HomeMy WebLinkAbout960 - OrdinanceORDINANCE NO.960
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING ETIWANDA
NORTH SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT DRC2015-00750 IN
CONNECTION WITH THE ETIWANDA HEIGHTS
NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONSERVATION PLAN, DRC2015-00751,
AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF
A. Recitals.
1. The City of Rancho Cucamonga (the "City") prepared the Etiwanda Heights
Neighborhood and Conservation Plan (EHNCP) DRC2015-00751 as a specific plan (the "EHNCP
Specific Plan") to regulate development in an area comprising approximately 4,393 acres extending
roughly from Haven Avenue easterly to the City's boundarywith Fontana, and from the northerly City
limits to the San Bernardino National Forest boundary that is largely in the City's Sphere of Influence
(the "Project Area"). The Project Area is more particularly described in Section 2.2 of the EHNCP
Specific Plan.
2. The City has caused to be prepared an amendment to the Etiwanda North Specific Plan,
DRC2015-00750 (the "Etiwanda North Specific Plan Amendment"), attached hereto as Exhibit "A"
and incorporated herein by this reference, in order to remove portions of the Project Area from the
Etiwanda North Specific Plan as those properties will be governed by the EHNCP Specific Plan
following final approval of the EHNCP Specific Plan and annexation. The Etiwanda North Specific
Plan Amendment also involves conforming changes to text, graphics, and maps.
3. On July 24, 2019, the Planning Commission opened a duly noticed public hearing on the
Etiwanda North Specific Plan Amendment and continued the hearing to August 28, 2019.
4. On August 28, 2019, the Planning Commission re -opened the duly noticed public hearing
on the Etiwanda North Specific Plan Amendment, concluded the hearing on that date, and
thereafter, among other actions adopted Resolution No. 19-53, recommending that the City Council
approve the Etiwanda North Specific Plan Amendment.
5. On October 2, 2019, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing on the
Etiwanda North Specific Plan Amendment and concluded the hearing on that date.
6. All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred.
B. Findings.
1. Recitals. The City Council hereby specifically finds that all of the facts set forth in the
Recitals, Part A, of this Ordinance are true and correct.
2. CEQA. The EHNCP, the Etiwanda North Specific Plan Amendment, and their
associated approvals (collectively, the "Project") have been environmentally reviewed pursuant to
the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and
the City's Local CEQA Guidelines. The City prepared an Initial Study and, based on the information
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contained in the Initial Study, concluded that there was substantial evidence that the Project might
have a significant environmental impact on certain resources. Based upon the information
contained in the Initial Study and other technical reports and evidence, the City prepared an EIR for
the Project in order to analyze the Project's potential impacts on the environment. A Draft EIR was
prepared and circulated for public review and comment, and a Final FEIR was reviewed by the City
Council. By separate Resolution No. 19-082, the City Council has: (i) made the required CEQA
findings and determinations, (ii) certified the Final EIR; (iii) adopted a Statement of Overriding
Considerations and (d) adopted a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Project.
Resolution No. 19-082 is incorporated herein by reference, and made a part hereof as if fully set
forth herein. The documents and other materials that constitute the record on which this
determination was made are located in the Planning Department and are in the custody of the
Planning Director. Further, the mitigation measures set forth therein are made applicable to the
Project.
3. Based upon all available evidence presented to the City Council during the above -
referenced public hearing on October 2, 2019, including written and oral staff reports, together with
public testimony, the City Council hereby specifically finds as follows:
a. Much of the Project Area is currently within unincorporated San Bernardino
County, with a small portion located within the City's limits. Specifically, 4,088 acres of the Project
Area are located within the City's Sphere of Influence and 305 acres lie within the City.
Approximately 3,494 acres of the Project Area, including portions within the City's Sphere of
Influence, are governed by the Etiwanda North Specific Plan, adopted by the City in 1992.
b. Development of the unincorporated portion of the Project Area in the City's
sphere of influence is currently governed by the San Bernardino County General Plan and zoning
regulations, with various portions of the Project Area designated as Resource Conservation, Single
Residential, Rural Living, Special Development Residential, Open Space, Institutional, and
Floodway under the County General Plan. The portion of the Project Area currently within the City is
regulated by the City's General Plan, the Etiwanda North Specific Plan, or both. The unincorporated
and incorporated portions of the Project Area that are currently subject to the Etiwanda North
Specific Plan are hereinafter referred to as the "Affected Project Area."
C. The majority of the unincorporated Project Area is currently pre -zoned under
the Etiwanda North Specific Plan, which includes zoning designations for Utility Corridor, Flood
Control/Riparian, Resource Conservation, Very Low Residential Estate, Very Low Residential, Low
Residential, Hillside Residential Estate, Hillside Residential, Neighborhood Commercial, Fault Zone,
and Open Space. The remainder of the unincorporated Project Area in the City's Sphere of
Influence is not currently pre -zoned by the City. The Project Area located within the City's
boundaries is zoned Flood Control north of Banyan Street and Residential -Medium south of Banyan
Street.
d. The EHNCP Specific Plan is comprised of two planning areas: (1) the
Rural/Conservation Area generally located north of the Day Creek Diversion Levee to the San
Bernardino National Forest boundary and east from Haven Avenue to the City limits; and (2) the
Neighborhood Area located south of the Day Creek Diversion Levee to the 210 Freeway and east
from the Day Creek Channel past Milliken Avenue. Each planning area is governed by a regulating
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zone that carries specific regulatory requirements intended to implement the EHNCP Specific Plan's
vision.
e. The Rural/Conservation Area comprises approximately 3,603 acres within the
Project Area and is subject to development standards and strategies intended to conserve and
manage the areas as open space. The Rural/Conservation Area consists of a single regulating
zone known as Rural, which is subdivided into the following sub -zones that correspond to existing
General Plan open space land use designations: (1) Hillside; (2) Conservation; (3) Open Space; and
(4) Flood Control. Up to 100 residential units could be developed within the Rural/Conservation
area under the proposed development standards, with a Transfer of Development Rights (TDR)
program that would allow property owners to transfer development rights for up to 300 residential
units from the Rural/Conservation Area to the Neighborhood Area. The City Council agrees with the
EHNCP Specific Plan's goal of preserving the foothills that comprise the Rural/Conservation Area as
open space, along with the standards and strategies intended to achieve that goal.
f. The Neighborhood Area comprises approximately 790 acres within the
Project Area and is subject to development standards intended to promote appropriate and well -
designed residential, limited commercial, and recreational development. The Neighborhood Area
consists of the following regulating zones: (1) Neighborhood Estate; (2) Neighborhood General 1;
Neighborhood General 2; (3) Shops and Restaurants; and (4) Central Greenway Overlay. The
EHNCP Specific Plan permits up to 2,700 residential units in the Neighborhood Area, which may be
expanded to 3,000 units depending on property owner participation in the TDR program. Among
other amenities, the Neighborhood Area includes a trail network that builds upon the City's existing
trail network as identified in the General Plan and Trail Implementation Plan. Development within
the Neighborhood Area is intended to help generate funds to support open space conservation
within the Rural/Conservation Area.
g. The City Council has independently reviewed the General Plan Consistency
Analysis attached as Exhibit Q to the City Council staff report and included as Table 4.10-2 in the
EIR. Based on this comprehensive consistency analysis, the City Council finds that, along with the
related documents and approvals associated with the EHNCP (General Plan Amendment
DRC2015-00749, Zoning Map Amendment DRC2015-00752, Development Code Amendment
DRC2019-00459, and Annexation DRC2015-00732), the Etiwanda North Specific Plan Amendment
is consistent with the goals, policies and implementation programs of the General Plan and will not
conflict with any other specific plan. This finding is more specifically supported by the following
evidence:
i. The Etiwanda North Specific Plan would permit a significant amount of
residential development within the EHNCP Specific Plan's Rural/Conservation Area that is no longer
consistent with the City's conservation goals, as outlined in the General Plan's Resource
Conservation Element and including Goal RC-1 ("Encourage stewardship of natural open space
areas, environmentally sensitive lands, and agricultural resources") and its associated policies. The
Etiwanda North Specific Plan Amendment is intended to avoid such growth in the
Rural/Conservation Area that is not consistent with the General Plan.
ii. The Etiwanda North Specific Plan Amendment would make way for
the implementation of the EHNCP Specific Plan. The EHNCP Specific Plan's Neighborhood Area is
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well designed and planned and will help promote the Rural/Conservation Area as open space. This
is consistent with General Plan Goal LU-9 ("Foster a cohesive, healthy community through
appropriate patterns and scales of development, including complementary transitions between
districts, neighborhoods, and land uses") and its associated policies.
h. Upon approval of the EHNCP Specific Plan, the Project Area will be governed
by that EHNCP Specific Plan's land use and development regulations. Therefore, the land use and
development regulations within the North Etiwanda Specific Plan will no longer apply to the Project
Area and, with respect to the Project Area, need not be comparable in breadth and depth to similar
zoning regulations contained in the Development Code.
i. Similarly, the administration and permit processes within the North Etiwanda
Specific Plan need not be consistent with the administration and permit processes of the
Development Code because the North Etiwanda Specific Plan Amendment will remove the Project
Area from the North Etiwanda Specific Plan.
j. Approval of the Etiwanda North Specific Plan Amendment would not be
materially injurious or detrimental to adjacent properties.
k. The findings set forth in this Ordinance reflect the independent judgment of
the Specific Plan.
C. Ordinance.
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does ordain as follows:
1. Adoption of Specific Plan Amendment. On the basis of the foregoing and all of the
evidence in the administrative record before it, the City Council hereby adopts Etiwanda North
Specific Plan Amendment DRC2015-00750, attached hereto as Exhibit "A."
2. Severability. The City Council declares that, should any provision, section,
paragraph, sentence, or word of this Ordinance be rendered or declared invalid by any final court
action in a court of competent jurisdiction, or by reason of any preemptive legislation, the remaining
provisions, sections, paragraphs, sentences and words of this Ordinance shall remain in full force
and effect.
3. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 6th day of November, 2019.
ATTEST:
C. Reynolds, CI
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 2"d day of October 2019, and was passed at
a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 61h day of
November 2019.
AYES: Hutchison, Kennedy, Michael, Scott and Spagnolo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
Executed this 7th day of November 2019, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
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Exhibit A
Etiwanda North Specific Plan Amendment DRC2015-00750
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ETIWANDA NORTH SPECIFIC PLAN ERRATA INSERT
(after the adoption of the Etiwanda Heights Neighborhood & Conservation Plan)
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(iii) The Plan arises approximately 6,850 acres located
Avesyue (with.a portion north of Hi_
of the
National Forest wi onal Forest), east of the
extension of Mill , City limit of the City of
F referenoed in the Lvid Use Map, 1 , lan.
(iii)The Plan comprises approximately 2093.86 acres. A large portion of the Plan will be located
north of Wilson Avenue (with a small rectangular portion in the east extending south below Wilson
Avenue, north of Highland Avenue), east of Day Creek Channel, and west of San Sevaine Wash,
all as referenced in the amended Project Site Map, Exhibit 2, of the Plan.
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PART I
COMMUNITY BACKGROUND
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 PURPOSE
The purpose of the Etiwanda North Specific Plan is
to guide land use and community design within the
north Etiwanda area. This will be accomplished by
a comprehensive set of regulations, incentives and
community design guidelines, along with related
implementing actions designed to encourage optimum
development.
P ions of this area are in the City of R o
Cucamonga an s Sphere -of -
I in the County of San e ' o. The
goals of the City General Plan and the County
General Plan can best be met through the specific
plan process. Also, the ideals of both public and
private interests can be realized through the
specific plan process which provides a link between
the General Plan goals and specific implementation
actions. It serves as a means of managing the use
of land, establishing provisions for detailed
community design concepts, and promotes a
comprehensive approach to the implementation of
these actions.
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2.0 SETTING
2.1 LOCATION
The Etiwanda North Specific Plan area is located at
the northeasterly boundary of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga and is roughly bounded by Milliken Avenue
to the west; San Sevaine Creek on the east; on the
south by Highland Avenue and Wilson Avenue (24th
Street); and on the north by the San Bernardino
National Forest. er to Exhibits 1, 2, ,
Regional Context, City ntext, and Pr . Site.
Portions have recently bee nnex nto the City
and portions are within the rporated area of
the County which are w' n the Ci 's Sp
the The ecific Plan are comprises
approximatel 40 acres, of which appro ately
1,155 a are beyond the City's current Sph -
of- uence.
The Etiwanda North Specific Plan comprises approximately 2093.86 acres and will roughly be
bounded by Day Creek Channel and EHNCP area to the west; San Sevaine Wash and EHNCP
area to the east; Wilson Avenue and Highland Avenue to the south; and EHNCP area to the north.
Refer to Exhibit 1 and amended Exhibit 2 for Regional
Context and Project Site.
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= Approximate Area of the Etiwanda North Specific Plan after
the adoption of the EHNCP
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PROJECT SITE
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0 1 2 3 MILES
Etiwanda North
Specific Plan
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AMENDED EXHIBIT 2
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TABLE 1 - ETIWANDA NORTH SPECIFIC PLAN LAND USE STATISTICAL SUMMARY,
BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF EHNCP
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TABLE 2 - ETIWANDA NORTH SPECIFIC PLAN LAND USE STATISTICAL SUMMARY BY
NEIGHBORHOOD, BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF EHNCP