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RESOLUTION NO. 3446
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
APPROVING SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 88-3, SORRENTO RESIDENTIAL
PLANNED COMMUNITY SPECIFIC PLAN.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cypress conducted a
public hearing on August 22, 1988 to consider Specific Plan No. 88-3,
a development plan for the Sorrento Residential Planned Community
located on 143. 9 acres of land at the former Texaco Tank Farm site, as
shown in Attachment "A; " and
WHEREAS, the Specific Plan details a land use plan and
development criteria for 667 single-family homes, a 6. 3-acre community
park, landscaped parkways and a circulation system; and
WHEREAS, the Final Environmental impact Report was prepared in
accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act and was certified by the Cypress City Council on January
11, 1988, requiring certain mitigation measures as conditions of
future development; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Specific Plan is within the scope of the
project EIR at a lower density alternative; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Specific Plan is consistent with the
General Plan; and
WHEREAS, after a thorough analysis by the City Council of the
City of Cypress concerning the plan' s future impact on the community,
a motion was made to approve the Specific Plan subject to the
conditions attached hereto as Exhibit "A. "
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Council of the City
of Cypress DOES HEREBY APPROVE Specific Plan No. 88-3 subject to the
conditions attached as Exhibit "A. "
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at
a regular meeting held on the 12th day of September 1988.
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AYO OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
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CITY CLER S THE ITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
1, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the said City Council held on the 12th day of September 1988;
by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 3 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kanel, Mullen and Arnold
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Coronado
ABSTAINED: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Davis
CI t/'CL ; 'K cHE C Y OF CYPRESS
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EXHIBIT "A"
SORRENTO RESIDENTIAL PLANNED COMMUNITY SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 88-3
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
1. The proposed Specific Plan will permit construction of a
maximum of 667 single-family homes/lots. The precise plan
for the locations, sizes and dimensions of the lots will be
required at the time of tentative tract map submittal.
Precise plans for housing elevations, plot plans and floor
plans will be required for design review by the Design Review
Committee prior to issuance of building permits. The
proposed tentative tract map, site plans and elevations must
be consistent with the Specific Plan.
2. The precise plan for the locations, widths and alignment of
streets will be required at the time of tentative tract map
submittal.
3. Sidewalks on local streets shall be five feet ( 5 " ) wide
measured from curb face. If there are obstructions such as
streetlights or fire hydrants, there shall be a minimum
forty-eight inch ( 48" ) clearance around such obstructions.
The City may require meandering the sidewalk to accommodate
such obstructions. All utility obstructions shall be located
behind the sidewalk as much as possible.
There shall also be a six-foot ( 6 " ) wide public utility,
sidewalk and tree planting easement in back of the sidewalk.
Final design and location of sidewalks, easements and
placement of utilities shall be determined by the Design
Review Committee.
4. The specific community park site dedication consisting of
approximately 6. 3 acres including improvements shall be
determined by City Council at the time of tentative tract map
review and approval.
The developer shall contribute an amount not less than
$500, 000 for park improvements. improvements shall include
grass and specimen tree landscaping, an automatic irrigation
system, concrete walkways, pathway lighting, a
restroom/storage structure and a tot lot. The precise plan
for these improvements shall be reviewed and approved by the
Cypress Recreation and Community Services Commission.
Construction of all improvements shall be done during Phase I
of the development.
5. A precise landscape and irrigation plan for the perimeter and
internal collector parkways shall be reviewed and approved by
the Public Works Department prior to the issuance of building
permits.
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6. The precise school fees for the specific plan shall be
calculated and paid prior to issuance of building permits.
7. The applicant shall provide drainage facilities as described
in "Section G. Drainage Plan" of the Sorrento Specific Plan.
8. Prior to issuance of building permits, developer shall
provide, in form and substance satisfactory to staff and the
City Attorney, ( 1 ) a certification of completion of site
remediation which meets all local, state and federal
requirements; ( 2 ) a disclosure notice to be recorded on all
parcels before opening of escrow and provided to prospective
buyers, giving the past use of the property and site
remediation measures; and ( 3 ) an indemnification assurance to
the City from developer or Texaco covering any future
hazardous waste cleanup required on the site or associated
with it and any and all claims or liabilities arising or
alleged to arise from the former use of the site or the site
remediation measures.
9. Developer shall cooperate with the City in providing for
funding of parkway maintenance at the level required by the
City, including the establishment of a landscape maintenance
district for the perimeter arterial and internal collector
street parkways.
10. The following revisions shall be made to the Sorrento
Specific Plan documents:
Page 5: First line of last paragraph shall specify a
maximum two percent ( 2% ) variance in acreage
figures.
Page 7: Table 1. Add footnote No. 6 to read:
Development density and dwelling unit counts are
maximums. All other statistics are subject to
verification at tentative tract map, development
agreement and design review stages.
Page 10: Change lines 1 and 2 of Item No. 3 to read: ". . . a
72 . . . " .
Page 11: Exhibit 5. Change Moody Street, Section C-C to
show a 17 -foot landscaped parkway in a 59-foot
dedicated public right-of-way.
Page 12. Exhibit 6: Change Ball Road, Section D- D to show a
17-toot landscaped parkway in a 59-foot dedicated
public right-of-way. Change Internal Collector
Section F-F to show 14-foot landscaped parkways in
a 72-foot dedicated public right-of-way.
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Page 14: Paragraph 2 under Section E. Add to basic park
improvements the inclusion of specimen-sized trees
and a restroom/storage building.
Page 25: Exhibit 16. Same changes as those to Exhibit 5.
Page 26: Change line 1 under Moody Street discussion to show
a 17-foot wide parkway. Change line 4 under Ball
Road discussion to show a 17-foot wide parkway.
Change line 1 under Internal Collector discussion
to show 14-foot wide parkways.
Page 27: Exhibit 17. Same changes as those to Exhibit 6.
Page 34: Exhibit 22. Delete "36 inches" from reference to
Temporary Retention Basin.
Page 38: Exhibit 23. Change rear yard setback dimension to
minimum 15 feet.
Page 40: Exhibit 24. Change rear yard setback dimension to
minimum 15 feet.
Page 49: Add to Paragraph 1 under Section C the same basic
park improvements as included on Page, 14, as
revised.
Page 50: Add park site development to list of Phase I
infrastructure improvements.
Page 52: B. Enforcement of the Specific Plan. Add the
following as third paragraph:
Prior to issuance of building permits, developer
shall provide, in form and substance satisfactory
to staff and the City Attorney, ( 1 ) a certification
of completion of site remediation which meets all
local, state and federal requirements; ( 2 ) a
disclosure notice to be recorded on all parcels
before opening of escrow and provided to
prospective buyers, giving the past use of the
property and site remediation measures; and ( 3 ) an
indemnification assurance to the City from
developer or Texaco covering any future hazardous
waste cleanup required on the site or associated
with it and any and all claims or liabilities
arising or alleged to arise from the former use of
the site or the site remediation measures.