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HomeMy WebLinkAbout017-01RESOLUTION NO. 17-2001 APPROVING A REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO INITIATE A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT STUDY TO AMEND THE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR TWELVE EXISTING PARCELS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAWRENCE ROAD SOUTH OF SHELTERWOOD LANE FROM RESIDENTIAL - COUNTRY ESTATES (1 ACRE LOT MINIMUM) TO RESIDENTIAL - SINGLE FAMILY - LOW DENSITY (1-3 UNITS PER ACRE) WHEREAS, Gary Wincott (Applicant) has requested authorization of a General Plan Amendment Study request to study the merits of amending the Town's General Plan Land Use Designation for the site from Residential - Country Estates (1 acre lot minimum) to Residential - Single Family - Low Density (1-3 units per acre); and WHEREAS, the subject parcels include 1349, 1329, 1365, 1315, 1357, 1345, 1353, 1327, 1485, 1361, 1333, and 1321 Lawrence Road and are further identified as Assessor's Parcel Numbers 206-140-006, 011,015, 019, 025, 009, 012, 017, 020, 026, 010, and 018, and are owned by Wayne & Jacquelyn Lazenby, David & Lisa Beckemeyer, Frederick & Jerris Braese, David & Linda Butler, Ahmadreza Fattahi, Michael & Kathleen Rogers, Mike & Allyn Terpstra, Bhushan & Saroj Bansal, Gayle Rivers and Lois Rivers, Nancy & John Harrison, Charles & Mary Ann Andrews, and Steven & Shannon Nornhold (Owners); and WHEREAS, authorization to initiate a General Plan Amendment Study is required prior to the Town's review of a General Plan Amendment request; and WHEREAS~ the application seeks to amend the General Plan land use designation for the site, changing the designation from Residential - Country Estates (1 acre lot minimum); and WHEREAS, the existing land use designation was established by way of adoption of the Lawrence / Leema Road Specific Plan; and WHEREAS, the current land use designation for the subject properties was reaffirmed by the Town Council with their recent action to approve a Town-wide General Plan Update; WHEREAS, the subject property owners now seek to amend the General Plan land use designation to Residential - Single Family - Low Density (1-3 units per acre); and WHEREAS, the Town Council did review the request at a noticed public hearing on March 6, 2001; and WHEREAS, the public notice of this action was given in all respects as required by law; and WHEREAS, as a response to recent prior, identical General Plan Amendment Study requests (forwarded by a few of the subject property owners in the context of the recent Town-wide General Plan Update efforts), the Town Council and the Planning Commission indicated their support for the existing Lawrence / Leema Road Specific Plan, the goals and policies of the existing Plan and the land use designations placed on the subject properties by the Plan; and WHEREAS, circumstances affecting the subject properties have not changed; and WHEREAS, in response to the current request, staff recommended the Town Council discourage the request; and WHEREAS, the Town Council did hear and consider all reports, recommendations, and testimony submitted in writing and presented at the hearing; and WHEREAS, only because the property owners are allowed to pursue General Plan Amendment Studies for their properties, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council approves the request for authorization to initiate a General Plan Amendment Study; and be it further RESOLVED, that in authorizing the above-mentioned General Plan Amendment Study, the Town Council is not indicating any predisposition to approve the requested General Plan Amendment; and be it further RESOLVED, that the application filed for the General Plan Amendment Study must be signed by each of the property owners, or their designated representatives, of the properties involved with this request; and, be it further RESOLVED, that if pursued, the following application materials should be submitted for the Town's review: An application for a Preliminary Development Plan - Rezoning application to request to rezone the site from P-l; Planned Unit Development District to a new P-l; Planned Unit Development District; An application and plans for a Final Development Plan - Major Subdivision. The tentative map should depict the proposed layout of development showing how new development would be coordinated with the existing homes. PAGE 2 OF RESOLUTION NO. 17-2001 APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on March 6, 2001, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSTAINED: ABSENT: Doyle, Waldo, Greenberg, Shimansky Arnerich None None "'.. ~ APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATT0~N~EY ~r~ ATTEST: CITY CLERK PAGE 3 OF RESOLUTION NO. 17-2001