2001-008 - Approving Negative Declaration for Environmental Review No. 00-109

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RESOLUTION NO. 2001-008 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW NO. 00-109, AND APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 00-23 AS CONDITIONED AND VARIANCE NO. 00-10 AS CONDITIONED FOR THE MOOSE LODGE LOCATED ON 1421 EAST SEVENTEENTH STREET BK:12/26/00 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council does hereby find, determine and declare as follows: A. The Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on November 11, 2000 which was continued to November 25, 2000 and then to December 11,2000, on General Plan Amendment No. 00-06, Variance No. 00-10, Conditional User Permit No. 00-23 and a Amendment Adjustment to allow a parking variance and permit a Moose Lodge to be established in the C-2 zoning district at 1421 East Seventeenth Street. B. The Planning Commission decided this matter at its regular meeting of December 11,2000. At the conclusion of its consideration, the Planning Commission split 3-3 on whether to approve the applications and, the Chair having declared an impasse pursuant to its bylaws, offered the applicant the option of a continuance or a recommendation of denial. The applicant chose that the Planning Commission forward a recommendation to deny its project. C. The City Council desires to allow for this Moose Lodge, provided that a zoning ordinance amendment is adopted to permit fraternal organizations/clubs in the City's Professional (P) zoning district. The Council makes no determination tonight, by this resolution, whether it would approve such a zoning ordinance amendment but given the exceptional public interest involved desires to conditionally and contingently approve the conditional use permit and variance and direct staff to process the appropriate zoning ordinance amendment. Section 2. The City Council has reviewed and considered the information contained in the initial study and the negative declaration for Environmental Review No. 00-109 prepared with respect to this Project. The Planning Commission has, as a result of its consideration and the evidence presented at the hearings on this matter, determined that, as required pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the State CEQA Guidelines, a Negative Declaration adequately addresses the expected environmental impacts of this Project. On the basis of this review, the City Council finds that there is no evidence from which it can be fairly argued that the project Resolution No. 2001-008 Page 1 of 13