HomeMy WebLinkAbout259 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 259
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 17, SECTION
17.20.030 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, REGARDING MASTER PLAN
REQUIR~ENTS
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: That Section 17.20.030, Master Plan Overlay District, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 17.20.030 Master Plan Overlay District
A. Purpose The intent of the Master Plan process is to "plan
ahead" and look beyond the limits of a particular property
to solve circulation, drainage and neighborhood
compatibility problems. The purpose of the Master Plan
Overlay District is to establish procedures to address the
special or unique needs or characteristics of certain
areas designated by the General Plan or Specific Plans and
to assure a harmonious relationship between the existing
and proposed use, and to coordinate and promote the
community improvement efforts of both private and public
resources.
B. Applicability
1. Ail areas specially designated as Master Plans on the
Land Use Plan of the General Plan shall be considered
areas where preparation of a conceptual Master Plan
shall be considered mandatory.
2. Any other areas may be considered areas where
preparation of a conceptual Master Plan if in the
opinion of the City Planner the application or project
site involves unusual site development constraints or
unique characteristics, or raises questions of
development policy substantially more significant than
generally pertain to applications.
3. All development within a Master Plan Overlay District
shall comply with the intent of Master Plan as
approved by the Planning Commission. However, it is
not the intention of the master planning process to
limit the flexibility to develop alternative solutions
consistent with the intent of the Master Plan.
4.There shall be no minimum or maximum area requirement
for a Master Plan Overlay District.
C. Administration
1. Establishment of Overlay District. The Master Planned
District may be applied in combination with any
development district pursuant to Section 17.02.060,
Amendments. A Master Plan Overlay District shall be
designated upon the Development District Map, by an
asterisk "*" after the reference number identifying
each base district, for all areas designated by the
General Plan as required by the City Planner.
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2. Master Plan Requirements. Where required, by Section
17.20.030B, a conceptual Master Plan shall be
submitted for approval together with any development
application, and considered as a part of, unless
specifically exempted as provided for by Section
17.06.030A. Applications for a Master Plan shall be
filed with the Planning Division in a manner
prescribed by the City Planner. At minimum, Master
Plans shall indicate,through graphics and text,
conceptual building locations, conceptual subdivision
layout in residential areas, overall circulation,
points of ingress and egress to both public and
private streets, parking lot layouts, conceptual
grading and drainage, areas to be used for landscaping
and plazas, and pedestrian circulation. Areas
intended for common use, such as shared access,
reciprocal parking or pedestrian plazas shall also be
identified. In addition, a statement of architectural
intent and/or conceptual elevations shall be submitted
to indicate how the architectural concepts including
style, various product types, form, bulk, height,
orientation, and materials relate to other buildings
or projects within the planning area. Further, the
Master Plan shall indicate implementation,
responsibility for and phasing of necessary
improvements. The conceptual Master Plan shall be
reviewed for consistency with the purpose of this
section, Absolute Policies contained in Section
17.08.050, design guidelines of the base district, and
the criteria contained in Section 17.06.010.
D. Authority
1. The Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on
each application for a Master Plan. The hearing shall
be held simultaneously with the development
application for which the Master Plan was prepared,
and shall be set and notice given as prescribed in
Section 17.02.110 Public Hearings. Upon completion of
the public hearing, the Planning Commission shall
approve, conditionally approve, or deny the Master
Plan. If the Planning Commission denies the Master
Plan, their decision shall be final unless appealed to
the City Council within ten (10) calendar days (see
Section 17.02.080).
2. The Planning Commission may alter the Master Plan and
impose such restrictions and conditions as it may deem
necessary to ensure that the Master Plan will be in
harmony with the intent and purposes of this section
and with the adopted plans and policies of the City
and/or guidelines as approved by the Planning
Commission.
E. Findings The Planning Commission shall make the same
findings required for approval of the related development
application as set forth by this Code.
SECTION 2: The City Council finds that Development Code Amendment
85-01 is an implementation of the General Plan goals and policies and that the
General Plan Environmental Impact Report adequately covers any potential
significant adverse impacts. Further, the City Council finds that no
subsequent or supplemental environmental impact report is required pursuant to
Division 13, Chapter 6, Section 21166 of the Public Resources Code.
Specifically, the City Council finds that:
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A. No substantial changes are proposed in any goals or
policies which would require major revisions to the EIR.
B. No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the
circumstances under which the project is being undertaken.
C. No new information on the project has become available.
SECTION 3: A Negative Declaration is hereby adopted for this
Development Code Amendment, based upon the completion and findings of the
Initial Study.
SECTION 4: The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk
shall cause the same to be published within fifteen (15) days after its
passage at least once in The Daily Report, a newspaper of general circulation
published in the City of Ontario, California, and circulated in the City of
Rancho Cucamonga, California.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 1st day of May, 1985.
AYES: Wright, Buquet, Mikels, Dahl, King
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
JO~n~. Mikels, Mayor
ATTEST:
Beverly ~. Authelet, City Clerk
I, BEVERLY A. AU~ELET, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cuca~nga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoi~ Ordinance was introduced at a
regular meeting of the Council of the City of Rancho Cuoa~nga held on the
17th day of April, 1985, and ~s finally passed at a re~lar meeti~ of th~
City Council of the City of Rancho Cuca~nga held on the 1st day of ~y, 1985.
Executed this 2nd day of ~y, 1985 at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
B~verly ~.' Authelet, City Clerk