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Home My WebLink About2024-02-06; City Council; CS-466; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE BRESSI RANCH MASTER PLAN, FENTON CARLSBAD CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN, GREEN VA...ORDINANCE NO. CS-466 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE BRESSI RANCH MASTER PLAN, FENTON CARLSBAD CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN, GREEN VALLEY MASTER PLAN, NORTH COUNTY PLAZA SPECIFIC PLAN, AND WESTFIELD CARLSBAD SPECIFIC PLAN TO IMPLEMENT PORTIONS OF OBJECTIVES B, C, AND D OF HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM 1.1 (PROVIDE ADEQUATE SITES TO ACCOMMODATE THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT (RHNA)), AND OBJECTIVE B OF HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM 1.3 (ALTERNATIVE HOUSING) CASE NAME: HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE CASE NO: AMEND 2023-0008/AMEND 2023-0009/AMEND 2023- 0010/AMEND 2023-0011/AMEND 2023-0012/LCPA 2022- 0015 (PUB 2022-0010) WHEREAS, the City Council adopted an update to the General Plan Housing Element on April 6, 2021; and WHEREAS, on July 13, 2021, the State Department of Housing and Community Development certified the city’s adopted Housing Element as being in substantial compliance consistent with state housing law; and WHEREAS, the certified Housing Element contains programs, further broken down into objectives, that identify specific actions the city must implement on an ongoing basis or by specific due dates; and WHEREAS, to implement Housing Element Program 1.1 (Provide Adequate Sites to Accommodate RHNA), and specifically objectives 1.1 b., 1.1 c. and 1.1 d.; and to implement Housing Element Program 1.3 (Alternative Housing), and specifically objective 1.3 b., the City Planner has prepared amendments to the Bressi Ranch Master Plan, Fenton Carlsbad Center Specific Plan, Green Valley Master Plan, North County Plaza Specific Plan, and Westfield Carlsbad Specific Plan and to the Local Coastal Program (AMEND 2023-0008/AMEND 2023-0009/AMEND 2023-0010/AMEND 2023-0011/AMEND 2023-0012/LCPA 2022- 0015) pursuant to Chapters 21.38, 21.52 and 21.54 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code, Section 30514 of the Public Resources Code, and Section 13551 of California Code of Regulations Title 14, Division 5.5; and WHEREAS, on October 18, 2023, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing as prescribed by law to consider AMEND 2023-0008/AMEND 2023-0009/AMEND 2023-0010/AMEND 2023- 0011/AMEND 2023-0012/LCPA 2022-0015; and WHEREAS the Planning Commission adopted Planning Commission Resolution 7499 recommending to the City Council that AMEND 2023-0008/AMEND 2023-0009/AMEND 2023- 0010/AMEND 2023-0011/AMEND 2023-0012/LCPA 2022-0015 be approved; and WHEREAS, as required by state law, a six-week notice of availability was issued for LCPA 2022- 0015 from October 13, 2023 to November 24, 2023, and no comments were received; and WHEREAS, on December 7, 2023, the Airport Land Use Commission reviewed and found that the proposed amendments to the Bressi Ranch Master Plan (AMEND 2023-0008) and Fenton Carlsbad Center Specific Plan (AMEND 2023-0009), both of which are within the Airport Influence Area of the adopted McClellan-Palomar Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan, are conditionally consistent with said plan; and WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Carlsbad held a duly noticed public hearing as prescribed by law to consider AMEND 2023-0008/AMEND 2023-0009/AMEND 2023-0010/AMEND 2023- 0011/AMEND 2023-0012/LCPA 2022-0015; and WHEREAS at said public hearing, upon hearing and considering all testimony and arguments, if any, of all persons desiring to be heard, the City Council considered all factors, including written public comments, if any, related to AMEND 2023-0008/AMEND 2023-0009/AMEND 2023-0010/AMEND 2023- 0011/AMEND 2023-0012/LCPA 2022-0015. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows that: 1. The above recitations are true and correct. 2.That the findings of the Planning Commission in Planning Commission Resolution 7499 shall also constitute the findings of the City Council. 3.That the Bressi Ranch Master Plan, Fenton Carlsbad Center Specific Plan, Green Valley Master Plan, North County Plaza Specific Plan, and Westfield Carlsbad Specific Plan are amended as shown on the attached exhibit “AMEND 2023-0008/AMEND 2023- 0009/AMEND 2023-0010/AMEND 2023-0011/AMEND 2023-0012, HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE, PRPOOSED MASTER PLAN AND SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENTS” dated October 18, 2023, hereto as Attachment A and made a part hereof. EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE APPLICABLE TO PROPERTIES OUTSIDE THE COASTAL ZONE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption; and the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption. EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE APPLICABLE TO PROPERTIES INSIDE THE COASTAL ZONE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption or upon Coastal Commission approval of LCPA 2022-0015, whichever occurs later; and the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption. INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 30th day of January, 2024, and thereafter PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 6th day of February, 2024, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NAYS: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder. None. ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: Luna. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: �/( � CINDIE K. McMAHON, City Attorney KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk (SEAL)