CITY COUNCIL: Ordinance Amending LCP to Rezone Trevvett Court Project

Meeting Date: 3 February 2009
Prepared by: Sean Conroy, Planning & Building Services Manager

City Council
Agenda Item Summary

Name: Second Reading of an Ordinance amending the Local Coastal Program to rezone the Trevvett Court project located on the east side of Dolores Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues from the Residential and Limited Commercial (RC) District to the Community Plan (CP) District.

Description: This rezone involves an 8,000-foot site owned by the Carmel Foundation. The site is developed with nine units of affordable senior housing. The proposed Community Plan District would allow for the creation of the Trevvett Court Specific Plan, which consists of the redevelopment of the site to include 14 units of affordable senior housing and an underground garage.

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

Staff Recommendation: Adopt the Ordinance.

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. In order to implement a specific plan, the project site must first be rezoned to the Community Plan (CP) District.

Decision Record: The Planning Commission adopted a Resolution forwarding recommendations to the City Council on 16 December 2008. The City Council approved the first reading on 6 January 2009.

Reviewed by:

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Rich Guillen, City Administrator Date


CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
CITY COUNCIL
ORDINANCE 2009-1
CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM TO REZONE THE TREVVETT COURT PROJECT LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF DOLORES STREET BETWEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH AVENUES FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AND LIMITED COMMERCIAL (RC) DISTRICT TO THE COMMUNITY PLAN (CP) DISTRICT

WHEREAS, the City has adopted a General Plan and Municipal Code that strive to
protect the village character through clear policies and regulations that guide property owners in the protection of the residential character; and

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

WHEREAS, Municipal Code Chapter 17.22 requires that a site be zoned Community Plan (CP) in order to adopt a specific plan; and

WHEREAS, the Planning Commission recommended adoption of the ordinance on 16 December 2008 and the City Council approved the First Reading of the ordinance on 6 January 2008; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of this rezone is to allow the implementation of the Trevvett
Court Specific Plan; and

WHEREAS, this project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Class
32 – Infill Development).

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea does hereby ordain as follows:

Block 51, Lots 10 and 12 are hereby classified as a Community Plan (CP) District.

SEVERABILITY
If any part of this ordinance, even as small as a word or phrase, is found to be unenforceable such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any other part.

EFFECTIVE TIME PERIOD
This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final passage and adoption, or upon certification by the California Coastal Commission, which ever occurs last.

PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA this 3rd day of February 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