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A RESOLUTION OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA PLANNING COMMISSION
ESTABLISHING A DESIGN GOAL AND INTERIM DEVELOPMENT
POLICIES FOR HAVEN AVENUE BETWEEN 4TH STREET AND FOOTHILL
BOULEVARD
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has expressed numerous concerns with
development proposals recently submitted on Haven Avenue; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to establish a design goal for Haven Avenue
to guide future development; and
WHEREAS, land use and development policies are necessary to implement
the design goal for Haven Avenue; and
WHEREAS, such design and development policies are needed to provide
clear direction and guidance to developers and staff alike.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Rancho Cucamonga Planning
Commission does hereby establish interim policies for the development of Haven
Avenue between 4th Street and Foothill Boulevard as follows:
SECTION 1: Goal Statement. Considering the setting of Haven Avenue
• and combining the intent of the General Plan and the Industrial Specific Plan,
the goal of the Haven Avenue development and land use policies is to:
Encourage long-range master planned development along the Haven
Avenue corridor which enhances Rancho Cucamonga's image by
providing an intensive, high quality gateway into the city, and
by promoting a distinctive, attractive, and pleasant office
park atmosphere in a campus-like setting with high prestige
identity.
SECTION 2: Land Use Policies. The intent of the following policies
is to promote land uses and/or development that promotes the design goal for
Haven Avenue and enhances Rancho Cucamonga's image:
1. The primary land use function along Haven Avenue is
intended to be of an administrative and professional
office nature.
2. Select ancillary commercial and business support service
uses shall not exceed 20% of the floor area in any
project. Concentration of such uses in any building or
along the street frontage is not permitted.
SECTION 3: Master Plan Developments. To encourage integrated and
Master Plan Development, the following policies are established:
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1. Conceptual Master Plans shall be submitted with all
projects (i .e. , any development proposals including
subdivision applications) . Master Plans shall indicate
conceptual building pad locations and architecture, points
of ingress and egress, parking lot configurations,
conceptual grading and drainage, landscape and plaza
areas, pedestrian circulation, and signs.
2. The minimum parcel dimensions shall be 300 feet wide and
225 feet deep except in the case of condominium lots or
lots within a center when designed as an integral part of
a Master Plan development as defined in the above policy.
3. Vehicular access onto Haven Avenue shall be shared with
adjacent parcels to promote smooth and efficient traffic
circulation along the corridor. The minimum distance
between drive approaches shall be 300 feet with 100 feet
the minimum distance from the curb return of any
intersection. Also, reciprocal parking and access
easements shall be required in conjunction with any
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4. Public transit facilities shall be designed within all
Master Plans. Convenient pedestrian access shall be
provided to designated transit facilities at major
intersections.
SECTION 4: Site Orientation. The following policies are intended to
promote integrated, pedestrian orientated, office park development in a
campus-like setting.
1. Circulation aisles and parking along street frontages and
between buildings through the interior of a project shall
be avoided unless there are unusual circumstances. Large
parking lots must be located in areas less visible from
the street, and circulation shall be provided around the
rear and side portions of a site.
2. Site plans should incorporate the use of disbursed parking
areas which reduce the necessity for large parking lots,
yet provides convenient access to buildings, and does not
interrupt interior pedestrian areas.
3. Building placement at the streetscape setback is strongly
encouraged within all developments, particularly on corner
lots with high visibility.
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4. Building arrangements must enhance safe and convenient
pedestrian movement on site with uninterrupted landscaped
courtyards, walkways, and seating areas between buildings.
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5. On site circulation for both pedestrians and vehicles
shall consider existing or planned circulation patterns on
adjacent properties. Connections shall be made where
appropriate to foster more integrated development and
enhance pedestrian movement.
6. Ancillary service and loading areas shall be designed and
located where least visible from public view or adjacent
properties designated "Industrial Park".
SECTION 5: Streetscape and Landscaping. The intent of the following
policies is to enhance the visual quality of the streetscape and provide an
attractive and pleasant working environment in a campus-like setting.
1. A minimum thirty (30) percent of net lot area (excludes
right-of-way dedications and private streets) shall be
landscape areas and hardscape plazas or courtyards.
2. Variation of landscape/hardscape coverage may be permitted
• for individual parcels within master planned developments
when the master plan as a whole meets the required
coverage and the deviation is consistent with the intent
and purpose of the stated design goals for Haven Avenue.
3. A maximum five (5) percent credit toward the required
landscape/hardscape coverage may be permitted where
appropriate public art is to be displayed in a seting
which enhances pedestrian spaces and building
architecture.
4. A consistent streetscape design theme shall be provided
along the Haven Avenue streetscape which incorporates
intensified landscaping with specimen size trees, alluvial
rockscape, mounding, and meandering sidewalks. In
addition, parkway street furniture of a consistent
contemporary design shall be provided by all projects.
Street name signs are required at all intersections and
shall be low profile, natural alluvial rock monument signs
with letters indented in a sandblasted concrete face.
5. Landscaping and berming shall be designed to create visual
interest and variety to the streetscape, enhance building
architecture, screen utilities and buffer views of
automobiles, pavement, and service areas, and to define
• and enhance the pedestrian walkways and plazas.
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6. Water conservation landscape techniques are required such
as the use of drought tolerant plant species and
irrigation systems which include drip emitters, low volume
steam rotors, deep watering of trees and shrubs,
tensiometers to measure soil moisture, and automatic
timers.
7. On-street parking along Haven Avenue shall be prohibited.
8. All utilities, including electrical service less than 34.5
KV, shall be undergrounded.
SECTION 6: Open Space/Pedestrian Environment. The intent of this
section is to enhance opportunities for centralized pedestrian spaces
separated and/or buffered from vehicular parking and circulation and to
promote pedestrian circulation on and off site.
1. Building configuration and placement shall provide for
pedestrian courtyards, plazas, or open spaces between
and/or adjacent to buildings.
• 2. The design of pedestrian plazas or courtyards shall
provide shaded seating areas with attractive landscaping
and should include water features, public art, kiosks, and
covered walkways.
3. Benches, light standards, trash receptacles, and other
street furniture shall be provided in an attractive and
comfortable setting and shall be designed to enhance the
appearance and function of a site and open space areas.
4. Convenient pedestrian circulation shall be provided
throughout all projects to connect parking areas and
public transit facilities with buildings and pedestrian
open spaces.
SECTION 7: Architecture. The following policies are intended to
promote a high quality office park image with high prestige identity.
1. Desirable architecture along Haven Avenue shall project a
progressive, sophisticated, and urban style of
development. Spanish, Mediterranean, or traditional
architecture with predominant use of stucco, wood siding,
shake, or tile roofs is considered to be inappropriate.
2. Variations in architectural styles, construction methods,
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and materials for certain ancillary uses, such as
restaurants and banks, may be approved in cases where a
particular design is necessary and more appropriate
considering the intended use of a building.
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3. Multiple story buildings of sufficient mass to be in scale
and proportion with the Haven Avenue right-of-way and
streetscape setback are encouraged. Low profile linear
buildings constructed at the streetscape are discouraged.
4. Buildings designed with retail type storefront elevations
(linear configurations with multiple doorways) , and
numerous roll-up doors are considered to promote
overconcentrations of ancillary commercial and business
support services and are therefore prohibited.
5. Building entrances shall be well articulated with
variation of architectural planes and/or development of
courtyards to project a formal entrance appearance.
6. Variation in depth and angle of architectural planes which
create variety and interest in the basic form and
silhouette of a building is required. Structures with
simplistic square, rectangular, or block forms are
prohibited.
• 7. To articulate the surfaces of architectural elevations the
use of openings and cavities which create texture and
shadow patterns and interrupt the continuity of a building
plane or surface is encouraged. Architectural treatment
of buildings shall not be limited to variation in exterior
texture, pattern, color, and materials and/or shallow
recesses or projections.
8. Accent treatment such as changes in exterior materials and
texture is encouraged in conjunction with variation in the
major form giving elements of a structure.
9. Visibility of ancillary service and loading areas from
public view and adjoining properties must be limited to
the extent possible to reduce site design constraints on
future adjacent development.
10. Building wall signs shall consist of individual letters.
Can signs are prohibited. The size, number and location
of signs shall be submitted with the Development Review
application and reviewed in conjunction with a building
design.
SECTION 8: Urban Centers. The following policies shall apply to
development near the key intersections of 4th Street and Haven Avenue and
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Foothill Boulevard and Haven Avenue. The intent is to promote development at
a level of activity and intensity sufficient to create community focal points
or "urban centers".
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1. Multiple story buildings of the highest office and
professional design quality are required. Desirable
structural components include steel and poured in place
concrete in conjunction with curtain walls, spandrels and
glass. Wood frame structures are discouraged.
2. The use of parking structures is encouraged to promote
intensified development and maximize the site area devoted
to urban pedestrian plazas and courtyards.
3. Architecture, site planning, and landscaping at the
immediate corners of 4th Street and Haven Avenue shall
create an intensive and prestigious gateway into Rancho
Cucamonga.
4. The minimum parcel size shall be five (5) acres except in
the case of condominium lots or lots within a center when
designed as an integral part of a Master Plan development.
• APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 12TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1984.
PLANN. NG CO ISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
BY: k Se�, -.1►.`%,
Dennis L. Sto. , . 1 an
ATTEST:
Ri s ez, Deputy Secretary
I, Ric Gomez, Deputy Secretary of the Planning Commission of 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 a regular meeting of the Planning Commission held
on the 12th day of September, 1984, by the following vote-to-wit:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: CHITIEA, BARKER, MCNIEL, STOUT
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: REMPEL
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