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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 3701• :r. ORIGINAl.~': ·' ORDINANCE NO. 3701 · ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING TtTLE 21 (SUBDIVISIONS) REGARDING THE MERGER OF FOUR OR FEWER SUBSTANDARf• .· R-1 tOTS WHEREAS, the Cityts subdivision ordinan1-:e (Title 21} classi­ fies a subdivision creating or removing lot lines between four or fewer lots as a minor subdivision which may be acted upon by the director of planning and community enviro~ment~ but ~~HEREAS, the City•s subdivision ordinance r-equires any pre­ liminary parcel map for a minor subdivision with exceptions to the requirements and regulations of Title 21 to be granted only by the City Council1 and WHEREAS, frequently the merger of adjacent substandard R-1 lots, though resulting in lots in greater compliance wit;l the zoning regulations, st i 11 results in a preliminary pa reel map with an exception: and WHEREAS, the City wishes to narrow the ~efinition of an exception in the subdivision ordinance in order to encourage the merger of adjacent substandard R-1 lots. NOW', THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. Sections 21.04.030(17)-(37) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code are hereby r~numbered to sections 21.04. 030 ( 18).,. ( 39). SECTION 2. Section 21•04.030{17) is hereby added to.the Palo Alto Municipal Code to read: ( 17) • Exception • means an exception to any of the require•ents for lot width, lot depth, lot area, street frontage or access, as set, forth in titles 18. or 2 i, provided that a preliminary parcel map that merges four or fewer substandard R-1 lots into a parcel or parc&ls in · greater compliance with the requirements o·f ·· lot width, depth o~ area set forth in title 18' than any of the previous lots shall not be considered an exception. SECTION 3. The Co unci 1 h~reby finds that ttli s ord ina nee will "fiaV"e no significant adverse environmental impact. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall become effective upon the commencement of the thirty-first day after the day. of its passage;, -· ·,,:, ', _·:.,'1 • .. INTRODUCED: July 21, 1986 PASSED; August 4, 1986 AYES: NOES: Bechtel,. Cobb, Fletcher, Klein, Levy, Renzel, Sutcn:ius, Woolley,· None ABSTENTIONS: None ABSENT: Patitucci ATTEST:/ ·J' I ft c-:::-cZ:,/.: .. ~At-•• -·­ cf ty Clerk-- APPROVED: Vh~ Mayor 2. ·' 1 ' ' ~ • . ·:-: . . · .. ~: ' _;·.( ':.•-.;