PC RES 1992-0434-Z
F.C. RESOLUTION NO. 92-43
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT
TO THE 1990 HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES AND ADOPTING OF AN ASSOCIATED
NEGATIVE DECLARATION PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
WHEREAS, on September 18, 1990, the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes adopted its present Housing Element and filed it with the
State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
pursuant to Government Code Section 65585(g). HCD reviewed the
element pursuant to Government Code Section 65585(h) and provided
the City with advice on how the element might be improved in a
letter dated March 4, 1991. The City undertook to amend its
element in response to that advice; and
WHEREAS, the City prepared a Draft Amendment to the Housing
Element and submitted it to the State Department of Housing and
Community Development (11HCD11) for review on January 10, 1992,
pursuant to Government Code Section 65585(b). HCD commented on the
draft in the form of a letter dated February 27, 1992. The City
has reviewed those comments and revised the Draft Amendment
accordingly. The Draft Amendment as revised is attached hereto as
Exhibit "A" and is hereinafter referenced to as the "Draft
Amendment"; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality act, Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et
seq. ("CEQA"), the State CEQA Guidelines, California Code of
Regulation, Title 14, Sections 15000 et seq., and the City's Local
CEQA Guidelines, the City prepared an Initial Study and determined
that there was no substantial evidence that the adoption of the
Draft Amendment may have a significant effect on the environment.
Accordingly, a draft Negative Declaration was prepared and notice
of that fact was given in the manner required by law; and
WHEREAS, duly noticed public hearings before this Planning
Commission to consider the proposed negative declaration and the
revised Housing Element were held on March 10, 1992 and May 12,
1992, at which time public comments on the negative declaration and
the Draft Amendment were received by the Commission; and
WHEREAS, based upon the facts continued in this Resolution, in
the Staff Reports and other components of the legislative record,
in the proposed Negative Declaration and Draft Amendment, in the
present Housing Element, and in the public comments received by the
Commission, the Planning Commission hereby recommends to the City
Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes that the proposed
Negative Declaration and the Draft Amendment to the Housing Element
of the General Plan of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes be adopted.
This Resolution shall be transmitted to the City Council and shall
constitute the written recommendation required by Section 65354 of
the Government Code.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The Planning Commission has reviewed and
considered the proposed Negative Declaration, the public comments
upon it, and the other evidence before the commission and finds
that the Negative Declaration was prepared in the manner required
by law, that there is no substantial evidence that the adoption of
the draft amendment will have a significant effect on the
environment, and that no mitigation measures are necessary to
eliminate significant environmental effects of the Draft Amendment.
Section 2: City Staff and the Planning Commission have
reviewed the Housing Element Guidelines adopted by HCD pursuant to
Section 50459 of the Health and Safety Code and the findings
contained in HCD's comment letters of March 4, 1991 and February
27, 1992 and the Draft Amendment has been revised to respond to
those findings.
Section 3: The Housing Element as modified by the Draft
Amendment is in full compliance with the requirements of California
Government Code Section 65580 -65589.8.
Section 4: The Housing Element as modified by the Draft
Amendment is consistent with other elements of General Plan because
the amended Housing Element incorporates the land use designations
of the Land Use Element and those designations in turn are
reflective of, and consistent with, the policies and provision of
the remaining elements of the General Plan.
Section 5: The housing goals, objectives, and policies stated
in the Housing Element as modified by the Draft Amendment are
appropriate for the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and will contribute
to the attainment of the state housing goal.
Section 6: The adoption of the Draft Amendment to the Housing
Element will aid the City's efforts to assist in the development of
housing after all members of the community.
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Section 7: Based on the foregoing findings, the adoption of
the Draft Amendment to the Housing Element is in the public
interest.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 30th day of June, 1992.
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Dudley 09derdonk, Director of
Environmental Services and
Secretary to the Commission
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Robert Katherman
Chairman
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