HomeMy WebLinkAbout211-B - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 211B
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT
CODE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, ORDINANCE 211, TO
REVISE SECTIONS 17.08.040F AND 17.08.040I PERTAINING TO
LANDSCAPINIG AND SLOPE PLANTING, RESPECTIVELY
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council hereby finds and determines the
following:
A. That the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga, following a public hearing held in the
time and manner prescribed by law, recommends the
Amendment to Section 17.08.040-F, "Landscaping',, and
Section 17.08-040-I, "Slope Planting" of the
Development Code as hereinafter described, and this
City Council has held a public hearing prescribed by
law and duly heard and considered said
recommendation.
B. That this Development Code Amendment is consistent
with the General Plan of the City of Rancho
Cueamonga.
C.That this Amendment is consistent with the
objectives of the Development Code.
D. That this Development Code Amendment will have no
significant environmental impact as provided in the
Negative Declaration filed herein.
SECTION 2: That Section 17.08.040-F, "Landscaping", and Section
17.08.040-I, "Slope Planting", are hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 17.08.040-F to read:
Landscaping. Trees perform many essential functions for the
community: beauty, shading, wind protection, screening, noise
buffering and air filtering. Plant material should be selected
to achieve these purposes, while tolerant to factors such as
wind, heat and low water. All trees used must be consistent
with adopted tree pallette pursuant to the General Plan.
1. The following table, Table 17.080.040-F, sets forth
minimum standards for the number and size of trees both
on- and off-site, as required in Tables 17.08.040-B and C;
however, it does apply to single family detached or duplex
dwellings:
TABLE 17.08.040-F LANDSCAPE STANDARDS
DISTRICT FEATURE LM M MH H
1. # trees/gross acre 40 45 50 50
2. % 48" box or larger trees 0 0 5 10
3. % 36" box trees 0 10 5 10
4. % 24" box trees 10 10 20 10
5. 15 gallon trees 90 80 70 70
Box size trees shall be primarily concentrated along exterior
streetseapes and at entry nodes as accent treatment. Box size
trees shall be planted with deep root barriers per City
Standards.
Ordinance No. 211B
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2. New windrow plantings of Eucalyptus Maculata (Spotted
Gums) may be required to perpetuate a windbreak system at
a ratio of 50 linear feet per acre. The location of
required windrow plantings shall be generally guided by
the established 330' x 660' grid pattern. Required
windrows may follow any portion of this grid, provided the
total length of windrows meets or exceeds the minimum
length. The use of the 330' x 660' planting grid is not
meant to discourage development of curvilinear local
streets. The size, spacing, staking, and irrigation of
these trees shall be in accordance with the tree
replacement policies set forth in Section 19.08.080.
Section 17.08.040-I to read:
Slope Planting. Slope banks five (5) feet or greater in
vertical height and of 5:1 or greater slope, but less than 2:1
slope, shall be, at minimum, irrigated and landscaped with
appropriate groundcover for erosion control. Slope banks five
(5) feet or greater in vertical height ~and of 2:1 or greater
slope shall be landscaped and irrigated for erosion control and
to soften their appearance as follows: one 15 gallon or larger
size tree per each 150 square feet of slope area, one 1 gallon
or larger size shrub for each 100 square feet of slope area,
and appropriate groundcover. In addition, slope banks in
excess of eight (8) feet in vertical and of 2:1 or greater
slope shall also include one 5 gallon or larger size tree per
each 250 square feet of slope area. Trees and shrubs shall be
planted in staggered clusters to soften and vary slope plane.
Slope planting required by this section shall include a
permanent irrigation system to be installed by the deveIoper
prior to occupancy. Maintenance by a Homeowners Association
may be required by the Planning Commission on a case-by-case
basis.
SECTION 3: 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 5th day of February, 1986.
AYES: Wright, Mikels, Dahl, King
NOES: None
ABSENT: Buquet
Jo~/D. Mikels, Mayo~
ATTEST:
Ordinance No. 21lB
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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
15th day of January, 1986, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 5th day of February,
1986.
Executed this 6th day of Februrary, 1986 at Rancho Cucamonga,
California.
Beverly 4' Authelet, City Clerk