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Home My WebLink About950 - OrdinanceThe City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. The City of ReOohn CUCGnnoOge has prepared Specific Plan Anl8Dd[D8rk DRC2019-00230' as described in the title of this Ordinance. Hereinafter in this {}nd|DaOoe,th8SUbiectSpecifioP|onA[nondOl8DtiSrEfe[red1oeo"theArneDdrn8Dt". A. On October 4' 2017. the City Council approved Urgency Ordinance No. 919' an interim ordinance requiring 8 Conditional Use Permit for the establishment of any DSVV hotel or the expansion of any existing hotel within the City to allow staff time to study appropriate development standards and regulations for hotels and draft any necessary changes to the Municipal Code. Per State |@vv' an interim O[d|DaDCe is effective for a period Of45 days from 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. 923' which extended the interim ordinance's requirement for a Conditional Use Permit for the establishment of any new hotel or the expansion of any existing hotel within the City for en additional 10 months, 15 days, to provide staff additional time to study the io8Un and draft Municipal Code Amendment to address the impacts created by hotel development within the City. C. DO September 18, 2018,tho City Council approved Urgency Ordinance NO. 340' which further extended the iD1e[iO0 ordinance's requirement for a Conditional Use Permit for the 8Stab|iSh[D8Ut of any new hotel or the expansion Of any existing hotel within the City for an additional 10[0ODths' 16days, O. On April 10and April 24' 2019' the Planning CO[DOliSsiOD of the City of Rancho Cucamonga CODdUC1ed a noticed public hearing with respect t8the Amendment and, following the conclusion thereof, adopted RS30|U1iOn NO, 19-34. recommending that the QLV CDUDCi| Of the City ofRancho Cucamonga adopt this Amendment. E, On May 15, 2019, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a noticed public hearing on the Amendment and continued the public hearing to a date certain. F, On June 5' 2019. the City Council of the City of Rancho CuC@rnOUga COOb0U8d with the noticed public hearing on the Amendment and concluded said hearing oDthat, date. SECTION 2. Based upon the substantial evidence presented tothis Council during the above- ref ere need 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-/./encourages the protection of neighborhoods from the encroachment of incompatible activities or land uSoa 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 impacts created by hotels. Land Use Goa/ LL-// requires that ConlOnunUv aestheticsare maintained th[ough 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 tnreport and prevent criminal activity at hotels between hotel owners and 0penak}ns' and City Police and Fire services, Public Safety Goal PG-4, which requires a high level of public safety services throughout Rancho Cucamonga, can continue to be achieved. SECTIDN3. The Planning Department staff has determined that this Amendment is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQN'and the Qty'e CEJA Guidelines. The project qualifies under the general rule that CQA applies onlyto projects, which have the potential for causing significant effects on the environment. Pursuant to StateCEC>A Guidelines Section 15061/F0(3). vvhena it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to (�E{�A. The Amendment does not propose any physical change to the 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 safety standards are limited to the operation of hotels and do not affect the environment. The remaining development standards do not have the potential for causing significant effects on the environment because they pertain to improving the quality of the architectural design of hotels and not tothe intensity of development. In nuDl' the Amendment vvOu|d impose more restrictive regulations on hotel development within the City as hotel projects are ounendypornni�edbyright inrnoa1zoning districts. FU�he[more'the ADlen-nnentonly revises the land use regulations to apply development and operational standards for hotels and to require discretionary review through the Conditional Use Permit process for the development of hotels. Applications for development subject [o these provisions will be reviewed fnrCEC)A compliance under separate entitlements. During the entitlement process, the applicant will be required to comply with CEOA. In reviewing each project for compliance with CE(JA. an applicant may be required to submit environmental studies that analyze potential impacts' such as air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, noise levels, and transportation/traffic caused bythe site - specific project. On 3 case -by -case review of each project, the appropriate RDvinODnO8Dt8| d0OUn08nt will be prepared to address p[[;eCt'SpSCifiC impacts. Based UU this evidence and all of the evidence in the [8oQFd' the City Council C0OCUFa with the Planning Department s|aff`S determination that the Amendment will not have a significant effect on the environment and is therefor8exempt from further environmental review under CE(]A. SECTION 4. The land use labeled "HoheKM0ie|`iATable 5-1 (Summary [dLand Use Type by Planning Area) of Subsection 5.2 (Land Use Types) shall be modified as follows: SECTION E Table Note 15 in Table 17.38.070-1 KU|nvved Land Uses and Pon0d Requirements byP|acetvoe\inAppendix EZoning Code Amendment ofSection 7(Planning Area "(")The maximum number of rooms for hotels is 200 rooms. Hotels also subject to Development Code Chapter 17.B3." SECTION 6. In accordance with Municipal Code Section 17.02.020.F., this Ordinance shall apply to all pending project applications, including those that have been deemed complete by the planning director, unless the project has received all necessary planning permits and entitlements prior to the effective date of this Ordinance. SECTION T The Qh/ Council declares that, should any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance for any reason be held invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not eOenf the validity of the [8nn@iOing portions of this (Jnjinenoo. The City Council h8[Hhv declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof' irrespective of the fact that any one or more seodons, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 8. Neither the adoption of this Ordinance nor the repeal of any other Ordinance of this City shall in any manner affect the prUSGCUdOD for violations of ordinances, which ViO|@tiOnS were committed prior bJthe effective date hereof, no[ be construed as 8vVGive[ of any penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof. SECTION g. The City Clerk shall certify tDthe adoption Ofthis Ordinance and shall WASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 1 9th day of June, 2019. L. De n s "Michael, ayor Oice�gC. ReynQds, C rl� i JAN|CE C. REYNOLDS, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at Regular Meeting of the City C0U0Ci| of the City of R8DChO CUCaDlODg8 held On the 51h day of June 2019' and was passed eteRegular Meeting ofthe City Council ofthe CiiVofRancho Cucamonga held onthe 19mday OfJune 2O19. ' AYES: Hutchison, Kennedy, Michael, Scott and Spagnolo NOES: None ABSTATNE[}: None ExeCUted this 20"day of June 2019, at Rancho Cucamonga, California. ZZ nice AM�—Reynolcl, Cl k Ordinance No. 950— Page 4 of 4