2017-208 Specific Plan Amendment No. 2016-062 Amending Menifee East SP Ordinance No. 2017-208
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MENIFEE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING SPECIFIC PLAN
AMENDMENT NO. 2016-062, AMENDING THE MENIFEE EAST
SPECIFIC PLAN
Whereas, on March 4, 2016, the applicant, Pulte Group, filed a formal application with the
City of Menifee for an amendment to the Menifee East Specific Plan No. 247 revising Planning
Areas, reducing density and modifications throughout the specific plan document due to the
Planning Area revisions and reduced density located south of Newport Road, north of Rockport
Road and east of Laguna Vista Drive within the City of Menifee (the "Project"); and
Whereas, pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) an Initial Study ("IS") and Addendum to Environmental Impact Report No. 327
("Addendum") have been prepared to analyze and mitigate the Project's potentially significant
environmental impacts; and
Whereas, on March 8, 2017, the Planning Commission held a hearing on the Project and
recommended that the City Council approve Specific Plan Amendment No. 2016-062.
Whereas, on April 19, 2017, the City Council of the City of Menifee held a duly noticed
public hearing on the Project, considered all public testimony as well as all materials in the staff
report and accompanying documents for Specific Plan Amendment No. 2016-062, which hearing
was publicly noticed by a publication in The Press Enterprise(a newspaper of general circulation),
an agenda posting, and notice to property owners within 300 feet of the Project boundaries, and
to persons requesting public notice; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, The City Council of the City of Menifee does Ordain as follows:
Section 1: Environmental Determination.
An Addendum to Environmental Impact Report No. 327 was completed for the
Specific Plan Amendment and is being concurrently adopted by the City Council
pursuant to Resolution No. 17-603.
Section 2. Specific Plan Amendment Findings.
In accordance with the provisions of the City of Menifee Zoning Ordinance, the City Council
hereby makes the following finding(s) for Specific Plan Amendment No. 2016-062.
A. The Specific Plan Amendment set forth on Exhibit "1" to this Ordinance, including
the Conditions of Approval as set forth in Exhibit "2" to this Ordinance, is found to
be consistent with the goals and policies of the General Plan. The General Plan
land use of the site is Specific Plan (Menifee East Specific Plan). The proposed
Specific Plan Amendment meets the requirements of the Specific Plan land use
designation and supports the following policies:
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Project Design:
LU-1.1 Concentrate growth in strategic locations to help preserve rural areas, create
place and identity, provide infrastructure efficiently, and foster the use of transit
options.
The proposed Project is located within a partially urbanized area within an area zoned
for residential use, with single-family residential homes to the south of the subject site
across Rockport Road. The Project would, therefore help preserve rural areas of the
City.
LU-3.4 Require that approval of new development be contingent upon the project's
ability to secure appropriate infrastructure services.
The subdivision includes Conditions of Approval which require roadway
improvements prior to map recordation. Therefore, the Project is contingent upon the
securitization of these improvements. In addition, the subdivision has been reviewed
and conditioned for consistency with the requirements for domestic water, fire
protection, sewage disposal, fences, and electrical communication facilities.
C-1.1 Require roadways to:
• Comply with federal, state and local design and safety standards.
The Project includes Conditions of Approval which require the dedication and
installation (or bonding) of roadway improvements consistent with the City's General
Plan and the City's Public Works Department Standard Details.
CD-6.1 Recognize the importance of street trees in the aesthetic appeal of residential
neighborhoods and require the planting of street trees throughout the City.
The proposed Project will include street trees throughout the project site.
Section 3. Effective Date of Ordinance.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and operation thirty (30) days after its second
reading and adoption.
Section 4. Severability
If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is,
for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any 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 adopted this Ordinance, and each section,
subsection subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that
any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions
thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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Section 5. City Clerk Action
The City Clerk is authorized and directed to cause this Ordinance to be published within fifteen
(15) days after its passage in a newspaper of general circulation and circulated within the City in
accordance with Government Code Section 36933(a) or, to cause this Ordinance to be published
in the manner required by law using the alternative summary and posting procedure authorized
under Government Code Section 36933(c).
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 3I day of May, 2017.
Neil R. Win er, Mayor
ATTEST:
6Sa h A. Man iACity' erk
Approved as to form:
JeqrK T. etching, City Attor y
MENIFEE
Neil R.Winter STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
Mayor COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF MENIFEE )
Matthew Liesemeyer
Mayor Pro Tem I, Sarah Manwaring, City Clerk of the City of Menifee, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 2017-208 was introduced and read on the 19th day of
Greg August April, 2017 and was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Menifee at a
Councilmember meeting thereof held on the 3I day of May, 2017 by the following vote:
Lesa A.Sobek Ayes: August, Denver, Liesemeyer, Sobek, Winter
Councilmember Noes: None
Absent: None
John V. Denver Abstain: None
Councilmember
arah A. anwaring, CCiit/y lerk
29714 Haun Road
Menifee,CA 92586
Phone 951.672.6777
Fax 951.679.3843
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