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ATTACHMENT NO. 2
PC RESOLUTION NO. 97-022
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF TEMECULA RECOMMENDING THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL APPROVE PLANNING APPLICATION NO.
PA97-0160 (SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 3) FOR
SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 199 CONTAINING 1,526 ACRES
GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF LA SERENA WAY,
EAST OF MARGARITA ROAD, WEST OF MEADOWS
PARKWAY, NORTH OF RANCHO CALIFORNIA ROAD
WHEREAS, Temeku Hills Development Partners, L.P. filed Planning Application No.
PA97-0160 in accordance with the City of Temecula General Plan and Development Code;
WIIEREAS, Planning Application No. PA97-0160 was processed in the time and manner
prescribed by State and local law;
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission considered Planning Application No. PA97-0160
on September 8, 1997, at a duly noticed public hearing as prescribed by law, at which time
interested persons had an opportunity to testify either in support or in opposition;
WHEREAS, at the public hearing, upon hearing and considering all testimony and
arguments, if any, of all persons desiring to be heard, the Commission considered all facts relating
to Planning Application No. PA97-0160;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA DOES RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
Section 2. Findings. The Planning Commission, in recommending approval of Planning
Application No. PA97-0160, makes the following findings; to wit:
A. Planning Application No. PA97-0160 (Amendment No. 3 to Specific Plan No. 199)
as proposed and conditioned is compatible with the health, safety and welfare of the community.
B. Planning Application No. PA97-0160 (Amendment No. 3 to Specific Plan No.
199)is consistent with the goals and policies of the City's adopted General Plan.
C. The project is compatible with surrounding land uses. The project proposes a
reduction in the density and intensity of land uses. Ultimate development will be residential
development in an area that is comprised of a variety of residential neighborhoods.
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D. The proposal will not have an adverse effect on surrounding property because it
does not represent a significant change to the planned land use of the site and is consistent with
the overall concept of Specific Plan No.,199.
E. The amendment to Specific Plan No. 199 does not increase the impacts associated
with the development or the overall intensity of the development as analyzed in Environmental
Impact Report No. 202.
Section 3. Environmental Compliance, Environmental Impact Report No. 202 was
prepared for Specific Plan No. 199 and was certified by the Riverside County Board of
Supervisors. In conjunction with Amendment No. 2 to the Specific Plan, a number of additional
studies were undertaken to update and complement the original EIR. The additional studies, a
geotechnical study, traffic study and a Kangaroo Rat trapping and update study, confirmed the
validity of the original analysis.
It has been eleven (11) years since the original environmental analysis was
performed for this project. Therefore, Staff prepared another Initial Environmental Assessment
to examine the question of whether any impacts beyond those analyzed in the previous EIR and
subsequent studies would result from the proposed project, changes in circumstances, or new
information. In areas where there was a potential change in circumstances, specifically traffic,
noise, and lighting, staff requested additional information from the applicant. Based upon Staff's
analysis, the project is consistent with the information contained in the previously certified EIR.
Due to the limited scope of the proposed changes to the specific plan, there will be no effect
beyond that which was reviewed in the previous analysis.
Under California Public Resources Code Section 21166 and Section 15162
of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, no additional EIR is required
unless additional impacts not previously considered, or substantial increases in the severity of
impacts, may result from: substantial changes in the circumstances under which the project is
undertaken which would require a major revision in the EIR, or new information that could not
have been known at the time the EIR was prepared becomes available. None of these situations
has occurred; therefore, no further environmental analysis is required.
Section 4. Conditions. That the City of Temecula Planning Commission hereby approves
Planning Application No. PA97-0160 Specific Plan Amendment No. 3 to Specific Plan No. 199
generally located south of La Serena Way, east of Margarita Road, west of Meadows Parkway,
north of Rancho California Road, within the Margarita Village Specific Plan, subject to Exhibit
A, attached hereto, and incorporated herein by this reference and made a part hereof.
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Section 5. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of September, 1997.
D
inda Fahey, Chairman
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Planning
Commission of the City of Temecula at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 8th day of
September, 1997 by the following vote of the Commission:
AYES: 5 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS: FAHEY, GUERRIERO, MILLER,
SLAVEN, SOLTYSIAK
NOES: 0 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: 0 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS: NONE
Debbie Ubnoske, Secretary
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