2007-027 - Land Use Element and the Urban Design Element

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4. Promote rehabilitation of commercial properties, and encourage increased levels of capital investment. Land Use Element Policy No. 2.8. 5. Protect and enhance development sites and districts which are unique community assets that enhance the quality of life. Land Use Element Goal No. 4.0. 6. Support land uses with provide community and regional economic and service benefits Land Use Element Policy No. 4.3. 7. Encourage the development of projects that promote the City's image as a regional activity center. Land Use Element Policy No. 4.4. 8. Encourage development of employment centers and mixed use projects within targeted areas adjacent to major arterial roadways and freeway corridors. Land Use Element Policy No. 4.5. 9. Target area in the City for the creation of new housing units and opportunities for all segments of the community. Housing Element Policy 4.1 10. Encourage a balance of land uses that promote livable communities. Housing Element Policy 6.2 I. The Council finds that the City's general plan is designed, as it must be, to accommodate a wide range of competing interests - including those of developers, neighborhoods and homeowners, prospective homebuyers, environmentalists, current and prospective business owners, jobseekers, taxpayers, and providers and recipients of all types of city-provided services - and to present a clear and comprehensive set of principles to guide development decisions. The City's general plan sets forth these guiding principles. Once in place, it is the province of this Council to examine the specifics of a proposed project to determine whether it would be in harmony with the policies stated in the general plan. J. The City Council has weighed and balanced the general plan's policies, both new and old, and has determined that based upon this balancing that the Metro East Mixed Use Overlay is consistent with the purpose of the general plan. K. Final Environmental Impact Report No. 2006-01, the Mitigation Monitoring Program, and the Statement of Overriding Considerations which came before the City Council on March 19, 2007, and was approved and adopted by resolution at that hearing. At the March 19, 2007 meeting, the City Council also adopted; adopted an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2007-01; adopted an ordinance approving Amendment Application No. 2007-01; and adopted an ordinance approving Development Agreement No. 2007-01; and a resolution approving Site Plan Review No. 2007-01 and Tentative Tract Map No. 2007-01 (County Map No. 17069). This resolution incorporates by Resolution No. 2007-027 Page 3 of 35