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Home My WebLink About21-60 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 21-60 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE DESIGN REVIEW DRC2020-00202, A REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW OF TWO NEW INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS TOTALING 2,175,000 SQUARE FEET ON CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET EAST OF SANTA ANITA AVENUE AND 2,300 FEET WEST OF ETIWANDA AVENUE, NORTH OF 4T" STREET AND SOUTH OF 6T" STREET; AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF — APNS: 0229-283-50 AND 51. A. Recitals. 1. Bridge Point Rancho Cucamonga, LLC filed an application for the approval of Design Review DRC2020-00202, 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 22nd day of September 2021, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga 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. 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 of September 22, 2021, including written and oral staff reports, together with public testimony, this Commission hereby specifically finds as follows: a. The 91.39-acre project site is located approximately 1,000 feet east of Santa Anita Avenue and 2,300 feet west of Etiwanda Avenue, north of 41 Street and south of 61" Street; and b. The project site is improved with an existing 1,431,000 square foot industrial warehouse building and an existing 23,240 square foot retail building and associated improvements such as parking areas, drive aisles, loading areas, landscaped areas and a rail spur which serves properties to the east of the project site. The site also includes an area comprising approximately 11-acres of vacant land which was previously used as a vineyard. All existing improvements, except for the rail spur, will be demolished as part of this project; and C. The existing Land Use, General Plan and Zoning Designations for the project site and adjacent properties are as follows: Land Use General Plan Zoning Site Industrial Warehouse, Heavy Industrial (HI) and General Industrial Employment (IE) and Neo-Industrial GI Exhibit M PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 21-60 DR DRC2020-00202 — BRIDGE POINT RANCHO CUCAMONGA, LLC September 22, 2021 Page 2 Commercial Industrial (GI) District Retail, and former vineyard North Industrial Heavy Industrial (HI) Industrial Employment (IE) District South Industrial Industrial Industrial (Crossroads Business Park Specific Plan) (City of Ontario) West Industrial General Industrial (GI) Industrial Employment (IE) and Neo-Industrial (NI) District East Industrial and Heavy Industrial (HI) and Industrial Employment (IE) Public Facility Civic/Regional and Neo-Industrial (NI) District d. The project is for the development of two new industrial warehouse buildings on two new parcels of land: Building 1 will total approximately 1,422,500 square feet including a mezzanine not to exceed 25,000 square feet, and Building 2 will total approximately 752,500 square feet and include a mezzanine not to exceed 16,000 square feet; and e. The project also includes an application to subdivide the project site into two new parcels: Parcel 1 which will total approximately 55 acres in size and be developed with Building 1, and Parcel 2, which will total approximately 30 acres in size and be developed with Building 2; and f. The project complies with all requirements of the Development Code including setbacks, parking, design, and landscape coverage; and g. The project requires 469 parking stalls and 268 trailer loading stalls for Building 1 and 184 parking stalls and 91 trailer loading stalls for Building 2. Accordingly, the project provides 478 parking stalls and 268 trailer loading stalls for Building 1, and 221 parking stalls and 91 trailer loading stalls for Building 2; and h. The project scope includes General Plan Amendment DRC2020-00213, Zoning Map Amendment DRC2020-00267, Tentative Parcel Map SUBTPM20271, Tree Removal Permit DRC2020- 00266, Minor Use Permit DRC2021-00315 and Development Agreement DRC2021-00180. 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 proposed project is consistent with the General Plan. The proposed industrial warehouse project will be consistent with the General Plan with the approval of General Plan Amendment DRC2020-00213, which will amend the General Plan land use designation of the project site PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 21-60 DR DRC2020-00202 — BRIDGE POINT RANCHO CUCAMONGA, LLC September 22, 2021 Page 3 from a split designation of General Industrial and Heavy Industrial to General Industrial, a land use designation which permits the proposed industrial warehouse use; and b. The proposed use is in accord with the objective of the Development Code and the purposes of the district in which the site is located. Industrial warehouses, specifically Large Distribution/Fulfillment Centers, are permitted within the Neo-Industrial (NI) District subject to the approval of a Minor Use Permit. Minor Use Permit DRC2021-00315 was submitted for the operation of a Large Distribution/Fulfillment Center use. The project will be in compliance with the Zoning Map with approval of the related Zoning Map Amendment DRC2020-00267, which will amend the zoning designation of the project area which is currently split between the Neo-Industrial (NI) District and Industrial Employment (IE) District to Neo-Industrial (NI) District for the whole of the project area; and C. The proposed use is in compliance with each of the applicable provisions of the Development Code. The project will be in compliance with the Development Code with approval of the related General Plan Amendment DRC2020-00213 and Zoning Map Amendment DRC2020-00267. Large Distribution/Fulfillment Centers are permitted within the Neo-Industrial (NI) District upon the approval of a Minor Use Permit. The project complies with all other development criteria outlined in the Development Code including setbacks, parking, and design; and d. The proposed use, 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 related environmental review outlines potential environmental impacts related to the project and identifies project -specific mitigation measures that reduce these impacts to less -than - significant. The proposed use will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare, or be materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity. 4. The Design Review, in addition to the General Plan Amendment, Tentative Parcel Map, Tree Removal Permit, Minor Use Permit, and Development Agreement (collectively, the "Project') were environmentally reviewed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the City's Local CEQA Guidelines. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(d), the City determined that an EIR would clearly be required for the Project, and therefore prepared an environmental impact report (EIR) that focused on the potentially significant effects of the Project. Based upon the facts and information contained in the EIR prepared for the Project and the entire record before it, the Planning Commission recommends that the City Council certify the final EIR for the Project, adopt findings of fact pursuant to CEQA, and adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) for the Project, based upon the findings as follows: a. A Notice of Availability advertising the availability of the Draft EIR was circulated for a period of 45-days beginning on May 7, 2021 and ending on June 21, 2021; and b. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15025(c), the Planning Commission has reviewed the EIR in both its draft and final forms, attached as Exhibits C and D of the staff report accompanying the Planning Commission's consideration of the Project and incorporated herein by this reference, and all comments received regarding the EIR and, based on the whole record before it, finds that the EIR was prepared in compliance with CEQA; and The Planning Commission further finds that this recommendation reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the Planning Commission; and C. The Planning Commission has also reviewed and considered the Mitigation Monitoring PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 21-60 DR DRC2020-00202 — BRIDGE POINT RANCHO CUCAMONGA, LLC September 22, 2021 Page 4 and Reporting Program (MMRP) for the project that has been prepared pursuant to the requirements of Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and finds that such Program is designed to ensure compliance with the mitigation measures during project implementation. The Planning Commission, therefore, recommends the City Council adopt the MMRP for the project; and d. The custodian of records for the EIR, Mitigation Monitoring Program, and all other materials which constitute the record of proceedings upon which the City Council's decision is based is the Planning Director of the City of Rancho Cucamonga. Those documents are available for public review in the Planning Department of the City of Rancho Cucamonga located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California 91730, telephone (909) 477-2750. 5. Based upon the findings and conclusions set forth in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 4 above, this Commission hereby recommends that the City Council approve 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 22nd DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2021. PLANN OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA BY: Francisco Oaxaca, Chairman ATTEST: w� 14G Anne McIntosh, AICP, SeM— I, Anne McIntosh, AICP, 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 22nd day of September 2021, by the following vote -to -wit: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: GUGLIELMO, OAXACA, DOPP, MORALES, WILLIAMS NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: