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HomeMy WebLinkAbout118 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 118 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ESTABLISHING A GRADING COMITTEE, PROVIDING FOR DEVELCPMFNT OF GRADING STANDARDS AND ESTABLISHING POLICIES FOR REVIEW OF, GRADING PLANS. The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does ordain as follows: SECTION 1: TITLE This ordinance shall be known and referred to as the Grading Review procedure of the City of Rancho Cucamonga. SECTION 2: SCOPE This ordinance establishes regulations for submittal and review of Conceptual grading plans in connection with proposed development, establishes a Grading Committee for review of grading plans, and provides for establishment of standards and guidelines to be utilized by the Grading Committee and other City agencies in review of such plans. SECTION 3: PURPOSE The purposes of this ordinance are: (a) To minimize the effects of grading by discouraging mass grading and excessive slopes to ensure that the natural character of terrain is retained. (b) To preserve significant topographic features, including rock outcroppings, native plant materials and natural 'hydrology while also encouraging improved drainage from lots directly to a street, storm drain, or through public or privately maintained easement. (c) To limit the impact of slopes on adjacent developed properties and limit construction on identified seismic or geologic hazard areas. (d) To encourage the use of a variety of housing styles, splitlevel grading techniques, varied lot sizes, site design densities, maintenance of views and arrangement and spacing to accomplish grading policies. SECTION 4: DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this chapter the definitions listed hereunder shall be construed as specified in this section. (a) CONCEPTUAL GRADING PLAN. Grading plans conforming to the provisions of Section 5 of this Ordinance. (b) FINAL GRADING PLAN is a plan showing all detailed drainage information, grade elevations, building locations and floor elevations. (c) PRELIMINARY GRADING PLAN a plan showing building pad elevations, typical drainage methods to be utilized, and similar generalized information, usually excluding finish floor elevations, building locations, and specific drainage details. SECTION 5: ESTABLISHMENT OF GRADING COMMITTEE There is hereby established a Grading Committee, comprised of one representative from the Building Division, one representative from the Engineering Division, and one representative from the Planning Division. The Grading Committee shall: (a) review all grading plans submitted under Section 6 of this ordinance; (b) compile standards and guidelines relating to grading practices including, but not limited to, topography, drainage structures, slopes, irrigation, planting, building pad differential heights, accessibility and such other features or functions necessary to accomplish the purposes Orc`_nanct 1�0. Page 2 of this ordinance. Such standards and guidelines shall be reviewed by the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council. When approved, the standards and guidelines shall be utilized in review of all grading plans submitted to city agencies for checking; and (c) act as an initial reviewing body in the event that practical difficulty or undue hardship is created as a result of application of the standards or guidelines, or in the event difference of opinion arises as to their application. The findings of the Grading Committee are final unless modified by the Planning Commission at a regularly scheduled site plan review hearing or through appeal, as set forth in Section 9 of this ordinance, when plans are not subject to review by the Planning Commission. SECTION 6: GRADING REVIEW PROCEDURES At the time of submittal of a Tentative Tract Map, Tentative Parcel Map, or Site Plan for Development Review, the applicant shall also submit the following information: (a) A Natural Features Map which shall identify all slope banks, ridgelines, natural drainage courses, rock outcroppings, existing vegetation worthy of consideration for preservation. Also depicted shall be noted for its visual sigrificance, environmental function, or both. (b) A Conceptual Grading Plan including information necessary to determine the proposed grading concepts, elevation of pads, and natural features to be preserved. The following specific information shall be depicted: 1. Areas to be left natural. 2. Areas of proposed cut and fill in contrasting colors, with areas where cut and fill exceed depths established in the hillside development guidelines clearly shown. 3. Contours shall be shown for existing natural land conditions and proposed work. The proposed final grades shall indicate clearly all cuts, fills, and slopes. Contours shall be shown according to the following schedule: Natural Slope Maximum Interval, Feet 2% or less 2 Over 2% & up to 9% 5 Over 9% 10 4. A conceptual drainage and flood control facilities describing planned drainage improvements. 5. Conceptual landscape treatment plan depicting proposed erosion control measures. 6. General vicinity of the proposed site. 7. Prc, rtv limits and accurate contours of existing grow-, and detail of terrain and area drainage. 8. Limiting dimensions, elevations, or finished contours to be achieved by the grading, and proposed drainage channels, retaining walls, and related construction shown by contour map, cross-sections, or other means. 9. Location of any existing buildings or structures on the property where the work is to be performed and the approximate location and size of any building pads proposed on the land. Adjacent parcels within 50 feet of the property or which may be affected by the proposed grading shall also be shown. (c) A Geological and Soils Report, prepared by an approved soils engineering firm and in sufficient detail to substantiate and support the design concepts presented in the preparation as submitted. (d) A Topographic Model, as determined necessary by the Director of Community Development for clarification of the proposed grading plan. The scale must be sufficient to delineate details. Ordinance No. 118 Page 3 The submitted information shall be reviewed by the Grading Committee during pertinent review process. The Grading Committee shall not approve a conceptual grading plan unless it is found to conform with the policies, standards, and guidelines, established by or pursuant to this ordinance. The approved conceptual grading plan shall provide the basis for preliminary and/or final grading plan approval under other city regulations. SECTION 7 The Community Development Director may waive any or all of the requirements of Section 6 of this Ordinance if he determines that any proposed waiver will have no significant effect upon topography, drainage, and/or natural features. SECTION 8 No Tentative Tract Map, Tentative Parcel Map, or Site Plan submitted for Development Review shall be approved until a conceptual grading plan has been approved or has been waived. SECTION 9 Any interested person may, within 14 days after a decision by the Grading Committee, appeal said decision in writing to the Planning Commission pursuant to appeal procedures outlined in the zoning ordinance. SECTION 10 The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall attest to the same, 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 20th day of August, 1980. AYES: Frost, Mikels, Palombo, Bridge, Schlosser NOES: None ABSENT: None �Phill y D. Schlosser, Mayor ATTEST: Lauren M. Wasserman, City Clerk