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Home My WebLink About19-19 - ResolutionRESOLUTION NO.19-19 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING TENTATIVE TRACT MAP SUBTT20241, A REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW OF A PROPOSED SUBDIVISION OF 5.18 ACRES OF LAND INTO ONE (1) NUMBERED LOT AND TWO (2) LETTERED LOTS FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES LOCATED WITHIN PLANNING AREA S-20 IN THE VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD (VN) DISTRICT OF THE EMPIRE LAKES SPECIFIC PLAN, PLANNING AREA 1, LOCATED NORTH OF 4TH STREET, SOUTH OF 6TH STREET, WEST OF MILLIKEN AVENUE, AND EAST OF UTICA/CLEVELAND AVENUES. THE SPECIFIC LOCATION OF THE PROJECT SITE IS NORTH OF 4TH STREET ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE FUTURE ALIGNMENT OF THE RESORT PARKWAY AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF - APN:0210-102-06. A. Recitals. 1. The New Home Company filed an application for the issuance of Tentative Tract Map SUBTT20241 as described in the title of this Resolution. Hereinafter in this Resolution, the subject Tentative Tract Map request is referred to as "the application." 2. On the 13th day of March 2019, 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. 3. All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred. B. Resolution NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby found, determined, and resolved by the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga as follows: 1. This Commission hereby specifically finds that all the facts set forth in the Recitals, Part A, of this Resolution are true and correct. 2. Based upon the substantial evidence presented to this Commission during the above - referenced public hearing on March 13, 2019, including written and oral staff reports, together with public testimony, this Commission hereby specifically finds as follows: a. The application applies to a project site located within the Empire Lakes Specific Plan, Planning Area 1, located north of 4th Street, south of 6th Street, west of Milliken Avenue, and east of Utica/Cleveland Avenues. The specific location of the project site is north of 4th Street on the east side of the future alignment of the Resort Parkway; and b. The project site has an area of 5.18 acres of land which is bound on the west by the future street The Resort Parkway and to the north by the future street The Loop Road (temporary street name). The project site has a street frontage of approximately 815 feet along The Resort Parkway and a street frontage of approximately 382 feet along the Loop Road; and PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 19-19 TENTATIVE TRACT MAP SUBTT20241 — THE NEW HOME COMPANY MARCH 13, 2019 Page 2 C. The project site is currently undeveloped and has been "mass" graded to prepare for development. Currently, underground utility infrastructure is being installed beneath what will eventually be the right-of-way for The Resort Parkway; and d. The General Plan Land Use designation of the project site and the properties surrounding the subject property is Mixed Use; and e. The properties to the north, and west are also within the Empire Lakes Specific Plan, Planning Area 1 and are vacant. The property to the east is within the Empire Lakes Specific Plan, Planning Areas 6 and 8, and is developed with an apartment complex. To the south is 4th Street along with commercial development in the City of Ontario; and f. The application is for the subdivision of the 5.18 acre project site into one (1) numbered lot and two (2) lettered lots (Lots A and B) for condominium purposes. The letter lots will be for 1 /2 of The Loop Road (Lot "A") and for a project interface with a project wide "pathway" (Lot "B"); and g. The related Design Review application, DRC2018-00784, proposes the construction of 135 for sale, multi -family residential units. 3. Based upon the substantial evidence presented to this Commission during the above - referenced public hearing and upon the specific findings of facts set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 above, this Commission hereby finds and concludes as follows: a. The design and layout of the subject tentative tract map will be consistent with the General Plan, Development Code, and Empire Lakes Specific Plan. The project site is being subdivided to facilitate the development of a residential project which will be consistent with the Mixed Use zoning of the project site. b. The site is physically suitable for the subdivision which will create one (1) lot and two (2) "letter" lots for condominium purposes. The project site is part of a larger Mixed Use development that is designed to accommodate the level of traffic proposed by the proposed project and the overall development. C. The design of the subdivision is not likely to cause substantial environmental damage and avoidable injury to humans and wildlife or their habitat. The applicant's environmental consultant, Psomas, prepared an Environmental Technical Analysis Memorandum dated September 24, 2018 that demonstrates that the subject project is within the scope of the approved overall project and analysis included in the Final EIR. d. The tentative tract map is not likely to cause serious public health problems. The proposed project is for the development of 135 for sale multi -family residential units. The applicant's environmental consultant, Psomas, prepared an Environmental Technical Analysis Memorandum dated September 24, 2018 that demonstrates that the subject project is within the scope of the approved overall project and analysis included in the Final EIR. e. The design of the tentative tract will not conflict with any easement acquired by the public at large, now of record, for access through or use of the property within the proposed subdivision. Access to the property will be from existing public streets surrounding the project site PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO, 19-19 TENTATIVE TRACT MAP SUBTT20241 — THE NEW HOME COMPANY MARCH 13, 2019 Page 3 and access to the individual future homes will be from private streets to be constructed on subject property. 4. Based upon the facts and information contained in the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) and Environmental Technical Analysis Memorandum, together with all written and oral reports included for the environmental assessment for the application, the Planning Commission finds that there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect upon the environment based upon the findings as follows: a. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the City's local CEQA Guidelines, the City certified an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on May 18, 2016 (SCH No. 2015041083) in connection with the City's approval of General Plan Amendment DRC2015- 00114, Specific Plan Amendment DRC2015-00040, and Development Code Amendment DRC2015- 00115. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, no subsequent or supplemental EIR or Negative Declaration is required in connection with subsequent discretionary approvals of the same project unless: (i) substantial changes are proposed to the project that indicate new or more severe impacts on the environment; (ii) substantial changes have occurred in the circumstances under which the project was previously reviewed that indicates new or more severe environmental impacts; or (iii) new important information shows the project will have new or more severe impacts than previously considered; or (iv) additional mitigation measures are now feasible to reduce impacts or different mitigation measures can be imposed to substantially reduce impacts. b. To demonstrate that no subsequent EIR is required, the applicant's environmental consultant, Psomas, prepared an Environmental Technical Analysis Memorandum dated September 24, 2018. Staff evaluated this memorandum and concluded that the project is within the scope of the approved overall project and analysis included in the Final EIR identified above and no additional environmental review is required in connection with the City's consideration of Tentative Tract Map 20241 and Design Review DRC2018-00784. Substantial changes to the project or the circumstances surrounding the project have not occurred which would create new or more severe impacts than those evaluated in the previous EIR. The previous environmental review analyzed the effects of the proposed project. Staff further finds that the project will not have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR, nor have more severe effects than previously analyzed, and that additional or different mitigation measures are not required to reduce the impacts of the project to a level of less than significant. The Planning Commission has reviewed the Planning Department's determination of exemption, and based on its own independent judgment, concurs in the staffs determination of exemption. C. Based on these findings and all evidence in the record, the Planning Commission concurs with the staff determination that no additional environmental review is required pursuant to CEQA in connection with the City's consideration of Tentative Tract Map SUBTT20241. 5. Based upon the findings and conclusions set forth in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 4 above, this Commission hereby approves the application subject to each and every condition set forth in the attached Standard Conditions incorporated herein by this reference. 6. The Secretary to this Commission shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 13TH DAY OF MARCH 2O19. PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. TENTATIVE TRACT MAP SUBTT20241 — THE MARCH 13, 2019 Page 4 BY: Tony ugliel o, Chairman ATTEST: Candyc urne ecretary 19-19 NEW HOME COMPANY I, Candyce Burnett, Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced, passed, and adopted by the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission held on the 13th day of March 2019, by the following vote -to -wit: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: GUGLIELMO, DOPP, MUNOZ, OAXACA NOES: COMMISSIONERS: ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: WIMBERLY ABSTAIN: COMMISSIONERS: