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HomeMy WebLinkAbout954 - OrdinanceThe City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. The City ofRancho Cucamonga has prepared Master Plan Amendment DAC2019-00232. as described in the title Of this Ordinance. Hereinafter in this (}rdiOence, the subject Specific Plan Amendment isreferred hoas"the A[nendDlent` A. On October 4' 2017. the City Council approved Urgency Ordinance No. 919' an interim ordinance requiring a Conditional Use Permit for the establishment of any new hotel or the expansion of any existing hotel within the City to e||Ow staff time to study appropriate development standards and regulations for hotels and draft any necessary changes to the K8U0iCip8| Code. Per State |&xV. an interim U[diOaDCG is effective for a period Of 45 d&ySfror0 the date of adoption, unless extended at a public hearing prior to the end of the 45-day period. B. On November 15, 2017' the City Council approved Urgency Ordinance No. 823, which extended the interim ordinance's [8qUi[eOleDt for a Conditional Use Permit for the establishment of any new hotel or the expansion of any existing hotel within the City for an additional 10 months, 15 days' to provide staff additional time to study the issue and draft e Municipal Code Amendment to address the impacts created by hotel development within the City. C. On September 18, 2O1B'the City Council approved Urgency Ordinance NO. 040' which further extended the interim ordinance's requirement for 3 CODdidODa| Use Permit for the eSt8b|i3hD1BO1 of any new hotel or the e%pRDSiOD of any existing hotel within the City for 8D additional 10 OnODths' 15days. D, On April 10 and April 24. 2019. the P|GDO!ng CO[nOOiSs|On of the CityOf Rancho CUC@rnonQa conducted G noticed public hearing with respect to the Amendment and, fO||OVV1ng theCQOC|uS|OOthereof'adOpt8dRe8O|Ut|OnNO,1B34.reCOrnnOeDdiDQthat1h8CityCOu0Ci|ofih8 City 0fRancho Cucamonga adopt this Amendment. E. On May 15, 2019, the City Council of the City ol Rancho Cucamonga conducted a noticed public hearing oAthe Amendment and continued the public hearing tOa date certain. F. On JUO8 5. 2019' the City COUDCi| of the City of Rancho Cucamonga continued with the noticed public hearing on the Amendment and concluded said hearing on that date. B. All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred. BE[X'|(}N2. Based upon the substantial evidence presented tothis Council during the above -referenced public hearing, this Council hereby finds and concludes that the changes proposed to Title 17 (Development Code) in the Amendment are consistent with the General Plan goals, policies, and implementation programs. General Plan Land Use Policy LU'/, 1nnoourageo the protection of neighborhoods from the encroachment ofincompatible activities or land uses that may have a negative impact on the residential living environment. Regulating the operational standards for hotels that may be near residential neighborhoods will reduce potential iDlp8CtS C[n8fed by hotels. Land Use Goa/ LU-// requires that co[nnnUDhv aesthetics are maintainedthrough appropriate regulations. Establishing design guidelines for 'hotels will encourage better site design, improved architecture, and the use of higher quality building materials. Lastly, through partnerships designed to report and prevent criminal activity at hotels between hotel owners and operators, and City Police and Fine services, Public Goal ms//zS'4, which requires 8 high level o/public safety services throughout Rancho (�Uca[DnDga'can continue tObHachieved. SECTION 3. The Planning Department staff has determined that this Amendment is exempt from the requirements ofthe California Environmental Quality Act /C' E[V'\eDdther�Ckv-'s CECAGuidelines. The project qUa|ihooUnd8rLheQene[e| rule that COAe'|ies only toprojects, which have the potential for causing significant effects on the environment. Pursuant t ^~^~OE(A Guidelines Section 15061/E\/3\' where it can be seen with certainty that the— — re possibility that the activity in question may have significant effect onthe environment, the -v'i-'|s not subject to CE]A. The Amendment does not propose any physical change tot— environment itself. The Amendment's requirement for hotel development applications to prepare a market feasibility study is a purely economic requirement. In addition, the occupancy standards and public Sefeb/ standards are limited to the operation of hotels and do not affect the environment. The remaining development standards do not have the potential forcausingeffects on the environment because they pertain to improving the quality the architectural design of hotels and not to the intensity of development. In a-n. theAmendment would impose more restrictive regulations on hotel development within the City ashotel projects are currently permitted by right in most zoning districts. Furthermore, the Amendment only revises the land use regulations to apply development and operational standards for hotels and to require discretionary reviewthrough the Conditional Use Permit process for the development of hotels. Applications for dove|OpnOenisubien1tothese provisions vviU be reviewed for (�EQAcompliance ' uDder separate entitlements. During the entitlement prooese, the applicant will be required to comply with CE(]A. In reviewing each project for cOOOp|i@nC8 with CE(]A, an applicant may be required to submit environmental studies that analyze potential impacts such as air quality, '' Specific project. DD G case -by -case review of each project, the appropriate eOvi[Onm-'t~l document will be prepared t0address project -specific impacts. B8SoU on this evidence 80---|' ^ the evidence in 'the [8cOK]. the City Council concurs with the Planning Oepa�nO9Dt~ --`'~ determination that the Amendment will not have 8sigOifiCaDt effect on the �Dv|[0Denvironmentand i therefore GXerDp1froNfU�herenvi[QnOOe0|e|[evievvunder (�EC)A. ~ SECTION 4, The land use labeled "Hotels and motels" iD'the Regional Related Land Uses schedule under Commercial Standards shall bemodified asfoUows: "(8) Hotels, subject to Development Code Chapter 17,93," SECTION 5. In aCC0rd8OCe with Municipal Code Section 17.O2.O2O.F� this (]rdinanceshaUapply hzeUpending pu1ecdapp|icebonn.including those that have been deemed oOOnp|e1G bythe planning diF6ChO[. unless the project haS received all necessary planning pert -nits and entitlements prior to the effective date of this Ordinance. SECTION G. The City Council declares that, should any secUon, subsection, or unconstitutional � one|by1hedeoiaionofaDyooUOfoornpe1eDt jurisdiction, such decision shall not Ordinance No. 954 — Page 2 of-; that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phr3ae, or portion dheoaOf, irrespective of the fact that any one or more oeobonS' subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or uno0DobtUdono|. SECTION 7. Neither the adoption of this Ordinance nor the repeal of any other {JndiO8noe of this City shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of OrdiOann8S, which violations vver8committed prior tothe effective date hereof' nor be construed as aVV@iver of any penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof. SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify tothe adoption Ofthis Ordinance and shall ice �CRey�nolds, lerk���� COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss 1, 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 511 day of June 2019, and was passed at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the I 9t" day of June 2019, AYES: Hutchison, Kennedy, Michael, Scott and Spagnolo NOES: None ABSTAINED: gone Executed this 2011" day of June 2019, at Rancho Cucamonga, California. OnicMeC Reynold, +Cler��� Ordinance No. 954 — Page 5 of 5