HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 9489 (General Plan Amendment)RESOLUTION NO.9 4 8 g
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL
CERTIFYING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND ADOPTING GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT GPA95-2 AND ZONE CHANGES ZC95-4
WHEREAS, City planning staff periodically proposes miscellaneous "cleanup" amendments
as a result of periodic General Plan evaluation and in response to projects; and,
WHEREAS, notification of the proposed GPA95-2 amendment package and ZC95-4 zone
change occurred as specified by State law; and,
WHEREAS, an environmental assessment for the proposed amendments and zone changes
resulted in a Negative Declaration of Environmental Impacts. The Negative Declaration was
prepared by September 28, 1995 and was posted with the County Clerk's Office on September
29, 1995; and,
WHEREAS, the San Rafael Planning Commission is required by State law to hold at least one
public hearing and make a written recommendation to the legislative body on the adoption
of any Plan amendments and zone changes; and,
WHEREAS, the San Rafael Planning Commission held a public hearing on October 24, 1995,
to hear public comments on the proposed amendments and Negative Declaration; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed the staff report and written and verbal
testimony on the Negative Declaration and the proposed General Plan amendments at that
time; discussed the amendments, and endorsed the recommended changes and
recommended adoption of the Negative Declaration; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on the Negative Declaration, General Plan
amendments and zone changes on November 6, 1995; and,
WHEREAS, the Council considered all verbal and written testimony on the General Plan
Amendments, Negative Declaration and zone changes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council adopts the Negative
Declaration and the following plan amendment and zone changes package:
1) 4144 and 4150 Redwood Highway General Plan Amendment from "Office" to
"Retail/ Office" land use designation; and corresponding zone change from O (Office)
to C/O (Commercial /Office) to provide a more appropriate land use designation, given
the existing building uses; and
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2) AP165-010-89 on the south side of Lucas Valley Road zone change from P/OS
(Parks/Open Space) to (PD) Planned Development to correct a zoning map error and
correspond with the existing "Hillside Resource Residential" land use designation.
3) 615 Lindaro Street General Plan Amendment from "High Density Residential' to
"Light Industrial /Office" land use designation; and corresponding zone change from
HR1 (High Density Residential) to LI/O (Light Industrial/Office to allow a proposed
project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council finds these recommended
revisions to be in the public interest in that they
1) (4144 and 4150 Redwood Highway) provide a more appropriate use designation
for the properties consistent with existing uses, and provide some flexibility for
limited additional uses without changes in environmental effects;
2) (Lucas Valley parcel) revise a zone district to be consistent with the existing
General Plan; and provide the most appropriate zoning for this "Hillside
Resource Residential' designated parcel in that the "Planned Development" zone
district is intended for large residential parcels with hillside or other constraints to
promote clustering on the least sensitive portions of the site;
3) (615 Lindaro Street) permit a land use designation compatible with surrounding
properties without changes in environmental effects, recognizing the site is not
suited for residential development and the proposed Downtown Plan
amendments will offset a minor loss of housing potential on this site.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the environmental assessment relied on the prior
General Plan EIR to identify impacts of the existing land use designations, and
identified no significant new environmental impacts resulting from new land use
designations or zoning changes.
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 of said City held on Monday the sixth day of November, 1995, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Cohen, Heller, Phillips and Mayor Bozo
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Zappetini
DISQUALIFIED: COUNCILMEMBERS: Zappetini (slue to conflict of interestl
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J&mule M. Leoncini, City Jerk