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Consideration of General Plan Conformity for the Vacation of an Excess Portion of Everett Street Approximately 116-feet Northeasterly of Blanding Avenue. The proposed vacation is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 - Existing Facilities, and Section15061(b)(3), because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the proposed street vacation will have a significant effect on the environment
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To: Honorable President and Members of the Planning Board
From: Erin Smith, Public Works Director
Andrew Thomas, Planning, Building and Transportation Director
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
California Streets and Highways Code Section 8313 and Government Code Section 65402 require the location, purpose, and extent of a street vacation be submitted to, and reported upon, by the Planning Board, and that the Planning Board make a General Plan conformity finding prior to the street vacation. Planning staff has determined that the vacation of an excess portion of Everett Street is consistent with the property's General and Maritime Industry General Plan land use designation.
The Everett Street right-of-way was created by the Jenks and Mead Homestead Tract recorded June 23, 1869. At the northerly end of the existing right-of-way is privately owned mechanized gate for access to the privately-owned property to the north. The gate is positioned such that 960 square feet of land dedicated as right-of-way is behind, or on the private side, of the gate. See Exhibit 1. On August 6, 2020, the City received an encroachment permit application from the private property owner for various improvements. The City approved the encroachment permit, subject to a condition of approval requiring the owner to either remove the gate or complete a vacation of the subject dedication, now considered "excess right-of-way" along Everett Street. In accordance with the California Streets and Hi...
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