HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 10650 (General Plan 2000 Amendment)RESOLUTION NO. 10650
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING A
NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE SAN
RAFAEL GENERAL PLAN 2000 LAND USE MAP AND TO THE
ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL FOR PROPERTIES
LOCATED ON GARY PLACE, FROM "OFFICE" TO "LIGHT
INDUSTRIAL/OFFICE" (AP NO. 18-051-01, 12, 13, 16 and 17; 18-063-
04) (GPA 00-01 AND ZC 00-01)
The City Council of the City of San Rafael finds and determines that:
WHEREAS, on September 30, 1997, Marin County Exchange Corporation submitted an
application to the City of San Rafael requesting a General Plan Amendment and Zone Change to
re -designate the property at 20-38 Gary Place (APN 18-063-04) from Office to General
Commercial; and
WHEREAS, on October 25, 1999, the Rasche Trust submitted an application to the City
of San Rafael requesting a General Plan Amendment to re -designate the property at 110-200 Gary
Place (APN 18-051-17) from Office to Light Industrial Office; and
WHEREAS, on January 13, 2000, following review of the individual applications and the
status of other individual parcels in the site area, the City of San Rafael Community Development
Department initiated amendments to City of San Rafael General Plan and Title 14 of the San
Rafael Municipal Code (Zoning Map) to re -designate all of the Gary Place parcels from Office to
Light Industrial/Office (LI/0); and
WHEREAS, consistent with the requirements of the City of San Rafael Environmental
Review Procedures and the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),
an Initial Study/Negative Declaration was prepared finding that the proposed project would not
result in significant environmental effects; and
WHEREAS, copies of the Initial Study/Negative Declaration prepared for this project
were made available for a 30 -day review period by pertinent agencies and interested members
of the public, commencing on May 1, 2000; and
WHEREAS, on May 23, 2000 the San Rafael Planning Commission held a duly -
noticed public hearing on the Initial Study/Negative Declaration, accepting all oral and written
public testimony and the written report of the Community Development Department staff. On
a 6-0-1 vote (O'Brien absent) recommended to the City Council the adoption of the Negative
Declaration; and
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WHEREAS, on June 19, 2000, the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed
Initial Study/Negative Declaration, accepting public testimony and the written report of the
Department of Community Development.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the San Rafael City Council does
hereby adopt the Negative Declaration based on the findings that a) the Initial Study/Negative
Declaration has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the City of San Rafael
Environmental Review Procedures and the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) and b) that the project will not result in a significant effect on the environment.
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the
City Council held Monday, the nineteenth of June, 2000, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cohen, Heller, Miller, Phillips and Mayor Boro
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
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