HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-110 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 89-110
A RESOLUTION OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA PLANNING COMMISSION
APPROVING VARIANCE NO. 89-09, A REQUEST TO ALLOW
LANDSCAPING AS A METHOD OF SCREENING AN OUTDOOR STORAGE
AREA WITHIN A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON RIGHT-OF-WAY
FROM A REGIONAL TRAIL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ARROW ROUTE,
EAST OF, AND ADJACENT TO, THE DEVORE FREEWAY, IN THE
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (SUBAREA 15) OF THE INDUSTRIAL
SPECIFIC PLAN, AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF -
APN: 229-121-16
A. Recitals.
(i ) AMPAC, Inc. has filed an application for the issuance of the
Variance No. 89-09 as described in the title of this Resolution. Hereinafter
in this Resolution, the subject Variance request is referred to as "the
application".
(ii ) On August 9, 1989, the Planning Commission of the City of
Rancho Cucamonga conducted a duly noticed public hearing on the application
and concluded said hearing on that date.
(iii ) All legal prerequisites 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 Commission 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 substantial evidence presented to this Commission
during the above-referenced public hearing on August 9, 1989, including
written and oral staff reports, together with public testimony, this
Commission hereby specifically finds as follows :
(a) The application applies to property located on the south
side of Arrow Route, east of the Devore Freeway with a street frontage of
approximately 650 feet and lot depth of 1 ,200 feet and is presently
unimproved; and
(b) The property to the north of the subject site is a freeway
and vacant, the property to the south of that site consists of vacant land,
the property to the east is a manufacturing and storage facility, and the
property to the west is a flood control channel ; and
(c) Southern California Edison will not accept construction of
permanent screen walls; however, landscaping has been deemed consistent with
their requirements; and
PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 89-110
RE: VA 89-09 - AMPAC
August 9, 1989
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(d) Landscaping will provide a more aesthetic trail environment
than a masonry wall over 2,000 feet long.
3. Based upon the substantial evidence presented to this Commission
during the above-referenced public hearing and upon the specific findings of
facts set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, this Commission hereby finds and
concludes as follows:
(a) That strict or literal interpretation and enforcement of
the specified regulations would result in practical difficulty or unnecessary
physical hardship inconsistent with the objectives of the Development Code.
(b) That because the Regional Trail along the Day Creek Flood
Control Channel adjacent to the outdoor storage area is not completed and
landscaping will be planted and able to mature prior to Regional Trail
improvements , there are exceptional or extraordinary circumstances or
conditions applicable to the property involved or to the intended use of the
property that do not apply generally to other properties in the same zone.
(c) That landscaping is an accepted means of screening other
outdoor storage areas from public rights-of-way.
(d) That the granting of the Variance will not constitute a
grant of special privilege inconsistent with the limitations on other
properties classified in the same zone.
(e) That the granting of the Variance will not be detrimental
to the public health, safety, or welfare, or materially injurious to
properties or improvements in the vicinity.
4. Based upon the findings and conclusions set forth in paragraphs
1 , 2, and 3 above, this Commission hereby approves the application.
5. The Secretary to this Commission shall certify to the adoption
of this Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 9TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1989.
PLANNING COMM SSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
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PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 89-110
RE: VA 89-09 - AMPAC
August 9, 1989
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I , Brad Buller, 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 9th day of August, 1989, by the following vote-to-wit:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: BLAKESLEY, CHITIEA, MCNIEL, WEINBERGER
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: TOLSTOY