HomeMy WebLinkAbout94-30 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 94-30
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 93-02A, A REQUEST TO AMEND THE
GENERAL PLAN TO ADD A NEW LAND USE CATEGORY OF "MIXED
USE," TO AMEND THE LAND USE MAP FROM INDUSTRIAL PARK AND
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL TO MIXED USE AND OPEN SPACE, AND OTHER
RELATED AMENDMENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SUBAREA 18
SPECIFIC PLAN FOR 380 ACRES OF LAND BOUNDED ON THE SOUTH
BY 4TH STREET, ON THE EAST BY MILLIKEN AVENUE, ON THE
NORTH BY THE A. T. & S. F. (METROLINK) RAILROAD, AND ON
THE WEST BY CLEVELAND AVENUE AND UTICA AVENUE, RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT
THEREOF - APN: 209-272-01, 04, 07, 08; 210-081-22, 23;
210-082-02, 11, 17, 37, through 39; and 210-361-01
through 26.
A. Recitals.
1. General Dynamics has filed an application for General Plan
Amendment No. 93-02A 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 February 23, and March 23, 1994, The Planning Commission of
the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted workshops on the application.
3. On April 27, 1994, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga conducted and concluded a duly noticed public hearing on the
application.
4. 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 27, 1994, including
written and oral staff reports, together with public testimony, this
Commission hereby specifically finds as follows:
a. The application applies to approximately 380 acres of land,
located west of Milliken Avenue, between 4th Street and the A. T. & S. F.
Railroad and is presently vacant, except for 75 acres developed with three
industrial office buildings. Said property is currently under contiguous
ownership and is designated as General Industrial and Industrial Park;
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April 27, 1994
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b. The property to the north of the subject site is designated
Heavy Industrial and is developed. The property to the west is designated
General Industrial and Industrial Park and is primarily developed. The
property to the east is designated General Industrial and Industrial Park and
is primarily developed. The property to the south is designated the Ontario
Center Specific Plan and is vacant;
c. The application is part of a series of applications relating
to a Subarea 18 Specific Plan, which contemplates a broad range of uses, such
as recreational, hotel/conference center, retail, restaurant, and
entertainment, as well as office, research and development, and light
industrial uses surrounding an 18-hole public golf course;
d. This amendment does not conflict with the Land Use Policies
of the General Plan or the other elements of the General Plan and will provide
for development , within the district, in a manner consistent with the General
Plan and with related development;
e. This amendment does promote the goals and objectives of the
Land Use Element and all other elements of the General Plan; and
f. This amendment would not be materially injurious or
detrimental to the adjacent properties and an Environmental Impact Report has
been prepared and, concurrently with this application by separate Resolution,
is recommended to the City Council for certification.
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 the subject property is suitable for the uses permitted
in the proposed district in terms of access, size, and compatibility with
existing land use in the surrounding area; and
b. That the proposed amendment is in conformance with the
General Plan and will not result in any internal inconsistencies with the
General Plan. The detailed findings of conformity set forth in Exhibit "F"
hereto are hereby incorporated by reference.
4. Based upon the findings and conclusions set forth in
paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 above, this Commission hereby recommends approval of
General Plan Amendment No. 93-02A to amend the land use map from General
Industrial and Industrial Park to Mixed Use and Open Space for 380 acres of
land at the northwest corner of Milliken Avenue and 4th Street (see
Exhibit "A") and amending the text of the Rancho Cucamonga General Plan, as
follows:
a. The following new major land use category shall be added,
preceding Public Facilities, on page III-16, to read as follows:
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April 27, 1994
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Mixed Use:
The opportunity exists to mix different, but
compatible, land uses and activities within mixed
use developments. Mixed use developments are
ideally suited for land within the downtown or
adjacent to high activity nodes along major
transportation corridors. The concept
capitalizes on the ability of a mixed-use project
to provide an integrated environment, to respond
to evolving market conditions, to offer a variety
of physical development types, and to create
strong pedestrian orientation. Mixed use
projects typically incorporate a mix of office,
commercial, light industrial, and research
oriented activities, and residential uses all
clustered together into unified, highly
identifiable developments. Entertainment,
recreational, cultural, and convention uses may
also be part of the mix. These projects bring an
"urban scale" and are intended to become focal
points within the community. Uses may be stacked
within a single multi-use building or
individually arranged together on a parcel. When
built adjacent to, or in conjunction with, public
transit facilities, a built-in ridership base is
established. "
b. The following third paragraph shall be added to the Open
Space subsection, page I1I-16, to read as follows:
"Man-made open spaces, such as parks, golf
courses, and common open spaces within
residential housing projects, also help maintain
an open character within the City. In
particular, large open spaces, such as Heritage
Park, Red Hill Park, the future Central Park, the
future Subarea 18 golf course and the Red Hill
Country Club golf course, provide significant
vistas, and provide animal habitat, vegetation,
and water resources in areas that would otherwise
be developed without such features. "
c. The third paragraph under Location of Open Space, page IV-19,
shall read as follows:
"The Foothill and Industrial Area Specific Plans,
in their designs and use limitations, will
encourage openness and quality within development
projects, and also continue linkages of open
space throughout the community. A large public
golf course is planned to stretch from 4th Street
to the A. T. & S. F. Railroad, west of Milliken
Avenue, as the central open space amenity of the
Subarea 18 Specific Plan. "
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April 27, 1994
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d. The Figure III-1 Land Use Plan and the Table I1I-2 Land Use
Summary shall be revised to reflect the land use changes within the Subarea 18
Specific Plan (see Exhibit "A") .
e. The Figure I1I-3 Circulation Plan shall be revised to delete
Cleveland Avenue (see Exhibit "B") .
f. The Figure III-4 Transit Concept Plan shall be revised
to indicate a rail commuter line along the A. T. & S. F. Railroad and a
rail commuter transfer station on the west side of Milliken Avenue at the
A. T. & S. F. Railroad (see Exhibit "C") .
g. The Figure III-10 Community Design Resources shall be revised
to indicate the approximately 150-acre golf course contemplated within the
Subarea 18 Specific Plan, between 4th Street and the A. T. & S. F. Railroad,
west of Milliken Avenue, as a "Major Parks and Recreation" feature (see
Exhibit "D") .
h. The Figure IV-4 Open Space Plan shall be revised to indicate
the approximately 150-acre golf course contemplated with the Subarea 18
Specific Plan, between 4th Street and the A. T. & S. F. Railroad, west of
Milliken Avenue, as a "Proposed Park" (see Exhibit "E") .
5. The Secretary to this Commission shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution.
APPR.VED I . : . 'OPTED THI 7TH DAY OF APRIL 1994.
PLANNI WI% .ION OF HE CITY 0 ' .NCHO CUCAMONGA
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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 27th day of April 1994, by the following vote-to-wit:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: BARKER, LUMPP, MCNIEL, MELCHER, TOLSTOY
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
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GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
This Exhibit assesses how the Sub-Area 18 Specific
Plan and the proposed amendment to the Industrial Area
Specific Plan and General Plan (the "project" ) furthers the
objectives and policies of the General Plan of the City of
Rancho Cucamonga, and whether the project will obstruct the
attainment of these objectives and policies . Rather than
attempt to analyze each individual objective, policy, or
program set forth in the General Plan - - a process which
would detract from understanding how the Sub-Area 18
Specific Plan relates to the Industrial Area Specific Plan
and the General Plan as a whole - - the relationship between
the Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan is discussed within the
context of each of the principal components comprising the
General Plan - - Land Use and Development, Environmental
Resources, and Public Health and Safety -- with more
detailed discussion reserved for those specific policies and
objectives that are particularly germane to assessing the
changes proposed relative to the current Industrial Area
Specific Plan ( IASP) and General Plan land use designations .
A. Land Use and Development .
1 . General Land Use Objectives .
The General Plan identifies a number of key land
use objectives that "are aimed at creating a City that
functions efficiently, is exciting to leave in, and makes
the best use of its various resources . " A number of these
objectives have been incorporated as principal objectives of
the Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan, including: (i) encourage
opportunities to mix different , but compatible land uses and
activities; (ii) provide recreational , cultural, and
employment opportunities to meet the needs of the
community; (iii) coordinate industrial development to
encourage an integrated industrial area with maximum
flexibility and access to the regional circulation network;
(iv) promote land use patterns that encourage non-motorized
modes of transportation; and (v) organize land uses to
promote maximal opportunity for transit usage .
The project promotes these important objectives by
establishing a more flexible, better integrated array of
proposed land uses within the context of a Specific Plan.
The expanded variety and mixture of uses established under
the Sub-Area Specific Plan, in conjunction with changes in
market demand and increased commercial development on the
southern edge of the IASP, are expected to promote the land
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use objectives identified in the General Plan, including
those enumerated above .
2 . General Land Use Policies .
a . Industrial .
The General Plan currently establishes three
categories of industrial land uses : Industrial Park,
General Industrial , and Heavy Industrial . The General Plan
specifically reflects that the policies relating to
industrial uses are "elaborated in the City' s Industrial
Area Specific Plan which outlines a much more detailed
development program for this area . "
The General Plan describes "Industrial Park" uses
as "planned grouped concentrations of industrial and
research and development offices, " which are "typically
labor intensive, meaning that the number of employees per
acre is high. The General Plan contemplates that these uses
will be organized along major thoroughfares, including 4th
Street , and "along the periphery of the industrial area and
with convenient access to public transit . " That portion of
the project site currently located within IASP Sub-Area 12
is designated as Industrial Park under both the IASP and the
General Plan. The IASP currently permits a variety of
commercial uses within this Sub-Area, including
professional/design services, administrative and office,
research services, business support services, financial,
insurance and real estate services, hotel, commercial and
recreation facilities, including a golf course .
The General Plan describes "General Industrial"
land use as permitting a wide range of industrial activities
including heavy commercial , and office uses . The General
Plan states that "this land use is appropriate as a buffer
between non-industrial uses and heavy industrial uses . "
That portion of the project site within current Sub-Areas 10
and 11 are designated "General Industrial" under the IASP
and the General Plan. The IASP permits, or conditionally
permits, office professional, design and research, indoor
wholesale/retail commercial , and recreational facilities
within this zone.
Although all of the industrial uses and many of the
commercial uses proposed under the Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan
are permitted or conditionally permitted under the .current
IASP Industrial Park, and General Industrial designations,
one of the express objectives of this project is to
eliminate what are perceived as artificial and arbitrary
divisions between the three existing Sub-Areas (for example,
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a number of uses which may be permitted in Sub-Area 12 may
be prohibited or only conditionally permitted in Sub-Area 10
or 11) . Specifically, by expanding the variety of
commercial and recreational uses contemplated within the
project site, the Property Owner intends to inject more
creative and imaginative employment-generating designs and
to help better integrate this portion of the southern
boundary of the IASP with anticipated regional market
trends . As a result , the Property Owner is proposing an
amendment to the IASP ( " IASP Amendment" ) to specifically
incorporate the Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan and to
concurrently amend the General Plan to reflect the IASP
Amendment .
While an amendment to the General Plan to reflect
the IASP Amendment and the adoption of the Sub-Area 18
Specific Plan would, alone, appear to ensure consistency, it
was also felt that the three categories of industrial use
currently identified in the General Plan, while specifically
acknowledging the need to provide for labor intensive office
and commercial uses and non-industrial transitions within
the industrial category could be construed narrowly, and
thereby discourage the General Plan objectives (noted above)
to promote planning flexibility and the mixture of
different, but compatible land uses . As a result, the
Property Owner has proposed an additional amendment to the
General Plan to add a new category of land use entitled
"Mixed-Use . " The Mixed-Use category permits a wide range of
a commercial and industrial activities including, medium,
light , and custom manufacturing, research and development,
office, recreation, mixed-use commercial, retail, and
general commercial . Because the proposed uses within the
areas designated Mixed-Use under the Sub-Area Specific Plan
will also be designated Mixed-Use under the General Plan
Amendment, consistency will be ensured.
b. Open Space .
The General Plan provides that open space
areas must be maintained "in order to protect valuable
natural resources, and to prevent development in areas
considered unsafe because of environmental constraints" .
The General Plan contains a variety of "written and mapped
policies to ensure that the resources are managed so that
posterity can enjoy them. " The IASP currently does not
contain any open space district designations, although the
IASP does permit, or conditionally permit , golf course uses
within each of the three Sub-Areas currently comprising the
project site .
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Although the applicant ' s proposed amendment to
the General Plan to reflect the IASP Amendment and the
adoption of the Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan would itself
ensure consistency with the General Plan ' s policies relating
to open space, the City has requested that instead of
designating the Golf Course "Mixed-Use" along with the
remainder of the Sub-Area 18 , that this portion of the site
be designated "Open Space" . Because the current description
of open space uses within the General Plan may be construed
to refer specifically to the conservation of natural
resources, an additional amendment to the definition of
"Open Space" has been proposed to clarify that the Open
Space designation may also include man-made open spaces,
including golf course uses, within designated areas adjacent
to residential, commercial , or industrial uses . The
clarifying amendment will ensure project consistency with
the General Plan.
3 . ' Circulation.
The General Plan establishes a circulation
system for the City as a whole and the IASP area. The
Circulation Plan established under the Sub-Area Specific
Plan preserves this circulation system in all principal
respects . However, the proposed vacation of a portion of
Cleveland Avenue south of 6th Street and the redesignation
of Cleveland north of 6th Street from a secondary arterial
with an 88-foot right-of-way to a 66-foot local industrial
collector, does require a corresponding amendment to the
General Plan Circulation Plan. Because the project EIR
indicates that no traffic impacts will occur as a result of
the vacation and redesignation of Cleveland, the conforming
General Plan amendment will ensure consistency with the
policies and objectives of the General Plan.
4 . Public Facilities .
The General Plan contains a variety of
objectives and policies designed to ensure that adequate
public facilities and services will be maintained as the
City develops . The proposed project is not expected to have
any substantial impact on the City' s Parks and Recreational
Plan, or on schools . The establishment of a golf course as
a central feature of the Specific Plan will promote a number
of General Plan policies concerning the encouragement of
recreational uses .
5 . Community Design.
The primary design goals identified in the
General Plan are to promote the functional efficiency of the
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City, improve the City ' s image and appearance and to use
development to express community character. The Sub-Area 18
Specific Plan promotes these primary objectives and the more
detailed community design elements set forth in the General
Plan by providing a unifying character to the project site
through the adoption of a Specific Plan which incorporates a
variety of land uses around a central golf course feature .
Consistency is further ensured through the retention of
existing City policies relating to performance standards,
site development criteria, subdivision, master planning, and
development and design review. Additionally, preservation
of the principal features of the City Circulation Plan
ensures that the objectives associated with maintaining
travel routes will be promoted. The incorporation of
project design features adjacent to the proposed Metrolink
station further promotes these objectives .
B . Environmental Resources .
1 . Land Resources .
This section of the General Plan contains a number
of objectives and policies designed to promote proper soil
management techniques and to prevent the premature
elimination of agricultural land whenever feasible . The
Sub-Area Specific Plan will not change the impact of
development on the existing grape vineyard uses on the site .
The loss of this agricultural use was previously
acknowledged as inevitable when the IASP was first adopted.
By requiring subsequent development to comply with
applicable City policies and procedures concerning soil
management and grading activities, the Sub-Area 18 Specific
Plan ensures compliance with the General Plan land resource
objectives and policies .
2 . Water Resources .
The General Plan contains several objectives and
policies designed to protect and enhance water resources .
Compliance with applicable City policies and procedures as a
condition to subdivision and Design Review approval ensure
compliance with these policies and objectives . The EIR for
the Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan concludes that no significant
impacts to water resources will occur.
3 . Open Space .
The conforming amendments to the General Plan
ensure consistency with the General Plan ' s policies and
objectives concerning the preservation of open space . The
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establishment of a golf course will result in an increase in
open space areas within the project site .
4 . Energy.
The General Plan identifies the objective of
encouraging more efficient use of energy resources . The
project EIR incorporates a number of mitigation measures
specifically intended to promote this objective . Compliance
with applicable City policies and regulations as a condition
to subdivisions and Design Review approvals further ensures
consistency with the General Plan' s energy objectives and
policies .
C. Public Health and Safety.
The General Plan sets forth a broad number of objectives
and policies designed to ensure that subsequent development
within the City will be sensitive to geologic, seismic,
flood, fire, noise, air quality, crime, and emergency
service concerns and hazards . The Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan
preserves development and regulatory procedures from the
IASP and the City Development Code as a means to mitigate
potential impacts in each of the areas identified in the
General Plan. Additionally, each of these areas are
explored in more detail in the project EIR, which indicates
that the changes from the current designations under the
IASP will not result in any substantial additional impacts
to the environment . Although the EIR indicates that
development of the project site (under either the proposed
Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan or the current IASP designations)
will result in new sources of construction and operational
air emissions, the Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan contemplates
the adoption of a transportation demand management strategy
consistent with the policies identified in the General Plan.
In particular, the location of industrial and commercial
uses in proximity to the proposed Metrolink station provides
a mechanism to ensure that non-motorized transportation
policies will be achieved. The incorporation of numerous
mitigation measures dealing with the suppression of
particulate emissions and the promotion of energy
conservation further ensures consistency with the General
Plan air quality objectives and policies .
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EXHIBIT F
GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
This Exhibit assesses how the Sub-Area 18 Specific
Plan and the proposed amendment to the Industrial Area
Specific Plan and General Plan (the "project" ) furthers the
objectives and policies of the General Plan of the City of
Rancho Cucamonga, and whether the project will obstruct the
attainment of these objectives and policies . Rather than
attempt to analyze each individual objective, policy, or
• program set forth in the General Plan - - a process which
would detract from understanding how the Sub-Area 18
Specific Plan relates to the Industrial Area Specific Plan
and the General Plan as a whole -- the relationship between
the Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan is discussed within the
context of each of the principal components comprising the
General Plan - - Land Use and Development, Environmental
Resources, and Public Health and Safety - - with more
detailed discussion reserved for those specific policies and
objectives that are particularly germane to assessing the
changes proposed relative to the current Industrial Area
Specific Plan ( IASP) and General Plan land use designations .
A. Land Use and Development .
1 . General Land Use Objectives .
The General Plan identifies a number of key land
use objectives that "are aimed at creating a City that
functions efficiently, is exciting to leave in, and makes
the best use of its various resources . " A number of these
objectives have been incorporated as principal objectives of
the Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan, including: (i) encourage
opportunities to mix different, but compatible land uses and
activities; (ii) provide recreational, cultural , and
employment opportunities to meet the needs of the
community; (iii) coordinate industrial development to
encourage an integrated industrial area with maximum
flexibility and access to the regional circulation network;
(iv) promote land use patterns that encourage non-motorized
modes of transportation; and (v) organize land uses to
promote maximal opportunity for transit usage .
The project promotes these important objectives by
establishing a more flexible, better integrated array of
proposed land uses within the context of a Specific Plan.
The expanded variety and mixture of uses established under
the Sub-Area Specific Plan, in conjunction with changes in
market demand and increased commercial development on the
southern edge of the IASP, are expected to promote the land
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use objectives identified in the General Plan, including
those enumerated above .
2 . General Land Use Policies .
a . Industrial .
The General Plan currently establishes three
categories of industrial land uses : Industrial Park,
General Industrial , and Heavy Industrial . The General Plan
specifically reflects that the policies relating to
industrial uses are "elaborated in the City' s Industrial
Area Specific Plan which outlines a much more detailed
development program for this area . "
The General Plan describes " Industrial Park" uses
as "planned grouped concentrations of industrial and
research and development offices, " which are "typically
labor intensive, meaning that the number of employees per
acre is high. The General Plan contemplates that these uses
will be organized along major thoroughfares, including 4th
Street , and "along the periphery of the industrial area and
with convenient access to public transit . " That portion of
the project site currently located within IASP Sub-Area 12
is designated as Industrial Park under both the IASP and the
General Plan. The IASP currently permits a variety of
commercial uses within this Sub-Area, including
professional/design services, administrative and office,
research services, business support services, financial,
insurance and real estate services, hotel , commercial and
recreation facilities, including a golf course .
The General Plan describes "General Industrial"
land use as permitting a wide range of industrial activities
including heavy commercial , and office uses . The General
Plan states that "this land use is appropriate as a buffer
between non-industrial uses and heavy industrial uses . "
That portion of the project site within current Sub-Areas 10
and 11 are designated "General Industrial" under the IASP
and the General Plan. The IASP permits, or conditionally
permits, office professional , design and research, indoor
wholesale/retail commercial , and recreational facilities
within this zone .
Although all of the industrial uses and many of the
commercial uses proposed under the Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan
are permitted or conditionally permitted under the current
IASP Industrial Park, and General Industrial designations,
one of the express objectives of this project is to
eliminate what are perceived as artificial and arbitrary
divisions between the three existing Sub-Areas (for example,
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a number of uses which may be permitted in Sub-Area 12 may
be prohibited or only conditionally permitted in Sub-Area 10
or 11) . Specifically, by expanding the variety of
commercial and recreational uses contemplated within the
project site, the Property Owner intends to inject more
creative and imaginative employment-generating designs and
to help better integrate this portion of the southern
boundary of the IASP with anticipated regional market
trends . As a result, the Property Owner is proposing an
amendment to the IASP ( " IASP Amendment" ) to specifically
incorporate the Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan and to
concurrently amend the General Plan to reflect the IASP
Amendment .
While an amendment to the General Plan to reflect
the IASP Amendment and the adoption of the Sub-Area 18
Specific Plan would, alone, appear to ensure consistency, it
was also felt that the three categories of industrial use
currently identified in the General Plan, while specifically
acknowledging the need to provide for labor intensive office
and commercial uses and non-industrial transitions within
the industrial category could be construed narrowly, and
thereby discourage the General Plan objectives (noted above)
to promote planning flexibility and the mixture of
different, but compatible land uses . As a result, the
Property Owner has proposed an additional amendment to the
General Plan to add a new category of land use entitled
"Mixed-Use . " The Mixed-Use category permits a wide range of
a commercial and industrial activities including, medium,
light , and custom manufacturing, research and development ,
office, recreation, mixed-use commercial , retail , and
general commercial . Because the proposed uses within the
areas designated Mixed-Use under the Sub-Area Specific Plan
will also be designated Mixed-Use under the General Plan
Amendment, consistency will be ensured.
b. Open Space .
The General Plan provides that open space
areas must be maintained "in order to protect valuable
natural resources, and to prevent development in areas
considered unsafe because of environmental constraints" .
The General Plan contains a variety of "written and mapped
policies to ensure that the resources are managed so that
posterity can enjoy them. " The IASP currently does not
contain any open space district designations, although the
IASP does permit, or conditionally permit , golf course uses
within each of the three Sub-Areas currently comprising the
project site .
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Although the applicant ' s proposed amendment to
the General Plan to reflect the IASP Amendment and the
adoption of the Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan would itself
ensure consistency with the General Plan ' s policies relating
to open space, the City has requested that instead of
designating the Golf Course "Mixed-Use" along with the
remainder of the Sub-Area 18 , that this portion of the site
be designated "Open Space" . Because the current description
of open space uses within the General Plan may be construed
to refer specifically to the conservation of natural
resources, an additional amendment to the definition of
"Open Space" has been proposed to clarify that the Open
Space designation may also include man-made open spaces,
including golf course uses, within designated areas adjacent
to residential , commercial , or industrial uses . The
clarifying amendment will ensure project consistency with
the General Plan.
3 . Circulation.
The General Plan establishes a circulation
system for the City as a whole and the IASP area. The
Circulation Plan established under the Sub-Area Specific
Plan preserves this circulation system in all principal
respects . However, the proposed vacation of a portion of
Cleveland Avenue south of 6th Street and the redesignation
of Cleveland north of 6th Street from a secondary arterial
with an 88-foot right-of-way to a 66-foot local industrial
collector, does require a corresponding amendment to the
General Plan Circulation Plan. Because the project EIR
indicates that no traffic impacts will occur as a result of
the vacation and redesignation of Cleveland, the conforming
General Plan amendment will ensure consistency with the
policies and objectives of the General Plan.
4 . Public Facilities .
The General Plan contains a variety of
objectives and policies designed to ensure that adequate
public facilities and services will be maintained as the
City develops . The proposed project is not expected to have
any substantial impact on the City' s Parks and Recreational
Plan, or on schools . The establishment of a golf course as
a central feature of the Specific Plan will promote a number
of General Plan policies concerning the encouragement of
recreational uses .
5 . Community Design.
The primary design goals identified in the
General Plan are to promote the functional efficiency of the
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City, improve the City' s image and appearance and to use
development to express community character. The Sub-Area 18
Specific Plan promotes these primary objectives and the more
detailed community design elements set forth in the General
Plan by providing a unifying character to the project site
through the adoption of a Specific Plan which incorporates a
variety of land uses around a central golf course feature .
Consistency is further ensured through the retention of
existing City policies relating to performance standards ,
site development criteria, subdivision, master planning, and
development and design review. Additionally, preservation
of the principal features of the City Circulation Plan
ensures that the objectives associated with maintaining
travel routes will be promoted. The incorporation of
project design features adjacent to the proposed Metrolink
station further promotes these objectives .
B . Environmental Resources .
1 . Land Resources .
This section of the General Plan contains a number
of objectives and policies designed to promote proper soil
management techniques and to prevent the premature
elimination of agricultural land whenever feasible . The
Sub-Area Specific Plan will not change the impact of
development on the existing grape vineyard uses on the site .
The loss of this agricultural use was previously
acknowledged as inevitable when the IASP was first adopted.
By requiring subsequent development to comply with
applicable City policies and procedures concerning soil
management and grading activities, the Sub-Area 18 Specific
Plan ensures compliance with the General Plan land resource
objectives and policies .
2 . Water Resources .
The General Plan contains several objectives and
policies designed to protect and enhance water resources .
Compliance with applicable City policies and procedures as a
condition to subdivision and Design Review approval ensure
compliance with these policies and objectives . The EIR for
the Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan concludes that no significant
impacts to water resources will occur .
3 . Open Space .
The conforming amendments to the General Plan
ensure consistency with the General .Plan' s policies and
objectives concerning the preservation of open space . The
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establishment of a golf course will result in an increase in
open space areas within the project site .
4 . Energy.
The General Plan identifies the objective of
encouraging more efficient use of energy resources . The
project EIR incorporates a number of mitigation measures
specifically intended to promote this objective . Compliance
with applicable City policies and regulations as a condition
to subdivisions and Design Review approvals further ensures
consistency with the General Plan ' s energy objectives and
policies .
C. Public Health and Safety.
The General Plan sets forth a broad number of objectives
and policies designed to ensure that subsequent development
within the City will be sensitive to geologic, seismic,
flood, fire, noise, air quality, crime, and emergency
service concerns and hazards . The Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan
preserves development and regulatory procedures from the
IASP and the City Development Code as a means to mitigate
potential impacts in each of the areas identified in the
General Plan. Additionally, each of these areas are
explored in more detail in the project EIR, which indicates
that the changes from the current designations under the
IASP will not result in any substantial additional impacts
to the environment . Although the EIR indicates that
development of the project site (under either the proposed
Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan or the current IASP designations)
will result in new sources of construction and operational
air emissions, the Sub-Area 18 Specific Plan contemplates
the adoption of a transportation demand management strategy
consistent with the policies identified in the General Plan.
In particular, the location of industrial and commercial
uses in proximity to the proposed Metrolink station provides
a mechanism to ensure that non-motorized transportation
policies will be achieved. The incorporation of numerous
mitigation measures dealing with the suppression of
particulate emissions and the promotion of energy
conservation further ensures consistency with the General
Plan air quality objectives and policies .
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