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
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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.
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Passed, approved and adopted this(;) ,6 day of gALCII, 2014
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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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