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HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-148 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 91-148 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING VARIANCE NO. 91-10 TO ALLOW A THIRD MONUMENT SIGN AND A COMBINED TOTAL OF FOUR SIGNS WITHIN THE RANCHO SAN ANTONIO MEDICAL CENTER, LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MILLIKEN AVENUE AND CHURCH STREET IN THE HOSPITAL AND RELATED FACILITIES, OFFICE DISTRICT, OF THE TERRA VISTA PLANNED COMMUNITY, AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF - APN: 227-771-01. A. Recitals. (i) Rancho San Antonio Medical Center has filed an application for the issuance of a Variance No. 91-10 as described in the title of this Resolution. Hereinafter in this Resolution, the subject Variance request is referred to as "the application." (ii) On the 9th day of October 1991, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a duly noticed public hearing on the application and concluded said hearing on that date. (iii) All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred. B. Resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby found, determined, and resolved by the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga as follows: 1. This Commission hereby specifically finds that all of the facts set forth in the Recitals, Part A, of this Resolution are true and correct. 2. Based upon substantial evidence presented to this commission during the above-referenced public hearing on October 9, 1991, including written and oral staff reports, together with public testimony, this Commission hereby specifically finds as follows: (a) The application applies to property located at the southeast corner of Milliken and Church Street with a street frontage of approximately 565 feet on Milliken Avenue and a street frontage of approximately 641 feet on Church Street and is presently improved with one medical care building. (b) The strict and literal interpretation of the Sign Ordinance would result in practical difficulty in properly identifying this public service facility. This multi-functional medical center use, including the emergency "urgent care" facility, provides the community of Rancho Cucamonga with a public service that does benefit a large spectrum of community residents and businesses both in normal and emergency situations. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 91-148 VARIANCE 91-10 - RANCHO SAN ANTONIO MEDICAL CENTER October 9, 1991 Page 2 (c) There are exceptional extraordinary circumstances and conditions of development applicable to this property and the intended use that do not apply generally to other properties in the same zone. The zone is Hospital and Related Facilities, Office MHO and is within the Terra Vista Community Plan. The MHO designation does not exist outside the Terra Vista Community Plan and this specific designation was intended to attract a hospital to this specific site. (d) The property has two extremely long street frontages along Church Street (641 feet) and Milliken Avenue (565 feet) . Further, it was a condition of approval that access to this property be at the most southerly end of the Milliken frontage and the most easterly end of the Church frontage, thereby creating a need to identify the project at those two points of access. A third identification sign was placed on the south elevation of the building to identify the facility from Foothill Boulevard, one of Rancho Cucamonga's major arterial streets. As a result of the Sign Ordinance restriction of three signs, the project was unable to identify itself for south bound traffic on Milliken Avenue (another major arterial street) . (e) The strict and literal interpretation of the Sign Ordinance would deprive the hospital of privileges enjoyed by the owners of other properties in the same zone in that adequate identification cannot be accomplished for this 10 acre 83,000 square foot multi-use medical center if restricted to three signs. The restricted street and drive access to the property and the need to safely guide a patient to the facility from the major arterial streets of Foothill and Milliken Avenue and Church require a minimum of four signs. 3. Based upon the substantial evidence presented to this Commission during the above-referenced public hearing and upon the specific findings of facts set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, this Commission hereby finds and concludes as follows: (a) That strict or literal interpretation and enforcement of the specified regulations would result in practical difficulty or unnecessary physical hardship inconsistent with the objectives of the Development Code. (b) That there are exceptional or extraordinary circumstances or conditions applicable to the property involved or to the intended use of the property that do not apply generally to other properties in the same district. (c) That strict or literal interpretation and enforcement of the specified regulation would deprive the applicant of privileges enjoyed by the owners of other properties in the same district. (d) That the granting of the Variance will not constitute a grant of special privilege inconsistent with the limitations on other properties classified in the same district. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 91-148 VARIANCE 91-10 - RANCHO SAN ANTONIO MEDICAL CENTER October 9, 1991 Page 3 (e) That the granting of the Variance will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare or materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity. 4. Based upon the findings and conclusions set forth in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above, this Commission hereby approves the application subject to each and every condition set forth below. 1) This variance only applies to the third monument sign to be located at the corner of Milliken Avenue and Church Street. 2) Approval of this variance shall not waive compliance with any other sections of the Sign Ordinance, Development Code, Terra Vista Planned Community, and all other pertinent City Ordinances. 3) Final design of the wall and sign shall be reviewed and approved by the City Planner. 4) All landscaping planters in front of and behind the sign shall be planted according to the originally approved landscape plan. 5. The Secretary to this Commission shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 9TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1991. PLANNING CO , ISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA BY: _ L..sI. S I / C __rr Lar.�i .cNiel, Chairman ATTEST: A Brad err, nary I, :rad Buller, 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 9th day of October 1991, by the following vote-to-wit: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: CHITIEA, MCNIEL, MELCHER, TOLSTOY, VALLETTE NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE