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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. Ordinance No. 259 Page 2 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: Ordinance No. 259 Page 3 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