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HomeMy WebLinkAbout98-59 - Resolutions • RESOLUTION NO. 98-59 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW 98-16 AUTHORIZING GATED PRIVATE STREETS FOR AMENDED TENTATIVE TRACT 15727, IN THE LOW-MEDIUM DISTRICT (4-8 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE), LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FOURTH STREET, WEST OF ARCHIBALD AVENUE, AND BORDERED BY SIXTH STREET ON THE NORTH, AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF - APN: 210-062-02, 11, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 32, and 33. A. Recitals. 1. Griffin Industries has filed an application for Development Review 98-16 for the design review of Amended Tentative Tract No. 15727, as described in the title of this Resolution. Hereinafter in this Resolution, the subject Design Review request is referred to as "the application." 2. On the 31st day of August 1998, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held a meeting to consider the application and Amended Tentative Tract 15727. 3. 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 the substantial evidence presented to this Commission during the above- referenced meeting on August 31, 1998, including written and oral staff reports, this Commission hereby specifically finds as follows: a. That the proposed project is consistent with the objectives of the General Plan; and b. That the proposed design is in accord with the objectives of the Development Code and the purposes of the district in which the site is located; and c. That the proposed design is in compliance with each of the applicable provisions of the Development Code; and d. That the proposed design,together with the conditions applicable thereto,will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare or materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity. 3. Based upon the findings and conclusions set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, this Commission hereby approves the application,to allow private gated streets in Amended Tentative Tract 15727 subject to each and every condition set forth below: PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 98-59 DR 98-16 FOR TT 15727 - GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES August 31, 1998 Page 2 Planning Division 1) Approval of the application is conditioned on approval by the City Council of Amended Tentative Tract 15727. 2) Emergency access, vehicle and pedestrian, shall be provided in the CC&Rs in a manner acceptable to the Police and Fire Departments. 3) A school bus stop shall be provided at the northeast corner of Golden Oak Road and Brook Drive. This feature will be identified with appropriate bus stop signing and paving between the adjacent side walk and curb line. The CC&Rs shall provide for convenient school bus access into the community for the school district(s) in a manner similar to Police and Fire Department access. 4) The gates and cul-de-sac fencing (at Glenaire and Spring brook Courts) shall be tubular steel and finished in a dark forest green color. The gates and fences shall not exceed 6 feet in height(above grade), but may extend to the height of the stone columns (no higher than 8 feet) as a design feature as shown on the main Fourth Street entry exhibit. 5) The guard house shall be constructed with stucco and a cobblestone base. The structure shall be finished with a native fieldstone base and with colors and materials previously approved for final tract phases, subject to approval by the City Planner. 6) The final landscape design shall be coordinated with the approved Landscape Plans for Fourth Street and Golden Oak Road and subject to City Engineer and City Planner approval. 7) A call/key code box shall be provided for the visitor vehicle entry and a key code box for the resident/truck entry. 8) Each gated entry/exit shall conform to minimum City, Police and Fire Department standards. 9) The landscaping along Fourth Street and Golden Oak Drive shall be installed as shown on approved plans on file with the Engineering Department. Reductions in the amount of cobblestone hard scape and increases in the amount of plant material may be considered and approved by the City Engineer and City Planner, at their discretion, while maintaining the general landscaping/hard scape design concept. The final plan shall be submitted to the Design Review Committee for final approval. Engineering Division 1) Install ultimate street improvements on the north side of Fourth Street from Archibald Avenue to Cucamonga Creek Channel including curb and gutter, sidewalk, street lights, a bus bay west of the existing entry monument, the intersection curb return, relocation of the most PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 98-59 DR 98-16 FOR TT 15727 - GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES August 31, 1998 Page 3 southerly catch basin on Archibald Avenue, and any traffic signal upgrades. Off-site street trees may be deferred until development of the adjacent property. The developer may request a reimbursement agreement to recover the cost of permanent off-site improvements from future development of the adjacent property. If the developer fails to submit for said reimbursement agreement within six months of the public improvements being accepted by the City, all rights of the developer to reimbursement shall terminate. 2) Widen the west leg of the Fourth Street/Archibald Avenue intersection to accept three westbound through lanes from the Major Divided Arterial section, east of Archibald Avenue. Transition to a Major Arterial width (two westbound lanes, single left turn lane) a sufficient distance west of the intersection, to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. 3) Relocate up to eight 66 KV power poles as needed to accommodate the Fourth Street/Archibald Avenue intersection widening and lane drop. 4) The existing overhead utilities (telecommunications and electrical, except for the 66 KV electrical) on the project side of Fourth Street shall be undergrounded from the first pole on the east side of Archibald Avenue,to the first pole on the west side of the Cucamonga Creek Channel, prior to public improvement acceptance or occupancy,whichever occurs first. All services crossing Fourth Street shall be undergrounded at the same time. 5) Install full frontage improvements along Sixth Street, from the east tract boundary to the west side of Golden Oak Road. Provide a cross gutter across Golden Oak Road and a temporary AC curb return on the west side, within the existing right-of-way. Widen the south side of Sixth Street as needed,west of Golden Oak Road, install AC berm, and reconstruct affected drive approaches to contain street flows, as determined by the final drainage study. Extend the widened section and berm from Golden Oak Road to Hellman Avenue. Transition to existing pavement east of the east tract boundary, to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. The developer may request a reimbursement agreement to recover the cost of permanent off-site improvements from future development of the adjacent property. If the developer fails to submit for said reimbursement agreement within six months of the public improvements being accepted by the City, all rights of the developer to reimbursement shall terminate. 6) An in-lieu fee as contribution to the future undergrounding of existing utilities (telecommunications and electrical, except for the 66 KV electrical) on the opposite side of Sixth Street shall be paid to the City, prior to building permit issuance for the 104th house or any phase that includes that house. The fee shall be one-half the City adopted unit amount times the length of the project frontage. Unnecessary power poles on the south side of Sixth Street shall be removed. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 98-59 DR 98-16 FOR TT 15727 - GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES August 31, 1998 Page 4 7) Install Golden Oak Road full width, including sidewalk and street lights, from Fourth Street to Sixth Street, with Phase.1 development. Sidewalks along the park frontage shall be curb adjacent. The developer may request a reimbursement agreement to recover the cost of permanent improvements west of the centerline on Golden Oak Road and north of a projection of the southerly BCR for the park drive approach, from future development of the adjacent property. If the developer fails to submit for said reimbursement agreement within six months of the public improvements being accepted by the City, all rights of the developer to reimbursement shall terminate. 8) Install traffic signals at Fourth Street and Golden Oak Road and at Sixth Street and Golden Oak Road. The traffic signal at Fourth Street shall be operational prior to occupancy of the 100th unit. The traffic signal at Sixth Street shall be operational, prior to occupancy of the 150th unit or opening of the park, whichever occurs first. 9) Each development phase shall have two points of access and no temporary "dead end" streets shall be longer than 600 feet. 10) Prepare a final drainage study which addresses the following, to the satisfaction of the City Engineer: a) Deleted b) Substantiate that the existing facilities in Fourth Street can accommodate all flows reaching them in the ultimate (developed) condition and that Fourth Street is not adversely impacted by the lack of a storm drain lateral to pick up the sump east of Golden Oak Road. Determine the size of reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) needed to replace existing corrugated metal pipe (CMP). c) Provide a section through the flow line high point in Golden Oak Road, south of Sixth Street, to determine whether any Q100 flows will go south in Golden Oak Road. d) Provide hydrologic and hydraulic calculations. On-site storm drains shall be sized to accommodate all tributary areas in the ultimate (developed) condition. e) Revise the preliminary drainage study to reflect the Hearthside Court catch basin between nodes 15 and 16. Also include pages 8 and 9 missing from the printout for Catchment Area C. f) Determine the width of the surface overflow easement needed on Lot 14 to convey Q100 flows for the area tributary to the sump at the Springbrook Drive/Cedar Glen Place knuckle. 11) Construct all storm drains within the tract boundaries (private) and/or Fourth Street, to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. The developer may request a developer-to-developer reimbursement agreement, against future development within the vacant tributary area, for PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 98-59 DR 98-16 FOR TT 15727 - GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES August 31, 1998 Page 5 oversizing said facilities. If the developer fails to submit for said reimbursement agreement within six x-months of the improvements being accepted by the City, all rights of the developer to reimbursement shall terminate. Master plan storm drain fee credits, if any, will be reviewed and determined by the City Engineer. 12) Replace the existing CMP in Fourth Street, between Archibald Avenue and Golden Oak Road, with appropriately sized RCP. Reconstruct both catch basins as determined by the final drainage study and install energy dissipation devices at the pipe outlet on the south side of Fourth Street. 13) The surface overflow drainage easement on Lot 14 shall be graded to convey Q100 overflows in the event of blockage in a sump catch basin and provisions shall be made for overflows to pass through any walls placed across the easement. Grade Lots 14 and 15, adjacent to the surface overflow drainage easement, to drain to Fourth Street through improved devices. Also design Lots A, B, C, D, and E to convey surface overflows. 14) Deleted 15) A parkway beautification master plan, including sections reflecting tree clearances required by Southern California Edison, shall be developed for Fourth Street, which expands upon the existing designated street trees and follows existing City Standards, to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. The Fourth Street frontage landscape treatment shall conform to said beautification master plan. 16) Interim facilities to drain the north property line will not be publicly maintained. They shall be located on individual lots and there shall be no public drainage easements. Private cross lot drainage easements shall be provided as required by, and the design of the facilities shall be approved by, the Building Official. 17) Deleted 18) Deleted 19) The park on Lot G shall be installed, with all standard neighborhood park facilities as presently provided for with public improvement bonds for Tract 15727-3, prior to occupancy of 30 percent of the units or prior to building permit issuance for 70 percent of the units,whichever occurs first. The park design, including grading, shall be approved by the Parks and Recreation Commission prior to final map approval. Parcels provided for park development shall be a minimum of 5 acres, based on the net yield for useable park open space. All dedicated park lands are to be located on non-restricted developable, unencumbered lands. This included, but is not limited to: clear title, no easements, no seismic faults, no grades greater than 10 percent and free from flood hazard. The public park is not to be included within the private gated community. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 98-59 DR 98-16 FOR TT 15727 - GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES August 31, 1998 Page 6 20) All maps which have recorded to date shall be rescinded and new final maps recorded reflecting the interior private streets.. All common areas for streets, storm drain facilities, sidewalks, street lights, and utilities shall be contained in a common easement. The surface overflow drainage easement on Lot 14 shall be private. 21) Revise Sheets 17 and 21 of Drawing No. 1628 to show the gated entrances. 22) All interior street and storm drain plans which have already been approved shall be revised to include the word "Private" in the title block. 23) Traffic signal plans at Fourth Street and Golden Oak Road shall be revised to reflect one leg of the intersection being private. Any decorative pavement and its effect on conduit specifications shall be indicated. Provide easements for the City to maintain the equipment. 24) The existing public storm drain easements created by separate document shall be vacated and replaced with private easements. 25) Existing public landscape easements, created by separate documents, shall be vacated and shown on the revised maps as private landscape easements in favor of the Homeowners' Association. The following easements shall be revised consistent with the approved Landscape Maintenance District Grading Plans: Lot 23 in Tract 15727-2; Lots 1 and 6 in Tract 15272-3; and Lot 26 in Tract 15727-5. 26) Developer shall accept public drainage, from Golden Oak Park and Golden Oak Road north of the north project entry, and public and/or private drainage from adjacent undeveloped properties into the private street and storm drain system. 27) The line between public and private maintenance shall follow the curb on the east (park) side of the north entrance. 28) A copy of the CC&Rs approved by the City Attorney is required prior to approval of the final map. 29) The project CC&Rs shall indicate Homeowners' Association maintenance including, but not limited to, interior private streets and storm drains, street lights, sidewalks, landscaping within easements and lettered lots along Golden Oak Road, perimeter landscaping along Fourth Street, etc. The CC&Rs shall acknowledge future acceptance of landscaping between the private curb and a future perimeter wall on the west side of the north project entrance upon development of the adjacent property. The CC&Rs shall allow adjacent properties to join the private community if they so desire. If adjacent properties do not choose to join, they shall be permitted to use reciprocal emergency access and/or drainage easements. 4. The Secretary to this Commission shall certify the adoption of this Resolution. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 98-59 DR 98-16 FOR TT 15727 - GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES August 31, 1998 Page 7 APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 31ST DAY OF AUGUST 1998. PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA BY: f 4' A//(eGLd Lar . McNiel, Chairman ATTEST: i' goS `__ Brad Tar S-'TV I, Brad 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 31st day of August 1998, by the following vote-to-wit: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: BARKER, MACIAS, MCNIEL, TOLSTOY NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE