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HomeMy WebLinkAbout18-23 - Resolution - Recommending Approval of Victoria Gardens Master Plan Amendment RESOLUTION NO. 18-23 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF VICTORIA GARDENS MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT DRC2017-00971 TO REZONE A VACANT 5.33-ACRE PARCEL (APN: 109053106) FROM RESIDENTIAL TO CIVIC/PARKING AREA AND MODIFYING VARIOUS LANGUAGE IN THE VGMP TO ALLOW THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF A PUBLIC PARKING LOT/STRUCTURE AND POLICE SUBSTATION ON THE PARCEL; AND TO REALLOCATE 95 DWELLING UNITS FROM THIS PARCEL TO THE MAIN STREET AREA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VICTORIA GARDENS, GENERALLY BOUNDED BY CHURCH STREET TO THE NORTH, FOOTHILL BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTH, 1-15 TO THE EAST, AND DAY CREEK BOULEVARD TO THE WEST. A. Recitals. 1. The City of Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Mall, LLC, and Rancho Mall NE, LLC (collectively, "Applicant")jointly filed an application for Master Plan Amendment DRC2017-00970 as described in the title of this Resolution. Hereinafter in this Resolution, the subject Master Plan Amendment is referred to as the "Application." 2. On May 9, 2018, the Planning Commission conducted a duly 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 Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga as follows: 1. The 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 the substantial evidence presented to this Commission during the above-referenced public hearing on May 9, 2018, including written and oral staff reports, together with public testimony, this Commission hereby specifically finds as follows: a. The Application applies to the approximately 174-acre Victoria Gardens site ("Victoria Gardens"). The Application's primary provisions apply to a 5.33-acre parcel within Victoria Gardens that was previously approved for a 95-unit condominium development that is mostly vacant with minimal infrastructure improvements located generally north of the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center on the north-east corner or Arbor Drive and Cultural Center Drive within the Victoria Gardens Mall ("Subject Property"). b. Development of Victoria Gardens and the Subject Property is governed by the Victoria Gardens Master Plan, the Victoria Arbors Master Plan, the Victoria Community Plan, PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 18-23 VICTORIA GARDENS MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT DRC2017-00971 — CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA May 9, 2018 Page 2 the City's General Plan, and the Development Agreement between the City and Owner's predecessor in interest. c. The property to the north of the Subject Property is designated Mixed Use, and is partially developed with a winery and single-family residential development. The property to the west of the Subject Property is designated Mixed Use, and is developed with multi-family residential units. The Bass Pro Shop and the 1-15 Freeway lie immediately to the east of the Subject Property with the land further east designated Low-Medium Residential and Medium Residential within the Etiwanda Specific Plan, and Regional Related Commercial. The Main Street and Route 66 Areas of the Victoria Gardens Mall are directly south of the Subject Property, and Foothill Boulevard lies further to the south, beyond which the land is developed with commercial uses and is designated Regional Related Office/Commercial. d. On February 20, 2002 and in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act("CEQA"),the City certified Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2001031028 (EIR), which analyzed the potential environmental impacts of the Victoria Gardens Master Plan and related approvals. As the Lead Agency, the City considered the information in the EIR before approving the Victoria Gardens Master Plan. At that time, the City Council also adopted a Statement of Facts and Findings and Overriding Considerations for the Victoria Gardens Master Plan. The Statement of Overriding Considerations found that the economic, social, or other benefits of the Victoria Gardens Master Plan outweighed the significant and unavoidable impacts identified in the EIR. e. Also in 2002, the City entered into Development Agreement 01-02 with Victoria Gardens-C, LLC for the Victoria Gardens Regional Center. The Development Agreement has since been amended three times by mutual agreement of the parties. Rancho Mall, LLC and Rancho Mall NE, LLC are transferees of portions of Victoria Gardens-C, LLC's interest in Victoria Gardens. f. On May 6, 2009 and in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City certified Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2001031028 (SEIR), which analyzed the potential environmental impacts of proposed amendments to the Victoria Gardens Master Plan and related amendments to the General Plan, Victoria Community Plan, and Victoria Arbors Master Plan and the third amendment to the Development Agreement to allow the development of residential uses in the Main Street Area, increase the average height in the Main Street Area to 120 feet, with a maximum of 160 feet, amend the building setback requirements for the Main Street Area, and clarify permitted and conditionally permitted uses within Victoria Gardens. At that time, the City Council also adopted a Statement of Facts and Findings and Overriding Considerations for the project as the economic, social, or other benefits outweighed the significant and unavoidable impacts identified in the SEIR. g. Concurrent with this Application, the Applicant has also applied for General Plan Amendment DRC2017-00969, Development Agreement Amendment DRC2017-00970, and Tentative Parcel Map TPM 19963. The purpose of these other applications is to modify Table LU-2 of the General Plan (Victoria GardensNictoria Arbors Land Use Mix)to reduce the maximum number of residential units in the Victoria Gardens Master Plan's Residential Area by 95 units and to increase the maximum number of residential units in the Main Street Area by 95 units; incorporate the General Plan Amendment and VGMP Amendment into the Development Agreement and facilitate the timing and development of the public safety facility on the Subject PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 18-23 VICTORIA GARDENS MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT DRC2017-00971 — CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA May 9, 2018 Page 3 Property; and to subdivide the Subject Property lot into 2 parcels, with one parcel consisting of approximately 1 acre for a future public safety facility and the other parcel of approximately 4.33 acres for a future parking lot and/or parking structure. Collectively, these approvals are referred to herein as the "Project." h. As shown in the Attachment "A," the Application proposes to amend the Victoria Gardens Master Plan to rezone a vacant 5.33 acre parcel located generally north of the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center on the north east corner of Arbor Drive and Cultural Center Dr. from Residential to Civic/Parking Area and modifying various language in the VGMP to allow the future development of a public parking lot/structure and police substation on the parcel; and to reallocate 95 Dwelling Units from this parcel to the Main Street Area from the Residential Area. 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 Application is consistent with the objectives, policies, and general land uses specified in the General Plan and any applicable Specific Plans. The proposed Victoria Gardens Master Plan Amendment enables the continued construction of the Project within Victoria Gardens subject to the approval of the amendments to the General Plan, Development Agreement Amendment, and TPM (General Plan Amendment DRC2017-00969, Development Agreement Amendment DRC2017-00970, and Tentative Parcel Map TPM19963, respectively). b. The Application meets the requirements set forth in the Development Code. The proposed Victoria Gardens Master Plan Amendment enables the continued construction of the Project within Victoria Gardens through the comprehensive planning document that created a compatible blend of uses. 4. Based upon the facts and information contained in the Application, together with all written and oral reports included for the environmental assessment for the Application, the Planning Commission finds that an addendum to the EIR and SEIR is required pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in connection with the review and approval of the Application based upon the following findings and determinations: a. Under CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, when an EIR has been previously certified for a project, a lead agency must prepare a subsequent EIR if (1) substantial changes are proposed to the project that will require major revision of the previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; (2) substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or (3) new information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete or the Negative Declaration was adopted. b. Under CEQA Guidelines Section 15164, the City may prepare an addendum to an EIR in lieu of a subsequent EIR if the changes to the project or the circumstances under which the project would be undertaken don't meet the conditions described in Section PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 18-23 VICTORIA GARDENS MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT DRC2017-00971 — CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA May 9, 2018 Page 4 15162 that require preparation of a subsequent EIR to make the EIR adequately apply to the proposed project. c. Based on the evaluation of potential environmental impacts of the Project an addendum was prepared. The addendum analyzed the Project against the original project, as approved in 2002 and 2009 and reviewed under the EIR and SEIR, and determined that because the Project shifted uses anticipated within the Mall and that were previously identified and approved as part of the Victoria Gardens Master Plan, the impacts generated by the Project created no new impacts and were no more significant than the original project. Additionally, key topics such as Noise, Traffic and Circulation and Cultural Impacts had been completed to further analyze impacts related to recirculating traffic within Victoria Gardens due to the development of parking on the Subject Property. d. Based on the totality of the administrative record, the Planning Commission finds in connection with the Application, that substantial changes to the original project or the circumstances surrounding the original project have not occurred which would create new or more severe impacts than those evaluated in the previously certified EIR and SEIR, that no new information has come to light that was known or could have been known at the time the EIR and SIER were adopted, and that the addendum to the EIR and SEIR complies with the requirements of CEQA and recommends that the City Council adopt the addendum as being prepared in compliance with CEQA. The purpose of the Application is to rezone the Subject Parcel to Civic/Parking Area and to modify various language in the VGMP to allow the future development of a public parking lot/structure and police substation on the parcel; and to reallocate 95 Dwelling Units from this parcel to the Main Street Area. e. The Commission further finds that the addendum to the EIR and SEIR is in compliance with CEQA as the Project will not have more significant effects than discussed in the previously certified EIR and SEIR for the original project, not have more severe effects than previously analyzed for the original project, and that additional or different mitigation measures are not required to reduce the impacts of the proposed project to a level of less than significant. 5. On the basis of the foregoing and the totality of the administrative record before it, the Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council adopt the addendum to the EIR and SEIR and approve Victoria Gardens Master Plan Amendment DRC2017-00971 as shown in Attachment A. The Secretary to this Commission shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 9TH DAY OF MAY 2018. PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 18-23 VICTORIA GARDENS MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT DRC2017-00971 — CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA May 9, 2018 Page 5 BY: Francisco Oaxaca, Chairman ATTEST: Candycu ne , Secretary I, Candyce Burnett, 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 May 2018, by the following vote-to-wit: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: GUGLIELMO, MACIAS, MUNOZ, OAXACA, WIMBERLY NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: NONE VICTORIA GARDENS MASTER PLAN WITH PROPOSED AMENDMENDED FIGURES AND TEXT DISTRIBUTED UNDER SEPARATED COVER