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ORDINANCE NO. 19-___

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND APPROVING MASTER
CASE NO. 19-002, CONSISTING OF ZONE CHANGE 19-001, UNIFIED DEVELOMENT
CODE AMENDMENT 19-001, AND SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT 19-002, FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOBS CREATION OVERLAY ZONE

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. FINDINGS OF FACT. The City Council does hereby make the following
findings of fact:

A. The City of Santa Clarita (City) periodically prepares updates to the Unified
Development Code (UDC);

B. The City periodically prepares updates to the Old Town Newhall Specific Plan
(ONSP);

C. The City periodically prepares zone changes for the creation of overlay zones;

D. The City’s General Plan (General Plan) identifies various goals, objectives, and
policies to enhance the creation of employment opportunities throughout the City; Attachment: Ordinance [Revision 2] (JCOZ)

E. The Land Use Element of the General Plan identifies a goal of creating two new
jobs for each housing unit for projects approved since 2011;

F. The Land Use Element of the General Plan identifies a goal of creating 1.5 jobs
for each housing unit within the City overall;

G. The Economic Development Element of the General Plan indicates that 53
percent of Santa Clarita residents commute outside of the City to their places of employment;

H. The proposed project, Master Case No. 19-002, would create a new overlay zone
within the UDC called the Jobs Creation Overlay Zone (JCOZ). The purpose of the JCOZ is to
incentivize qualifying office and industrial development projects that maximize employment
opportunities and attract businesses within the City’s key sectors, including the film and
television, biomedical, aerospace, and technology industries;

I. The JCOZ would be located within eight specific areas of the City and include the
following underlying zones: Regional Commercial (CR), Business Park (BP), Community
Commercial (CC), Mixed-Use Corridor (MX-C), Specific Plan (SP), and Public Institution (PI);

J. The JCOZ would affect properties that are subject to pre-existing Development
Agreements, including the Lockheed Rye Canyon Business Park (Southern California Innovation
Park) and Gate King Business Park (The Center at Needham Ranch);

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