HomeMy WebLinkAbout89 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 89
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A DESIGN REVIEW PROCEDURE
WHICH ESTABLISHES A DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE AND DESIGN
REVIEW CRITERIA.
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California,
does hereby 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
did by its Resolution No. 79-61 following a public hearing
held in the time and manner described by law recommend the
establishment of a design review procedure and committee
hereinafter described and this City Council has held a public
hearing in the time and manner described by law and has duly
heard and considered said recommendation.
B. That the City Council has reviewed and considered the Design
Review Ordinance and all testimony and comments pertaining to
it and finds the Design Review procedures to be adequate in
scope and content.
C. That the Design Review Ordinance will have no significant
environmental impact as provided in the negative declaration
filed herein.
SECTION 2: PURPOSES
A. The City of Rancho Cucamonga finds that a design review process
will support the implementation of the Rancho Cucamonga General
Plan, as it stresses quality urban design standards. The City
further finds that the quality of certain residential, institutional,
commercial, and industrial uses has a substantial impact upon
the visual appeal, environmental soundness, economic stability,
and property values of the City. This Ordinance is not intended
to restrict imagination, innovation or variety, but rather to
focus on design principles which can result in creative imaginative
solutions for the project and a quality design for the City.
It is, therefore, the purpose of this Resolution to:
1. Recognize the interdependence of land values and aesthetics
and provide a method by which the City may implement this
interdependence to its benefit.
2. Encourage the orderly and harmonious appearance of structures
and property within the City along with associated facilities,
such as signs, landscaping, parking areas, and streets.
3. Maintain the public health, safety and general welfare,
and property throughout the City.
4. Assist private and Public developments to be more cognizant
of public concerns for the aesthetics of developments.
5. Reasonably ensure that new developments, including
residential, institutional, commercial and industrial
developments, do not have an adverse aesthetic, health,
safety or architecturally related impact upon existing
adjoining properties, or the City in general.
6. Implement those sections of the City's General Plan which
specifically refer to the preservation and enhancement of
the particular character and unique assets of this City
and its harmonious development.
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S~ION 3.: CREATION OF THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE
A. A Design Review Committee (DRC) is hereby created and shall be
responsible for the implementation and administration of this
Ordinance.
1. Composition
The Design Review Committee shall consist of three (3)
members. One shall be the Director of Community Development
or his designee and two shall be members of the Planning
Commission.
2. Appointment and Term of Office
The Planning Commission shall elect two of its members to
the DRC. The Director of Community Development or his
designee shall be the Secretary of the DRC. Of the first
two Commission members appointed, one shall have a term
of six (6) months and the other shall have a term of
twelve (12) months. Thereafter, all terms shall be
twelve (12) months.
3. Removal from Office
Any member of the Committee may he removed at any time by
the Planning Commission.
4. Meetings
The Design Review Committee shall meet twice monthly as
needed. The time and place of such meeting shall be set
by Resolution of the Planning Commission. The Design
Review Committee may arrange additional meetings at any
time in order to process applications within required
time periods.
5. Rules
A simple majority of members shall constitute a quorum.
The Committee shall review a project in accordance with
the Ordinance and file recommendations with the approving
authority. Such recommendations shall be consolidated by
the Planning Division of the Community Development Department
as conditions for final approval. The DRC shall have the
right to develop its own rules and regulations for conducting
its meetings in addition to developing and adopting
design criteria and standards.
SECTION 4: JURISDICTION OF REVIEW
A. The Design Review Committee shall have the authority to review
the architecture and site plan elements of all residential,
commercial and industrial developments, additions, remodelings,
relocations, issuance of a building permit or which require a
Conditional Use Permit, Site Approval or Director Review. The
review shall consider the use of design elements such as, but
not limited to, exterior design and materials, landscaping,
architecture, site plan relationships, grading, signs, wall or
buffering techniques.
SECTION 5: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
A. The DRC shall, in reviewing projects covered by this Ordinance,
consider such design aspects as the relationship of building
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to site; the relationship of building and site to surrounding
area; landscape and site ~reatme~t;~ building design and materials;
signs; and miscellaneous structures and street furniture.
The recorranendations of the DRC will be based upon the project
conforming to the following criteria:
1. The design and layout of the proposed development is
consistent with the applicable elements of the City's
General Plan and any adopted architectural criteria for
specialized area, such as designated historic districts,
theme areas, specific plans, community plan, boulevards,
or planned developments.
2. The design and layout of the proposed development will
not unreasonably interfere with the use and enjoyment of
neighboring existing or future developments, and will not
create traffic or pedestrian hazards.
3. The architectural design of the proposed development is
compatible with the character of the surrounding neighborhood
and will maintain the harmonious, orderly and attractive
development contemplated by this Ordinance and the General
Plan of the City.
4. The design of the proposed development would provide a
desirable environment for its occupants and visiting
public as well as its neighbors through good aesthetic
use of materials, texture and color that will remain
aesthetically appealing and will retain a reasonably
adequate level of maintenance.
SECTION 6: PROCEDURE
A. An applicant shall submit the appropriate application, as
required by the Zoning Ordinance, and application fee as set
by the City Council, and required materials as specified in
the filing requirements set forth by the Director of Community
Development, to the Planning Division on or before the filing
deadline. Once an application has been accepted, it will be
scheduled for the first available Design Review Committee
meeting and the applicant will be notified of the time and
place of such meeting. Ail plans and applicable materials
will be distributed to all members and support staff of the
DRC a week prior to the scheduled meeting.
B. The Design Review Committee shall meet with the applicant to
review and discuss the proposed project and its conformity
with this Ordinance. The DRC may formulate recommendations on
the design of the project relative to the criteria listed in
this Ordinance or other design criteria or development standards
as adopted by the City of Rancho Cucamonga. Such recommendations
shall be filed in the project file to become final conditions
of approval. In addition, the applicant shall receive written
notice of such recommendations.
C. If, after review by the DRC, the Committee feels that the
project needs substantial revision, the project review may be
continued by the DRC to enable the applicant to make appropriate
changes and alterations. The applicant shall receive written
notification of such decision and the date when the DRC will
meet again to review the project.
SECTION 7: APPEAL
A. Where a project application has been acted upon by the DRC,
the applicant or any interested person who is aggrieved by the
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action, may file an appeal to the Planning Commission. The
appeal shall state wherein the actions of the DRC are not
consistent or in conformance with the provisions of this
Ordinance. At a regularly scheduled meeting, the Planning
Commission may affirm, modify or reverse the recommendations
of the DRC. Decisions by the Planning Commission are appealable
to the City Council using the same procedures.
SECTION 8: ENFORCEMENT
A. No building permit, for the construction of any building or
project described in this Ordinance, may be issued until the
Design Review Committee has reviewed the project for conformance with
this Ordinance, design criteria, and development standards as
adopted by the City of Rancho Cucamonga.
B. Further, prior to final inspection or occupancy, the completed
project must be inspected by the Planning Division for compliance
with the conditions of approval. No occupancy permit shall be
issued unless all elements are completed according to the
approved plans. If for any reason this cannot be accomplished,
a cash deposit shall be submitted by the developer to ensure
compliance.
SECTION 9: ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The Rancho Cucamonga City Council has found, based on review of the
Initial Study, that this project will not create a significant adverse
impact of the environment and issues a Negative Declaration.
SECTION 10: OTHER LAWS, ORDERS AND ORDINANCES
Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to affecT, annul or abrogate
any other laws or ordinances pertaining or applicable to the properties
and areas affected by this Ordinance, nor shall it be deemed to conflict
with any State laws, orders or requirements affecting such propertie~ or
areas. In the event that a conflict does arise, the more restrictive
ordinance shall apply.
SECTION 11: SEVERABILITY
The invalidity of any word, section, clause, paragraph, sentence, part
or provisions of this Ordinance shall not affect the validity of any
other part of the Ordinance which can be given affect without such
invalid part or parts.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the
31st day after its adoption.
SECTION 12: 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 7th day of November, 1979.
AYES: Schlosser, Bridge, Palombo, Mikels, Frost.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None ~ ~~, M~
ATTEST: