CITY COUNCIL: Resolution Establishing Trevvett Court Specific Plan

Meeting Date: 6 January 2009
Prepared by: Sean Conroy,
Planning & Building Services Manager

City Council
Agenda Item Summary

Name: Consideration of a Resolution establishing the Trevvett Court Specific Plan for a site located on the east side of Dolores Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues.

Description: This project involves an 8,000-square-foot site that is currently developed with nine units of affordable senior housing. The proposed Specific Plan would allow for the redevelopment of the site to include 14 units of affordable senior housing and a subterranean garage.

Overall Cost:
City Funds: N/A
Grant Funds: N/A

Staff Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution establishing the Specific Plan.

Important Considerations: Specific Plans are a substitute for standard zoning districts and apply to selected areas within the City. Specific Plans may be used to address unique site characteristics and/or for projects that promote affordable housing.

This project originally was approved contingent upon approval of the affordable housing ordinance. Due to the required revisions to the ordinance from the Coastal Commission, however, the project cannot be approved without the creation of a Specific Plan, or significant project modifications.

Decision Record: The Planning Commission recommended approval of the Specific Plan on 16 December 2008.

Reviewed by:

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Rich Guillen, City Administrator Date

CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION 2009-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA ADOPTING THE TREVVETT COURT SPECIFIC PLAN

WHEREAS, the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea is a unique community that prides itself on its residential character; and

WHEREAS, the General Plan encourages the creation of ordinances and plans that promote affordable housing and reduce governmental restraints on the provision of affordable housing; and

WHEREAS, the Zoning Ordinance allows for the creation of specific plans that encourage coordinated, compatible infill development and affordable housing on sites that otherwise might be developed in unrelated increments to the detriment of surrounding neighborhoods; and

WHEREAS, the proposed specific plan is consistent with the Local Coastal Program, Design Guidelines and is compatible with the surrounding development; and

WHEREAS, the specific plan is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Affordable Housing exemption); and

WHEREAS, deviations from the existing district regulations are justified by the benefits of the affordable senior housing units that will be created and maintained; and

WHEREAS, the Specific Plan will enhance the potential for superior community design in comparison with the development under the base district regulations that would apply if the plan were not approved; and

WHEREAS, the deviations from the existing district regulations are justified by compensating benefits of the Specific Plan; and

WHEREAS, on 16 December 2008 the Planning Commission recommended adoption of the Specific Plan to the City Council.

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea does hereby resolve to adopt the attached Trevvett Court Specific Plan (Exhibit “A”) contingent upon approval of the zone reclassification of the site to the Community Plan (CP) District.

PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA this 6th day of January, 2009 by the following roll call vote:

AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:

SIGNED,

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Heidi Burch, City Clerk

ATTEST:

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SUE McCLOUD, MAYOR