Resolution No. 2024- Airport North Specific Plan Amendment, Faring Capital, LLC
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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CAMARILLO APPROVING A REQUEST BY DARREN EMBRY
OF FARING CAPITAL, LLC FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE
AIRPORT NORTH SPECIFIC PLAN
The City Council of the City of Camarillo resolves as follows:
SECTION 1. General Findings. The City Council finds as follows:
A. Darren Embry on behalf of Faring Capital, LLC submitted a request for an amendment to the Airport North Specific Plan to add Automobile Centers and Supporting Uses to the allowed uses in the commercial and industrial areas. The amendments to the Airport North Specific Plan are being proposed in order to accommodate an Automobile Dealership and industrial business park development proposed under a future companion application Industrial Planned Development Permit (IPD) 412.
B. The Planning Commission of the City of Camarillo held a public hearing on April 2, 2024, at which time testimony was heard on the proposed Specific Plan Amendment and Addendum to the Final SEIR 2014-8. The Planning Commission recommended to the City Council, the adoption of the Addendum and approval of the SPA by a vote of 3-0 with two Commissioners absent.
C. A duly noticed public hearing was held on April 24, 2024, at which time the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing on the application and considered all testimony and information presented at the hearing.
SECTION 2. Environmental Review. The City Council has reviewed the project for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has adopted an Addendum to the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report 2014-08 (SCH #2010081043).
SECTION 3. Project Findings. The City Council, after review of the project, finds:
A. The proposed amendment to the Airport North Specific Plan is consistent with the General Plan land use designations of Industrial, General Commercial, and Office.
B. The proposed amendment to the Airport North Specific Plan is consistent with the General Plan Land Use Element, which includes the objective of promoting visual improvement, and the use of the Heritage Zone policy in the Community Design Element because the Specific Plan Amendment adds additional language that will provide for Automobile Centers and Supporting Uses as an allowed land use, but requires that the dealerships architecture and landscaping be compatible with the aesthetic of the specific plan which requires high-quality architecture and a specific architectural palette.
C. The proposed amendment to the Airport North Specific Plan is consistent with the Circulation Element, which discusses the various forms of circulation and transportation- related facilities that apply to the City of Camarillo with the purpose of developing and maintaining a total circulation and transportation system that will serve the City and its environs, as efficiently and attractively as possible. Allowing Automobile Centers and Supporting Uses will not increase traffic levels, street design, and layout, or emergency access identified and discussed in the Addendum to the Final SEIR and the original EIR for the Specific Plan and the Springville Interchange EIR.
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D. The proposed amendment to the Airport North Specific Plan is consistent with the Housing Element goals of protecting the qualities that have created a highly desirable living environment, encouraging the availability of a variety of housing designs, and ensuring that the quality of residential development is adequate to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the City’s residents because the proposed amendment does not include any new residential development and the 2021-2029 Housing Element of the General Plan identifies sufficient areas throughout Camarillo that would allow for the development of housing units to meet the requirements of the Regional Housing Needs Assessment, 6 th Cycle.
E. The proposed amendment to the Airport North Specific Plan is consistent with the Recreation Element which proposes that land areas and programs be established to provide a wide range of recreation facilities and activities that will serve all the people of Camarillo and its environs with adequate year-round recreation because the proposed revision to the Specific Plan will not increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities, nor does the proposal require the construction or expansion of any recreational facilities.
F. The proposed amendment to the Airport North Specific Plan is consistent with the Community Design Element, which establishes a design framework for community development, which includes design guidelines for new projects, as well as guidelines for the maintenance of existing projects to protect the City’s positive characteristics, and guides public and private improvements to create a functional and attractive community with a distinct sense of place because future development will be required to comply with the general placement of buildings, as set forth in the Airport North Specific Plan to provide for setbacks to allow for viewshed and view access. Future projects would also have to comply with the City’s requirement to incorporate appropriate architectural styles, on-site landscaping, and other features to provide a complement to the area. The project site is within the Heritage Zone, which require, through the design review process, appropriate architectural design in the Early California style which includes Mediterranean, Mission, Monterey, and modern interpretations of these architectural styles.
G. The proposed amendment to the Airport North Specific Plan is consistent with the Safety and Noise Elements, which ensure that the community is protected from natural and manmade hazards and that it has planned for existing and potential geologic, seismic, and flooding hazards while endeavoring to protect existing regions within Camarillo, where noise environments are deemed acceptable while protecting existing and future areas throughout Camarillo that are considered to be noise sensitive, because future development would continue to be subject to the development requirements of the Camarillo Airport, and will be reviewed as required in relation to hazardous materials handling, flooding, fires, and geological/seismic concerns. Additionally, the properties are covered by existing emergency services. Regarding noise, the project location lies between the Airport and U.S. Highway 101 resulting in Contour Noise Equivalency Levels ranging from 60 dBA to 75 dBA. This level of noise is most suited to industrial uses and conditionally suited for commercial and professional office uses.
SECTION 4. Approval. Based on the above findings, the City Council approves the amended and restated Airport North Specific Plan, attached as Exhibit “A” and incorporated by reference.
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SECTION 5: Office of Record. The record of proceedings upon which this decision is based is located in City Hall, which is the office of record for the same.
SECTION 6. Electronic Signatures. This Resolution may be executed with electronic signatures in accordance with Government Code §16.5. Such electronic signatures will be treated in all respects as having the same effect as an original signature.
SECTION 7. Construction. This Resolution must be broadly construed in order to achieve the purposes stated in this Resolution. It is the City Council’s intent that the provisions of this Resolution be interpreted or implemented by the City and others in a manner that facilitates the purposes set forth in this Resolution.
SECTION 8. Reliance on Record. Each and every one of the determinations in this Resolution are based on the competent and substantial evidence, both oral and written, contained in the entire record relating to the matter. The determinations constitute the independent findings and determinations of the City Council in all respects and are fully and completely supported by substantial evidence in the record as a whole.
SECTION 9. Limitations. The City Council’s analysis and evaluation of this matter is based on the best information currently available. It is inevitable that in evaluating the matter that absolute and perfect knowledge of all possible aspects of the matter will not exist. One of the major limitations on analysis of the matter is the City Council’s lack of knowledge of future events. In all instances, best efforts have been made to form accurate assumptions.
Somewhat related to this are the limitations on the City’s ability to solve what are in effect regional, state, and national problems and issues. The City must work within the political framework within which it exists and with the limitations inherent in that framework.
SECTION 10. Preservation. This Resolution does not affect any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred before, or preclude prosecution and imposition of penalties for any violation occurring before this Resolution’s effective date. Any such amended part will remain in full force and effect for sustaining action or prosecuting violations occurring before the effective date of this Resolution.
SECTION 11 Severability. If any part of this Resolution or its application is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the City Council intends that such invalidity will not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and, to this end, the provisions of this Resolution are severable.
SECTION 12. Effective Date. This Resolution is effective upon adoption.
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SECTION 13. The Mayor, or presiding officer, is hereby authorized to affix their signature to this Resolution signifying its adoption by the City Council of the City of Camarillo, and the City Clerk is directed to attest thereto.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED on April 24, 2024.
Tony Trembley, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kristy Buxkemper, City Clerk
I, Kristy Buxkemper, City Clerk of the City of Camarillo, herby certify that the forgoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City of Camarillo at a regular meeting held on February 29, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
Kristy Buxkemper, City Clerk
Exhibit A – Amended and Restated Airport North Specific Plan