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RESOLUTION NO. 95-12
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADOPTING GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT NO. 94-05 TO AMEND THE TEXT OF THE GENERAL PLAN; AND, TO
CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM PF, PUBLIC FACILITIES TO A,
AIRPORT ON A PORTION OF THE FORMER NORTON AIR FORCE BASE.
SECTION I. Recitals
(a) WHEREAS, the Mayor and Common Council adopted the
General Plan for the City of San Bernardino by Resolution No. 89-
159 on June 2, 1989; and
(b) WHEREAS, on July 11, 1990 the Inland Valley
Development Agency certified the Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
prepared in connection with the approval of the Redevelopment Plan
for the Inland Valley Development Agency Redevelopment Project Area
through Resolution 90-13 of the Inland Valley Development Agency;
and
(c) WHEREAS, on May 24, 1993 the San Bernardino Mayor
and Common Council adopted Resolution No. 93-155 determining the
existence of a certain land use designation and acknowledging that
a civilian airport will be operated on Norton Air Force Base by the
San Bernardino International Airport Authority; and
(d) WHEREAS, on November 17, 1994, the Environmental
20 Reyiew Committee determined that the Inland Valley Development
21 Agency Final EIR is a program EIR pursuant to Section 15168 of
22 CEQA; and
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(e) WHEREAS, on November 17, 1994, the Environmental
24 Review Committee reviewed the Initial Study prepared for the
25 proposed General Plan Amendment to change the land use designation
26 from PF, Public Facilities to A, Airport and to revise the
27 references to Norton Air Force Base to bring the General Plan text
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up to date, and whereas the Environmental Review Committee
determined that the General Plan Amendment would not have any new
significant effects on the environment and determined that the use
of the IVDA Redevelopment Plan Final Environmental Impact Report is
the appropriate environmental documentation; and
(f) WHEREAS, the Planning commission conducted a noticed
public hearing on December 13, 1994 in order to receive public
testimony and written and oral comments on the proposed General
Plan Amendment and Development Code Amendment for San Bernardino
International Airport; and
(g) WHEREAS, the Planning Division Staff Report dated
December 13, 1994, which includes the Initial Study for the
proposed map and text amendments to the General Plan and the text
amendments to the Development Code was reviewed by the Planning
Commission; and
(h) WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after receiving
public testimony, recommended concurrence with the environmental
determination that the Inland Valley Development Agency
Redevelopment Plan Final EIR is the appropriate environmental
documentation, and recommended adoption of General Plan Amendment
No. 94-05 and approval of Development Code Amendment No. 94-09; and
(i) WHEREAS, the Mayor and Common Council conducted a
noticed public hearing on January 9, 1995 and fully reviewed and
considered the environmental documents, the Planning Division Staff
Report and the recommendation of the Planning Commission.
SECTION II. Environmental Determination
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, FOUND AND DETERMINED THAT THE
MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL THAT:
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The proposed Amendment to the General Plan of the City of San
Bernardino will have no new significant effects on the
environment, and the Inland Valley Development Agency
Redevelopment Plan Final EIR which serves as a program EIR,
pursuant to section 15168 of CEQA, is analyzed in the Initial
Study and as reviewed by the Environmental Review Committee as
to the effect of this proposed amendment, this Initial Study
is hereby ratified, affirmed and adopted.
The environmental documentation was presented to the Mayor and
Common Council who have reviewed and considered the
information in the Initial Study prior to adopting General
Plan Amendment No. 94-05 and considering approval of
Development Code Amendment No. 94-09.
The Inland Valley Development Agency Redevelopment Plan Final
EIR identified all significant environmental effects of
General Plan Amendment No. 94-05 and Development Code
Amendment No. 94-09 and there are no known potentially
significant environmental effects not addressed in the Final
EIR.
SECTION III. Findinas
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO THAT:
A. The proposed A, Airport land use designation is internally
consistent with the General Plan in that such a designation
implements the goals, objectives, and policies of the General
Plan by facilitating reuse of Norton Air Force Base as a
civilian airport;
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1 B. The proposed map and text amendments would not be detrimental
2 to the publ ic interest, health, safety, convenience, or
3 welfare of the city in that all impacts were identified in the
4 Inland Valley Development Agency's Redevelopment Plan Final
5 EIR, and no new impacts were identified in the Initial study
6 for the San Bernardino International Airport.
7 C. The proposed map amendment to change the land use designation
8 from PF, Public Facilities to A, Airport on a portion of the
9 former Norton Air Force Base would not affect the balance of
10 land uses within the city in that the amendment reflects the
11 use of the site as an airport.
12 D. The amendment area is physically suitable for the requested
13 land use designation and anticipated land use development in
14 that the site is currently occupied by an airport and its
15 associated uses.
16 SECTION IV. Amendments
17 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL
18 OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO THAT:
19 A. The General Plan of the city of San Bernardino is amended by
20 changing the text, and adding text, to the General Plan. A
21 copy of the amended text is attached hereto as Attachment "A"
22 and incorporated herein by reference.
23 B. The General Plan of the City of San Bernardino is amended by
24 changing the land use designation to A, Airport on the
25 approximately 1,350 acre San Bernardino International Airport
26 project site as shown on the General Plan Land Use Plan. A
27 copy if the map is attached hereto as Attachment "B" and
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1 C. The text amendment described in section IV., Subsection A. and
2 the map amendment described in section IV., Subsection B. are
3 designated as General Plan Amendment No. 94-05 and shall take
4 effect upon the approval by the Mayor and Common Council.
5 SECTION V. Text and Map Chanae
6 This resolution and the amendment affected by it shall be
7 inserted in the appropriate locations in the General Plan and on
8 the Land Use Plan which have been previously adopted and approved
9 by the Mayor and Common Council and which are on file in the office
10 of the city Clerk.
11 SECTION VI. Notice Of Determination
12 The Planning Division is hereby directed to file a Notice of
13 Determination with the County of San Bernardino Clerk of the Board
14 of Supervisors certifying the City's compliance with the California
15 Environmental Quality Act. A copy of the Notice of Determination
16 will be forwarded to the State Clearing House.
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADOPTING GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT NO. 94-05 TO AMEND THE MAP AND TEXT OF THE GENERAL PLAN
REGARDING THE FORMER NORTON AIR FORCE BASE.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the Mayor and
Common Council of the City of San
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Bernardino at a
meeting therefore held on the
9th
January
, 1995, by the following vote to
day of
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8 Council Members AYES NAYS
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11 HERNANDEZ ----'L-
12 OBERHELMAN ----1L-
13 DEVLIN ----1L-
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The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this 11th
day of .1~nn~ry, 1995.
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Tom M1nor, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Approved as to
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23 JAMES F. PENMAN
City ttorney
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PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO GENERAL PLAN
AIRPORT
TEXT AMENDMENTS
1) Page 1-3
paragraph #3
California State University is a major identifiable land use in the northern section of the City.
In the southeast section, the San Bernardino International Airport and Trade Center is a
significant land use that will playa key economic role in the City. The Santa Fe rail yards, also
a major land use, are located on the City's west side.
2) Page 1-12
paragraph #2
Throughout the City are several public or quasi-public uses which are singularly important or
unique. They include National Orange Show Grounds, California State University, San
Bernardino campus, Santa Fe Railway yards and the San Bernardino International Airport and
Trade Center. The National Orange Show Grounds contain 136 acres located between "E"
Street and Arrowhead Avenue, south of Mill Street. It is a privately owned state-chartered
facility, founded at the beginning of this century to stage the State Citrus Fruit Fair. The 160
acre California State University Campus is located in the northwest quadrant of the City, at the
corner of University Parkway and North Park Boulevard. The Santa Fe Railway yards are the
major west coast switching facilities for the Atcheson-Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. The San
Bernardino International Airport and Trade Center is ai, 751 acre site which formerly housed
the 193rd Airlift Command while known as Norton Air Force Base. At the time the existing
land use data was collected (1987), Norton Air Force Base was classified as a public facility.
Norton Air Force Base officially closed in 1994. Through the efforts of the Inland Valley
Development Agency and the San Bernardino International Airport Authority, the Base has been
converted to an international trade center and air carrier airport.
3) Page 1-17
paragraph #4
4. San Bernardino's pattern of land uses is characterized by the presence of several major
centers (downtown, Tri-City/Commercenter, Inland Center and Central City Malls, California
State University, and the former Norton Air Force Base), "strip" commercial corridors, a mix
of well- and ill-defined residential neighborhoods, and clusters of high density housing. Many
of these are self-contained fragments, with few linkages integrating the City into an organized
and cohesive pattern of uses. Some districts, such as Tri-City/Commercenter, are internally
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well-organized and planned. Others, such as Highland Avenue, are long-corridors of disparate
fragments.
4) Page 1-19
paragraph #4
12. The former Norton Air Force Base was a long-term resident of the City, providing job
opportunities and, at the same time, impacting adjacent land uses. Noise attributable to its
aircraft operations adversely affected adjacent residential areas. Generally, housing located to
the west and southwest of the former base is marginal and deteriorated. While some industrial
and commercial uses have developed, there are vast tracts of undeveloped lands on the
periphery. Conversion of the base for civilian re-use will require careful coordination with the
City of San Bernardino and surrounding jurisdictions.
5) Page 1-30
Table 4 Addendum
General Plan Land Use Categories
Development
Category
Location
Principal Uses
Intensity /Density
Airport
A
San Bernardino
International
Airport
Runways,
taxiways, general
and air carrier
aviation,
passenger and air
cargo terminals,
hangars, airport
related office,
commercial, light
industrial
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6) Page H05
ISSUE FOUR: WHAT SHOULD BE THE FUTURE ROLE AND CHARACTER OF THE
SAN BERNARDINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND TRADE CENTER?
Goal
It shall be the goal of the City of San Bernardino to:
11 Ensure the orderly and economic transition of the former Norton Air Force Base site to
productive civilian uses including an international airport and trade center in a manner
that is compatible with and enhances adjacent uses.
Obiective
It shall be the objective of the City of San Bernardino to:
1. 39 Promote the development and use of the existing airport facilities and related
buildings as an international air carrier airport with aviation-related office,
commercial and industrial uses.
Policies
It shall be the policy of the City of San Bernardino to:
Permitted Uses
1.39.1.10
Support the efforts of the San Bernardino International Airport Authority
to establish and develop an international air carrier airport.
1.39.1.11
Establish a new General Plan Use Category of Airport (A) which will
permit aviation and aviation-related uses including office, commercial and
industrial.
1.39.1.12
Establish an Airport (A) District for the Development Code that defines
permitted uses for the airport, appropriate development standards and
review procedures. Permitted uses include air passenger and freight
terminals, aircraft sales, repair and maintenance, aircraft associated
activities and other related uses.
1.39.1.13
Encourage the Airport Authority to prepare and maintain an Airport
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Master Plan to address the ultimate development of the airport and its
relationship to adjacent parcels and communities (11.1).
Densitv/Intensitv and Heil!ht
1.39.1.20
Height limits for development on the airport will be determined by
Federal Aviation Regulations, Part 77 (11.1).
1.39.1.21
The existing airport has approximately 230,000 square feet of office space
and 1,300,000 square feet of warehouse/hangar space. At ultimate build-
out, it is projected that the maximum development would be 500,000
square feet of office and 2,300,000 square feet of warehouse/hangar space
(11.1).
Desil!n and Develooment Guidelines
1.39.1.30
The Airport District shall include development and design standards that
will ensure physical and visual compatibility among land uses and adjacent
sites, in cooperation with the City of Highland. (11.1).
1.39.1.31
Special attention shall be given to development that occurs adjacent to or
is visible from Third Street. Standards shall include provisions for special
landscaping requirements and screening of outdoor storage, loading docks
and truck parking areas from public view to enhance the compatibility
with adjacent land uses and the traveling public, (11.1).
1.39.1.32
Project review procedures shall be utilized that are consistent with the goal
of job and economic development at the airport and minimize procedural
delay (11.1).
1.39.1.33
Update and revise, as necessary, programs to ensure airport land use
compatibility with surrounding areas. These programs should address
issues which include compatible land uses, height and intensity of
permitted uses and should incorporate the provisions of any Airport
Master Plan prepared by the Airport Authority (11.20).
8) Page 1-118
Implementation Programs
11. I (i)(9)
(9) San Bernardino International Airport and Trade Center
9) Page 1-123
Implementation Programs
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(d)
participation in feasibility studies and planning for the reuse of the former Norton
Air Force Base, as it transitions into the San Bernardino International Airport and
Trade Center.
10) Page 1-127
11.20
Replace the Air Installation Compatible Use Zone
Establish land use compatibility standards and requirements to replace the old Air Installation
Compatible Use Zone plan to account for modifications in aircraft and ground operations
resulting from the establishment of the San Bernardino International Airport. This shall include
the preparation of new noise contours and compatible land use zoning.
11) Page 4-29
paragraph 4
4.6.2 Pursue development of San Bernardino International Airport and Trade Center in order
to provide opportunities for office, commercial and industrial development, including
firms interested in or requiring airport proximity or access (14.14).
12) Page 4-38
paragraph 12
14.14 Participate with the San Bernardino International Airport
Authority in marketing and attracting industrial users requiring airport access or
proximity and with the Inland Valley Development Agency in marketing and
attracting office, commercial and industrial users to the International Trade
Center.
13) Page 6-17
paragraph 1
6.7.2 Evaluate accessibility to San Bernardino International Airport and Trade Center
consistent with the policies requiring review and approval of mitigation measures
to accommodate trips generated by new developments taking into account that
such required mitigation must consider the level of trips generated by the
previously existing Norton Air Force Base (16.24).
14) Page 6-25
paragraph 2
16.24 San Bernardino International Airport and Trade Center Access Study
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As part of the planning for the San Bernardino International Airport and Trade
Center, the City shall coordinate with surrounding jurisdictions in the
development of a regional circulation study to demonstrate that adequate access
can be provided to the airport site and trade center.
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paragraph 6
7.0A.1.
. Domestic wastewater from the San Bernardino International Airport and Trade Center.
16) Page 7-3
paragraph 8
7.0A.3.
. Inland Valley Development Agency (formerly Norton Air Force Base), and
17) Page 7-4
paragraph 5
7.0B
. Inland Valley Development Agency (formerly Norton Air Force Base), and
18) Page 7-6
paragraph 6
7.0C
. Inland Valley Development Agency (formerly Norton Air Force Base), and
19) Page 7-11
paragraph 3
H. GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES
Approximately 90-100 geothermal wells and springs have been identified in the San Bernardino
area. The geothermal wells and springs are concentrated in the Commerce Center, Central City,
Tri-City areas, and the San Bernardino International Airport and Trade Center (as depicted on
Figure 31).
20) Page 7-16
7.3.3 Monitor and periodically reassess rates for wastewater treatment services for
jurisdictions outside the City of San Bernardino that have wastewater treated at
the San Bernardino Water Reclamation Facility (i.e. East Valley Water District,
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Patton State Hospital, and City of Loma Linda) (17.12).
21) Page 7-33
117.37 Extend the system of geothermal facilities in the Commerce Center, Central City,
Tri-City areas, and San Bernardino International Airport and Trade Center to
accommodate future commercial and governmental uses.
17.39 Administer a program for the purpose of educating potential developers in the Commerce
Center, Central City, Tri-City areas, and San Bernardino International Airport and Trade
Center of the cost and energy saving benefits associated with the use of geothermal
energy. This program could be conducted in conjunction with the Chamber of
Commerce and City Redevelopment Agency as a benefit of locating in San Bernardino.
22) Page 14-5
A. EXISTING CONDITIONS
Within the San Bernardino planning area, three major noise sources occur and include:
(1) aircraft; (2) rail traffic; and, (3) vehicular traffic.2 Aircraft operations previously associated
with the former Norton Air Force Base were the dominant noise source in some portions of the
City. Norton Air Force Base has been converted to a civilian air carrier airport. Existing noise
conditions in the City are depicted on Figure 57. In this case, existing conditions reflect
previous military operations.
23) Page 14-12
paragraph 7
Issues
A. Noise in the planning area exceeds levels recommended by the State of Office of Noise
Control along major highways, freeways, and the railroads.
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