HomeMy WebLinkAbout894 - Ordinances - DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT DRC2016-00563 - MIXED USE (MU) DISTRICT ORDINANCE NO. 894
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO • CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING
DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT DRC2016-00563, A
SUPPLEMENT TO DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE DRC2010-
00571, AMENDING TITLE 17 (DEVELOPMENT CODE) OF THE
RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE MIXED USE (MU)
DISTRICT BY REMOVING MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO
(FAR) REQUIREMENTS
A. Recitals.
1. The City of Rancho Cucamonga filed an application for Development Code
Amendment DRC2016-00563, as described in the title of this Ordinance. Hereinafter in this
Ordinance, the subject Development Code Amendment is referred to as "the application."
2. On the 10th day of August 2016, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga conducted a noticed public hearing with respect to the above referenced
Development Code Amendment DRC2016-00563 and, following the conclusion there of, issued
Resolution No. 16-43, recommending that the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga
adopt said Development Code Amendment.
3. On the 7th day of September 2016, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga
conducted a noticed public hearing on the Development Code Amendment and concluded said
hearing on that date.
4. 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:
SECTION 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.
SECTION 2: Based upon substantial evidence presented to the City Council during the
above-referenced public hearing on September 7, 2016, including written and oral staff reports,
together with public testimony, the City Council hereby specifically finds as follows:
a. The application applies to property located within the City; and
b. On October 21, 2015, the City Council adopted Development Code Amendment
DRC2015-00421 to establish development standards for the Mixed Use (MU) District; and
c. On August 10, 2016, the Planning Commission recommended to the City Council
adoption of the draft Mixed Use (MU) District development standard deleting the Floor Area Ratio
(FAR) requirement; and
d. Based on feedback received since the effective date of the adoption of
Development Code Amendment DRC2015-00421, the City prepared Development Code
Amendment DRC2016-00563 to delete Floor Area Ratio (FAR) requirements from the Mixed Use
(MU) District, which is included as Attachment 1 to this Ordinance and is hereby incorporated by
this reference as if set forth in full; and
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e. Development Code Amendment DRC2016-00563 conforms to and does not
conflict with the General Plan, including without limitation, the Land Use Element thereof, and will
provide for development in a manner consistent with the General Plan; and
f. Development Code Amendment DRC2016-00563 will not have a significant
impact on the environment since this amendment does not propose development. New
development is required to be reviewed by the Planning Department on a case-by-case basis.
This will include a review of any potential impacts each individual project may have on the
environment.
SECTION 3: Based upon the substantial evidence presented to this Council during the
above-referenced public hearing and upon the specific findings of facts set forth in paragraphs 1
and 2 above, this Council hereby finds and concludes as follows:
a. This amendment does not conflict with the Land Use Policies of the General Plan
and will provide for development, within the district, in a manner consistent with the General Plan
and with related development. This update complies with Policy LU-4.1 in the General Plan, in
that the amendment promotes Mixed Use development; and
b. This amendment does promote the goals and objectives of the Development
Code. The proposed Mixed Use standards, including, but not limited to, setbacks, building height,
parking, landscaping and open space, will provide further direction for the development of Mixed
Use sites. The deletion of the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) requirement removes an undue restriction
on the development of Mixed Use sites; and
c. The proposed amendment will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or
welfare or materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity. This amendment does
not propose development. New development is required to be reviewed by the Planning
Department on a case-by-case basis and is required to not be detrimental to the public health;
safety, or welfare or materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity; and
d. The 'proposed amendment is in conformance with the General Plan, which
encourages Mixed Use development within the City's designated Mixed Use areas. The
amendment involves the modification of Mixed Use development standards, which will facilitate
in the development of properties in the Mixed Use (MU) Districts.
SECTION 4: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the City's
local CEQA Guidelinesi the City adopted a Negative Declaration on October 21, 2015, in
connection with the City's approval of Development Review DRC2015-00421. Pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines Section 15162, no subsequent or supplemental EIR or Negative Declaration is
required in connection with subsequent discretionary approvals of the same project. No
substantial changes are proposed to the project that indicate new or more severe impacts on the
environment; no substantial changes have occurred in the circumstances under which the project
was previously reviewed that indicates new or more severe environmental impacts; no new
important information shows the project will have new or more severe impacts than previously
considered; and no additional mitigation measures are now feasible to reduce impacts or different
mitigation measures can be imposed to substantially reduce impacts. On October 21, 2015, the
City adopted a Negative Declaration regarding a Development Code update for development
standards for Mixed Use Districts. The proposed Code amendment is limited to the adoption of
a text amendment to the Development Code to eliminate the maximum Floor Area Ratio
requirement for Mixed Use Districts and does not involve a site-specific project, and the adoption
of the amendment does not preclude the review by the City of any project that results from this
amendment. Accordingly, there have been no substantial changes to the project or the
circumstances surrounding the project which would create new or more severe impacts than
those evaluated in the previous Negative Declaration. Staff further finds that the project will not
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have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous Negative Declaration, not have
more severe effects than previously analyzed, and that additional or different mitigation measures
are not required to reduce the impacts of the project to a level of less-than-significant.
Additionally, when an application for a site-specific project is submitted for review by the City, the
City will conduct a project-and site-specific environmental assessment. At that time, based upon
the specific calculated Floor Area Ratio of the project and any associated potential impacts, the
applicant will be required to submit environmental studies that analyze the impact(s) (if any) to,
for example, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, noise levels, and
transportation/traffic caused by the site-specific project. On a case-by-case review of each
project, the appropriate environmental document will be prepared to address project-specific
impacts.
SECTION 5: The Development Code is hereby amended to delete the Floor Area Ratio
(FAR) Mixed Use (MU) District development standard, in words and figures, as shown in the
attached "Attachment 1."
SECTION 6: 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 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 words 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.
SECTION 7: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause
the same to be published within 15 days after its passage at least once in the Inland Valley Daily
Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Ontario, California, and
circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 21st day of September 2016.
AYES: Kennedy, Michael, Spagnolo, Williams
NOES: Alexander
ABSENT: None
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ABSTAINED: None
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L. .nnis Michael, Mayor
ATTEST:
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ice C. Reynolds, City lerk
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 7'" day of
September 2016, and was passed at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga held on the 2155 day of September 2016.
Executed this 22ntl day of September 2016, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
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J ice C. Reynolds, City C rk
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Attachment 1
Text Amendments to the Development Code
Article III —Zoning Districts, Allowed Uses, and Development Standards
Table 17.36.020-2 of the Development Code is hereby revised to read as follows:
TABLE 17.36.020-2 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICTS
Development Standard [ MU
Site/Lot Area (minimum)(1) n/a
Lot Width/Depth (minimum) n/a
Allowed Density(dwelling units per acre)
Minimum Density n/a
Maximum Density 50 units/acre
Project shall incorporate a minimum of two of the following types of
Land Use Mix(2) land uses:
Commercial, Office, Institutional, Residential, Live/Work
Setbacks (3i(4)
Street Yard(Major/Special 50% - 75% reduction of streetscape requirements(7)
Boulevard)
Street Yard (Secondary/Collector) 50% -75% reduction of streetscape requirements(7)
Street Yard (Local Streets) 75% - 100% reduction of streetscape requirements(7)
Rear Yard (adjacent to residential) Match rear yard setback requirements of adjacent base district
Rear Yard (adjacent to commercial 0 feet(5)
or industrial)
Interior Side(adjacent to Match side yard setback requirements of adjacent base district
residential)
Interior Side(adjacent to I 5 feet
commercial or industrial)
Distance Between Buildings _
Primary Buildings
Accessory Buildings I Minimum per Building Code requirements
Building Height(maximum In feet)(6)
Primary Buildings 75 feet maximum
Accessory Buildings Not to exceed primary building height
Floor-Area-Ratio-{maximum=ratio of-building-to-lot-square-footage)
F-leer-Area-Ratio
1,0-max
Open Space Requirement(minimum percentage of open space per parcel or project)
Landscape Area (overall net area) 10% minimum
Open Space Requirements Minimum of 150 square feet/unit
See Section 17.36.020(D)for additional requirements
Recreation Area/Facility Required per Section 17.36.010 (E)
Parking:Requirement
See Table 17.64.050-1
Parking Spaces NOTE: A parking study is required for all Mixed Use projects per
• Section 17.64.060(D)
Table Notes:
(11 On existing lots of record.parcels less than three(3)acres or less than the required minimum frontage may only be developed
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at the lowest end of the permitted density range.
Ll Lot sizes less than one-half(MI acre are not subject to land use mix requirement.
(2). Setbacks are measured between the structure and curb face in front yards and corner side yards. Setbacks are measured
between the structure and property line in rear yards and interior side yards.
(91 Shall apply to buildings,parking and landscaping.
L1 Must meet minimum Building Codes,
01 All buildings within one-hundred(100)feet of LM, L,or VL Districts shall not exceed twenty five feet(251:however,there may
be areas where the maximum building height may be required to be less than the cited maximum,and shall be determined on
p case by case basis
L1 For mixed use development of any type see the streetscape setbacks in Table 17.36.010-3 that apply to Attached Single-
Family Residential and Multi-Family Residential.
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