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HomeMy WebLinkAbout546 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 546 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT NO. 95-01, AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 17.'12 PARKING REGULATIONS. A. Recitals. 1. The purpose and intent of this Ordinance is to increase public safety through adoption of a minimum lighting standard for parking lots. 2. On the 26th day of July 1995, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a duly noticed public hearing concerning the above-referenced Development Code Amendment, and following conclusion thereof, adopted its Resolution No. 95-32, recommending- that the City CoUncil adopt these amendments. 3. On August 16, 1995, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted and concluded a duly noticed public hearing concerning the subject amendments to the Development Code. 4. All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred. B. Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1: The City Council hereby specifically finds that all of the facts set forth in the Recitals, Part A, of this Ordinance are true and correct. SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga hereby finds that this amendment is established and adopted to protect and promote the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience, and welfare; and more particularly: Ordinance No. 546 Page 2 1. To implement the goals and objectives of the General Plan; and 2. To protect the physical, social, and economic stability of commercial, office, and other land uses within the City to assure its orderly and beneficial development; and 3. To reduce hazards to the public resulting from the inappropriate location, use, or design of buildings and other improvements; and 4. To attain the physical, social, and economic advantages resulting from comprehensive and orderly land use and resource planning. SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga hereby finds that the project has been prepared and reviewed in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, as amended, and the Guidelines promulgated thereunder, and further, specifically finds that, based upon substantial evidence, it can be seen with certainty that there is not a possibility that the proposed Ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment and therefore, the proposed Ordinance is exempt; pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, Class 1 (a) and (f). SECTION 4: Section 17.12.030A.8 is hereby amended to read as shown in bold text in Exhibit 1 attached hereto for reference. SECTION 5: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason deemed or held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or other portions might subsequently be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 6: Publication: The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall cause the same to be published within 15 days after its passage at least once in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Ontario, California and circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California. Ordinance No. 546 Page 3 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 6th day of September, 1995. AYES: Alexander, Biane, Curatalo, Gutierrez, Williams NOES: None ABSENT: None ~/illiam J. Alelander, Ma/yor ' ATTEST: ra J. Ad C, City Clerk ' I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, Califomia, 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 16th day of August, 1995, and was passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 6th day of September 1995. Executed this 7th day of September 1995, at Rancho Cucamonga, California. Ordinance No. 546 Page 4 EXHIBIT "1" Section 17.12.030 8. Lighting: Parking areas shall have lighting capable of providing adequate illumination for security and safety. The minimum requirement is 1 foot candle, maintained across the surface of the parking area. Lights provided to illuminate any parking facility or paved area shall be designed to reflect away from residential use and motorists. It is the intent to maintain light standards in a low profile design and to be compatible to the architectural design. Light standards shall not exceed 15 feet in overall height from finished grade of the parking facility. No lighting shall create iUurnination on adjacent properties wb. ich exceeds five (5) foot candles. 9. Noise: Areas used for primary circulation for frequent idling of vehicle engines, or for loading activities shall be designed and located to minimize impsets on adjoining properties, including provisions for screening or sound baffling. 10. Screening: Unenclosed off-street parking areas sha.Ll be screened from v~ew from public streets and adjacent more restrictive land uses. Screening may c~nsist of one or any combination of the following methods: (a) WAlls: -Low prof~e WAI~, not exceeding 3 1/2 feet in height, shad2 consist of concrete, stone, brick, or similar types of soIid masom'y materials. (b) Fences, sol~d: A solid fence not to exceed 3 1/2 feet shall be constructed of wood, or wood and masonry or other materials to form an opaque screen. (e) Fences, open: An open weave, mesh-type or wrough~ iron fence not to exceed 3 1/2 feet she.it be combined with plant materials to form an opaque s~reen. (d) Planting: Plant materisls, when used as a s~reen, shall consist of compact evergreen plants. They shall be of a kind, or used in such a manner, so as to provide s~reening, have a minimum height of two (2) feet, within eighteen (18) months after initial installation, or screening as per a, b, or e above shall be installed. (e) Barins: Betins, including grass or plant materials.