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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDELETE (3)RESOLUTION NO. 21-06 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING TENTATIVE TRACT MAP SUBTT20295, A SUBDIVISION OF A PROPERTY OF ABOUT 1,166 ACRES INTO TWELVE (12) LOTS FOR SALE AND THREE (3) LETTERED LOTS TO BE RETAININED BY THE PROJECT PROPONENT, LOCATED WITHIN THE ETIWANDA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONSERVATION PLAN, LOCATED NORTH OF BANYAN STREET, EAST OF MILLIKEN AVENUE, AND WEST OF DAY CREEK BOULEVARD; AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF - APNS: 0201-191-27; 0201-272-15, -16, -17, and -18; 0225- 091-05 and -06; 0225-092-01; 1074-351-01, -04, -05, and -06; 1087-071- 01, -02, -03, -04, -05, -06, -07, -08, -09, -10, -11, -12, -13, -14, -18, -19, and -20. A. Recitals. 1. The County of San Bernardino Flood Control District filed an application for the approval of Tentative Tract Map No. 20295, as described in the title of this Resolution. Hereinafter in this Resolution, the subject Tentative Tract Map request is referred to as "the application." 2. On the 27th day of January 2021, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a duly noticed public hearing on the application. 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. 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 this Commission during the above - referenced public hearing on January 27, 2020, including written and oral staff reports, together with public testimony, this Commission hereby specifically finds as follows: a. The application applies to a property of about 1,166 acres located north of Banyan Street, east of Milliken Avenue, and west of Day Creek Boulevard within the Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan; and b. The City Council approved General Plan Amendment DRC2015-00749, Etiwanda North Specific Plan Amendment DRC2015-00750, Zoning Map Amendment DRC2015- 00752, Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan DRC2015-00751 Development Code Amendment DRC2019-00459, and Annexation DRC2015-00732 for the purpose of establishing the Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan thus enabling development and conservation of roughly 4,393 acres north of the City; and PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 21-06 TENTATIVE TRACT MAP SUBTT20295 — COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT January 27, 2021 Page 2 C. The Specific Plan has an overall area of 4,393, and extends from Haven Avenue, easterly to the City's boundary with Fontana, and from the 210 Freeway, northerly into the San Bernardino National Forest boundary. The subject properties are generally located at the middle to southern portion of the Specific Plan; and d. To the north of the project site is the Rural/Conservation Area of the Etiwanda North Specific Plan. To the south are single-family neighborhoods, Los Osos High School, and the 210 Freeway. To the east and west are single-family residences; and e. The subject property and properties to the north are within the Etiwanda Heights Neighborhood and Conservation Plan. The properties to the south are within the Caryn Specific Plan and the School (S) District. The properties to the east are within the Etiwanda North Specific Plan, and the properties to the west are within the Flood Control (FC), Low (L) Residential, Low Medium (LM) and Very Low (VL) Residential Districts; and f. The applicant proposes to subdivide the project site into twelve (12) lots and three (3) "lettered" lots. No building construction is proposed in conjunction with this tentative tract map; and g. The lots will be sold to various developers who will construct the single and multi- family residential units and non-residential buildings within the Neighborhood Area of the Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan; h. The entitlement applications for the various components of the Specific Plan will be submitted by each developer separately for review and action by the City at a later date. Development within all lots will be governed by the technical and design standards/guidelines described in the Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan. 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 tentative tract map is consistent with the General Plan, Development Code, and the Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan. The proposed project is to subdivide the project site into multiple lots which will be sold to allow the construction of single - and multi -family residential units and non-residential buildings consistent with the goals and policies of the General Plan and intent of the Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan; and b. The design or improvements of the tentative tract map is consistent with the General Plan, Development Code, and the Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan. The proposed project is only to subdivide the project site into twelve (12) lots and three (3) "lettered" lots. No building construction is proposed in conjunction with this tentative tract map; and C. The site is physically suitable for the type of development proposed. The individual entitlement applications for the various components of the Specific Plan will be PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 21-06 TENTATIVE TRACT MAP SUBTT20295 — COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT January 27, 2021 Page 3 submitted by developers separately for review and action by the City at a later date. Development within all lots will be governed by the technical and design standards/guidelines described in the Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan; and d. The design of the subdivision is not likely to cause substantial environmental damage and avoidable injury to humans and wildlife or their habitat. The proposed project is only for the subdivision of the project site into multiple lots. No building construction is proposed in conjunction with this tentative tract map. Mitigation measures described in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan will be implemented during the construction and operation of the project; and e. The tentative tract is not likely to cause serious public health problems. The proposed project is only for the subdivision of the project site into multiple lots. No building construction is proposed in conjunction with this tentative tract map. Mitigation measures described in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan will be implemented during the construction and operation of the project; and f. The design of the tentative tract will not conflict with any easement acquired by the public at large, now of record, for access through or use of the property within the proposed subdivision. Easements for access through or use of the property within the project will be governed by local and State regulations and applicable technical and design standards/guidelines described in the Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan. 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 no subsequent or supplemental environmental document is required pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in connection with the review and approval of this application based upon the following findings and determinations: a. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City certified an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on October 2, 2019 (SCH No.2017091027) in connection with the City's approval of General Plan Amendment DRC2015-00749, Etiwanda North Specific Plan Amendment DRC2015-00750, Zoning Map Amendment DRC2015-00752, Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan DRC2015-00751, Development Code Amendment DRC2019-00459, and Annexation DRC2015-00732. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, no subsequent or supplemental EIR or Negative Declaration is required in connection with subsequent discretionary approvals of the same project as there have been a) no substantial changes proposed to the project that indicate new or more severe impacts on the environment; b) no substantial changes have occurred in the circumstances under which the project was previously reviewed that indicates new or more severe environmental impacts; c) no new important information shows the project will have new or more severe impacts than previously considered; and d) no additional mitigation measures are now feasible to reduce impacts or different mitigation measures can be imposed to substantially reduce impacts. b. The Planning Commission finds, in connection with Tentative Tract Map SUBTT20295, that substantial changes to the project or the circumstances surrounding the project have not occurred which would create new or more severe impacts than those evaluated PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 21-06 TENTATIVE TRACT MAP SUBTT20295 — COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT January 27, 2021 Page 4 in the previously certified EIR. The application is the subdivision of the project site into twelve (12) lots and three (3) "lettered" lots. The lots will be sold to enable the future construction of the Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan. Staff further finds that the project will not have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previously certified EIR, not have more severe effects than previously analyzed, and that additional or different mitigation measures are not required to reduce the impacts of the project to a level of less than significant. No building construction is proposed in conjunction with this tentative tract map. Development of the project will be governed by the technical and design standards/guidelines described in the Etiwanda North Neighborhood and Conservation Plan. C. Based on these findings and all evidence in the record, the Planning Commission concurs with the staff determination that no additional environmental review is required pursuant to CEQA in connection with the City's consideration of the Tentative Tract Map SUBTT20295. 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 27TH DAY OF JANUARY 2021. PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA BY: Z (JZ Tony buglielmo, Chairman ATTEST: jul�A 0 dM U� Anne McIntosh, AICP, Secret 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 27th day of January 2021, by the following vote - to -wit: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: GUGLIELMO, OAXACA, DOPP, MORALES, WILLIAMS NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: