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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1901 RESOLUTION NO. 1901 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING AMENDMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REVIEW NO. ADR 2005-026 AND RESOLUTION NO. 6562 WITH CONSIDERATION OF A PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED ADDENDUM TO THE FINAL EIR TO REMOVE CONDITION NO. 9 TO NOT LIMIT RESTAURANT USES IN PHASE 1B (THE PROMENADE) OF THE WESTFIELD SANTA ANITA MALL AT 400 S. BALDWIN AVENUE. WHEREAS, In 2005 Westfield, LLC (as successor-in-interest to Westfield Corporation, Inc.) submitted plans for Architectural Design Review No. ADR 2005-026 for approximately 100,800 square feet of Gross Leasable Area (GLA) of retail shops, including 10,000 square feet of restaurant uses, and the development of additional parking at the Westfield Santa Anita Mall (the "Mall"), more commonly known as "Phase 1 b" (The Promenade); and WHEREAS, on May 1, 2007, the City Council approved Resolution No. 6562 conditionally approving ADR 2005-026 for the expansion of the Mall, more commonly known as "Phase 1 b", subject to the conditions recommended by the Development Services Department; and WHEREAS, an Environmental Impact Report ("EIR") was prepared pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") for the expansion of up to 600,000 square feet to the Westfield Santa Anita Mall, and the EIR was certified by the City Council on September 5, 2000; and WHEREAS, in January 2007, an EIR Addendum (the "EIR Addendum) was prepared for Architectural Design Review No. ADR 2005-026, and the City Council independently reviewed and considered the EIR and EIR Addendum, which were prepared pursuant to the requirements of CEQA and approved City Council Resolution Nos. 6561 and 6562; and WHEREAS, on August 8, 2011, the City Council approved Resolution No. 6805 amending Condition No. 9 (the "Amendment") of Resolution No. 6562 (ADR 2005-026 of the Phase 1 b approval, to increase the approved restaurant space of 10,000 square feet up to 30,000 square feet; the Amendment includes outdoor dining and could reduce the retail use, but the overall 100,800 square feet of Phase 1 b previously approved by the City Council would not change; and WHEREAS, on March 25, 2014, a duly noticed public hearing concerning the Amendment was held before the Planning Commission on said matter at which time all interested persons were given full opportunity to be heard and to present evidence. NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Based on the information in the staff report and all evidence in the record, the City Council finds that the preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR or any other CEQA document is not required because the modification of condition no. 9 to Resolution No. 6562: 1. Does not constitute a substantial change to the Project that will require major revisions of the Final EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; 2. Does not constitute a substantial change with respect to the circumstances under which the Project is administered that will require major revisions of the Final EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of the previously identified significant effects; and -2- 1901 3. Does not involve new information of substantial importance that was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the Final EIR was certified or the Addendum was approved, that shows any of the following: (a) the modification will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the Final EIR and the Addendum; b ( ) significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the Final EIR and the Addendum; (c) mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the City Council declined to adopt such measures; or (d) mitigation measures or alternatives considerably different from those analyzed in the Final EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but which the City Council declined to adopt. SECTION 2. Section 3 of Resolution No. 6562 is hereby amended to delete condition no. 9: CONDITION NO. 9 Restaurant uses within Phase lb shall be limited to a maximum of 30,000 square feet of Gross Leasable Area (GLA) which includes outdoor dining. SECTION 3. That for the foregoing reasons the Planning Commission recommends to the City Council deleting Condition No. 9 of City Council Resolution No. 6562 of Architectural Design Review No. ADR 2005-026 regarding the Phase 1 b (The Promenade) of Westfield Santa Anita at 400 S. Baldwin Avenue, and consideration of a previously Certified EIR (2005) and EIR Addendum (2007), and making findings pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). SECTION 4: The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. (SIGNATURES ON NEXT PAGE) -3- 1901 Passed, approved and adopted this(;) ,6 day of gALCII, 2014 W 8eAtkvIA, Chairman, Planning Commission ATTEST: Se ry APPROVED AS TO FORM: te$P. Deitgch City Attorney -4- 1901 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) §: CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, Jim Kasama, Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Arcadia, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 1901 was passed and adopted by the Planning Commission of the City of Arcadia, signed by the Chairperson and attested to by the Secretary at a regular meeting of said Planning Commission held on the 25th day of March, 2014, and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Commissioners Baerg, Beranek, Falzone and Parrille NOES: None RECUSED: Commissioner Chiao Secre = • the Planning Commission