RESOLUTION NO. _____________ | |
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA | |
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RESOLUTION AMENDING THE SAN MATEO COUNTY GENERAL PLAN | |
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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that | |
WHEREAS, in 1966, the County issued to the Miramar Beach Restaurant its first Use Permit to operate the subject restaurant, which included on-site parking within the area currently designated “General Commercial (Coastside).” The Land Use designation at that time of the parcels along Mirada Road that included the Miramar Beach Restaurant was designated “Recreation Area,” meant to accommodate land uses that included private commercial recreation and other compatible uses; and | |
WHEREAS, WHEREAS, in 1978 the Board of Supervisors adopted the Montara-Moss Beach-El Granada Community Plan--which included the Miramar area south of El Granada--which set forth goals and policies to better regulate future growth in this area; and | |
WHEREAS, in 1980 the Board of Supervisors and California Coastal Commission approved San Mateo County’s Local Coastal Program, which set forth policies for regulating all development within the Coastal Zone, including the adoption of revised General Plan Land Use Designations and associated policies. In the subject Miramar area, the Land Use Designation of the strip of parcels along Mirada Road facing the Pacific Ocean was subsequently designated “General Commercial (Coastside),” while the parcels immediately east of this strip were designated “Medium-Low Density Residential”; and | |
WHEREAS, in 1993, the County issued to the Miramar Beach Restaurant a Use permit amendment that allowed for its expansion, including additional compact parking spaces on its site. Subsequently, as other new uses were approved in this “General Commercial (Coastside)” designated strip along Mirada Road, the issue of inadequate off-street parking was acknowledged, both for new or expanded allowable uses as well as for general visitors wanting access to the adjacent beach; and | |
WHEREAS, in October 2000, a Major Pre-Application Review process was initiated in anticipation of the subject application, which informed the general public and interested parties of the proposal to, again, expand the Miramar Beach Restaurant and to provide additional parking both on its current site as well as expanding such parking to adjacent parcels, thus triggering the need for the subject General Plan Land Use Designation and associated Zoning Designation amendments; and | |
WHEREAS, in June 2003, the current application, including the subject General Plan/Local Coastal Program Land Use Designation amendment, was submitted in order to properly designate and rezone the subject parcels in order to provide the additional and required parking deemed necessary to accommodate an expansion of Miramar Beach Restaurant. The proposed designation of “General Commercial (Coastside)” is deemed appropriate to accommodate the proposed use of these parcels for parking purposes associated with an allowable use within that designation. The parcels proposed for such designation are currently vacant, with two of the three subject parcels having been historically used for overflow parking purposes; and | |
WHEREAS, while the proposed “General Commercial (Coastside)” designation extends this land use designation further east into area currently designated as “Medium-Low Density Residential,” an area that is partially but consistently being developed with single-family residences, the associated and proposed rezoning of these same parcels from “Single-Family Residential” to “Parking” will ensure that their use is limited to parking activities associated with the restaurant, creating an effective buffer between the restaurant’s commercial use along Mirada Road and the residential uses to the east; and | |
WHEREAS, in July 2004 the Midcoast Community Council voted to recommend approval of the project, including the subject General Plan Land Use and Zoning Designation amendments; and | |
WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo intends to adopt and implement amendments to its Local Coastal Program in a manner fully consistent with the California Coastal Act; and | |
WHEREAS, the San Mateo County Planning Commission held a public hearing on December 22, 2005, and this Board of Supervisors held a public hearing on March 7, 2006 to consider the project which included these amendments; and | |
WHEREAS, public notice of all meetings and hearings was made to ensure maximum public participation through (1) publication or the notice of hearing in the Independent Newspapers, the San Mateo Times and the Half Moon Bay Review newspapers, and (2) direct mailing to interested parties and property owners within 300 feet of the affected parcels, and all interested parties were afforded the opportunity to be heard; and | |
WHEREAS, this amendment will become effective automatically if the California Coastal Commission certifies it without modifications. | |
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors: | |
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Approves the attached General Plan/Local Coastal Program amendment and Zoning amendment. |
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Directs staff to submit these amendments with all necessary supporting materials and documentation to the California Coastal Commission for its review and certification for incorporation into the County’s Local Coastal Program. |
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