2024-09-17 City Council - Full Agenda-1191 (1) 2 - with inserts

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Staff Report to the Mayor and City Council Reche Canyon Commercial Project - DAP-001-453 September 17, 2024 Page 2 Adopt Resolution No. R-92-24 a Resolution of the of City Council of the City of Colton Denying an Ordinance for Reche Canyon Specific Plan Amendment to Change the Land Use Designation From Estate Density (Residential) To Commercial. (FILE INDEX NUMBER DAP-01-453). BACKGROUND The project site is located in the southeast corner of the City, on the west side of Reche Canyon Road just south of Crystal Ridge Lane. The approximate 2.90-acre site includes four parcels, (Assessor’s Parcel Numbers [APNs] 0284-211-70, 71, 72, and 1178-371-27.). The triangular shaped site was created because of the realignment of Reche Canyon Road. In 1990-1991 when the Reche Canyon Specific Plan (RCSP) was approved, the subject property was considered as part of the adoption of the RCSP. On February 5, 1991, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. O-18-90 approving the Specific Plan, excluding the additional 2.9-acre commercial proposal of the RCSP. The primary reason for the change was traffic and Attachments 1 and 2 provide background on former request to designate the subject property to “Commercial” during consideration of the original RCSP. The subject site was denied in 1991 for a change from residential to commercial land use because of traffic and land use compatibility. On September 7, 2017, the application was submitted to the City Development Services Department for a commercial project within the RCSP. The RCSP allows for the City to consider such expansion pursuant to Section 4.3 (Permitted Land Use Categories of the RCSP): “This land use classification will permit continued operation of the small commercial cluster along Reche Canyon Road near the mobile home park, and possible expansion of commercial uses across Reche Canyon Road along the proposed new alignment. The land between the present Reche Canyon Road and the proposed new alignment east of the hill at the mouth of the canyon could be redesigned from Estate Density to Commercial to help finance the realignment of Reche Canyon Road. Commercial uses will be limited to neighborhood serving businesses such as small restaurants, gas, food and sundries, and other services typically serving a neighborhood rather than a whole community.” (RCSP, page 37) The project site location is below – 2501 Reche Canyon Drive: 1.1 Packet Pg. 13