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AB ORDI~ABCE OF TIlE CITY COUNCIL OF THE ClTY OF RANCHO
CUCANO~GA, CALIFORNIA, ANEBDIIqG TITLE 17 OF THE RABCRO
CU CANOi~GA N~IN IClPAL CODE TO IlEVI$ g SECTIO#S
17.06.010-KS(a), 17.08.040J, ABD 17.02.140 PEIITAII~IlqG TO
GRADING OF CUSTON LOT SUBDIVISIOHS AHD DKFIBITI(~S,
RES PECTIV KLY
I/HEll·AS, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonsa, California
does ordain as follows:
SKCTI~ 1: The City Council hereby finds and determines the
following:
A. That the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho
Cuc·mon~a, following a public hearing held in the time
and manner prescribed by lev, recommends the Amendment
to Section 17.06.010-ES(a), "Grading of Custom Lot
Subdivisions", Section 17.08.040-J, "Usable Yard
Area", and Section 17.02.140, "Definitions", of the
Development Code as hereinafter described, and this
City Council has held a public hearin~ prescribed by
law and duly heard and considered said recommendation.
B. That this Develolment Code Amendment is consistent
with the General Plan of the City of Rancho Cucamousa.
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 environmental impact as provided in the
Negative Declaration filed herein.
SEGTI~ 2: That Section l?.06.010-ES(a), "Grading of Custom Lot
Subdivisions", and Section 17.08.040-J, "Usable Yard Area", and Section
17.02.140, "Definitlonsn, are hereby amended to read as follows:
-q~eien 17.O6.OIO-ES(a) to read as follows:
To encourage innovative site planning techniques and
provide for a variety of housing styles, grading within
custom lot subdivisions shall occur for streets, trails,
and drainage control only. Additlonal gradinE may be
allowed subject to approval by the Planning Comsdsslou
where innovative grading techniques ·re utilieed and where
the site constraints and strict adherence to this
requirement to limit gredins would render development of
tbs site infeasible. The intent is that built structures
be designed to fit tbs national topography and that grading
be ai·iaised, wherever possible. (ilefer to Section
17.08.040-J in regard to requirements for usable yard
are·) .
Section I?.OE.O40-J
Usable Yard &ret. For single family detached/semi-detached
subdivisions, · minimum 15 feet of flat, usable rear yard
area shall be provided between the house and top or toe of
nonreteined slope banks or to the retain/nS wall in the
case of retained cut or fill per City grading standard
dr~inSs.) liowever, in areas of hilly or slopped terrain
where gredinE is bainE designed to minimize alteration to
the natural land form, usable ope· space should be provided
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in the form of decks, patios, balconies, or some similar
form of built structure designed to fit the natural
topography rather than as graded level yard area.
~Fe parcels Co be d~e~op~ as a vhoXe o~ ~n part by an
~ner oF bu~Xder, A erect subdivision for cbe deveXopmenc
o~ ~our or ~re reo~denC~eX ~elX~ns un~Cs shaXX be
r~uir~ tO mpply for d~elo~enC/design r~i~ as a total
developa~n~. Such application shall be r~uir~
condition of tentative tract appr~al.
Subdivision. Total D~elo~m~: A projec~ which includes
~he ~o~al r~i~ of · residential d~elopmen~ iacluding
~ea~a~ive ~rac~ ~ap appr~al, uni~ placement, landscaping,
design r~i~, etc.
~: ~e ~yor shall sign this Ordinance and the Ci~ Clerk
sh~ll cause ~h~ sa~e ~o be publish~ within fifteen (15) days after i~s passage
at leas~ once in ~, a n~spaper of general circulatioa publish~
ia ~he Ci~ of ~arlo, California, ~nd circula~ in the Ci~ of ~ncho
Cuca~a, California.
PASS~, APPR~, and A~PT~ this 18~h day of June, 19~.
AYES: Nikels, Buque~, ~ing, Dahl, Wrigh~
~ O~: None
~S~T: ~one
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ATTEST:
Beverly ~. Authelet, City Clerk
I, BEVERLY A. AUTB~.ET, 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 Cuca~oega held om the 4th
day of June, 1986, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Rancho Cuca~onga held on the 18th day of June, 1986.
Executed this 19th day of June, 1956 at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
B~verly A/Authelet, City Clerk