HomeMy WebLinkAbout147 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 147
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AMENDING THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA
MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER 17.04, GROWTH MANAGEMENT
PLAN, SECTION 17.04.080, TO ELIMINATE THE TRI-
ANNUAL REVIEW PERIODS.
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga here',• ordains
the following:
SECTION 1: Chapter 17.04, Section 17.04.080 of the Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
17.040.080 Review and processing procedures for residential development.
A. Establishment of a residential assessment system.
1. A residential assessment system adopted by the council
shall establish five basic categories and each category shall be assigned
a maximum total points which will then be divided into sub-categories
for rating purposes. The five basic categories are: public services,
design quality, affordable housing, planned communities and planned unit
developments, and orderly development.
2. Applications for total development shall be rated by
the growth management committee for (1) public services, (2) affordable
housing, (3) planned communities and planned unit developments (PUD) and
(4) orderly development, and by the design review committee for design
quality.
3. Applications for custom lot/tract subdivisions shall
be rated by the growth management committee for (1) public services, (2)
site orientation and street design and (3) orderly development.
4. After rating, if the project meets or exceeds the
threshold point limit, the subdivision will proceed to the planning
commission for review and action. For those custom lot subdivisions
that are proposed to be built as a whole or total project and for tract
subdivisions that have received planning commission approval, reapplication
under total development, Section 1, Resolution No. 79-74, a copy of
which shall be on file in the office of the city clerk, shall be required
as a condition of approval to be satisfied prior to approval and recordation
of final map.
5. Projects shall be evaluated under the residential
assessment system by the community development director. Applications
may be filed with the Planning Division. Complete applications will be
accepted for processing.
6. A threshold point limit shall be established by the
city council as part of the residential assessment system. This threshold
point limit shall constitute the minimum number of points a project is
required to achieve if it is to be given consideration for approval by
the planning commission.
7. Those tentative tract applications that were previously
filed under the county but not approved by the county planning commission
shall not proceed with processing or filing until Review Period 1 as
stated above.
8. Within five days after the point rating determination,
the community development director shall cause a written notice to be
mailed (certified) to the applicant stating the point rating for his
residential development project and whether his application has received
the required threshold point limit for further consideration by the
planning commission.
B. Appeal of Ratings.
1. Ratings of applications by the growth management
committee and/or the design review committee may be appealed to the
planning commission by an aggrieved person or body, public or private,
within fourteen days after the day of decision.
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2. The decision of the planning commission of any such
appeal may be appealed to the city council by any aggrieved party in the
same manner and time limitations as are set forth for the filing of an
appeal with the planning commission. The decision of the city council
shall be final. (Ord. 86 S6, 1979).
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 17th day of June, 1981
AYES: Frost, Mikels, Palombo, Bridge, Schlosser
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Phillip D. Schlosser, :Mayor
ATTEST:
-Lau en M. Wasserman, City Clerk