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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; 1 Resolution No. 88_01 Page 2 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 2 Resolution No. 88-01 Page 3 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 3 Resolution No. 88-01 Page 4 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: 4 Resolution No. 88-01 Page 5 AYES: COMMISSIONERS: TOLSTOY, CHITIEA, BLAKESLEY, CHITI'EA, MCNIEL NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE S\133\PCRESOL\RC 6. 2 . 1\ 5