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Home My WebLink About15-080 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 15-080 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT DRC2015-00455, A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL PLAN FOR VARIOUS MINOR TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO CORRECT INCONSISTENCIES IN THE TEXT AND GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP; AMENDING THE PARK(P) DESIGNATION TO LOW MEDIUM (LM) RESIDENTIAL FOR A PARCEL LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF KENYON WAY AND LARK DRIVE; AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR) FOR HOTELS AND MOTELS IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK (IP) LAND USE DESIGNATION TO MAKE THE HOTEL AND MOTEL FAR CONSISTENT WITH SIMILAR LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS, AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF A. Recitals. 1. The City of Rancho Cucamonga filed an application for General Plan Amendment No. DRC2015-00455 as described in the title of this Resolution. Hereinafter in this Resolution, the subject General Plan Amendment is referred to as "the application." 2. On May 20, 2015, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a noticed public hearing on the application and concluded said hearing on that date. 3. 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 City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga as follows: 1. This Council hereby specifically 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 this Council during the above- referenced public hearing on May 20, 2015, including written and oral staff reports, together with public testimony, this Council hereby specifically finds as follows: a. Parcel 1089-011-04 is located at the northwest corner of Kenyon Way and Lark Drive and has a General Plan land use designation of Park (P) (General Plan Figure LU-2). The parcel is undeveloped and surrounded by existing single-family residential development within the Low Medium (LM) Residential land use district to the north, south and east and by Kenyon Park to the west; and b. Parcel 1089-011-05 is located at the on the south side of Kenyon Way, west of Parcel 1089-011-04, and has a General Plan land use designation of Low Medium (LM) Residential (General Plan Figure LU-2). The parcel is developed with a City park (Kenyon Park) and is surrounded by single-family development within the Low Medium (LM) Residential land use district to the north, south and west and by a vacant parcel of land within the Park (P) land use district to the east; and RESOLUTION NO. 15-080 - Page 1 of 4 C. Parcel 1089-011-04 was originally intended as the future site of a City park. It was later determined that the adjacent parcel to the west (1089-011-05) was a superior park site. The City Council approved the construction of Kenyon Park on October 7, 1987. However, the underlying land use designation (Low Medium) was not changed to reflect the approved use; and d. In order to correct this inconsistency, Figure LU-2 of the General Plan will be amended so that the respective land use designations for the subject parcels a) correctly reflect the actual land use on APN: 1089-011-05, which is a park instead of single-family residences, and b) is consistent with the logical development of APN: 1089-011-04, which would be a single- family residential subdivision compatible with other residential development in the vicinity: and e. The Amendment will change the land use designation of APN: 1089-011-04 from Park (P) to Low Medium (LM) Residential; and f. The Amendment will change the land use designation of APN: 1089-011-05 from Low Medium (LM) Residential to Park (P); and g. The Amendment also increases the maximum permitted Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in the Industrial Park (IP) land use district from .60 to 1.0 for hotels/motels to reflect the existing conditions in which multiple hotels have been developed within the Industrial Park (IP) land use district that exceed the current maximum permitted FAR of .60. The increase in the maximum permitted FAR in the Industrial Park (IP) land use district for hotels/motels will also bring the entire Industrial Park (IP) land use district into conformance with maximum permitted FAR of the Haven Overlay District (1.0), which is an overlay district within the Industrial Park (IP) land use district. Future hotels will be subject to an environmental assessment under CEQA to assess project specific impacts. h. The Amendment will Increase the floor area ratio (FAR) that applies to hotels/motels within the Industrial Park (IP) land use designation from 0.60 (60 percent) to 1.0 (100 percent). 3. Based upon the substantial evidence presented to the City Council during the above- referenced public hearing and upon the specific findings of facts set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, the City Council hereby finds and concludes as follows: a. That the proposed Amendment is in the conformance with the goals and policies of the General Plan and in the public interest. The Amendment will increase the permitted Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in the Industrial Park (IP) land use district for hotels/motels which will further the economic goals and policies of the General Plan by increasing the opportunity to develop hotels/motels within the City. The Amendment will make the FAR for hotels/motels in the Industrial Park (IP) land use district into conformance with maximum permitted FAR of the Haven Overlay District (1.0), which is an overlay district within the Industrial Park (IP). The Amendment will also change the land use designation of two adjacent parcels 1089-011-04 and 1089-011-05 so that the respective land use designations for the subject parcels correctly reflect the existing land use on APN: 1089-011-05(Kenyon Park), and is consistent with the logical development of APN: 1089-011-04 (vacant parcel), which is bordered by single-family residential development of similar density to the north south and east. The proposed land use changes are in the public interest in that they will further the goals and policies of the City to preserve the character of existing residential neighborhoods and foster healthy community through appropriate pattern and scale of development. b. The proposed Amendment would not have a significant impacts on the environment nor on the surrounding land uses. The Project proposes only minor changes consisting of correcting inconsistencies that involve land use designations of two adjacent parcels that results in a 1.3 acre decrease in Low Medium Residential designation and a 1.3 acre increase RESOLUTION NO. 15-080 - Page 2 of 4 in Park designation. The 2010 General Plan EIR analyzed the development of two similarly sized (6.5 acre Park and 7.8 acre Low Medium Residential) parcels of land that effectively comprise the Project, the only change being exchanging the land use designation of each parcel. This 1.3 acre decrease in the Low Medium Residential designation and 1.3 acre increase in the Park designation will be of no consequence with respect to cumulative impacts to air, greenhouse gas, traffic, climate change, agricultural resources and aesthetics. The Project also increases the maximum permitted Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in the Industrial Park (IP) land use district from .60 to 1.0 percent for hotels/motels to reflect the existing conditions in which multiple hotels have been developed within the Industrial Park (IP) land use district in order to be consistent with the permitted FAR Ratio of 1.0 within the Haven Avenue Overlay District. The General Plan EIR also analyzed the prospect for the development of hotels/motels in the Industrial Park (IP) Development District. Future projects related to the General Plan Amendments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis for consistency with the General Plan EIR and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 4. On May 19, 2010, the City Council adopted the 2010 General Plan Update and certified the EIR (SCH#2000061027). The updated plan serves as the foundation for many of the City's regulatory documents, including the Development Code, specific plans, community plans, master plans, and design guidelines. An addendum to the EIR has been prepared for the proposed General Plan Amendment because none of the conditions specified in Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines requiring the preparation of a subsequent EIR or Negative Declaration are met. The proposed amendment does not include substantial changes to the City's Land Use Map or development regulations that were not analyzed in the EIR or that require major revisions of the EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. There have been no substantial changes with respect to the circumstances under which the Project is undertaken that will require major revisions of the EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. There is no new information of substantial importance that was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the EIR was certified that shows (a) the amendment will have any significant effects not discussed in the EIR; (b) the significant effects examined in the EIR will be substantially more severe than previously shown; (c) mitigation measures or alternatives previously found to be infeasible would now be feasible and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project; or (d) considerably different mitigation measures or alternatives than those analyzed in the EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment are now available. The subject amendment revises the land use designations for two (2) adjacent parcels of similar acreage and changes the maximum floor area ratio (FAR) for hotels and motels on parcels within the Industrial Park land use designation. These changes will be of no consequence with respect to cumulative impacts to air, greenhouse gas, traffic, climate change, agricultural resources and aesthetics. When future development proposals that result from this amendment are submitted to the City for review, an evaluation will be conducted to determine and analyze the environmental impacts. If necessary, mitigation measures, including those from the General Plan EIR, will be implemented. 5. Based upon the findings and conclusions set forth in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 4 above, this City Council hereby approves General Plan Amendment No. DRC2015-00455 as shown in Attachments A and B and adopt the Addendum to the General Plan Update EIR (SCH2000061027) as Attachment C and incorporated herein. 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 15-080 - Page 3 of 4 PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 201" day of May 2015. AYES: Alexander, Kennedy, Michael, Spagnolo, Williams NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAINED: None L. Dennis Michael, Mayor ATTEST: anice C. Reynolds, City Uerk I, JANICE C. REYNOLDS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, at a Regular Meeting of said City Council held on the 201" day of May 2015. Executed this 21'h day of May 2015, at Rancho Cucamonga, California. a "ice C. Reynolds, City C rk RESOLUTION NO. 15-080 - Page 4 of 4