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General Plan Amendment No. 2019-02 <br />October 1, 2019 <br />Page 2 <br />The applicant is applying for a general plan amendment in order to re -designate the property <br />proposed for development to General Commercial (GC). The amendment will facilitate the <br />construction of a 3,705-square foot medical office building on a vacant parcel of land. The General <br />Commercial designation applies to commercial corridors and areas that are highly visible and are <br />critical arterial transportation corridors. The subject property is proposed to be changed from a Low - <br />Density Residential (LR-7) land use designation to GC. The change will make the property's <br />General Plan land use designation consistent with the current zoning of the site, which is C-1. <br />Currently, the Euclid Street corridor has properties with inconsistent general plan designations and <br />zoning districts but are developed with commercial uses. This amendment will create consistency <br />with those additional properties in the vicinity that are already developed with a commercial use. <br />In addition, these properties are currently improved with commercial uses including professional <br />and medical office buildings, eating establishments, and mixed retail and service uses that provide <br />neighborhood facilities and services to the nearby residential properties to the east and west of the <br />Euclid Street corridor. The general plan amendment will provide consistency with the existing uses <br />and will make the properties consistent with the zoning district. <br />Figure 1: Existing GPA Designation Map Figure 2: Proposed GPA Designation Map <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a Class 3 Categorical <br />Exemption under Environmental Review No. 2017-50 will be filed for this project. Class 3 <br />Exemptions consists of construction and location of limited numbers of new structures. <br />Examples of this exemption include, a store, motel, office, restaurant or similar commercial or <br />institutional structure in an urbanized area, not involving the use of significant amounts of <br />hazardous substances, and not exceeding 10,000 square feet in floor area on sites zoned for <br />such use. Further, all necessary public services and facilities must be available and the <br />surrounding area cannot be environmentally sensitive. <br />75A-2 <br />