HomeMy WebLinkAbout293 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 293
AN ORDINANCE OF TRE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, AM~DING TITLE 17 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA
MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE SECTION 17.04.070 - TEMPORARY USES
WHEREAS, ~he City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California
does ordain as follows:
.~CTION 1: The City Council hereby finds and determines the
fol lowing:
A. That the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga, following a public bearing held in the time
and manner prescribed by lay, recommends the Amendment
to Section 17.04.0?0 "Temporary Uses", of the
Development Code as hereinafter described, and this
City Council bas held a public beariu~ prescribed by
lay and duly heard and considered said recommendation.
That this Development Code Amendment is consistent
with the General Plan of the City of Rancho Cucamonga.
C.That this Amendment is consistent with the objectives
of the Development Code.
D. That this Amendment to the Development Code will have
no significant envi. ronmental ilpact as provided in the
Negative Declaration filed herein.
SECTI~ 2: That Section 17.04.070 "Temporary Uses" is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section l?.O4.O?0-~ to read as follows:
?. ~ Model homes may be used as offices
solely for the first sale of homes within a recorded
tract subject to the following conditions:
(e) The sales office may be located in s garage,
trailer or 'dwelling.
(b) Approval shall be for a ~o-year period, at which
time the sales office use shall be terminated and
the structure restored back to its original
condition. ~xtensions may be granted by ~be City
Planner in one year increments up to s laximum of
four (4) years or until ninety (90) percent of
the development is sold; whichever is less.
(c) A cash deposit, letter of credit, or any security
determined s&~isfactory to the City shall be
submitted to the City of Rancho Cucamonga, in an
amount to be set by Council Resolution, to ensure
the restoration or removal of the
(d) The s~los office is to be used o~ly for
transactions involving the oale, rent, or lease
of lots.s~d/or structures within the tract in
which ~he, sales office is located, contiguous
tracts, or a planned commonity. ~ovever, the
Planning Co-~ission may consiior off-$i£a model
home sales offices subject to ~[ie ~rsnting of a
Conditional Use Permit (See Section
17.0&.070.-c-8).
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(e) Failure to terminate sales office and restore
structure or failure ~o apply for an extension on
or before the expiration date will result in
forfeiture of the cash deposit, a halt in further
construction or inspection activity on the
project site, and enforcement action to ensure
restoration of structure.
(f) Street improvements and temporary off-street
parking at a rate of two (2) spaces per model
shall be completed to the satisfaction of the
City Engineer and City Planner prior to
commencement of sales activities or the display
of ~odel homes.
(g) Ail fences proposed in conjunction with the ~odel
homes and sales office shall be located outside
of the public right-of-way.
(h) Flags, pennants, or other on-site advertising
shall be regulated pursuant to the Sign
Regulations of the Municipal Code.
(i) Use of signs shall require submission of a sign
permit application for review and approval by the
Planning Division prior to installation.
Off-Site Node1 Bomes. A ~odel home sales office, when
not located within one of the three circumstances
identified in Section 17.04.070-C-7(d), is to be
considered as an off-site model home sales office.
Off-site model home sales offices may only be
permitted subject to the granting of a Conditional Use
Permit by the Planning Commission as prescribed in
Section 17.04.030, and in conformance with the
following criteria.
(a) A sales office within the ~odel home complex may
only be located within the dwelling itself, or
within the garage. Trailers, modulate, or any
similar temporary structure, shall not be
permitted.
(b) A cash deposit, the amount to be determined by
the City Planner, will be required upon issuance
of the Conditional Use Permit to insure
restoration of the model home sales office to its
intended ultimate configuration.
(c) Off-street or other parking within a paved lot or
by some other means acceptable to the City
Planner shall be provided at the ratio of 2
spaces for every model home and shall be located
within the li~its of the model home sales
office. The provision of off-street parking is a
necessary prerequisite for the granting of this
permit, and its development shall be completed
prior to the co~ncement of activities of
display of model homes.
(d) The hours of operation that the model home sales
office may be opened to the public for business
shall be limited to beVeeen the hours of 10:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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(e) All fences proposed in conjunction with the model
home sales office shall be located outside of the
public right-of-way.
(f) If proposed, adequate on-site lighting shall be
provided to insure a safe and secure environment,
while at the same time being designed and placed
in such a manner as to prevent stray light or
glare from becoming a nuisance factor for
adjacent properties. The lighting design
employed should be of a lo~-level type of system,
(i.e., Nalibu style lighting.) A detailed
lighting plan shall be submitted for the review
and approval of the City Planner prior to the
commencement of activities or display of model
homes.
(8) The approval of this permit shall be for a
one-year period, at which time the model
home/sales office use shall be terminated and the
structure(s) restored back to its (their)
original condition. Ti~e extensions may be
granted by the Planning Commission up to a
maximum of one-year, or until 901 of the
development is sold, whichever is less. Request
for ti~e extensions must be received by the
Planning Division at least 30 days prior to the
date of expiration. Any requests for extension
of this Conditional Use Permit beyond the
years would require the applicatioo of a new
Conditional Use Permit. Irrespective of the
above, any model home sales office in existence
as a combination of as first an on-site use, than
as an off-site use, shall be in existence an
aggregate total time not to exceed three years.
(h) All model home lots shall be fully landscaped
including, but not limited to, a permanent,
underground irrigation system, specimen size
trees, and the use of shrubbery, ground cover,
and lawn in combination to produce a pleasing and
aesthetic environment compatible with the
surrounding established neighborhood.
(i) Before approving a Conditional Use Permit, the
Planning Commission shall make the necessary
mandatory findings as prescribed in Section
17.04.030-E, plus the following additional
findings:
(1) That the model home sales office is
compatible with and sensitive to the
immediate environment of the site and
neighborhood, and that its location will not
be detrimental to the health, safety or
welfare, or result in any significant
adverse impacts for any residents within the
surrounding established neighborhood.
(2) That the location of the model home sales
office has sufficient access to a primary
circulation route (collector, secondary, or
arterial) so that any additional traffic
generated as a result of this project will
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not have any significant impact for the
surrounding development. To insure Chat any
traffic impacts associated with the
establishment of a model home sales office
are minimized, it will be required that
concurrent with any application for a
Conditional Use Permit for an off-site model
home sales office, that the applicant will
also include a traffic study to be prepared
by a certified traffic engineer detailing
all potential traffic impacts expected to
result from the project, and proposing any
required mitigation measures that would be
necessary to reduce any traffic impacts to
the surrounding established neighborhood.
(3) The sufficient on-site, off-street parking
is available so that any additional parking
demand 8enerated as a result of this project
would not have any significant adverse
impacts for the surrounding development.
(4) That the individual elements of the model
homes sales office, (i.e., lighting,
signing, fencing, hours of operation), are
designed in a collective, coordinated manner
to ensure a safe, secure, an aesthetic
environment, sensitive to and compatible
with the surrounding development. As a
minimum, the Planning CommisBion shall
determine that the proposed site is
developed consistent with the landscaping
requirements per Section l?.0&.0?0-C-8(h).
(5) That the model home sales office i8 to be of
a temporary, short-term nature; short term
is defined as having a life expectancy not
to exceed two years.
Trailer coaches or mobile ho~" on active construction
sites for use as a temporary living quarters for
security personnel, or temporary residence of the
subject property o~ner. The follo~ing restrictions
shall apply:
(a) The City Planner may approve a temporary trailer
for the duration of the construction project or
for a specified period, but in no event for more
than two (2) years. If exceptional circumstances
exist, a one (1) year extension may be granted,
provided that the building permit for the first
permanent dwelling or structure on the same site
has also been extended.
(b) Installation of trailer coaches may occur only
after a valid building permit has been issued by
the City Building and Safety Division.
(c) Trailer coaches permitted pursuant to this
section shall not exceed a maxi.-,m gross square
footage of six hundred fifty (650) square feet in
size (tongue not included).
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(d) The trailer coach must have a valid Cali[ornia
vehicle license and shall provide evidence o£
Division o[ ltcusin$ approval aS prescribed
Code of the State
S. tate ,lib i;deJt:~olatatatal vehicle being de£ined
as a motorhome, travel trailer, truck camper or
· · or ~ithout ~tor power,
shall not
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of the
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meet alt t~uitemeUts and
Count7 Department o[ gnvi~oument al
semites and the Ci~7 Building and Sa~eW
Division- ant to this section in
Any permit issued pu~su · - ~o~ec~ shall
cancellation or completion o~
become invalid upon ~his use has been
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phSS~, hP~' and ADO~ this 16th da~ of July, 19~.
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I, BEVERLY A. AUTHELET, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a
regular meeting of the Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 2nd
day of July, 1986, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 16th day of July, 1986.
Executed this 17th day of July, 1986 at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Beverly A/Authelet, City Clerk