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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995/07/12 - Agenda Packet - AdjournedWEDNESDAY CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA JULY 12, 1995 9:00 P.M. WORKSHOP RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER DE ANZA ROOM 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA II. IlL IV. Roll Call Chairman Barker Commissioner Melcher __ Vice Chairman McNiel Commissioner Tolstoy Commissioner Lumpp Announcements Public Comments This is the time andplace for the general public to address the Commission. Items to be discussed here are those which do not already appear on this agenda. Commission Business DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS AND PHILOSOPHY Adjournment The Planning Commission has adopted Administrative Regulations that set an 11:00 P.M. adjournment time. If items go beyond that time, they shah be heard only with the consent of the Commission. I, Gail Sanchez, Planning Commission Secretary of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, hereby certijS/ that a true, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda was posted on July 6, 1995, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting per Government Code Section 54954.2 at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga. ~~~7~ CITY OF RANCHO CUCAIVIONGA STAFF REPORT DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: July 12, 1995 Chairman and Members of the Planning Commission Dan Coleman, Principal Planner DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS AND PHILOSOPHY At the Planning Commission meeting held on Jane 14, 1995, it was requested that this item be placed on the July 12 agenda for discussion. The Commission also requested the attached copies of the enabling legislation for the design review process. As you know, this section was amended last year as part of the City's streamlining of the development review process (see attached Ordinance 528). submitte Dan Coleman Principal Planner DC/ds Attachment: Development Code Section 17.06.010 Ordinance No. 528 ITEM A Section 17.06.010 CHAPTER 17.06 LAND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW Seeti~ 17.06.010 Development/Design Review A. Purpose and Intent This section establishes the review procedures for residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional development proposals to facilitate project review by local responsible agencies and the Development/Design Review Committees in a timely and efficient manner; to ensure that development projects comply with all applicable local design guidelines, standards, and ordinances; to minimize adverse effects on surrounding properties and the environment; and are consistent with the General Plan which promotes high aesthetic and functional standards to complement and add to the physical, economie, and social character of Rancho Cucamonga. In addition, the City finds that a Development/Design Review process will support the implementation of the General Plan, as it stresses quality community design standards. The City further finds that the quality of certain residential, institutional, commercial, and industrial uses has a substantial impact upon the visual appeal, environmental soundness, economic stability, and property values of the City. This Section is not intended to restrict imagination, innovation or variety, but rather to focus on community design principles which can result in creative imaginative solutions for the project and a quality design for the City. It is, therefore, the purpose of this Section to: (a) Recognize the interdependence of land values and aesthetics and provide a method by which the City may implement this interdependence to its benefit. (b) Encourage the orderly and harmonious appearance of structures and property within the City along with associated facilities, such as signs, landscaping, parking areas, and streets. (c) Maintain the public health, safety and general welfare, and property throughout the City. (d) Assist private and public developments to be more cognizant of public concerns for the aesthetics of development. (e) Reasonably ensure that new developments, including residential, institutional, commercial and industrial developments, do not have an adverse aesthetic, health, safety or architecturally related impact upon existing adjoining properties, or the City in general. (f) Implement those sections of the City's General Plan which specifically refer to the preservation and enhancement of the particular character and unique assets of this City and its harmonious development. -55- Section 17.06.010 (g) Minimizing the effects of grading by discouraging mass grading and excessive slopes to ensure that the natural character of terrain is retained. (h) Preserving significant topographic features, including rock outcroppings, native plant materials and natural hydrology while also encouraging improved drainage from lots directly to a street, storm drain, or through public or privately maintained easement. (i) Limiting the impact of slopes on adjacent developed properties and limit construction on identified seismic or geologic hazard areas. (j) Encouraging the use of a variety of housing styles, splitlevel grading techniques, varied lot sizes, site design densities, maintenance of views and arrangement and spacing to accomplish grading policies. (k) To help ensure that adequate school facilities for all existing and future residential development in the City are provided. (1) To help insure that adequate levels of public services are provided for existing and future development in the City. (m) To encourage orderly development of residences within areas more readily served by public services. (n) To encourage the development of master planned projects which provide the service needs of the residents of these projects. (o) To encourage use of energy conservation techniques in new residential development. B. Projects Requiring Development/Design Review An application for Development/Design Review is required for commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential projects with five (5) or more dwellin units (See Section 17.06.030) involving the issuance of a building permit g[or construction or reconstruction of a structure which meets the following criteria: (a) New construction on vacant property. (b) Structural additions or new buildings which are equal to 50% of the floor area of existing on-site building(s), or have a minimum 10,000 sq. ft. in size. (e) Reconstruction projects which are equal to 50% of the floor area of existing on-site building(s), or have a minimum 10,000 sq. ft. in size. (d) Projects involving a substantial change or intensification of land use, such as the conversion of an existing building to a restaurant, or the conversion of a residential structure to an office or commercial use. -56- Section 17.06.010 Projects of a limited size and scope which do not meet the above criteria may require an application for Minor Development Review as defined in Section 17.06.020. Residential construction involving four (4) or less dwelling units are subject to Design Review. The City Planner shah review the project for compliance with the design considerations contained in Section 17.06.010-E. The City Planner may request modifications based on the design criteria or may refer the project to the Design Review Committee. Authority (b) (c) Plannin~f Commission Review: Development/Design Review applications which meet any of the following criteria shall require review and consideration by the Planning Commission: (a) Any project being proposed along Foothill Boulevard, Haven Avenue, or any other Special Boulevards, as described on the General Plan; and Projects which fan within the sensitive land use areas, or sensitive environmental areas; and (d) (e) All projects which are master planned. As prescribed in Chapter 17.20.030, Master Plans, once the master plan has been approved by the Planning Commission and does not fall on a special boulevard may be approved by the City Planner. All additions that exceed 50% of the existing structure and meet roquirements of 1 and 2 shah requiro Planning Commission approval. All projects requiring an EIR shah require Planning Commission reviews. (f) All residential projects of more than four (4) dwelling units. (g) All projects within a hillside area are subject to review pursuant to Section 17.24.020.B. 1'he Pinning Commission is authorized to approve or deny applications and to impose reasonable conditions upon such approval, subject to the right of appeal. Conditions may include, but shah not be limited to roquirements for open spaces, screening and buffering of adjacent properties, fences, and walls; requirements for installation and maintenance of landscaping and erosion control measures; requirements for street improvements and dedications, regulation of vehicular ingress and egress, and traffic circulation; regulation of signs; regulation of hours or other characteristics of operation; requirements for maintenance of landsuaping and other improvements; establishment for maintenance of landscaping and other improvements; establishment of development schedules or time limits for performance or completion; and such other conditions as the Commission may deem necessary to ensure compatibility with surrounding uses, to preserve the public health, safety, and welfare, and to enable the Commission to make the findings required by Section 17.06.020-F. "revised 3/8/90" Section 17.06,010 City Planner Review: Development/Design Review applications which do not require PIning Commission review as described above shall be subject to review and approval by the City Planner. Although, if in the opinion of the City Planner the application involves unusual site development requirements or unique operating characteristics, or raises questions of development policy substantially more significant than generally pertain to applications for development review and which require Planning Commission consideration, the City Planner shall refer the application to the Planning Commission. Tne City Planner may, contingent upon environmental clearance by the Planning Commission, grant approval or grant approval in a modified form or subject to conditions, or may deny the application. Conditions may include, but shall not be limited to; requirements for open spaces, s. ereening and buffering of adjacent properties, fences and walls; requirements for installation and maintenance of landscaping and erosion control measures; requirements for street improvements and dedications, regulation of vehicular ingress, egress, and traffic circulation; regulation of signs; regulation of hours or other characteristics of operation; requirements for maintenance of landscaping and other improvements; establishment of development schedules or time limits for performance or completion; and such other conditions as the City Planner may deem necessary to insure compatibility with surrounding uses, to preserve the public health, safety, and welfare, and to enable the City Planner to make the findings required by Section 17.06,020-F. The Development, Design and Grading Review Committees are hereby established to be advisory to the Planning Commission and the City Planner in areas of Development, Design and Grading issues. Application An application for Development/Design Review shall be fried with the Planning Division in a manner prescribed by the City Planner. Development/Design Review Procedure Scheduling for Committee Review. Upon acceptance of a complete application for Development Review or for design approval only, a project shall be set on the first available agenda for Committee reviews. The applicant and any persons requesting notice will be notified at least ten (10) days prior to the meetings. All development proposals submitted pursuant to this Section are initially reviewed by the Development, Design, and Grading Committees: (1) Design Review Committee - architecture and site planning; (2) Grading Committee grading and drainngel and (3) Development Review Committee compllanee with technical cede requirements. Each committee shall make a recommendation on each project for consideration by the Planning Commission or City Planner, if applicable. -58- "revised 3/9/90" Section 17.06.010 Design Review Committee. The Design Review Committee shall be comprise of three members. One shall be the City Planner and two shall be members of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall elect two of its members to the Design Review Committee. The City Planner shall be the secretary of the Committee. Of the first two commission members appointed, one shall have a term of six months and the other shall have a term of twelve months. Thereafter, all terms shall be twelve months. The Design Review Committee shall meet as needed. The time and place of such meeting shall be set by resolution of the Planning Commission. Review and analysis by the Design Review Committee will consider design elements, sueh as, but not limited to, compatibility of the project to surrounding properties; relationship of the design and layout of the project to the site; architectural design and use of materials; grading; landscaping; screening and buffering teehniques of adjacent properties; sig~s; and open spaee. This committee will determine if the project adequately meets City design guidelines and standards, and will transmit an appropriate recommendation to either the City Planner or Planning Commission. The recommendation of the Design Review Committee will be based upon the projeer conforming to the following criteria: (a) The Design and layout of the proposed development is consistent with the applicable elements of the City's General Plan, design guidelines of the appropriate distriet, and any adopted arehiteetural criteria for specialized area, sueh as designated historic distriets, theme areas, specific plans, community plan, boulevards, or planned developments. (b) The design and layout of the proposed development will not unreascnably interfere with the use and enjoyment of neighboring existing or future developments, and will not create traffic or pedestrian hazards. (e) The architectural design of the proposed development is eompatible with the eharaeter of the surrounding neighborhood and will maintain the harmonious, orderly and attractive development eontemplated by this ~eetion and the General Plan of the City. (d) The design of the proposed development would provide a desirable environment for its oceupants and visiting publie as well as its neighbors through good aesthetie use of materials, texture and eolor that will remain aesthetically appealing and will rotain a reasonably adequate level of maintenance. If the projeet is found to be not aeeeptable by the Committee, the City Plaaner will inform the applicant of the design issues and may suggest possible alternatives whieh would improve the design of the projeet. The Committee will then direct the applleant to return to the Committee with the revisions and/or work with Staff to rosolve the concerns prior to final approval by either the Planning Commission or City Plaoner, -59- "revised 3/8/90" Section 17.06.010 Technical Review Committee. ~ne Technical Review Committee, is comprised of members of the Community Development Department, Planning, Engineering, and Building and Safety Division; the Cucamonga County Water District; the Foothill Fire Protection District and the Sheriff's Department. Review by this Committee will consider items, such as, but not limited to circulation; street improvements; right-of-way dedication; utility easements; grading; drainage facilities; storm drain improvements; uniform building code requirements; security; fire flow; emergency access; location of fire hydrants; water and sewer line connections and sizing; water pressure; permit fees; streetscape and landscape standards; setbacks; parking; and requirements for environmental processing. The Committee will require changes in any development for compliance with adopted codes and standards. They may also make recommendations to the City Planner and Planning Commisison on any policy issues or areas not covered by existing codes and standards. Grading Committee. The Grading Committee, comprising of representatives of each Division of the Community Development Department will consider items such as, but not limited to, cut and fill areas; drainage and flood control facilities; erosion control; retaining walls; and the effect of proposed grading on adjacent properties. This Committee will determine if the Grading Plan meets City grading guidelines and policies. The decision of the Grading Committee will be forwarded to the City Planner or Planning Commission and will be based on criteria contained in the City's Hillside Development Ordinance, Chapter 17.24. Findings The Planning Commission or City Planner, where authorized, shall make the following findings before approving a Development or Design Review application: 1. That the proposed project is consistent with the General Plan; and 2. That the proposed use is in accord with the objective of the Development Code and the purposes of the district in which the site is located. 3. That the proposed use is in compliance with each of the applicable provisions of the Development Code; and That the proposed use, 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; and New Applications following Denial: Following the denial of a Development Review application, no application for the same or substantially the same usa or the same or substantially the same site shall be filed within one year from the date of denial. -60- "revised 3/8/90" 528 bad ava ~e ard redaued a detai/~ study ' c. To m/a'~cain a i:~x:em that :Ls time/y, fa4,-, ard 'tyofmurhoOxznxz~Tt. them~' ty the 3. C~ J~l.y 20, 1994, the Cumcil caa~ctad and ~a~c~t a ~y follows: S~T/CIq 1: '/:he City* O=tmcil herel=5, spr_/~tca/ly firds that a*n of the facts set fcrth in the Rectta. ls, Part A, of thls (3zttrazEm are true ancl OZd..t.,mnr~ No. 528 .Page2 SECI'ICN 2. ~he City Council of the City of Rarcho mv--,-,--c3a ~.~,~y finds that this a-~,~--mt is established and ack,~bsd to izoh.ct_ ard r.~ ..... ta particularly; 4. To a~'-',~n the physical, social, and eo~r.~c advamacJes c~ GuideLLq~ Sectira L506~ (~) (3). ~J.;i'J.C~ 4. Secl:zkm 17.02.050 is hazeby' ~ to ~ a red subsettim 6 to reed as fo]3.M: ~,z~.:rlC~ 5. Secttc~ 17.02.100, suksectdxm B, is hereby awmded to z~k4 as ~ ~- Al1 re~ests for e~ensions shouZd M filed with t 528 Pagee3 city PL~mr as 1~ ~y ~.~y ~ (30) days exp.L--atia~ date. ~ city Ph~rer ~, ~Z pc to the extend the a~p~uval of a ~ject if he ~lz~S~l~ my ~~, SECTIC~ 6, Secttin 17.02.110 shall be amended ~ r~4 as' follck~: Secttc,l 17.02.110 P~blic [.ba,-,Incm ard Nc~tfl~ttm q . ' y of th cpaz"ttcj. plt ?~ardd4~n.~qatrfl, 4. As detarmtned neoessap/cr desirabla by tl~ City ~laamsr, o~4 ~-im, and/~r ~ upm tbs ad~ptlm o~ a resoluttm s~trq ~ ttm and pla~, f~r a publ~ hsarirq. 5. Ap~Lk.d.s and/cr mltt-Zamily ~,--~]ects ot four (4) units crmcge. d~em~ crby th C, Ncfcicm of 1~J.14~:~. Ord/nan~ No. 528 i>age4 (2) (4) 528 t:~qe5 made. large szgn ~ mstaJ3ed and ~e,~t~t-ed c~sh~it apply: · ~ujec'c inZ~Licm ) the J:lroJect aim shall be c:~Ltrarc~ No, 528 By lx~ notices ccre~icucusly ~=,tain a general descriFcic~ of the ~uJect ar~ a ~ of any ~x~ed subitvisice notices sham~ less than cre (1) ~" OE "PUBLIC In determining the kxsaxtaries of the exlmnk~ nct~icmtkm area, the follcNing criteria s~a, 11 ~ usel. (a) ~ ex:Lmnc:kd area my be cULrmct:ly affe,c'cm:t by ~ l:zcq:cee:tPmJect:duetolzcspmsedcrmrahMsh~ cUndaticn ard dzz/na~ m, cr a,:x:zm, view, Qrdiranc~ NO. 528 l>age7 If it is dete~-~/u~ iruLt/~ su~t-ta/ that SECF/CN 7. Sec'tjr~rl 17.04.030, subsectim G, shall brat ~ to L'tad as follows: tarthe, ~ Plmmiz.q O:zmissim my perialically z'mviw ~zmvc~maOmztitiazlt~mper~it. , 528 ~ rmme-4e~trvi. 528 S~*"'I'~CIf 8. Sect/ca1 17.04.035 t8 i"*eby* addlgt to ~ ~8 ZOl.lOkm: pz~cmdux. em c~ Seer.terns 17. o~.030.e. ~cl~ 9. Segtrl""a 17.~.OZO, smtl-~---f-.l~,t C, ~ he&'ebj? ~ to read as ~o].lowm: c. i horit-V Ordirlrrm No. 528 ~ 10 ~1 1~l ¢1 ~1 (a) (o) (e) vithtm ipzoJec,~s with m ~ ~ plan -- (Iln) c:c aav.'~, · m XmmlmcN: ~tmt, mmm: (slJ). C3tct.t;erc~ No, 528 Page.1..1. p2arm.h,q r~"~,4,,~l,*,s rob:later.tin, ~ Cl.Cy P3juusr My Otd/nance No. 528 t~ac)el2 S'.r.,mj.L'.LO i ~). Se~ 17.04,050, subsecUre D, is hereby amel)ded to r~*a~ as folly: Said notice shall state the following: 2. kmd:im~fnstues~alac~Lm ~ NO. 528 Page]3 3. Na--- ard address (p~-~e~ and lot ~a~ec) ot 4. Date after ~a~ic~ a declaim b~ 1 ] be made c~ aRoLic~tic S. Na~ of City P~re~ and te~ep~re number after its ]~age at ]met ~ in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, a day of Ate, 1994, at Ranc~o e~.~ja'