HomeMy WebLinkAbout909 - Ordinances - TERRA VISTA COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT DRC2016-00715 ORDINANCE NO. 909
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING TERRA VISTA COMMUNITY
PLAN AMENDMENT DRC2016-00715 — A REQUEST TO MODIFY THE
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WITHIN THE MEDIUM HIGH (MH) DISTRICT
OF THE TERRA VISTA COMMUNITY PLAN RELATED TO THE SITE PLAN
AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW OF A 214-UNIT MULTI-FAMILY
DEVLEOPMENT ON 12.21 ACRES OF LAND WITHIN THE MEDIUM HIGH
(MH) DISTRICT(14-24 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE)OF THE TERRA VISTA
COMMUNITY PLAN, LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CHURCH
STREET AND TERRA VISTA PARKWAY; AND MAKING FINDINGS IN
SUPPORT THEREOF— APN: 1077-42-303
A. Recitals.
1. LVD Terra Vista, LLC filed an application for Terra Vista Community Plan Amendment
No. DRC2016-00715, as described in the title of this Ordinance. Hereinafter in this Ordinance, the
subject Terra Vista Community Plan Amendment is referred to as "the application."
2. On the 10th day of May, 2017, 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 by recommending approval of the application to the City Council for final action by
adoption of their Resolution No. 17-34.
3. On the 7th day of June, 2017, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing
on the application and concluded the hearing on that date.
4. All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred.
B. Ordinance
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby found, determined, and resolved by the City Council of the
City of Rancho Cucamonga 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 June 7, 2017, including written and oral staff reports, together
with public testimony, the City Council hereby specifically finds as follows:
a. The application applies to a property located at the southwest corner of Church
Street and Terra Vista Parkway in the Medium High (MH) District of the Terra Vista Community Plan;
and;
b. There is existing attached and detached residential development to the north within
the Medium (M) District; to the south is commercial development within the Neighborhood
Commercial (NC) District: to the east is an office development within the Office Park(OPK) District;
and to the west, across Haven Avenue, is vacant land within the Mixed Use (MU) District that is
approved for a senior care facility and an existing commercial/office development within the General
Commercial (GC) District. A flood control facility (Deer Creek Channel) runs along the northwest
corner of the project site; and
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c. The project is for the development of a 214-unit, multi-family residential project
(Design Review DRC2016-00713) on 12.1 acres on land; and
d. The project includes a Terra Vista Community Plan Amendment(DRC2016-00715)
to modify the development criteria for the Medium High (MH) District, a Minor Exception to reduce
the required on-site parking (DRC2016-00716) and a Variance (DRC2017-00215) and Minor
Exception (DRC2016-00159) for wall heights; and
e. Terra Vista Community Plan Amendment DRC2016-00715 will amend the
development criteria for the Medium High (MH) District, of the Terra Vista Community Plan to
provide larger projects with greater flexibility in order to encourage unique layouts and a mix of
housing types.
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 Terra Vista Community Plan Text Amendment does not conflict with the Land
Use Policies of the General Plan and will provide for the development within the district,in a manner
consistent with the General Plan and with related development. The proposed Amendment will
modify the development criteria for new projects with greater than 200 units in the Medium High
(MH) District of the Terra Vista Community Plan area. It will permit greater plan flexibility to allow for
creative site planning and for a mix of housing types while staying true to the intent of the Medium
High (MH) District, which is for the development of multi-family developments with a density range of
14 to 24 units per acre.
b. This Terra Vista Community Plan Text Amendment does promote the goals and
objectives of the Development Code. The Amendment will permit high quality development within
the Medium High (MH) District,while providing larger projects with the flexibility necessary to provide
for a wider mix of housing types and for unique site planning.
c. This Terra Vista Community Plan Text Amendment will not be detrimental to the
public health, safety, or welfare or materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity.
The amendment will modify the development criteria of the Medium High (MH) District to allow
building and wall setbacks, building separations and the size of private open space areas to be
determined through the development review process. The development review process will ensure
that the resulting projects will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare or materially
injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity.
d. The proposed Terra Vista Community Plan text amendment is consistent with the
objectives of the Development Code. The Amendment will allow greater plan flexibility when
developing large multi-family developments in the Medium High (MH) District of the Terra Vista Plan
area.
e. The proposed Terra Vista Community Plan Text Amendment is in conformance
with the General Plan. The Amendment will permit a wider variety of housing types to be
constructed in the Medium High (MH) District,while maintaining the intent of the district which is for
the development of Multi-family projects with a density of 14 to 24 dwelling units per acre.
SECTION 4: Based upon the facts and information contained in the proposed Mitigated
Negative Declaration, together with all written and oral reports included for the environmental
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assessment for the application, the City Council finds that there is no substantial evidence that the
project will have a significant effect upon the environment and adopts a Mitigated Negative
Declaration and Monitoring Program attached hereto, and incorporated herein by this reference,
based upon the findings as follows:
a. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the City's local
CEQA Guidelines, the City staff prepared an Initial Study of the potential environmental effects of
the project. Based on the findings contained in that Initial Study, City staff determined that, with the
imposition of mitigation measures, there would be no substantial evidence that the project would
have a significant effect on the environment. Based on that determination, a Mitigated Negative
Declaration was prepared. Thereafter, the City staff provided public notice of the public comment
period and of the intent to adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration; and
b. The City Council has reviewed the Mitigated Negative Declaration and all
comments received regarding the Mitigated Negative Declaration and, based on the whole record
before it, finds: (i) that the Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared in compliance with CEQA;
and (ii) that, based on the imposition of mitigation measures, there is no substantial evidence that
the project will have a significant effect on the environment. The City Council further finds that the
Mitigated Negative Declaration reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City Council.
Based on these findings, the City Council hereby adopts the Mitigated Negative Declaration; and
c. The City Council has also reviewed and considered the Mitigation Monitoring
Program for the project that has been prepared pursuant to the requirements of Public Resources
Code Section 21081.6 and finds that such Program is designed to ensure compliance with the
mitigation measures during project implementation. The City Council therefore adopts the Mitigation
Monitoring Program for the project; and
d. The custodian of records for the Initial Study, Mitigated Negative Declaration,
Mitigation Monitoring Program and all other materials which constitute the record of proceedings
upon which the City Council's decision is the City Planner of the City of Rancho Cucamonga. Those
documents are available for public review in the Planning Department of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California 91730, telephone
(909) 477-2750.
SECTION 5: The Terra Vista Community Plan is hereby amended to read, in words and
figures, as shown in Exhibit 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 June 2017.
L. Den s Michael, M. or
ATTEST:
J#ice C. Reynolds, Cititlerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA )
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 City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 7th day of
June 2017, and was passed at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga held on the 21st day of June 2017.
AYES: Alexander, Michael, Spagnolo, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: Kennedy
ABSTAINED: None
Executed this 22nd day of June 2017, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
ice C. Reynolds, CityClerk