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Home My WebLink About21-23 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 21-23 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, •CALIFORNIA, APPROVING DESIGN REVIEW DRC2019-00558, A REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT 10 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES ON A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SUBDIVISION (SUBTT19917) WITHIN THE VERY LOW (VL) RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT OF THE ETIWANDA SPECIFIC PLAN AND EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY LOCATED NORTH OF THE 210 FREEWAY AND EAST OF EAST AVENUE AT THE EASTERLY EXTENSION OF WILSHIRE ,DRIVE AND COPLEY DRIVE, AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF — APNS: 0226-572-01 TO -10 A. Recitals. 1. M&A Holdings, LLC filed an application for Design Review DRC2019-00558 as described in the title of this Resolution. Hereinafter in this Resolution, the subject Design Review request is referred to as "the application." 2. On the 12th day of May 2021, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga noticed public hearing to consider 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 May 12, 2021, including written and oral staff reports, this Commission hereby specifically finds as follows: a. The application applies to property located within the City; and b. The application applies to an approximately 7.17-acre site within the Very Low (VL) Residential, District of the Etiwanda Specific Plan, located north of the 210 Freeway and east of East Avenue at the easterly extension of Wilshire Drive and Copley Drive; and C. The properties to the north and west are within the Very Low (VL) Residential District, Etiwanda Specific Plan and the Equestrian Overlay District, and developed with single- family residences. The properties to the south (across the,210 Freeway) are located within the Low (L) Residential District, Etiwanda Specific Plan and contains single-family residences. The property to the east is within the Open Space (OS) District, Etiwanda Specific Plan and contains a flood control channel/basin; and d. The proposed project consists of the construction of 10 single-family residences and ancillary site improvements; and PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 21-23 DR DRC2019-00558 — M&A HOLDINGS, LLC May 12, 2021 Page 2 e. The project complies with all pertinent development standards related to building height, lot coverage, frontirear setbacks; and f. The project complies with the residential front yard landscaping requirements as prescribed in the Development Code; and g. The project is to construct a single-family residence on each lot of a 10-lot subdivision (SUBTT1.9917) that was previously approved by the Planning Commission on August 8, 2018; and h. The proposed single-family residences complies with the development standards applicable to this zoning district as described in Figure 5-2 of the Etiwanda Specific Plan. The architecture of each house will be consistent with the general design requirements outlined in the Development Code and the Etiwanda Specific 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 specifically finds and concludes as follows: a. The proposed development is in accord with the General Plan, the objectives of the Development Code, the Etiwanda Specific Plan, and the Equestrian Overlay District and the purposes of the district in which the site is located. The proposal is to construct a single-family residence on each lot of a 10-lot subdivision (SUBTT1991.7), that was previously approved by the Planning Commission on August 8, 2018 for a total of 10 single-family residences. The underlying General Plan designation is Very Low Residential; and b. The proposed development, 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 project site is vacant; the proposed land use is consistent with the land uses within the vicinity where it is located and the expectations of the community. The property is surrounded on three sides by single-family residential development; and C. The proposed development complies with each of the applicable provisions of the Development Code, the Etiwanda Specific Plan, and the Equestrian Overlay District. The proposed development meets all standards outlined in the Development Code, the Etiwanda Specific Plan, the Equestrian Overlay District, as well as the design and development standards and policies of the Planning Commission and the City. 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") and the City's local CEQA Guidelines, the City adopted a Mitigated Negative Declaration on August 8, 2018 in connection with the City's approval of Tentative Tract Map SUBTT19917. 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 unless: (i) PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 21-23 DR DRC2019-00558 — M&A HOLDINGS, LLC May 12, 2021 Page 3 substantial changes are proposed to the project that indicate new or more severe impacts on the environment; (ii) substantial changes have occurred in the circumstances under which the project was previously reviewed that indicates new or more severe environmental impacts; or (iii) new important information shows the project will have new or more severe impacts than previously considered; or (iv) 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 the Design Review DRC2019-00558, 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 in the previous Mitigated Negative Declaration, Tentative Tract Map SUBTT19917 provided for the subdivision of approximately 7.17 acres into single-family 10 lots. Design Review DRC2019- 00558 provides for the construction of 10 single-family homes on those 10 previously approved single-family lots. Staff further finds that the project will not have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous Mitigated Negative Declaration, 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. 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 Design Review DRC2019-00558. 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 attached Conditions of Approval. 6. The Secretary to this Commission shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 12TH DAY OF MAY 2021. PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA BY: 2 Ae22 T ny uglielm , hairman ATTEST: Anne McIntosh, AICP, Sec r c I, Anne McIntosh, AICP, Secretary o tanning 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 12th day of May 2021, by the following vote -to - wit: PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 21-23 DR DRC2019-00558 — M&A HOLDINGS, LLC May 12, 2021 Page 4 AYES: COMMISSIONERS: GUGLIELMO, OAXACA, DOPP, MORALES, WILLIAMS NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: