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Home My WebLink About20-17 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 20-17 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO. CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP SUBTPM20006, A REQUEST TO SUBDIVIDE 13.6 ACRES OF LAND INTO FOUR (4) SEPARATE PARCELS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ARCHIBALD AVENUE AND 7TH STREET; AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF - APN: 0209-211-24 A. Recitals. 1. The applicant, Redrock Development, Inc. on behalf of Scheu Management Company, filed an application for a 'Tentative Parcel Map SUBTPM2006, as described in the title of this Resolution. Hereinafter in this Resolution, the subject Tentative Parcel Map is referred to as "the application." 2. On November 13, 2019, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a noticed public hearing on the application. At the request of Staff, the Planning Commission Continued the public hearing to December 11, 2019 to allow time for the.Initial Study and Mitigated to be recirculated (to address a technical error that occurred during the initial circulation of those documents) and be available for review and comment. 3. On December 11, 2019, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a noticed public hearing on the application. At the request of Staff, the Planning Commission Continued the public hearing to an unspecified date to allow time for Staff and the applicant to review and respond to comments received regarding the Initial Study and Mitigated that was recirculated. 4. On February 12, 2020, the Planning Commission of the City,of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a noticed public hearing on the application and concluded said hearing on that date. 5. 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 the substantial evidence presented to the Planning Commission during the above -referenced public hearing on February 12, 2020, including written and oral staff reports, together with public testimony, this Commission hereby specifically finds as follows: a. The application applies to the property located at the northeast corner of Archibald Avenue and 7t1 Street; and b. The application applies to a 13.6-acre irregularly shaped piece of land located at the northeast corner of Archibald Avenue and 7th Street; and PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 20-17 TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP SUBTPM20006 — SCHEU MANAGEMENT COMPANY February 12, 2020 Page 2 C. Surrounding properties to the north; south, east and west are zoned General Industrial (GI), and contain industriallmanufacturing facilities; and d. The application contemplates the subdivision of the subject parcel into four (4) parcels of land. Parcel 1 is proposed at 1.03 acres, Parcel 2 is 1.14 acres, Parcel 3 is 4.69 acres, and Parcel 4 is 5.98 acres; and e. The project complies with all pertinent development standards related to lot size and dimensions; and i f. The application is in conjunction with a proposal to develop the site with four (4) industrial/warehouse buildings totaling 240,710 square feet consistent with the development standards within the General Industrial (GI) District. 4. 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 proposed subdivision is in accord with the General. Plan, the objectives of the Development Code, and the purposes of the district in which the site is located. The proposed project is to subdivide the property into four parcels and is consistent with the development district of the project site. b. The proposed subdivision, together with the conditions applicable thereto; will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare or materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity. The proposed project is to subdivide the property 'into four parcels. C. The proposed subdivision complies with each of the applicableprovisions of the Development Code. The proposed subdivision meets all standards outlined in the Development Code, and the design and development standards and policies of the Planning Commission and the City. 4 Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City's local CEQA Guidelines, an Initial Study (IS) of the potential environmental effects of the project was prepared. Based on the findings contained in that IS, it was determined that, with the imposition of mitigation measures related to, for example, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, tribal cultural resources, and noise, there would be no substantialevidence that the project would have a significant effect on the environment.. Based on that determination, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) was prepared. Thereafter, the City staff provided public notice of the public comment period and' of the intent to adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration. A Mitigation Monitoring Program was also prepared to ensure implementation of, and compliance with, the mitigation measures for the project. During the 30-day review public comment period, Staff received a comment letter from Lozeau Drury, LLP on October 23, 2019. The letter expressed issues with the ISIMND and cited concerns with the mitigation measures identified' in the ISIMND. Emails were also received from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and the California Air Resources Board (CARE) on October 23 and 24, 2019, respectively. Both of these emails (followed later by written correspondence) contained requests for certain appendices associated with the technical studies PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO.20-17 TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP SUBTPM20006 — SCHEU MANAGEMENT COMPANY February 12, 2020 Page 3 used in the environmental analysis of the project. The information was provided to these agencies as requested. The comment letters were forwarded' to the applicant and the applicant's environmental consultant for their review/reference and response. The consultant subsequently provided responses to these comments. The IS/MND was recirculated on November 6, 2019to address technical errors that occurred during the first circulation of the environmental document During the second 30-day review public comment period that was provided, the City received a second comment letter from Lozeau Drury, LLP on December 10, 2019. This comments letter identified several. deficiencies in the analyses and methodologies applied in the discussion of two environmental topics (air quality and biological resources) during construction of the project and the operations of it when it is completed. This letter was also reviewed by staff and forwarded to the applicant andL their, environmental consultant for their review and response. The applicant contacted Lozeau Drury, LLP to discuss their second set of comments. They y ultimately reached a mutually acceptable solution to address the comments. On December 19, 2019 the City received correspondence from Lozeau Drury, LLP stating that they accept the applicant's approach. This was followed on December 23, 2019 by a letter from the applicant that outlined it. The solution does not include/propose additional mitigation measures nor conditions of approval. Staff reviewed the comments from the above -noted entities, and the applicant's. consultant's responses to them, and has concluded that no revisions to, and/or recirculation of, the ISIMND is required. 5. Based. upon the findings and conclusions set forth in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 4 above, this Commission hereby approves the application subject to each and every condition set forth in the Conditions of Approval, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. 6. The Secretary to this Commission shall certify to the adoption of :this Resolution. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 12TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2020 PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ugli6imo, Chairman ATTEST: Anne Mcln ash, AICP, Secretary PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 20-17 TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP SUBTPM20006 — SCHEU MANAGEMENT COMPANY February 12, 2020 Page 4 I, Anne McIntosh, AICP Secretary of the Planning Commission for 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 12th day of February 2020, by the following vote - to -wit:- AYES: COMMISSIONERS: GUGLIELMO, OAXACA, DOPP, MORALES NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: WILLIAMS ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: