HomeMy WebLinkAbout847 - OrdinancesORDINANCE NO. 847
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING DEVELOPMENT
CODE AMENDMENT DRC2010-00724, TO ADD A DESIGN
GUIDELINE OF REQUIRING A 25 PERCENT SINGLE-STORY
HOME SET-ASIDE FOR NEW SINGLE-FAMILY
DEVELOPMENTS OF 4 UNITS OR MORE BY ADDING
SUBSECTION (p) OF SECTION 17.08.090.0.16
(SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT) OF CHAPTER 17.08
(RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS) OF TITLE 17 (DEVELOPMENT
CODE) OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE,
AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF.
A. Recitals.
1. The City of Rancho Cucamonga filed an application for Development Code
Amendment DRC2010-00724, the "Amendment,'' as described in the title of this Resolution.
2. On October 27, 2010, the Planning Commission voted to initiate the Amendment.
3. On February 9, 2011, the Planning Commission continued the item to a date non-
specific.
4. On March 23, 2011, the Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public
hearing with respect to the Amendment and, continued the item to April 27, 2011.
5. On April 27, 2011, the Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing
with respect to the Amendment and, following the conclusion thereof, adopted Resolution No.
11-12, recommending that the City Council adopt the Amendment.
6. On June 1, 2011, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing on the
Amendment.
7. 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:
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.
2. Based upon substantial evidence presented to the City Council during the
above-referenced public hearing on June 1, 2011, including written and oral staff reports,
together with public testimony, the City Council hereby specifically finds as follows:
a. The Amendment applies to property located within the City; and
b. The Amendment does not conflict with the Land Use Policies of the General
Plan, and is in conformance with the General Plan; and
c. The Amendment will promote the goals and objective of the Development Code
by implementing the goals and objectives of the General Plan, protecting the stability of land
uses within the City, and attaining the advantages resulting from comprehensive and orderly
land use and resource planning; and
d. The Amendment will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare,
or materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity.
3. The Planning Department staff has determined that the project is categorically
exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City's
CEQA Guidelines. The project qualifies under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)
because the proposed amendment is to add a design guideline and will not result in an
intensification of environmental impacts. It can also be demonstrated, with certainty, that there
is no substantial evidence that the text amendment to add this design guideline will have a
significant effect on the environment. The City Council has reviewed the Planning Department's
determination of exemption, and based on its own independent judgment, concurs in the staff's
determination of exemption.
4. Based upon the findings and conclusions set forth in Sections 1, 2, and 3 above,
Subsection (p.) of Section 17.08.90.0.16 (Single-Family Development) of Chapter 17.08
(Residential Districts) of Title 17 (Development Code) of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal
Code is hereby added to read as follows:
At least 25% of single-family units on lots 7,200 square feet or larger that
are developed as part of single-family residential development of 4 or more
units in the Residential Development District should be single-story units.
The number of single story units may be reduced on a case-by-case basis
when needed to serve the purposes of the Development Code and when
justified by such considerations as location, lot size, and topography.
5. 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 final 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 word 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.
6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the
same to be published pursuant to state law within fifteen (15) days after its passage, and this
Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its passage.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 15'h day of June 2011.
AYES: Alexander, Buquet, Michael, Spagnolo, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
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L. Dennis Michael, Mayor
ATTEST;
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ice C. Reynolds, City Jerk
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 151 day of June 2011, and was
passed at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the
15'" day of June 2011.
Executed this 16`h day of June 2011, at Rancho Cucamonga; California.
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ice C. Reynolds, Cit Clerk
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