2025-07-15 City Council - Full Agenda

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his opinion. • Comment about looking forward to new residential community and applauded the City in moving in this direction in creating beautiful neighborhoods to recreate, live and work. A Planning Commission Study Session was held on April 22, 2025, which included a presentation of the draft amendments of the CHCCSP followed up with a discussion and question and answer period. All but one commissioners were in attendance. The following questions were asked and discussed regarding the specific plan and general development of the CHCCSP. • Question regarding whether rooftop landscaping counts towards the common open space requirement. • Question regarding what the expected buildout is for the 17 parcels in the HCCSP, and the likelihood of a master planned community application. • Question regarding whether the objective design standards in the HCCSP are commonly applied in other jurisdictions. • Question regarding project phasing and if there would be one developer or if all 17 sites would develop individually. • Question regarding how the HCCSP will impact schools and how school impact fees will be applied. • Question regarding the determination and need for fire protection services in the HCCSP area and how impact fees will be applied. • Question regarding the project’s impacts on traffic. • Comment from an individual supporting the potential housing options planned for in the HCCSP, to support employees of Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. At a public hearing held on June 10, 2025, the Planning Commission of the City of Colton, by a 4-0 vote, voted to recommend City Council approval of Colton HUB City Centre Specific Plan Amendments (Map and Text) to various provisions within the CHCCSP by adopting Resolution R-12-25. (See Attachment 1 for PC Resolution R-12-25 and Attachment 2 for Approved PC Minutes) The Planning Commission removed the proposed Amortization Ordinance from the recommendation and continued it for another discussion at a separate meeting with the Planning Commission to occur in July or August of 2025. Staff also received a number of letters opposing the project which are included in this staff report (See Attachment 3). Proposal The proposed project includes an amendment to the CHCCSP in conformance with the 6th Cycle Housing Element Update (2021-2029). Overall, the changes proposed to comply with the 6th Cycle Housing Element will result in the rezoning of 17 parcels totaling approximately 93.86 acres within Planning Areas (PAs) 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 19 of the CHCCSP. The rezoning includes a projected 2,226 units as identified in the Housing Element (53% of the RHNA). The sites identified would be rezoned to RES-MU (Residential Mixed-Use), which is a new zoning district. The new RES-MU zone would allow a minimum density of 20 dwelling units per acre (du/ac) and a maximum density of 40 du/ac. The zone would allow mixed-use projects as well as standalone residential and standalone commercial. To comply with State law, for mixed-use projects that have a residential component, the zone would require at least 50% of the total floor area to be occupied by a residential use. The revisions to Chapter 4 of the CHCCSP introduce the new zone and set development standards including lot requirements, density standards, setbacks, lot coverage, height, parking, and ground floor transparency requirements. The development standards allow flexibility for a variety of housing types and uses. Many of the uses in the existing zone would be retained and multifamily residential uses would be added. In addition, the amendment to the CHCCSP includes Objective Design Standards (ODS) that apply to the new RES-MU zone. Through Senate Bill (SB) 35 and SB 330 State legislation requires projects to be reviewed against objective standards for eligible multifamily projects. The Objective Design Standards in the CHCCSP are intended to make development projects more predictable and easier to interpret for all users (i.e. decision makers, staff, applicants, and members of the public) and to ensure applicants know beforehand what requirements apply to a proposed development and if their project meets those requirements before submittal. The ODS in the CHCCSP provides standards that can be measured and verified to ensure the proposed project satisfies the design intent and vision set forth in the Specific Plan. The ODS provides standards that regulates the following: • Building Orientation and Layout • Site Access and Parking Page 12 of 1440