city of Chula Vista

File #: 15-0168    Name: Urban Core Specific Plan 5-Year Update
Type: Consent Item Status: Passed
In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/21/2015 Final action: 4/21/2015
Title: A. ORDINANCE NO. 3341 OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE URBAN CORE SPECIFIC PLAN TO: 1) REZONE CERTAIN APARTMENT RESIDENTIAL (R-3) ZONED PARCELS AND CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ZONED PARCELS FOR CONSISTENCY WITHIN THEIR UCSP SUBDISTRICT AREA EXCLUDING THE FOLLOWING SUBDISTRICTS: V-1; V-2; V-3; UC-12; AND UC-14; 2) REMOVE THE MINIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO IN CERTAIN SUBDISTRICTS; 3) REMOVE LOT COVERAGE AS A MANDATORY DEVELOPMENT STANDARD; AND 4) MAKE MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH CITY POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND PROCESSES (SECOND READING AND ADOPTION) B. ORDINANCE NO. 3342 OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE URBAN CORE SPECIFIC PLAN TO: 1) REZONE CERTAIN APARTMENT RESIDENTIAL (R-3) ZONED PARCELS AND CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ZONED PARCELS FOR CONSISTENCY WITHIN THEIR UCSP AREA; 2) REMOVE THE MINIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO IN CERTAIN SUBDISTRICTS; 3) REMOVE LOT COVERAGE AS A MANDATORY DEVELOPMENT STANDARD; AND 4) MAKE MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO ENSURE CONSISTENC...
Attachments: 1. Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Proposed UCSP Map, 2. Item 3 - Attachment 2 Chula Vista UCSP, 3. Item 3 - Attachment 2 Draft Chula Vista UCSP, 4. Item 3 - Attachment 2 Draft UCSP Appendices, 5. Item 3 - Attachment 3 - Ordinance A, 6. Item 3 - Attachment 3 - Ordinance B, 7. Item 3 - Attachment 3 - Ordinance C, 8. Item 3 - Exhibit 1 for Ordinances, 9. Item 3 - Attachment 4 - Proposed Rezones, 10. Item 3 - Attachment 5 - Proposed TFA FAR Minimum, 11. Item 3 - Attachment 6 - Existing V-1 Non-residential/residential parcels, 12. Item 3 - Attachment 7 - Staff-TAVA UCSP Land Use Matrix Recommendations, 13. Item 3 - Attachment 8 - Planning Commission Minutes 8/27/14, 14. Item 3 - Attachment 9 - Crossroads Letter, 15. Item 3 - Presentation
Related files: 14-0604
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A. ORDINANCE NO. 3341 OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE URBAN CORE SPECIFIC PLAN TO: 1) REZONE CERTAIN APARTMENT RESIDENTIAL (R-3) ZONED PARCELS AND CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ZONED PARCELS FOR CONSISTENCY WITHIN THEIR UCSP SUBDISTRICT AREA EXCLUDING THE FOLLOWING SUBDISTRICTS: V-1; V-2; V-3; UC-12; AND UC-14; 2) REMOVE THE MINIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO IN CERTAIN SUBDISTRICTS; 3) REMOVE LOT COVERAGE AS A MANDATORY DEVELOPMENT STANDARD; AND 4) MAKE MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH CITY POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND PROCESSES (SECOND READING AND ADOPTION)

B. ORDINANCE NO. 3342 OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE URBAN CORE SPECIFIC PLAN TO: 1) REZONE CERTAIN APARTMENT RESIDENTIAL (R-3) ZONED PARCELS AND CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ZONED PARCELS FOR CONSISTENCY WITHIN THEIR UCSP AREA; 2) REMOVE THE MINIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO IN CERTAIN SUBDISTRICTS; 3) REMOVE LOT COVERAGE AS A MANDATORY DEVELOPMENT STANDARD; AND 4) MAKE MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH CITY POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND PROCESSES (SECOND READING AND ADOPTION)

C. ORDINANCE NO. 3343 OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE URBAN CORE SPECIFIC PLAN LAND USE MATRIX TO ALLOW CERTAIN DELETIONS AND ADDITIONS OF LAND USES AND PERMIT PROCESSES (SECOND READING AND ADOPTION)

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RECOMMENDED ACTION
recommended action
Council adopt the ordinances.

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SUMMARY
The Urban Core Specific Plan (UCSP) was adopted by City Council in April 2007. As an implementing plan for the 2005 General Plan, the UCSP contains land use regulations and design guidelines for both private and public development to facilitate the visions provided by the General Plan. In 2011, the City Council approved amendments to the UCSP including:

* Re-designation of portions of Third Avenue in the Village to a two-lane Downtown Promenade; and
* Revisions to the residential parking standard in the Corridor subdistricts to be consistent with the citywide multi-family...

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