HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-141 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 91-141
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE
TENTATIVE TRACT 14211 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 226 SINGLE
FAMILY LOTS ON 81.2 ACRES OF LAND WITHIN THE ETIWANDA
SPECIFIC PLAN IN THE MEDIUM AND LOW-MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICTS (8-14 AND 4-8 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE,
RESPECTIVELY) , LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF ETIWANDA
AVENUE, SOUTH OF THE DEVORE FREEWAY AND WEST OF EAST
AVENUE AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF - APN:
227-231-01, 09, 12, 16, and 32; 227-191-15; 227-181-24;
and 227-261-11.
A. Recitals
(i) On May 17, 1989, U. S. Home Incorporated filed an application for
Tentative Tract No. 14211 as described in the title of this Resolution.
Hereinafter in this Resolution, the subject Tentative Tract Map is referred to
as "the application. "
(ii) The application has been formally deemed incomplete on five
separate occasions (July 2, July 31, and August 30, 1989, and July 26 and
August 8, 1991) .
(iii) On the 24th of April, 1991 and the 25th of September 1991, the
Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted duly noticed
public hearings on the application and concluded said hearings on said later
date.
(iv) 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 on April 24, 1991, and September
25, 1991, including written and oral staff reports, together with public
testimony, this Commission hereby specifically finds as follows:
(a) The application applies to property which is located on the
east side of Etiwanda Avenue, south of the Devore Freeway and west of East
Avenue with an Etiwanda Avenue frontage of approximately 668 feet and lot
depth of approximately 2,580 feet and is presently vacant; and
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(b) The property to the north of the subject site is vacant, the
property to the south of the site consists of vacant land, the property to the
east is vacant, and the property to the west is partially developed with
single family homes; and
(c) The application contemplates the development of 235 single
family homes in the Low Medium (4-8 dwelling units per acre) and Medium (8-14
dwelling units per acre) residential development districts of the Etiwanda
Specific Plan; and
(d) The application was reviewed by the Grading, Technical Review,
and Design Review Committees as a courtesy to the developer, with the
provision that once the application was deemed complete, it would return to
all committees for formal review; and
(e) A concurrently proposed amendment to the Etiwanda Specific
Plan to allow detached single family structures would be required to be
processed concurrently with a complete application; and
(f) The application has been deemed incomplete due to the lack of
an acceptable drainage report which is necessary to determine the impact of
the project's drainage facilities upon the project itself and adjacent,
downstream, and other properties within the watershed served by those
facilities.
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) The Tentative Tract is not consistent with the General Plan
and the Etiwanda Specific Plan; and
(b) The design or improvements of the Tentative Tract are not
consistent with the General Plan and the Etiwanda Specific Plan; and
(c) The proposed use is not in compliance with each of the
applicable provisions of the Development Code; and
(d) The proposed use will potentially be detrimental to the public
health, safety, or welfare or materially injurious to properties or
improvements in the vicinity; and
(e) Information has not been supplied by the applicant that is
necessary to prepare a legally adequate environmental document; and
(f) Information without which the City's decision to approve a
project would not be supported by substantial evidence has not been provided.
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4. Based upon the findings and conclusions set forth in paragraphs 1,
2, and 3 above, this Commission hereby denies the application without
prejudice.
5. The Secretary to this Commission shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1991.
PLANNING CO SSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
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ATTEST:
Brad Buller, Secretary
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 25th day of September 1991, by the following vote-to-wit:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: CHITIEA, MCNIEL, MELCHER, TOLSTOY, VALLETTE
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE