HomeMy WebLinkAbout845 - OrdinancesORDINANCE NO. 845
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING TERRA
VISTA COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT DRC2011-00292
MODIFYING THE COMMUNITY PLAN CHAPTER V
(COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS) REGARDING
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKETS,
GENERALLY BOUNDED BY BASE LINE ROAD TO THE
NORTH, FOOTHILL BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTH,
ROCHESTER AVENUE TO THE EAST, AND HAVEN AVENUE
TO THE WEST; AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT
THEREOF
A. Recitals.
1. The City of Rancho Cucamonga filed an application for the Terra Vista Community
Plan Amendment DRC2011-00292 as described in the title of this Ordinance. Hereinafter in this
Ordinance, the subject Victoria Gardens Master Plan Amendment is referred to as "the
application."
2. On December 1, 2010, the City Council approved a request to initiate a Community
Plan Amendment.
3. On April 27, 2011, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga
conducted a duly noticed public hearing with respect to the above referenced amendment and,
following the conclusion thereof, adopted its Resolution No. 11-20, recommending that the City
Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga adopt said amendment.
4. On May 18, 2011, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a
duly noticed public hearing on the amendment.
5. All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred.
B. Ordinance.
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: This 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: Based upon substantial evidence presented to the City Council during the
above-referenced public hearing on May 18, 2011, including written and oral staff reports,
together with public testimony, the City Council hereby specifically finds as follows:
a. The application applies to property located within the City (hereinafter, the
"subject property') generally bounded by Base Line Road to the north, Rochester Avenue to the
east, Foothill Boulevard to the south, Haven Avenue to the west; and
b. The proposed amendment will not have a significant impact on the
environment; and
c. This amendment does not conflict with the Land Use Policies of the General
Plan and is in conformance with the General Plan; and
d. This amendment does promote the goals and objectives of the Development
Code by implementing the policies of the General Plan, protecting the stability of land uses, and
attaining the advantages resulting from comprehensive and orderly land use and resource
planning; and
e. The proposed amendment will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or
welfare or materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity; and
f. The Planning Department Staff has determined that the project is exempt from
the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City's CEQA
Guidelines. The project qualifies under Section 15304(e) of the State CEQA Guidelines
because the text amendment is for clarification purposes for Farmers' Markets and will not result
in the intensification of environmental impacts. It can also be demonstrated with certainty that
the text amendment to clarify and update the regulation of Farmers' Markets and not have any
significant impact on the environment and therefore qualifies under Section 15061(b)(3) of the
State CEQA Guidelines. The City Council has reviewed the Planning Department's
determination of exemption, and based on its own independent judgment, concurs with staff's
determination of exemption.
SECTION 3: Chapter V (Community Development Standards) of the Terra Vista
Community Plan is hereby amended to read, in words and figures, as shown in the attached
Attachment "A."
SECTION 4: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this
Ordinance is, for any reason, deemed or held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of
any court of competent jurisdiction, or preempted by legislative enactment, such decision or
legislation shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions 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 words thereof, regardless
of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases, or words might
subsequently be declared invalid or unconstitutional or preempted by subsequent legislation.
SECTION 5: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and 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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Ordinance No. 845 -Page 2 of 4
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 1s` day of June 2011.
AYES: Alexander, Buquet, Michael, Spagnolo, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
L. Dennis Michael, Mayo
ATTEST:
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J nice C. Reynolds, City lerk
I, JANICE C. REYNOLDS, CITY CLERK 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 18`" day of May 2011, and was
passed at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the
1 ~` day of June 2011.
Executed this 2ntl day of June 2011, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
~f ~/?~C tom. Z°
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Ordinance No. 845 -Page 3 of 4
Attachment A
Chapter V (Community Development Standards) of the Terra Vista Community Plan is hereby
amended (bold text and strikeout) to read as follows:
General Development Standards (bullet point #6) page V-2
Because full development of the Planned Community will take many years, interim and
temporary uses other than agriculture shall be permitted, subject to approval of a
Conditional Use Permit, provided that such uses and their locations will not be
detrimental to any part of the Planned Community. Such interim uses may include
se+arkets, swap meets, outdoor commercial recreation, mini-storage, parking
areas, park-and-ride lots, and other uses similar in character to those listed. Certified
Farmers' Markets shall be permitted within the Community Commercial (CC) Land
Use with a Temporary Use Permit as pursuant to Section 17.04.070.12.
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