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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 12141993 - H.5 ...... ..cam{Lfa Costa TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ,c ' u / FROM: .HARVEY E. BRAGDON DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DATE: November 23 , 1993 SUBJECT: HEAVY INDUSTRIAL GENERAL PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S.) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Concur that a Categorical Exemption is appropriate for this project. 2 . Approve General Plan Amendment, #11-93-CO, and direct that it be incorporated in the last consolidated General Plan Amendment for 1993 . FISCAL IMPACT Minor staff costs to bring this to hearing. BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS This is a minor plan amendment dealing with Heavy Industrial Plan `Text. It is for purposes of clarification of a plan text inconsistency. The amendment was unanimously recomme ded for approval by the County Planning Commission. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATUR RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMM D N OF PO COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) : ACTION OF BOARD ON Der.Pmber 1.4, 1993 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED x OTHER This .is:- the time heretofore noticed by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors for hearing on the above matter. The public hearing was opened and no one appeared to testify. The public hearing was closed. IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the above recommendations are APPROVED; and Resolution No. 93/715 is ADOPTED approving the General Plan Amendment. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT IV TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Orig: Jim Cutler (646-2035J . ATTESTED December 14 , 1993 cc: Community Development Department PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF CAO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Public WorksCO Y ADMINISTRATOR County Counsel- , County Redevelopment Agency BY , DEPUTY MOHLBO 1 REALTORS APPRAISERS kerry & a sso c i atesr-c _L P�_ , E- 202 . 151 CALLAN AVE. • SAN LEANDRO,CA 94577 • (510)483.4211 FAX 483.4200 pF�rELCaF' >'I� li DEPT December 3 , 1993 County of Contra Costa Community Development Department Admin. Building, 4th Floor, N. Wing 651 Pine Street Martinez, CA 94553 Attention: Jim Cutler, Senior Planner Subject: Staff Report and Recommendations County File No. 11-93-CO Gentlemen: We wish to express our full support for your General Plan Amendment to the Heavy Industrial Zoning. This affords industrial users necessary latitude to work well within the Heavy Industrial Zoning, which is essential for the optimum industrial development of the area. S' erelyy,, I— G� WILLIAM H. KERRY WHK:lk MEMBER: SOUTHERN ALAMEDA COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS u.s � THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on December 14, 1993 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers, Smith, Bishop, Torlakson NOES: None ABSENT: McPeak ABSTAIN: None RESOLUTION NO. 93/715 SUBJECT: In the Matter of the ) Heavy Industrial Plan Text ) General Plan Amendment #11-93-CO ) The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County RESOLVES that: There is filed with this Board and its Clerk a copy of Resolution No. 48-1993, adopted by the Contra Costa County Planning Commission, which discusses a General Plan Amendment for the North Richmond Shoreline area (#11-93-CO). On December 14, 1993 the Board held hearings on the said General Plan Amendment discussed by the Contra Costa County Planning Commission Resolution 48-1993. Notice of said hearing was duly given in the manner required by law. The Board, at the hearings, called for testimony of all persons interested in this matter. No persons provided testimony so the Board closed the public hearing and APPROVED the General Plan Amendment and directed staff to include the Heavy Industrial Plan Text General Plan Amendment in one of the consolidated general plan amendments as allowed by State Planning Law. Orig: Clerk of the Board (Jim Cutler 646-2035) 1 t,ercby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the cc: Director of Community Development Board of Su ors on tht1l, ate shown. ATTESTED:' q ATTESTED: �_)4,l 1 `1 111 3 PHIL BAT HELOR,Clerk of the Board Supervi and Cou dministrator By - Deouty RESOLUTION 93/715 Ms2/HI.RFS 3�ooP.M - GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TEXT AMENDMENT - County File #11-93-CO This is an amendment to the County General Plan text for the Heavy Industrial designation. The amendment clarifies that light industrial projects can be developed within the Heavy Industrial designation and can be developed according to .the existing Light Industrial standards. ` Contra County County. Board of Supervisors Contra Costa.County 14 December 1993 - Labels Raymond Vignola Eddie Peabody Development Services Director Community Development Director City of Antioch City of Brentwood 212 H Street 708 Third Street Antioch, CA 94509-0504 Brentwood, CA 94513 Randall Hatch David Golick Kevin Gailey Community Development Director Chief of Planning Chief of Planning City of Clayton City of Concord Town of Danville 1005 Oak Street 1950 Parkside Drive 510 La Gonda Way Clayton, CA 94517 Concord, CA 94519 Danville, CA 94526 Mark Caughey Gary Hambree Niroop K. Srivatsa Planning Director Community Development Director Planning Director City of El Cerrito City of Hercules City of Lafayette 10890 San Pablo Ave. 111 Civic Drive 251 Lafayette Circle El Cerrito, CA 94530 Hercules, CA 94547 Lafayette, CA 94549 Richard Pearson. Jay Tashiro, Planning Director Irwin Kaplan Community Development Director Town of Moraga Planning Director City of Martinez 350 Rheem Blvd., Ste 2 City of Orinda 525 Henrietta St. Moraga, CA 94556 26 Orinda Way Martinez, CA 94553 Orinda, CA 94563 David Dowswell, Planner Randy Jerome, Sr. Planner Rich Bottarini City of Pinole City of Pittsburg Planning Director 2131 Pear St. 2020 Railroad Ave. City of Pleasant Hill Pinole, CA 94564 Pittsburg, CA 94565 100 Gregory Lane Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 Jim Farah Craig Monroe Phil Wong Planning Director Zoning Administrator Planning Director City of Richmond City of San Pablo City of San Ramon 2600 Barrett Ave. One Alvarado Square 2222 Camino Ramon Richmond, CA 94804 San Pablo, CA 94806 San Ramon, CA 94583 Kevin Robert Mike Woldemar Council of Industries Community Development Director Woldemar Associates West Contra Costa County City of Walnut Creek 12226 San Pablo Ave. PO Box 5189 1666 North Main Street Richmond, CA 94805 Hercules, CA 94549 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Building Industry Association Central Labor Council of Coalition of Labor&Business Eastern Division Contra Costa County 1030 Shary Court, Room 202 PO Box 5160 PO Box 389 Concord, CA 94518 San Ramon, CA 94583-5160 Martinez, CA 94553 North Richmond Industrial & Agricultural Association 4505 Macdonald Avenue Richmond, California 94805 i Contra !_ Costa TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ca1gy` FROM: HARVEY E. BRAGDON . "`' DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DATE: November 23, 1993• SUBJECT: HEAVY INDUSTRIAL GENERAL PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION , RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Concur that a Categorical Exemption is appropriate for this project. 2. Approve General Plan Amendment, 111-93-CO, and direct that it be incorporated in the last consolidated General Plan Amendment for 1993. FISCAL IMPACT Minor staff costs to bring this to hearing. OACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS This is a minor plan amendment dealing with Heavy Industrial Plan Text. It is for purposes of clarification of a plan text inconsistency. The amendment was unanimously recomm ded or approval by the County Planning Commission- CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATUR _ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR r RECOMM N OF'002r O COMMITTEE _ APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A _ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Orig: Jim Cutler (646-2035) . ATTESTED cc: Community Development Department PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF CAO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Public Works AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR County Counsel County Redevelopment Agency BY , DEPUTY M.M.BO Resolution #48-1993 RESOLUTION OF THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, STATE OF CALIFORNIA RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT FOR MODIFICATION OF THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL GENERAL PLAN TEXT (County File #11-93-CO). WHEREAS, staff has discovered a working inconsistency from current practice in the County General Plan Heavy Industrial Plan text; and WHEREAS, staff prepared a report to clean up this inconsistency; and WHEREAS, a noticed public hearing was scheduled and held on November 16, 1993 and no persons testified on this matter and the public hearing was closed. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Contra Costa County Planning Commission finds that the Categorical Exemption is appropriate for adoption of the Plan. Amendment. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Commission RECOMMENDS APPROVAL of the Heavy Industrial text amendment as recommended by staff. The instruction by the Contra Costa County Planning Commission to prepare this resolution, incorporating the above and aforementioned, was given by the Contra Costa County Planning Commission on Tuesday, November 16, 1993, by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners - Accornero, Gaddis, Terrell, Straus, Wong, Woo, Clark NOES: Commissioners - None ABSENT: Commissioners - None ABSTAIN: Commissioners - None I, Harvey E. Bra dg on , Secretary of the Contra Costa County Planning Commission, State of California, hereby certify that the foregoing accurately reflects the November 16, 1993 action of the Commission. ATTES r taryAoe ping Commission of the my oosta, State of California Ms2/HIGPA.RES Community Development Contra Costa County CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION MODIFICATION TO THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL PLAN TEXT Staff Report and Recommendations County File #11-93-CO Agenda Item# I. INTRODUCTION Over the last 40 years, the County has allowed the full range of industrial land use types within the Heavy Industrial land use designation. The adoption of the new Countywide General Plan in 1991, did not clearly indicate that light industrial uses were allowed and under what standards they could be constructed. The purpose of this staff initiated amendment is to clarify that light industrial uses can continue to be allowed within the Heavy Industrial land use category under light industrial development standards. II. CEQA Heavy Industry by definition, allows for a range of industrial facilities which have the potential to be noisy or which handle materials which need to receive specialized care and treatment. Light industrial facilities allow for only limited amounts of smoke, noise, light or pollutants. The nature of the project makes it clear that this is a minor alteration in land use limitations (class S) Categorical Exemptions. III. AMENDMENT ISSUES The text of the Heavy Industrial designation is not clearly written to reflect that light industrial uses will continue to be allowed in the Heavy Industrial land use category. The wording in the document states that "Light Industrial warehousing uses are also allowed". A literal reading of this wording might imply that other light industrial uses e.g., small scale manufacturing might not be allowed. To clarify that there was not an attempt to limit the range of light industrial uses, the plan text needs to be revised accordingly. Light industrial uses should be regulated according to the standards for light industrial uses under that plan designation. That clarification should also be made in the plan text amendment. IV. RECOMMENDATION Recommend to the Board of Supervisors that they modify the definition of Heavy Industrial to allow for light industrial uses as shown on the attached plan text. JWQAW Attachments HEAVY INDUSTRIAL GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT Modify page 3-33 of the Contra Costa County General Plan under the text on Heavy Industry (HI) to read as follows. Deletions are in stfikeeuf and additions are underlined. j. Heavy Industry (HI). This designation allows activities requiring large areas of land with convenient truck and rail access. These uses are typically not compatible with residential uses in close proximity and the operations conducted may be characterized by noise or other conditions requiring spatial separation. Uses may include metal working, chemical or petroleum product processing and refining, heavy equipment operation and similar activities. tight . Light industrial land uses will be allowed within lands designated Heavy Industrial and they can be developed according to light industrial definition and standards found in that designation, The following standards apply: (1) maximum site coverage: 30 percent (2) maximum building height: 40 feet (3) maximum floor area ratio: 0.67 (4) average employees per gross acre: 45 employees