HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 6667 (Appeal Northgate Dr and Las Gallinas)RESOLUTION NO. 6667
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN RAFAEL UPHOLDING AN APPEAL OF THE PLANNING
COMMISSION'S DENIAL OF ED82-79
(Northgate Dr. & Las Gallinas Ave.)
WHEREAS, the applicant, Wolff-Sesnon-Buttery, has
requested City approval to develop a 54,000 square foot office
building on AP 175-360-05 at Northgate Drive and Las Gallinas
Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the San Rafael Planning Commission on
October 11, 1983, considered a detailed staff report and presen-
tation by the applicant and failed on a 3-3 vote (Starkweather,
Willms & Livingston dissenting; Boro absent) to approve the
project as recommended by staff; and
WHEREAS, Joseph L. Lemon on behalf of said applicant
filed a letter dated October 131, 1983, appealing the Planning
Commission's effective denial of ED82-79; and
WHEREAS, the San Rafael City Council on November 7,
1983, held a duly noticed public hearing to hear the appeal of the
matter and considered the staff report dated November 2, 1983, and
all testimony presented at the hearing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the San Rafael
City Council upholds the applicant's appeal and certifies the
Northgate Activity Center Plan EIR as the environmental review
document for ED82-79 and approves ED82-79 subject to conditions
(a) through (rr) on pages 9-11 of the aforementioned November 2,
1983 City Council staff report with the following finding:
1. The Northgate Activity Center Plan EIR
adequately assesses all impacts associated with ED82-79, and the
project as conditioned complies with the mitigation requirements
of the Northgate Activity Center Plan in that the project does not
exceed the Plan's PM peak period trip allocation for the site and the
developer will contribute the project's fair share proportional
cost of areawide transportation improvements; and
2. The project design is compatible with other urban
offices such as the Holiday Plaza, 950 Northgate Drive and Commerce
Clearing House buildings in that it will tie those urban forms
together and better define the western edge of the urban core of
the Northgate Activity Center Plan; and
A RESOLUTION NO. 66L.
3. The project design meets the criteria for approval
of environmental design review applications as detailed by ex-
tensive staff and Design Review Board consideration of the project
which led to substantial redesign of the original submittal
resulting in a project which would have an architecturally well-
defined surface to provide visual relief for near and middle range
views to the site while presenting an urban form from longer range
views consistent with surrounding urban building forms.
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 Council of said
City on Monday , the seventh day of November-, 1983, by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:Breiner, Frugoli, Jensen & Mayor Mulryan
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:Miskimen
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:None
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