RESOLUTION NO. PC 2018-14 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ENCINITAS PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 2018-05, ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE LOCAL COASTAL PLAN, NORTH 101 CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN AND GENERAL PLAN TO CLARIFY PROVISIONS FOR VARIATIONS OF ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ON NORTH COAST HIGHWAY 101 BETWEEN LA COSTA TO THE NORTH AND A STREET TO THE SOUTH (CASE NUMBER: 10-036 GPA/SPA/LCPA; CITYWIDE) WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing on March 1, 2018, to discuss and consider proposed amendments to the Local Coastal Plan, General Plan and North 101 Corridor Specific Plan, at which time all those desiring to be heard were heard; WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the Local Coastal Plan, North 101 Corridor Specific Plan and the General Plan are required to clarify provisions for roadway improvements between the documents; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission finds that the amendment is consistent with the purposes of the General Plan, the North 101 Corridor Specific Plan, and other applicable City ordinances. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission of the City of Encinitas hereby makes a recommendation to the City Council to approve the proposed Amendments to the North 101 Corridor Specific Plan and the General Plan to authorize the reduction in the number of traffic lanes on N. Coast Highway 101 between A Street to the south and La Costa Avenue to the north by adopting Draft Ordinance No. 2018-05 attached hereto as Attachment A; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Commission, in its independent judgment, recommends that the City Council certify the Final Environmental Impact Report as complete through City Council Resolution No. 2018-35. The Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was prepared for the project to identify the significant effects of the project on the environment, to identify alternatives, and to indicate the manner in which the significant effects can be mitigated or avoided. Pursuant to the CEQA Guidelines, a 45-day public review and comment period was established (December 2, 2016 to January 16, 2017) for the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Additionally, a supplemental 45-day public review and comment period was established (March 14, 2017 to April 28, 2017) for recirculation of portions of the Draft EIR. The recirculated Draft EIR reevaluated the project s impact on emergency services. Responses to public comments on the Draft EIR have been prepared and are included in the Final EIR. The EIR concludes that the Project would result in potentially significant effects on traffic circulation and fire protection services. As part of the EIR s impact analysis, it was determined that the significant traffic circulation impacts are unavoidable; however, the project s impact on fire protection services can be mitigated below a level of significance. The significant traffic circulation impacts would occur at a road segment of North Coast Highway 101 and an Interstate southbound onramp during build-out (Year 2035) conditions. At the southbound North Coast Highway 101 segment between Leucadia Boulevard and El Portal Street, the project would cause operating conditions to worsen to unacceptable (Level of Service E ) conditions. It should be noted that the impact at the North Coast Highway 101 road 2018-03-21 Item 10A (CC-4c PC Resolution No. 14 LCPA-GP-SPA) 1 of 9
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ATTACHMENT A DRAFT ORDINANCE NO. 2018-05 2018-03-21 Item 10A (CC-4c PC Resolution No. 14 LCPA-GP-SPA) 3 of 9
ORDINANCE NO. 2018-05 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENCINITAS, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE LOCAL COASTAL PLAN, NORTH 101 CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN AND THE GENERAL PLAN TO CLARIFY PROVISIONS FOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ON NORTH COAST HIGHWAY 101 CASE NUMBER: 10-036 GPA/SPA/LCPA/EIR; CITYWIDE SECTION ONE. The City Council of the City of Encinitas hereby finds and declares as follows: WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the Local Coastal Plan, North 101 Corridor Specific Plan and the General Plan are required to clarify provisions for variations to roadway improvements between the documents; WHEREAS, the City Council certified the Final Environmental Impact Report as complete through City Council Resolution No. 2018-35; WHEREAS, a Public Notice of Availability of proposed Local Coastal Plan Amendments (LCPA) was issued which opened a six-week public review period that ran from February 16, 2018, to March 30, 2018; WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a Public Hearing on March 1, 2018, for the purpose of considering amendments to the Local Coastal Plan, North 101 Corridor Specific Plan and the General Plan and considered public testimony and made a recommendation to the City Council to adopt the proposed amendments; WHEREAS, the City Council conducted Public Hearings on March 21, 2018, and April 18, 2018, for the purpose of considering amendments to the North 101 Corridor Specific Plan and the General Plan; WHEREAS, the City Council has duly considered all evidence, including testimony and the analysis and recommendations by staff, presented at said hearing; WHEREAS, notices of said public hearings were made at the time and in the manner required by law; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that this Ordinance is intended to be carried out in a manner in full conformance with the California Coastal Act of 1976 and the Development Services Director is hereby authorized to submit this Ordinance as part of the Local Coastal Program Amendment to the California Coastal Commission for their review and adoption. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Encinitas, California, hereby ordains as follows: SECTION TWO: GENERAL PLAN. For consistency throughout the documents that include the project site, language has been added to the note found on Figure 1 Roadway Classification of the Circulation Element of the General Plan as follows: SEE EXHIBIT A NORTH 101 CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN. For consistency throughout the documents that include the project site, the following language has been added to Figure 5-C of the North 101 Corridor Specific Plan as follows: 2018-03-21 Item 10A (CC-4c PC Resolution No. 14 LCPA-GP-SPA) 4 of 9
SEE EXHIBIT B SECTION THREE: Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this Ordinance, and each and all provisions hereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more provisions may be declared invalid. SECTION FOUR: Public Notice and Effective Date. The City Clerk is directed to prepare and have published a summary of the ordinance no less than five days prior to consideration of its adoption, and again within 15 days following adoption, indicating the votes cast. This Ordinance will become effective following certification by the California Coastal Commission as being consistent with the Local Coastal Program for the City of Encinitas and California Coastal Act. SECTION FIVE: This Ordinance was introduced on March 21, 2018. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18 th day of April, 2018 by the following vote to wit: AYES: NAYS: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: Catherine Blakespear, Mayor City of Encinitas ATTESTATION AND CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 2018-05 which has been published pursuant to law. Kathy Hollywood, City Clerk 2018-03-21 Item 10A (CC-4c PC Resolution No. 14 LCPA-GP-SPA) 5 of 9
Exhibit A 2018-03-21 Item 10A (CC-4c PC Resolution No. 14 LCPA-GP-SPA) 6 of 9
5.0 Circulation Plan Figure 5-C North Highway 101-90-Foot Proposed Right-of-Way NORTH 101 CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN Figure 5-C PAGE 5-9 2018-03-21 Item 10A (CC-4c PC Resolution No. 14 LCPA-GP-SPA) 7 of 9
Exhibit B 2018-03-21 Item 10A (CC-4c PC Resolution No. 14 LCPA-GP-SPA) 8 of 9
.. /"V, :~. Prime Arterial A six-lane roadway with a typical right-of-way width of 120-130 feet and a pavement width of 100-110 feet. The roadway is genera 11 y divided into three travel lanes in each direction by a median. Access to and from thi s roadway is restri cted..:. Prime Arterial 10' 10' 12' 12' 12' 12' 12' 12' 12' 10' 10'. " ~. :~~.0. "o'! ~. '0.,:. t,. 120"'130'R,O.W. Major Arterial 12' 12' J 12' 10' 10' 12' 12' 10' 10' 85'-:1'20' R.O.W. Collector 10' 12'. 12' 12' 12' 8' 10' Local 10' 8' Note: Variation in righl-ol-way width and specific roadway improvements will occur within each of the roadway classifications, based. on existing' corritions and other. factors. 70'. 84' R.O.W. 12' 12' 5ci-"10'R.O.W. S' 10' Major Arterial A four-l ane divided roadway with a typical right-of-way width of 85-120 feet and a pavement width of approximately 80 feet. Thi s roadway is also divided by a raised median with two travel lanes in each direction. Gollector A four-lane undivided roadway with two travel lanes in each direction. The typical right-of-way width of this category of roadway is 70-84 feet wh il e the pavement wi dth is approxi mate 1 y 64 feet. The pri mary funct i on of th is category of roadway is to di stri bute traffi c between 1 oca 1 streets and major and prime arterials. Local This category of roadway is I des i gned to provi de access to I individual parcels and to direct It ra road. ffi Local c to the streets nearest cons co i st 11 of ector two I. lanes with a typical right-of-way I wi dth of 50-70 feet and a pave- feet..1 ment wi dth of approxi matel y 40.~;qiim.iiiIII :ncinitas General Plan 3/29/89 2018-03-21 Item 10A (CC-4c PC Resolution No. 14 LCPA-GP-SPA) 9 of 9 C-17