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:
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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.
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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.
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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.