HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 05-6839 - Direct Planning Comm. to consider amending Downey Landing Specific PlanRESOLUTION NO. 05-6839
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
DIRECTING THE PLANNING COMMMISSION TO INITIATE A REVIEW
THAT WILL CONSIDER AMENDING THE DOWNEY LANDING SPECIFIC
PLAN
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS :
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Downey hereby finds, determines and
declares that:
A.The City Council on March 26, 2002 adopted the Downey Landing Specific Plan
(Ordinance No. 1123). The Downey Landing Specific Plan (hereafter referred to as
the Specific Plan) is a customized zoning ordinance designed to guide the conversion
of the former 160-acre NASA Industrial Plant into a multiple-use development
consisting of a 410,000 square foot retail center, a one (1) million square foot medical
center complex and a 64-acre facility devoted to the filming of motion picture and
television programs. The specific plan area is located in the southeastern part of the
community and streets bounding the area, include Stewart & Gray Road and
Bellflower Boulevard on the north and east, respectively, Lakewood Boulevard and
Clark Avenue on the west and Imperial Highway on the south.
B.Development projects that comprise the Specific Plan’s Land Use Chapter are in the
process of being implemented. Specifically, the planned retail center is under
construction and it’s slated to be completed in the fall of 2005. The first component
of the Kaiser Permanente medical center complex, Medical Office Building 1, is also
under construction and it’s scheduled completion date is November, 2005 .
Additionally, film and television production is underway at Downey Studios.
Moreover, the officials at Downey Studios are considering revising the studio’s
adopted land use plan with uses that will complement both the Studios and the other
uses that comprise the Specific Plan area
C.The City Council on January 25, 2005, adopted Downey Vision 2025, which is a
comprehensive update of the City’s General Plan (Resolution No. 6822). And
Downey Vision 2025 serves as a guide to the long-term physical development and
growth of the community. The plan identified issues facing the community and
outlined the long-term goals to address them with policies and programs as steps to
accomplish those goals.
D Given the recent adoption of the General Plan Update, initiating the study to consider
amending the Downey Landing Specific Plan is necessary to ensure that the Specific
Plan is consistent with the General Plan Update. California Government Code
Section 65454 mandates that Specific Plans are consistent with the applicable General
Plan. Correspondingly, California Government Code Section 65450 stipulates that
specific plans are intended for the systematic implementation of the General Plan.
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E.Initiating the Specific Plan amendment will also provide the opportunity to update its
list of permitted and conditionally permitted uses. Three years have passed since the
Specific Plan was adopted and its list of uses should be examined to ensure they
reflect current development trends. In addition, representatives of the Specific Plan’s
various development projects have indicated the desire to augment the Plan’s list of
uses and the specific plan review provides the opportunity to review those proposals.
F. Directing the Planning Commission to conduct a review to consider amending the
Specific Plan also provides the chance to reassess the Plan’s onsite roadway network
to ensure that it is coordinated with the development projects as they materialize, as
well as the Lakewood Boulevard Improvement Project.
SECTION 2. The Planning Commission is hereby directed to initiate a review that will
consider amending the Downey Landing Specific Plan.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of March, 2005.
ANNE M. BAYER, Mayo\
ATTEST:
IEN L. MIDSTOKKE, City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council of
the City of Downey at a regular meeting held on the 8th day of March, 2005, by the following
vote, to WIt:
AYES: 5 Council Members: Cartozian, Gafin, Perkins, Trejo, Mayor Bayer
NOES: 0 Council Member: None
ABSENT: 0 Council Member: None
ABSTAIN: 0 Council Member: None
3U–EElrNmTOKKE, city Clerk