REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 03/01/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Planning & Development Department
SUBJECT:
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General Plan Amendment 2022-0003 to change the General Plan land use designation of three parcels totaling 4.92 acres located at 212 and 216 N. Smith Avenue from Light Industrial (LI) to General Industrial (GI).
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to consider General Plan Amendment 2022-0003 (GPA2022-0003), which would amend the General Plan land use designation of three parcels totaling 4.92 acres from Light Industrial (LI) to General Industrial (GI). The properties are located at 212 and 216 N. Smith Avenue and zoned General Manufacturing (M-2). The amendment would make the General Plan consistent with the zoning of the properties.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-009 tentatively approving an amendment to the City's General Plan to change the land use designation on 4.92 acres located at 212 and 216 N. Smith Avenue from Light Industrial (LI) to General Industrial (GI) as part of the Cycle 1 of General Plan Amendments for 2023.
b. Find that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State Guidelines for CEQA.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
GPA2022-0003 is a General Plan Amendment to change the General Plan land use designation of three adjoining parcels located at 212 and 216 N. Smith Avenue from Light Industrial (LI) to General Industrial (GI). Two of the properties related to 212 N. Smith Avenue (APNs 118-310-003 and 118-310-004) are developed with a building that was previously occupied by a paint and autobody business. The third property at 216 N. Smith Avenue (APN 118-310-002) is developed with a building that was previously occupied by a paving business.
The properties are being redeveloped to support the development of a new indu...
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