HomeMy WebLinkAbout90-147 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 90-147
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, DENYING THE DESIGN REVIEW
FOR VESTING TENTATIVE TRACT NO. 14630, THE DEVELOPMENT
OF 328 CONDOMINIUM UNITS ON 20.15 ACRES OF LAND IN THE
MEDIUM-HIGH RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (14-24 DWELLING UNITS
PER ACRE) , IN THE VICTORIA PLANNED COMMUNITY, LOCATED AT
THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BASE LINE ROAD AND MILLIKEN
AVENUE, AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF - APN:
227-691-01.
A. Recitals.
(i ) Lincoln Property Company has filed an application for the Design
Review of Vesting Tract No. 14630 as described in the title of this
Resolution. Hereinafter, the subject Design Review request is referred to as
"the application."
(ii) On June 13, 1990, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga conducted a duly noticed public hearing on the subject
application. Following conclusion of said hearing, the application was
automatically denied on a 2-2-1 vote.
(iii ) The applicant subsequently filed a petition for reconsideration
of the application by the Planning Commission. On August 8, 1990, the
Planning Commission voted to reconsider the application and directed the
applicant to continue working with surrounding residents and resubmit revised
plans for processing.
(iv) On November 14, 1990, the Planning Commission of the City of
Rancho Cucamonga held a duly noticed public hearing to consider the
application.
(v) 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 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 of November 14, 1990, including
written and oral staff reports, this Commission hereby specifically finds as
follows:
PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 90-147
DR FOR VTT 14630 - LINCOLN PROPERTY COMPANY
November 28, 1990
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(a) The application applies to property located on the
northeast corner of Milliken Avenue and Base Line Road on property zoned on
the northerly half for Medium Residential (8-14 dwelling units per acre) and
on the southerly half for Medium-High Residential (14-24 dwelling units per
acre) and is currently undeveloped;
(b) The property north of the subject site is zoned Low
Residential (2-4 dwelling units per acre) and is developed with single family
detached residences. The property to the east is zoned Low-Medium Residential
(4-8 dwelling units per acre) and is being developed with single family
detached residences. The property to the west is zoned "Proposed City Park"
and is currently vacant. The property to the south is zoned Neighborhood
Commercial and is currently vacant, although approval has been granted for a
shopping center;
(c) The application contemplates the development of 328
condominium units, which the applicant has stated are intended to be rented as
apartments for an undetermined length of time, at a density of 16.3 dwelling
units per acre. Further, the application contemplates redesignating, under
the density flexibility provisions of the Victoria Community Plan, the
northerly half of the site to Medium-High Residential to permit said density
of 16.3 dwelling units per acre.
(d) The application as proposed would be materially detrimental
to the persons and properties in the immediate vicinity of the proposed site
for the reasons as follows:
(i ) The proposed density of 16.3 dwelling units per acre
conflicts with the City of Rancho Cucamonga 's General Plan policy for the
Medium Residential District (8-14 dwelling units per acre) to build at the
lower end of the density range adjacent to low density residential areas as
exist to the north and east of the subject site. To the contrary, the
application proposes to redesignate the northerly half of the site, which
adjoins low density single family residential areas, from Medium Residential
to Medium-High Residential (14-24 dwelling units per acre) ;
(ii ) The site plan arrangement does not sufficiently
address a compatible transition of unit type and density from adjacent single
family residential areas. The site plan as reflected in the application
reflects all two-story buildings, ranging from 8 to 16 units per building,
arranged in the stacked floor plan configuration associated with apartment
housing type. Further, this housing type is inconsistent with General Plan
policy to primarily build detached housing units in the Medium Residential
classification ;
(iii ) The site plan submitted in conjunction with the
application reflects a gated access point on Milliken Avenue. With the major
public attraction of the future 100-acre Central Park being located
immediately west of the subject site, the site plan would potentially
encourage the residents of this project to cross Milliken Avenue mid-block,
thus encouraging an unsafe crossing point on a street that is projected to
carry a high volume of traffic ;
PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 90-147
DR FOR VTT 14630 - LINCOLN PROPERTY COMPANY
November 28, 1990
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(iv) The architecture as reflected in the application
does not create the "attractive aesthetic urban design" character consistent
with the goals of the Victoria Community Plan.
3. Based upon substantial evidence presented to this Commission
during the above-referenced public hearing and upon specific findings of facts
set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, this Commission hereby finds and
concludes as follows:
(a) That the proposed project is not consistent with the
objectives of the General Plan; and
(b) That the proposed design is not in accord with the
objectives of the Development Code and the purposes of the district in which
the site is located; and
(c) That the proposed design is not in compliance with each of
the applicable provisions of the Development Code; and
(d) That the proposed design, together with the conditions
applicable thereto, will 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 denies the application.
5. The Secretary to this Commission shall certify to the adoption
of this Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1990.
PLANNING COMApSSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
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I, Otto Kro il , Deputy Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of
Rancho Cuca onga, 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 28th day of November 1990 by the following vote-to-wit:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: CHITIEA, MCNIEL, MELCHER, TOLSTOY
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: VALLETTE