For the City Council Meeting [June 12, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Robb R. Steel, Interim City Administrator
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Request City Council to Set a Public Hearing for June 26, 2018 to consider Specific Plan Amendment No. 2018-0002: An Ordinance of the City Council amending the Rialto Airport Specific Plan to change the standards for maximum building height in certain zones of the Airport Specific Plan Area, and repeal Ordinance No. 1394 to eliminate the requirement of Planning Commission and City Council approval of a Conditional Development Permit for all uses in certain zones of the Airport Specific Plan.
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BACKGROUND:
Applicant:
City Initiated
Location:
The I-AR (Airport-Related Planned Industrial Development) and I-PID (Planned Industrial Development) zones within the Rialto Airport Specific Plan Area
The City recognizes that the maximum building height requirement within the I-AR (Airport-Related Planned Industrial Development) and I-PID (Planned Industrial Development) zones of the Rialto Airport Specific plan limiting the building height of non-residential developments may unfairly restrict such developments. Additionally, in anticipation of the creation and adoption of the Renaissance Specific Plan, the City adopted Ordinance No. 1394 in 2006, which required all uses within the I-AR and I-PID zones then permitted by right or by conditional development permit to be reviewed and approved by a conditional development permit by both the Planning Commission and the City Council. The City Council revisits the Development Standards from time to time and amends the regulations for the benefit of the citizens, to promote economic vitality and sustainability of businesses within the community, and protect the general health, safety, and welfare of the public.
On November 18, 1997, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1269 approving the Airport Specific Plan and certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report. The Airport...
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