(1).
24)Adds military readiness section as required by Gov. Code §65302(a)(2)(B).
25)Updates the infrastructure facilities section.
26)Adds solid and liquid waste disposal facilities section, per Gov. Code
§65302(a).
27)Updates the discussion on population description, including updated acreage
per density and census data.
28)Updates and expands the Overlay Control Districts section to include the
Automotive Service, Mira Vista, and Equestrian Overlay Districts.
29)Expands the specific plan districts section to include the Coastal Specific
Plan, Western Avenue, and Eastview Park Specific Plan District.
30)Adds a discussion on the City's former redevelopment project area and its
history.
31)Adds a discussion about the Landslide Moratorium Area and its history.
32)Adds a flood hazard area discussion, per Gov. Code §65302(a).
33)Updates compatibility of adjacent activity areas to the City, including border
issues.
34)Adds unincorporated island, fringe, or legacy communities as required by SB
244.
F. Noise Element is a new element that was previously part of the Sensory
Environment Element.
1) Replaces most of the existing text based on the 2017 Noise Study.
2) Updates airport operations data, included the discussion related to helicopter
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routes, and City's involvement with the LAX Community Noise Roundtable.
3) Adds a sentence stating that there are no industrial plants in the City as
required by Gov. Code §65302(f)(E).
4) Adds military installation section as required by Gov. Code §65302(f)(1)(D).
G. Safety Element.
1) Replaces the introduction to include text related to the Joint Hazard Mitigation
Plan and the purpose of the safety element.
2) Adds new policies related to fire safety.
3) Updates the discussion related to fire hazards and adds a fire hazard zone
section.
4) Updates the discussion related to flood hazards and adds flood hazard zones,
Army Corps of Engineer, and FEMA flood insurance map sections as required
by Gov. Code §65302(g)(2).
5) Updates the discussion related to geologic hazards.
6) Adds climate change section, including discussions related to GHG
emissions, climate change adaptations, and vulnerabilities in the City as
required by Gov. Code §65302(g)(4).
7) Deletes air pollution discussion as updated information was added under the
climate change section.
8) Replaces the outdated emergency services, healthcare, flood control, police
protection, disaster preparedness and response, emergency communications,
animal control, and air pollution control sections in their entirety.
9) Updates the fire protection section including discussions related to minimum
road widths and clearances around structures as required per Gov. Code
§65302(g)(1).
10)Updates codes and ordinances sections to be less specific and more general
so that the data is not outdated immediately after adoption of the General
Plan.
H. Visual Resources Element is a new element that was previously part of the
Sensory Environment Element.
1) Expands the introduction section.
2) Updates the definition of Views, Vistas, and View Corridors, replaces and
expands most of the existing text to include information from the View
Restoration Guidelines and the voter-approved Proposition M.
Section 5: The updated General Plan Land Use Map includes the following
land use designation changes:
A. Land use designation changes approved by the City Council since 1975:
1) Tract 28750 (Peacock Ridge and Highridge Road) - changed land use
designation from Residential 2-4 du/ac to Residential 4-6 du/ac.
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2) Established regulations for development in the Coastal Zone.
3) Tract 27832 (Lots 1-8 Indian Valley Road) - changed non-conforming land
use from Single-family to Multi-family.
4) Ave. Esplendida &Ave. Classica and Indian Valley Rd. &Armaga Spring
Road - changed land use from Institutional to Residential 2-4 du/ac on two
former school sites.
5) 980 Silver Spur Road - changed land use from Commercial Office to
Commercial Retail —remove Natural Overlay Control District.
6) Former Abalone Cove school site — changed land use from Agriculture to
Commercial Recreational.
7) Paseo Del Mar at La Rotonda Drive - changed land use from Institutional to
Residential 1-2 du/ac.
8) Residential Planned Development (Villa Capri) Tract No. 44239 — changed
land use from Commercial Retail to Residential 6-12 du/ac.
9) 3945 Dauntless Drive - changed land use from Institutional to Residential 2-4
du/ac.
10)Eastview Annexation — established land use designations for Eastview
Annexation.
11)28041 Hawthorne Blvd. - changed land use designation from Residential to
Commercial.
12)Citywide - eliminated non-conforming auto service stations
13)6108, 6118, 6124 Palos Verdes Drive South (PVDs) — changed land use
designation from Residential 2-4 du/ac to Commercial for 6108 and 6118
PVDS; Residential 2-4 du/ac to Institutional for 6124 PVDS.
14)5325 Ironwood Street and 5303 Bayridge Road - changed land use
designation from Residential 2-4 du/ac to Residential 1 du/sac.
15)6100 Palos Verdes Drive South — changed land use designation from
Commercial Office to Residential.
16)Several properties within the San Ramon Canyon area - moved
Natural/Environment Hazard boundary line and change the land use
designation on several properties from Natural/Environment Hazard to
Residential 2-4 du/ac
17)3324 Seaclaire Drive — moved Natural/Environment Hazard boundary line and
change the land use designation from Natural/Environment Hazard to
Residential 2-4 du/ac.
18)28220 Highridge Road (0.010-acre portion of a 28-unit condominium project
annexed from Rolling Hills Estates) — changed the land use designation from
to RM 12-22 du/ac.
19)32639 Nantasket Drive — changed the land use designation from Commercial
to Residential, (CR to R2-4 du/ac).
20)5555 Crestridge Road - relocated Natural/Environment Hazard boundary line
and change the land use designation from Natural/Environment Hazard to
Institutional.
21)5656 Crest Road — changed land use designation from Residential 1-2 du/ac
to Residential 2-4 du/ac.
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22)10 Chaparral Lane — relocated the Natural/Environment Hazard boundary line
and change the land use designation from Natural/Environment Hazard to
Residential 1-2 du/ac.
23)Gateway Park — changed the land use designation from Agriculture,
Residential 1-2 du/ac, and Natural/Environment Hazard to Recreational-
Active.
B. Land use designation changes based on recommendations by the City Geologist,
consistency with the 2012 Zoning Map, and consistency with the updated Draft
Natural Communities Conservation Plan/Habitat Conservation Plan.
1) 699 specific properties - adjust the Natural/Environment Hazard boundary line
so that less areas of the property is designated as Natural/Environment
Hazard as recommended by the City Geologist in 2013.
2) Portion of a residential tract east of Hawthorne and Silver Spur - change land
use designation, from Residential 2-4 du/ac to Residential 4-6 du/ac.
3) All properties that comprise the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve - establish
a new zoning designation of Open Space Preserve.
4) Certain properties located seaward of Seacove Drive to match the 1978
Coastal Specific Plan Land Use Map - change land use designation, from
Residential 2-4 du/ac to Residential 1-2 du/ac.
5) Certain residential properties located landward of Seacove Drive - change
land use designation from Residential 6-12 du/ac and Residential 4-6 du/ac to
Residential 2-4 du/ac to match the 1978 Coastal Specific Plan Land Use Map.
6) Citywide - add Natural Overlay Districts consistent with the Zoning Map.
7) City-owned portion of Ladera Linda Park - change land use designation from
Institutional-Educational to Institutional-Public.
8) Vacant land on Silver Spur - change land use designation from Commercial to
Recreational-Passive.
9) Park properties: Pointe Vicente School Access Trail, Island View vacant land,
Eastview Park, Vanderlip Park, Clovercliff Park, Martingale Trailhead Park,
and East Crest Road Parcel - change land use designations to Recreational-
Passive.
10)Portions of Tract 31617, 33206, 37818, 45667, and 46651 - change land use
designations to Residential 1-2 du/ac instead of having two different land use
designations separating the same neighborhood.
11)Portions of Tract 50667 - change land use designation so that the entire tract
is Residential 51 du/ac instead of having two different land use designations
separating the neighborhood.
12)Tract 16540 - change land use designation from Residential 51 du/ac to
Residential 4-6 du/ac per the City Council's action in 2009.
13)3778 Coolheights - change land use designation from Residential 1-2 to
Natural/Environmental Hazard per a 1998 Settlement Agreement between the
City and the property owner.
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Section 6: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), the
City, acting as Lead Agency, circulated a Notice of Availability ("NOA") of the draft
Mitigated Negative Declaration ("MND") for the project on August 16, 2018, beginning a
30-day review period. The MND was posted on the City's website and a message was
sent to the General Plan listsery subscribers announcing its availability.
Section 7: The draft updated General Plan and Land Use Map was made
available to the public on August 16, 2018 as follows: digital copies were posted on the
City's website; hard copies available for review at the Community Development
Department of City Hall; and a public notice published in the Peninsula News and a
message sent via list-serve informing the community about opportunities to provide
input or participate in public hearings. Written comments on the draft General Plan and
Land Use Map were encouraged to be submitted between August 16, 2018 and
September 18, 2018 and were presented for consideration by the Planning Commission
during their review of the General Plan.
Section 8: The updated General Plan and Land Use Map were completed in
compliance with the requirements of California Government Code Section 65300, et
seq.
Section 9: The City Council reviewed and considered the updated General
Plan and Land Use Map and finds that it is consistent with and reflective of the City's
continuing goals, policies, actions, and intent to adopt a general plan for the physical
development of the City. Based on the foregoing evidence and findings, the City Council
hereby amends the existing General Plan, with the exception of the City's certified
Housing Element.
Section 10: Based on substantial evidence, both written and oral, from the
public hearing, including the Staff Report, Minutes and other records of proceedings, the
City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes does hereby adopt this Resolution No.
2018- , adopting the updated 2018 General Plan and General Plan Land Use Map.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of September 2018.
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I, Emily Colborn, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby certify
that the above Resolution No. 2018-75 was duly and regularly •assed and adopted by
the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on Sep m•er 18, 2018.
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