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Home My WebLink About2025-52 CC Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 2025-52 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA ADOPTING SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 12 TO THE OLD TOWN SPECIFIC PLAN TO EXTEND BY ONE YEAR THE OUTDOOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT PILOT PROGRAM AND MAKE A FINDING OF EXEMPTION UNDER CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) GUIDELINES SECTION 15061(B)(3),(LONG RANGE PROJECT NO.LR25- 0135) THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Findings. The City Council of the City of Temecula does hereby find, determine and declare that: A. The City Council directed staff to allow outdoor live entertainment in the Old Town Specific Plan, and Resolution No. 2024-54 was adopted on July 9th of 2024 allowing said entertainment with a sunset clause of August 8, 2025. B. The City Council desires to continue the outdoor live entertainment in Old Town, the City Council directed staff to extend by one year the outdoor live entertainment program in the Old Town Specific Plan in an effort to continue to provide more entertainment options in Old Town, with a new sunset date of August 8, 2026 included. Section 2. Procedural Findings. The City Council of the City of Temecula does hereby find, determine, and declare that: A. On July 22,2025,the City Council,at a regular meeting,considered the Resolution at a duly noticed public hearing, as prescribed by law, at which time the City Staff and interested persons had an opportunity to and did testify either in support or opposition to this matter. Following the public hearing,the City Council considered the entire record of information received at the public hearings before the City Council. Section 3. Further Findings. The City Council of the City of Temecula in approving the proposed Municipal Code amendments hereby makes the following additional findings as required by Section 17.16.020. A. The proposed Specific Plan amendment will extend by one year a pilot program that will allow outdoor live entertainment in Old Town. The General Plan Land Use Element, as noted on page LU-26, anticipates that the City will provide comprehensive planning of large areas and identifies the Old Town Specific Plan as a specific plan area. The proposed Specific Plan Amendment is consistent with the General Plan Land Use Element Goal 7 of having "A viable, high-quality Old Town Temecula area that enhances the City economically, preserves historic structures, and provides civic, cultural, shopping, and meeting and gathering places for tourists and residents." Allowing live entertainment will further the goal of providing cultural gathering places for tourists and residents. B. The proposed specific plan amendment would not be detrimental to the public interest,health, safety, convenience or welfare of the city. The proposed Specific Plan Amendment has been reviewed pursuant to the City's General Plan and all applicable State laws and has been found to be consistent with the policies, guidelines, standards and regulations intended to ensure that the live entertainment will be conducted in a manner consistent with the public health, safety and welfare. C. The subject property is physically suitable for the requested land use designations and the anticipated land use developments. The Old Town Specific Plan consists of approximately 153 acres, and the subject area of the Specific Plan Amendment (the Downtown Core district) comprises approximately 48 acres of the Specific Plan. As outlined in the Land Use Element of the City's General Plan (page LU-32), the purpose of Specific Plans is to provide a comprehensive planning document for large areas so that a coordinated planning approach is provided for all anticipated land use developments. As such, the entire Specific Plan area has been reviewed based on existing structures and future build out potential and is physically suitable for the land use designations provided by the Old Town Specific Plan. The Specific Plan amendment does not make any revisions to the land uses allowed in the Old Town Specific Plan. Instead, it will allow existing businesses to provide outdoor live entertainment. D. The proposed specific plan amendment shall ensure development of desirable character which will be compatible with existing and proposed development in the surrounding neighborhood. As identified within the City's General Plan Land Use Element, page LU-30, Old Town Temecula is a strong identification point for the City and the City desires to ensure that Old Town remains a focal point for social, cultural, civic, tourist and economic development activities. The Old Town Specific Plan was originally adopted to support and complement the desirable character of Temecula's downtown and the proposed Amendment to the Old Town Specific Plan further supports its downtown character. The City's General Plan Land Use Element states that the City will continue to implement the Old Town Specific Plan and will modify or amend it as needed to respond to development trends in the area (LU-40). As such, the proposed Amendment to the Old Town Specific Plan provides a means to enhance the area economically while also ensuring the development of a desirable character compatible with existing and proposed development in Old Town and the surrounding neighborhood. 2 Section 4. Environmental Findings. In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Specific Plan Amendment No. 12 to the Old Town Specific Plan has been deemed to be exempt from further environmental review as there is no possibility that the proposed action would have a significant impact on the environment pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). The Specific Plan amendment allows for one additional year of existing businesses to provide live outdoor entertainment, on a temporary basis which sunsets in one years time. Therefore, there is no possibility this amendment would have a significant effect on the environment. Section 5. Specific Plan Amendment. The City Council hereby adopts Specific Plan Amendment No. 12 to the Old Town Specific Plan as set forth in Exhibit"A". Section 6. Severability. If any section or provision of this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction,or contravened by reason of any preemptive legislation, the remaining sections and/or provisions of this Resolution shall remain valid. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Resolution, and each section or provision thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more section(s) or provision(s) may be declared invalid or unconstitutional or contravened via legislation. PASSED,APPROVED,AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula this 22"d day of July, 2025. Brenden Kalfus, Mayor ATTEST• Randi Johl, City Clerk [SEAL] 3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss CITY OF TEMECULA ) I, Randi Johl, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2025-52 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 22'd day of July, 2025,by the following vote: AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Alexander, Kalfus, Rahn, Schwank, Stewart NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None Randi Johl, City Clerk 4 1. OLDTOWN �� e' l� 1 m �r .. t ;- SPECIFIC t _ ;;� , , 1 n l , . ; , .,S , + i PLAN - Q - �- - , - _! I i 1-1. ' � � �: .�� CCU - t j' ' -'ii 'I is l� 1 �� l u P� . is• i , •_ — l_. it I— ' L . ..��.'� '„_ — +t ° '' F �_ City of Temecula—May 25,2010 '' !I '� '�'" 4'� 1_ mac, --- • 11111 (t, 1 i ir-------." t • - ....-• - - 1 1 4,./ N'Ye ,, 1 /, •1 , _ if f 'imiTh.... . •.- i."' City of Temecula—Old Town Specific Plan mi me mu OLD TOWN SPECIFIC PLAN Comprehensively revised by the City Of Temecula Adopted by City Council on May 25, 2010 Ordinance No. 10-09: Specific Plan Amendment Ordinance No. 10-10: Zone Change Clerical revisions made August 11, 2010 Originally Adopted on February 22, 1994 Ordinance No. 94-05 Previous Revisions Adopted: January 23, 1996 Ordinance No. 96-01 May 13, 1997 Ordinance No. 97-06 July 13, 1999 Ordinance No. 99-12 October 10, 2000 Ordinance No. 00-11 August 24, 2004 Ordinance No. 04-08 June 13, 2006 Ordinance No. 06-07 September 5, 2017 Resolution No. 17-56 May 26, 2020 Resolution No. 2020-32 November 29, 2022 Resolution No. 2022-90 July 9, 2024 Resolution No. 2024-54 July 22, 2025 Resolution No. 2025-XX City of Temecula—Old Town Specific Plan III.ADMINISTRATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION within the Downtown Core District as shown O.GENERAL PROVISIONS AND P.TEMPORARY USE PERMITS FOR OUTDOOR in Exhibit IV-1:Old Town Regulating Plan. REGULATIONS LIVE ENTERTAINMENT iii. TUP's that intend to serve, sell, or provide alcohol shall obtain any and all required 1.Effect of the Specific Plan 1.Intent and purpose. permits or licenses necessary for such alcohol. iv. Establishments permitted for indoor live No person shall use any premises except as specifically The City Council desires increased outdoor live entertainment shall be subject to these permitted by and subject to the regulations of this entertainment within Old Town. It is the intent and requirements if the establishment opens doors, Specific Plan. Except as otherwise permitted herein, purpose of this section to serve as a pilot program of windows or other means for the transmission whenever this Specific Plan prohibits the use of one(1)year in length,to allow Temporary Use Permits of entertainment outdoors. property for a particular purpose, those premises and to include temporary outdoor live entertainment, a use v. TUP's issued under this provision shall be any improvements on the premises shall not be used for previously limited to one per quarter. The expiration exempt from the requirements of"Note 9" on that purpose, and no structure or improvement shall be date of this pilot program shall be 8, August 20265, Table III-4:Approval Authority. constructed, altered or moved onto the premises which unless action is taken by Resolution of the City Council vi. All TUP's issued under this section shall: is designed, arranged, or intended to be occupied or to amend, extend, terminate or make permanent these a. Prohibit percussion instruments; used for that purpose. provisions. b. Prohibit Disc Jockeys (DJ's) or 2.Minimum Requirements of the Specific Plan similar entertainment from occurring; q PThe purpose of this Council directed policy is to allow and for ancillary outdoor live entertainment in an c. Prohibit speakers, and similar The provisions of this Specific Plan shall be interpreted experimental capacity and is not intended to be the P and applied as the minimum requirements for the amplified sound emitting devices, primary use of any establishment. from pointingoutward towards promotion of the public health, safety and general welfare. The Director of Planning shall interpret the neighboring parcels. The provisions, permitting process, forms, fees, and vii. No TUP shall allow or provide outdoor live Specific Plan based upon the policy directives of the findings set forth in section N above for a Major TUP entertainment duringSanta's Electric Light City Council. shall be followed,unless in conflict with this section in 4th g Parade, July Parade or any other City 3.Severability which case this section shall prevail. sponsored parade in Old Town that closes any portion of Old Town Front Street. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or Establishments that have and maintain in good order a viii. All site plans provided for a TUP under this portion of this Specific Plan, or future amendments or Conditional Use Permit(CUP)that permits outdoor live section shall include all audio equipment, additions hereto, is for any reason held to be invalid or entertainment are exempt from this section. speakers, stages, lighting,and all other aspects unconstitutional by the decision of a court of competent of the performance. jurisdiction, such decisions shall not affect the validity This section does not permit or authorize any permanent ix. Video, streaming or any form of digital image of the remaining portions of this Specific Plan,or future land use or entitlement and does not constitute a vested or sound projection of performances shall not amendments or additions hereto. The City hereby interest or right of any kind. constitute live entertainment. declares that it would have adopted these requirements and each sentence, subsection, clause, phrase, portions i. All TUP's issued under this provision shall or any future amendments or additions hereto, limit outdoor live entertainment between the irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, hours of 10:00:00 am—8:59:59 pm, every day subsections, clauses, phrases, portions or any future of the week. amendments or additions hereto may be declared ii. TUP's shall be limited in location, to include invalid or unconstitutional. all aspects of the event, to a developed parcel City of Temecula—Old Town Specific Plan III-19