HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 2022-22_1247 W SANTA ANA BLVD.Resolution No. 2022-22
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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-22
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DETERMINING GENERAL
PLAN CONFORMITY FOR THE SUMMARY VACATION OF
EXCESS RIGHT-OF-WAY AT 1247 WEST SANTA ANA
BLVD
WHEREAS, California Streets and Highways Code section 8334(a) authorizes
the City of Santa Ana to summarily vacate excess right-of-way of a street or highway
not required for street purposes; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Government Code section 65042(a), street
vacations must first be submitted to and reported upon by the Planning Commission
for conformance with the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City is the fee simple owner of that certain real property
consisting of approximately 5,690 square feet, located at 1247 West Santa Ana
Boulevard (APN No. 008-082-29), Santa Ana, California (“Property”), which is a
remnant parcel that is unused and remaining from the Bristol Street Improvement
Project; and
WHEREAS, having satisfied the requirements of the Surplus Lands Act,
California Government Code section 54220 et seq., the City intends to sell the
Property; and
WHEREAS, the Property frontage includes a portion of public right-of-way,
approximately 456 square feet in size, that was originally granted to the City prior to
the Bristol Street Improvement Project, as described on Exhibit A and shown on
Exhibit B (“Vacation Area”); and
WHEREAS, the public right-of-way comprising the Vacation Area is excess and
no longer required for public street purposes, as determined by the City’s Public
Works Agency; and
WHEREAS, by separate City Council action and following a finding of
conformity with the City’s General Plan by the Planning Commission, the City desires
to summarily vacate the Vacation Area so that it will revert to the buyers of the
Property upon the sale of the Property.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission of the City
of Santa Ana as follows:
Section 1. The recitals set forth above are adopted as findings in support of
this Resolution.
Resolution No. 2022-22
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Section 2. The Planning Commission hereby determines that the proposed
summary vacation of the Vacation Area, as described on Exhibit A and shown on
Exhibit B, is in conformance with the City’s 2022 General Plan. This decision is based
upon the Request for Planning Commission Action dated June 13, 2022, and exhibits
attached thereto, and the public testimony, written and oral, all of which are
incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 3. The proposed summary vacation of the Vacation Area is exempt from
review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to section 15061(b)(3) of
the State CEQA Guidelines because it can be seen with certainty that there is no
possibility that it will have a significant impact on the environment. The proposed vacation
is also exempt from CEQA review under section 15305(c) (minor alterations in land use
limitations) of the State CEQA Guidelines.
ADOPTED this ____ day of June, 2022.
AYES: Commissioners:
NOES: Commissioners:
ABSENT: Commissioners:
ABSTENTIONS: Commissioners:
_______________________
Thomas Morrissey
Chairperson
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By:________________________
John M. Funk
Chief Assistant City Attorney
ALDERETE, CALDERON, MCLOUGHLIN, MORRISSEY,
PHAM, RAMOS (6)
WOO (1)
Resolution No. 2022-22
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CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, SARAH BERNAL, Acting Recording Secretary, do hereby attest to and certify the
attached Resolution No. 2022-22 to be the original resolution adopted by the Planning
Commission of the City of Santa Ana on June 13, 2022.
Date: ________________ ____________________________________
Recording Secretary
City of Santa Ana
06.20.2022