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Home My WebLink AboutReso 22-10 RESOLUTION NO. 22-10 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF MASTER PLAN DRC2022-00074, A REQUEST TO ESTABLISH A MASTER PLAN FOR A VACANT SITE OF APPROXIMATELY 17.2 ACRES LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF FOOTHILL BOULEVARD AND MILLIKEN AVENUE AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF - APNS: 1077-422-51, -55, -98, -99, 1090-121-38, AND -39. A. Recitals. 1. WDCC Milliken West Residential, LLC filed an application for the issuance of Master Plan DRC2022-00074, as described in the title of this Resolution. Hereinafter in this Resolution, the subject Master Plan application request is referred to as "the application." 2. On the 27th day of April 2022, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a duly noticed public hearing on said 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 on April 27, 2022, including written and oral staff reports, together with public testimony, this Commission hereby specifically finds as follows: a. The application applies to a vacant site located at the northwest corner of Foothill Boulevard and Milliken Avenue; and b. The project site for the application has an area of approximately 17.2 acres. The project site covers approximately three-fourths of the city block bordered by Elm Avenue to the west, Milliken Avenue to the east, Church Street to the north, and Foothill Boulevard to the south; and c. The existing land uses on, and General Plan land use and zoning designations for the project site and the surrounding properties (relative to the above-noted) are as follows: Land Use General Plan Zoning Site Vacant Cit Corridor Hi h Mixed Use - Urban Corridor(MU-UCR) y g District North Multifamily Suburban Medium High (MH) Residential Residential Neighborhood PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 22-10 MASTER PLAN DRC2022-00074—WDCC MILLIKEN WEST RESIDENTIAL, LLC April 27, 2022 Page 2 Moderate Shopping Center Financial, Restaurants, Residential (MFC)1 South (north and south City Corridor High north of Foothill and Industrial Park (IP) of Foothill) south of Foothill East Hospital! City Corridor High Hospital and Related Facilities, Office Partially Vacant (MHO) West Shopping Center City Corridor High Community Commercial (CC) District 'I —Terra Vista Planned Community d. The proposal is to establish a Master Plan creating unique development standards for the project site in order to enable a mixed-use development of 671 apartment units and 20,841 square feet of commercial space; and e. This application is in conjunction with Tentative Tract Map 20120 (SUBTT00024) to subdivide the property into 4 numbered lots for condominium purposes and Design Review DRC2021-00120 to construct a mixed-use development comprising of 671 apartment units and 20,841 square feet of commercial space; and f. The project was reviewed by the Design Review Committee on March 15, 2022. The committee was very supportive of the project architecture, layout, and amenities. The committee voted to move the project forward as presented to the Design Review Committee to the full Planning Commission for consideration; and 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 Master Plan is consistent with the goals, policies, and objectives of the General Plan. The site has a General Plan designation of City Corridor High, which envisions high development intensities along Foothill Boulevard, particularly adjacent to city centers.The proposed Master Plan enables the development of Design Review DRC2021-00120, which is a mixed-use project comprising of 671 apartment units and 20,841 square feet of commercial space. The design and layout of this development is consistent with the General Plan goals, policies, and objectives for the project site. However, the development cannot be built under the existing development standards due to unique project characteristics,which themselves effectively implement the vision of the General Plan. The Master Plan application allows for the flexibility to allow the development project as proposed beyond what would be allowed under the conventional zoning district; and b. The proposed Master plan meets the applicable requirements set forth in Chapter 17.22.020 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code. The proposed Master Plan application meets the purpose and intent of a Master Plan as discussed in the development code. Furthermore, the Master plan document contains all required sections as outlined in Chapter 17.22.020 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 22-10 MASTER PLAN DRC2022-00074 —WDCC MILLIKEN WEST RESIDENTIAL, LLC April 27, 2022 Page 3 4. Based upon the facts and information contained in the CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 Compliance Memorandum, together with all written and oral reports included for the environmental assessment for the application, the Planning Commission finds that there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect upon the environment based upon the findings as follows: a. The City of Rancho Cucamonga adopted a comprehensive update to the City's General Plan (GPU) and certified a Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (SCH No. 2021050261) on December 15, 2021. As part of the GPU, the Project site was designated for "City Corridor — High" land uses, which allows for residential development at densities ranging from 36 to 60 dwelling units per acre (du/ac) and non-residential development at a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) ranging from 0.6 to 1.5. According to Section 15168 of the CEQA Guidelines, a Program EIR may be prepared on a series of actions that can be characterized as one large project. Use of a Program EIR gives the Lead Agency an opportunity to consider broad policy alternatives and program-wide mitigation measures, as well as greater flexibility to address project-specific and cumulative environmental impacts on a comprehensive scale. b. Pursuant to Section 15183(c) of the State CEQA Guidelines, "if an impact is not peculiar to the parcel or to the project, has been addressed as a significant effect in the prior EIR, or can be substantially mitigated by the imposition of uniformly applied development policies or standards...then an additional EIR need not be prepared for the project solely on the basis of that impact."The 17.2-acre property is designated by the City's General Plan for"City Corridor—High" land uses. The GPU EIR assumed the Project site would be developed with 722 multi-family residential dwelling units and 337,154 square feet of commercial retail land uses. The proposed Project is fully consistent with the site's GPU land use designation of"City Corridor — High" and would be consistent with all applicable GPU policies. Therefore, no subsequent or supplemental EIR is required for the proposed project.To demonstrate that no subsequent ElR or environmental review is required, a CEQA Section 15183 Compliance Memorandum dated March 22, 2022,was prepared by T & B Planning. Staff evaluated this memorandum and concluded that the project is within the scope of the EIR certified as part of the City's GPU on December 15, 2021. The project will not have one or more significant effects not discussed in the GPU EIR, nor 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. 5. Based upon the findings and conclusions set forth in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 4 above, this Commission hereby recommends approval of Master Plan DRC2022-00074 as depicted on Exhibit B, attached hereto. 6. The Secretary to this Commission shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 27TH DAY OF APRIL 2022. PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA BY: ryan opp, Chair PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 22-10 MASTER PLAN DRC2022-00074 —WDCC MILLIKEN WEST RESIDENTIAL, LLC April 27, 2022 Page 4 M 1 ATTEST: Matth . Burris, Secretary, AICP, LEED AP I, Matthew R. Burris, Secretary, AICP, LEED AP, 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 27th day of April 2022, by the following vote-to-wit: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: DOPP, WILLIAMS, MORALES, BOLING, DANIELS NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: