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Home My WebLink About453 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 453 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCMO OJCAMlqGA, CATIFORNIA, APPROVING EIIWANDA SPECIFIC PLAN AMMq[MMqT 91-03, SUBAREA 5, TO AMB]qD THE ETIWAN[R SPECIFIC PLAN IAND USE MAP FRCM M~DILM RESID~qTIAL (8-14 EW~.v.TNG UNITS PER ACRE) TO LOW MBDII1M RESIDBNIIAL (4-8 E~RI.I.TNG UNITS PER ACRE) FOR APPROXIMATELY 10.09 ACRES OF MBDIUM RESID~]qTIAL DESIGNATED LAND, ON THE EAST BY EXISTING OFFICE/PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATED IAND, AND ON THE THEREOF - APN: 227-131-34 THROUGH 36, 52, AND 53 A. Recitals. (i) On July 6, 1983, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga approved the ena~E~m~t of the Regulatory Provisions of the Etiwanda Specific Plan through adoption of Ordinance No. 203. (ii) On March 16, 1991, the City of Rancho Cucamonga filed an application for EtiwaDda Specific Plan Amendment No. 91-03 as described in the title of this Ordinance. Hereinafter in this Ord/nance, the subject Etiwanda Specific Plan Amendment is referred to as "the application." (iii) On August 28, 1991, the Planning C~m,~ssion of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a duly noticed public hearing on the application eu3d recommended approval by the adoption of Resolution No. 91-64A and also issued Resolution No. 91-63A reoam,,menlir~ to the City Council that the associated General Plan Amendment No. 91-02B, Subarea 7, be approved. (iv) On November 20, 1991, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a duly noticed public hearing on the application. (v) All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred. B. Ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonc/a does hereby ordain as follows: 1. This Council hereby specifically firr~ that all of the facts set forth in the Recitals, Part A, of this Ord/nance are true and correct. 2. Based upon substantial evidence presented to this Council during the above-referenced public hearing on November 20, 1991, including written and oral staff reports, together with public testimony, this Council hereby specifically finds as follows: (a) Subarea 5 of the application applies to approximately 10.09 acres of land, basically a rectangular configuration, bordered on the north and west by Low Medium Residential designated land, on the east by existing Ordinance No. 453 Page 2 Office/Professional designated land, on the south by Base Line Road as shown on Exhibit "AI," and is presently vacant. Said properties are cturrently designated as Medium Residential (8-14 dwelling units per acre); and (b) The property to the north of the subject site is designated Low Medium Residential and is vacant. The property to the west is designated Low _Mea___ium Residential and is underdeveloped with a single family residence. The pr~ to the east is designated Office/Professional and is vacant. The property to the south of Base l.~ne Road is designated _Mea_~_ium Residential and is vacant. (c) This amendment does not conflict with the Iand Use Policies of the General Plan and Etiwanda Specific Plan and will provide for develop- ment, within the district, in a manner consistent with the General Plan and with related development; and (d) Tnis amendment does prceote the goals and objectives of the Land Use Element; and (e) This amerdnent would not be materially injurious or detrimental to the adjacent properties and would not have a significant impact on the environment nor on the surrounding properties. 3. Based upon the substantial evidence presented to this Council during the above-referenced public hearing and upon the specific findings of facts set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, this Council hereby finds and concludes as follc~s: (a) That the properties located in Subarea 5 of the application are suiteble for the uses permitted in the proposed district and are ccmpatible with existing and surrounding land use designations as evidenced by the site's being bordered on the north and west by the same land use designation; and (b) That the proposed amendment would not have significant impacts on the envirormpmt nor on the surrounding properties as evidenced by the findings and conclusions listed in Parts I and II of the Initial Envirormental Study and that the proposed designation would reduce the intensity of future residential development on the subject properties; and (c) That the proposed amendment is in conformance with the General Plan and the Etiwanda Specific Plan by prc~oting the retention of Etiwanda's rural atmosphere through reduced residential densities. 4. This Council hereby finds that the project has been reviewed and considered in cumpliance with the Califcrnia Environmental Quality bet of 1970 and, further, this C~mmission hereby authorizes the issuance of a Negative Declaration. Ordinance No. 453 Page 3 5. Based upon the findings and conclusions set forth in paragraFhs 1, 2, 3, and 4 above, this Council hereby ordains that on the 20th day of November 1991, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga approves Etiwanda Specific Plan Amendment No. 91-03, Subarea 5, amending the Etiwanda Specific Plan Iand Use Map frc~ Medium Residential (8-14 dwelling units per acre) to Low Meiium Residential (4-8 dwelling units per acre) for approxi- mately 10.09 acres of land bordered on the north and west by existing Low Medium Residential designated land, on the east by existing Office/Profes- sional designated land, and on the south by Base T,~ne Road, as shown in Exhibit "A1." 6. Tne 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. PASSe]3, APE, and ADO~ this 4th day of December, 1991. AYES: Alexander, Buquet, Stout, Williams, Wright NOES: None ABS~IqT: None Dennis L~ · , Mayor ATTEST: ba=a j. city clerk I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY CT.RRK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, 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 20th day of November, 1991, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 4th day of December, 1991. 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