AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 3/20/2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Community Development Department
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City Council consideration of PM 37357, a parcel map application to subdivide 6.8 acres into two parcels (located on the south side of Ontario Avenue and west of Buena Vista Avenue at 988 W. Ontario Avenue) in the A (Agricultural) Zone and proposed R1-9.6 (Single Family Residential, minimum lot size 9,600 square feet) Zone. (PM2017-0103) (Applicant: Tim East with the Evangelical Free Church of Corona) - (NOT AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council approve PM 37357 subject to the findings and conditions of approval as recommended by the Planning and Housing Commission.
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ANALYSIS:
Parcel Map 37357 is an application by the Evangelical Free Church of Corona to subdivide 6.8 acres into two lots. The project site is located at 988 W. Ontario Avenue which is south of Ontario Avenue and west of Buena Vista Avenue. The property contains the church's main sanctuary building, ancillary buildings associated with the congregation's operations, parking lot and landscaping. Initial construction of the church was in 1987 and the site was eventually built-out over time. However, approximately 0.61 acres (26,480 square feet) located on the southwest corner of the church property was not developed and remains unimproved. The church is proposing to separate this 0.61 acres from the rest of the site so that it is independent from the church and on its own separate parcel. The purpose is to sell the 0.61-acre parcel and have it developed with a single family residential dwelling. The zoning of the church property Agriculture, but to accommodate a single family dwelling on the 0.61 acres separate from the church, a change of zone is being processed on the parcel to the R-1-9.6 zone. The R-1-9.6 zone allows single family residential on a minimu...
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