Plans for the annexation of 4,300 acres north of Rancho Cucamonga by the city have been renamed and their details reworked.
The Etiwanda Heights Neighborhood and Conservation Plan (EHNCP), as the annex plans are now called, differs from the old plan. Under this plan neighborhood development will be limited and open spaces will be prioritized with the caveat that neighborhood development will be substantial enough to cover the cost of the open space. Matt Burris, Deputy City Manager of Rancho Cucamonga explained that just 17% of the annexed area would be zoned residential development with the remainder staying rural.
Usually, when new housing is almost completed, brochure printing services are employed to help the residential properties sell quickly.
No one will be moving into the hills overlooking the city any time soon, as a draft specific plan needs to be completed first, as well having an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) draft. Furthermore, responses to the reports must be received and then the specific plan posted and comments to the draft responded to. Public hearings will be held concerning the plan and a final EIR before the Rancho Cucamonga City Council will have a chance to vote for or against the proposal.
It is anticipated that once the new EHNCP residential development is ready for residents, housing prices, which are now at a 10-year low for affordability, will go down around the Inland Empire.
