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Home My WebLink AboutReso 23-28Amended RESOLUTION NO. 23-28 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT DRC2023-00318, AMENDING ARTICLES II, III, V, VII, Vill AND IX OF TITLE 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND ADOPT ZONING MAP AMENDMENT DRC2023-00317, ADOPT AN ADDENDUM TO A CERTIFIED RANCHO CUCAMONGA GENERAL PLAN UPDATE 2020 FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, AND ADOPT FINDINGS PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT IN CONNECTION THEREWITH FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT DRC2023-00318 AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENT DRC2023-00317 A. Recitals. 1. The City of Rancho Cucamonga has prepared a set of amendments, as described in the title of this Resolution. Hereinafter in this Resolution, the subject Municipal Code amendments are collectively referred to as the "Amendments." 2. On October 11, 2023, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a noticed public hearing on the Amendments, opened the public hearing, and voted unanimously to continue the public hearing to a date certain of November 8, 2023. 3. On November 8, 2023, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga continued the public hearing on the Amendments and concluded said hearing on that date. 4. All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred. B. Resolution NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby found, determined, and resolved by the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga as follows: 1. This Planning Commission hereby finds that all of the facts set forth in the Recitals, Part A of this Resolution, are true and correct. 2. Based upon the substantial evidence presented to the Planning Commission during the above -referenced public hearing on November 8, 2023, including written and oral staff reports, together with public testimony, this Planning Commission hereby finds as follows: a. The Articles/Chapters/Sections of the Municipal Code subject to Municipal Code Amendment DRC2023-00318 are as follows: (1) Chapter 17.30 ("Allowed Land Use by Base Zone") to amend Table 17.30.030-1 to add "Alternative Fuel Service Station with Lounge" use; (2) Chapter 17.30 ("Allowed Land Use by Base Zone") to amend Table 17.30.030-1 to add "Work/Live" as a permitted use in the NI and IE zones within the "Industrial, Manufacturing, and Processing Uses"; (3) Chapter 17.36 ("Development Standards by Base Zone") to amend Section 17.36.020 by removing affordability requirement for new residential units over 800 square feet; (4) Chapter 17.36 ("Development Standards by Base Zone') to amend Section 17.36.030 by removing affordability requirement for new residential units over 800 square feet; (5) Chapter 17.38 ("Overlay Zones and Other Special Planning Areas") to remove references to old industrial zones, "Industrial Park" and "General Industrial' in Section 17.38.060; (6) Chapter 17.89 ("Automobile Service Station") to remove "number of automobile service stations per intersection" standards in Section 17.89.020 to avoid conflict with the existing provision that requires Automobile Service Stations be separated by a minimum of 1,000 feet of one another; (7) Chapter 17.91 ("Drive -In and Drive -Through Uses") to remove Section 17.91.040.C.3.v to avoid conflicts with the provisions of Section 17.91.040.A.3; (8) Add Chapter 17.111 ("Vehicle Service Uses") to allow existing vehicle service uses in the CE1-SC to remain in operation but prohibit any new proposed vehicle services uses; (9) Chapter 17.122 ("Design Provisions by Development Type") to amend Table 17.122.010-1 ("Single -Family Variations Required") to lower each required amount of floor plans per number of dwellings and associated footnotes; (10) Chapter 17.128 ("Form -Based Zones") to amend Table 17.128.020-1 ("Summary Table of Form -Based Zones"), adding a CE1-SC subzone to CE-1 zone which allows certain existing service uses to remain; (11) Chapter 17.130 ("Zone and Building Standards") to add Subsection 17.130.070.D. "Subdivisions" to Section 17.130.070 ("Applicable to All Zones") to stipulate that any property being subdivided shall accommodate the largest allowable building type in its smallest form within the underlying form -based zone; (12) Chapter 17.130 (" Zone and Building Standards") to amend Table 17.130.050-1 ("Required Build -to -Line, Height, and Frontage Area), updating the minimum and/or maximum FAR in the following zones: CE1, ME1, and ME2; (13) Chapter 17.130 ("Zone and Building Standards") to amend Section 17.130.060 to remove the maximum square footage of "Common Useable Open Space, Area" for Mid -Rise and High -Rise Building Types; (14) Chapter 17.132 ('Building Entrances and Facades") to amend Table 17.132.030-1 ("Allowed Building Entrance and Fagade Types by Zone") to add frontage type to NE2 Zone; (15) Chapter 17.134 ("Public Open Space") to amend Section 17.134.070 to add a minimum square footage standard for a Pocket Park; (16) Chapter 17.136 ("Land Use Standards') to amend Table 17.136 17.136.020-1 ("Allowed Land Uses in Form -Based Zones") to add the CE1-SC subzone to the Allowed Land Uses; (17) Chapter 17.136 ("Land Use Standards") to amend Table 17.136 17.136.020-1 ("Allowed Land Uses in Form -Based Zones") to add Alternative Fuel Service Station with Lounge use, only allowed on sites with frontage on an auto priority street as defined in the General Plan; (18) Chapter 17.136 ("Land Use Standards") to amend Table 17.136 17.136.020-1 ("Allowed Land Uses in Form -Based Zones") to add a row for "Vehicle Services, Major" as a use within the Automobile and Vehicle Uses category; (19) Chapter 17.140 ("Universal Definitions") to delete the definitions for "Automobile Service Station, General' and "Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station"; and (20) Chapter 17.154 ("Form -Based Code Definitions") to amend Section 17.154.020 ("Form -Based Code Definitions") to update the definition of the term "Build -to -Line" and remove the terms "Frontage Line, Primary' and "Frontage Line, Secondary". b. The parcels that are subject to Zoning Map Amendment DRC2023- 00317 include: (1) An area within Southwest Rancho Cucamonga will be rezoned with a new subzone Center 1 — Southwest Rancho Cucamonga (CE1-SWRC); (2) An area along Rochester Avenue near Jack Benny Drive and Arrow Route will be rezoned to Corridor 2 (CO2); 3 (3) Various Parcels at Southwest Corner of Vineyard Avenue and Arrow Route will be rezoned to Neighborhood General 3 (NG3); and (4) A technical fix the zoning designation of a vacant parcel on Carnelian, South of 19th Street. C. The City prepared the Amendments, which are included as Exhibits "B," to this Resolution and are hereby incorporated by this reference as set forth in full. d. Municipal Code Amendment DRC2023-00318 and Zoning Map Amendment DRC2023-00317 conform to and do not conflict with the goals, policies, and implementation programs of the General Plan, including, without limitation, the Housing and Land Use Elements thereof, and will provide for development in a manner consistent with the General Plan. e. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 etseq.) and the City's local CEQA Guidelines, the City Council, in December 2021, certified the Rancho Cucamonga General Plan Update 2020 Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (SCH No. 2021050261) for the City's adoption of the 2020 General Plan Update ("PIanRC") and Climate Action Plan, and adopted findings pursuant to CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines ("Certified FEIR"). No new information has become available and no substantial changes to the circumstances under which implementation of the General Plan Update and Climate Action Plan has been undertaken since the certification of the FEIR occurred. The proposed Amendments would not substantially increase the severity of effects relative to the environmental topics analyzed in the Certified FEIR, nor would the proposed Amendments require new mitigation measures or alternatives. An Addendum to the Certified FEIR for the PIanRC and Climate Action Plan was prepared for the adoption of the Amendments pursuant to CEQA and State CEQA Guidelines Section 15164. The Planning Commission has reviewed the Addendum to the Certified FEIR attached to the staff report accompanying the proposed Amendments, along with the Certified FEIR, and, hereby recommends that the City Council: (1) Based on this evidence and all evidence in the record, concur with Planning Department staff's determination that the proposed Amendments will not have a significant effect on the environment and an Addendum is the appropriate level of environmental review under CEQA; (2) In the exercise of its independent judgment, conclude that the Addendum accurately describes the environmental ramifications of the adoption the Amendments; (3) Find, based on the evidence in the record, including the Addendum, that the Amendments do not require supplemental or subsequent environmental review because the Amendments (i) are not substantial changes to the PIanRC and Climate Action Plan analyzed under the Certified FEIR that would require major revisions to the previously Certified FEIR, (ii) is not a substantial change in the rd circumstances under which the PIanRC and Climate Action Plan are being undertaken that would require major revisions to the Certified FEIR, and (iii) do not constitute new information of substantial importance that was not known at the time the FEIR was certified; (4) Find that if the Amendments are adopted by the City Council, the impacts associated with the adoption of the Amendments would be the same or less than those identified for the PIanRC and Climate Action Plan in the Certified FEIR, for the reasons set forth in the Addendum; (5) Exercising its independent judgment after considering the administrative record, adopt the Addendum to the Certified FEIR and reaffirm the findings adopted as part of the FEIR certification as remaining applicable to the Amendments. 3. Based upon the findings and conclusions set forth in subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph B above, the Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council adopt Municipal Code Amendment DRC2023-00318, and Zoning Map Amendment DRC2023-00317 as indicated in Exhibits "A" and "B" and collectively in the draft City Council ordinance attached to the Planning Commission staff report dated November 8, 2023, and incorporated herein by this reference. 4. The Secretary of the Planning Commission shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 8TH DAY OFNOVEMBER, 2023. PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA BY: Bryan Dopp, airman ATTEST: Matt Mar ue ecretary I, Matt Marquez, Secretary of the Planning Commission for the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced, passed, and adopted by the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, at an adjourned regular meeting of the Planning Commission held on the 8th day of November 2023, by the following vote -to -wit: 5 AYES: COMMISSIONERS: DOPP, WILLIAMS, MORALES, BOLING, DANIELS NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: