PLANNING AND HOUSING COMMISSION
STAFF REPORT
DATE: 08/12/2024
TO: Honorable Chair and Commissioners
FROM: Planning & Development Department
APPLICATION REQUEST:
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SPA2024-0001: Specific Plan Amendment to the Downtown Revitalization Specific Plan amending the general residential guidelines. (Applicant: City of Corona)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the Planning and Housing Commission recommend APPROVAL of SPA2024-0001 to the City Council, based on the findings contained in the staff report.
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BACKGROUND
The Downtown Revitalization Specific Plan (SP98-01) covers approximately 621 acres located in the city's historic downtown, which includes properties located within and on the outside periphery of Grand Boulevard, and along Sixth Street between Lincoln Avenue and the Flood Control Channel. The specific plan governs the land use, development standards, and design guidelines for the affected properties.
The specific plan includes an inventory of residential properties. Most of the residential properties were developed before the 1950s with several residential structures placed on the city's Corona Register as local historic landmarks. The residential neighborhoods within the specific plan are well established and represent the age of when the structures were built. Vacant infill lots exist within the downtown Corona residential neighborhoods and the residential design guidelines established in the specific plan are intended to guide the development of new residential structures to be compatible with the existing residential neighborhoods.
The residential design guidelines are expressed as mandatory requirements or non-mandatory requirements in the specific plan. Over the years, new residential structures on vacant infill properties or the rehabilitation of existing residential structures have shown modern-day designs that are not compatible with the architectural elements already established in the existing ne...
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