HomeMy WebLinkAbout88-01 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 88-01
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA DENYING THE
ISSUANCE OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT,
NO. 87-41, TO DEVELOP A SCHOOL DISTRICT
FACILITY CONSISTING OF AN ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE, WAREHOUSE BUILDING AND TRANSPORTATION/
MAINTENANCE BUILDING ON PROPERTY WITHIN THE
LOW RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, LOCATED ON THE EAST
SIDE OF BERYL STREET, SOUTH OF NINETEENTH
STREET, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AND
MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF.
A. Recitals.
(i) Alta Loma School District has filed an application
requesting the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit, No. 87-41,
to approve the development of a school district facility as
described above in the title of this Resolution. Hereinafter in
this Resolution, the subject Conditional Use Permit request shall
be referred to as the "Application. "
(ii) On December 9, 1987, the Planning Commission of
the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a duly noticed public
hearing on the Application and said public hearing was concluded
prior to the adoption of this Resolution.
(iii) All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of
this Resolution have occurred.
B. Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is found, determined and resolved by
the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga as
follows:
1. In all respects as set forth in the Recitals,
Part A, of this Resolution.
2 . Based upon the substantial evidence presented to
the Planning Commission during the above-referenced public
hearing, including written and oral staff reports, together with
public testimony, this Commission hereby specifically finds as
follows:
a. The Application applies to approximately 5. 25
acres of vacant land within the Low Residential District located
on the east side of Beryl Street, south of Nineteenth Street;
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b. The property to the north of the subject site
is located within a Low Residential District and is currently
developed with a church facility. The property to the south of
the subject site is owned by the Applicant Alta Loma School
District, is located within a Low Residential District and is •
currently vacant. The property to the east of the subject site
is located within a Low Residential District and is currently
being developed with single family residences presently under
construction. The property to the west of the subject site is
within a Low Residential District and is currently developed with
single family residences and certain vacant property;
c. The Application has been submitted to allow
the construction of a school district facility consisting of a
10, 500 square foot administration office, a 16, 075 square foot
warehouse building, including machine and carpentry shops and a
spray-paint booth, a 15, 600 square foot transportation/
maintenance building and related parking and storage areas.
School district facilities are permitted within the Low
Residential District with the approval of a conditional use
permit;
d. The Application as contemplated would
contradict the goals and objectives of both the General Plan and
Development Code of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, and would
promote a detrimental condition to the persons and properties in
the immediate vicinity of the subject site, for the reasons as
follows:
(i) The provisions of the General Plan and
Development Code to allow the establishment of school district
facilities within Low Residential Districts pursuant to a
conditional use permit contemplates the development of passive
and low intensive facilities such as classroom sites and
administrative offices. The Application as contemplated
conflicts with such goals and policies and is incompatible with
the surrounding land uses by the requested inclusion of the more
intensive industrial uses such as the transportation/maintenance
building, the machine and carpentry shop and the spray paint
booth;
(ii) The Application as contemplated would be
inconsistent and incompatible with the low intensity residential
and church facility uses immediately surrounding the subject site
and would be materially detrimental to the health, safety and
welfare of those persons in the immediate vicinity of the subject
site in the following respects: (1) the operation of the vehicle
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maintenance facility, together with the machine and carpentry
shop, would generate excessive noise and vibration in the area;
(2) the spray paint booth would generate both unwarranted odors
and potential hazardous contamination by airborne spray paint
particulants; (3) necessary security lighting to protect the
proposed facility would result in excessive nighttime glare to
the surrounding residential uses; and (4) evidence produced at
the public hearing demonstrated that the adverse effects
identified herein could not be successfully mitigated by the
inclusion of development conditions;
(iii) The Application as contemplated would
increase heavy vehicle traffic from trucks and buses on those
nearby streets which are normally limited to residential traffic,
thus contributing to excessive vehicle noise and vibration and a
dangerous and confusing traffic circulation pattern in the
immediate vicinity of the subject site, the detrimental effects
of which cannot be successfully mitigated;
(iv) The proposed design of the
administrative office and warehouse building are aesthetically
incompatible with the single family residential uses and church
facility surrounding the subject site. The administration
building presents a long, massive and linear design
(approximately 225 feet) which is not compatible with the low
residential, single family dwellings in the immediate vicinity.
The warehouse building is a pre-engineered metal structure which
would only be allowed, if at all, in the heavy industrial areas
of the City;
(v) Substantial public testimony in
opposition to the Application was presented at the public hearing
by existing residents in the immediate vicinity of the subject
site (both by oral testimony and signed petitions) , and such
public opposition and the detrimental effects identified herein
will cumulatively increase due to the fact that the immediate
vicinity is continuing to develop with single family residences
and the site immediately to the south of the proposed development
(owned by the Applicant Alta Loma School District) cannot be
developed as a classroom school facility, thus requiring the
development of further single family residences or the expansion
of the proposed uses onto such site.
3 . Based on the substantial evidence presented to
this Commission during the above-referenced December 9, 1987
hearing and upon the specific findings of fact set forth in
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paragraphs 1 and 2 , above, this Commission hereby finds and
concludes as follows:
a. The Application as proposed is not in
conformance with the goals and policies of the General Plan and
Development Code of the City of Rancho Cucamonga;
b. The Application as proposed will be
detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare and will be
materially injurious to properties and improvements in the
immediate vicinity; and
c. The evidence presented to this Commission has
identified substantial potential adverse effects associated with
the request specified in the Application.
4 . Based upon the findings and conclusions set forth
in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 , above, this Commission hereby denies
the Application.
5. The Deputy Secretary of the Planning Commission of
the City of Rancho Cucamonga shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of January, 1988 .
PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
BY ahiP )22,90a-GI
Lar y . itcNiel, Chairman
BY: c4di• L
air 13MMIneputy Secretary
I, BRAD BULLER, Deputy Secretary of the Planning
Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced,
passed and adopted by the Planning Commission of the City of
Rancho Cucamonga, at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission
held on the 13th day of January, 1988, by the following vote, to
wit:
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AYES: COMMISSIONERS: TOLSTOY, CHITIEA, BLAKESLEY, CHITI'EA, MCNIEL
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
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