Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-10-06 Ordinance 4454ORDINANCE NO. 4454 ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO ADDING CHAPTER 19.10 TO TITLE 19 [MASTER PLAN] OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PROCEDURES FOR PREPARATION OF COORDINATED AREA PLANS The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows: $ECTION 1. Findings and Purposes. A. The Planning Commission, after a duly noticed public meeting held on July 9, 1996, has recommended that Title 19 (Master Plan) of the Palo Alto Municip'_1 Code be amended as hereinafter set forth. B. The City Council desires to establish procedures for the creation of Coordinated Area Plans as a supplement to existing state and local land use entitlement mechanisms; and C. The City Council finds and determines that these procedures will facilitate orderly development consistent with the Comprehensive Plan by providing an opportunity for the public and project proponents to collaborate in the development of area wide plans for use and re -use of property and structures. D. The City Council has determined that these procedures are necessary and desirable to protect the health, safety and general welfare of current and future residents of the City of Palo Alto and the surrounding region. E. The City Council has determined that these procedures are necessary and desirable to assist in implementation of the City's comprehensive plan. SECTION 2. Chapter 19.10 is hereby added to Title 19 (Master Plan) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to read as follows: CHAPTER 19.10 COORDINATED AREA PLANS Section 19.10.010 Purposes Section 19.10.020 Initiation Section 19.10.030 Procedures Section 19.10.040 Contents of Coordinated Area Plans Section 19.10.050 Coordinated Development Permit Required Section 19.10.060 Development Must Be Consistent with Coordinated Area Plan 970924 apc 0051865 Section 19.10.0:10 Purposes. This chapter establishes procedures for preparation of Coordinated Area Plans. This chapter is intended to achieve, and shall be implemented to accomplish, the following purposes: (a) To create enhanced opportunities for building a sense of community through public involvement in planning processes which are designed not only to satisfy constitutional due process requirements, but also to provide residents, and business and property owners with early, meaningful opportunities to help shape the »hysical components of their neighborhoods and community. (b) To emphasize and enhance architectural qualities, pu blic improvements, and site design by providing a graphic, visual linkage policies and programs established in the Comprehensive Plan and specific development entitlements and public improvements. (c) following met A `1 odss facilitate physical change by each of the 1) Accelerating and coordinating the planning process within selected areas so that private development and re- use can proceed under streamlined City review processes. 2) Encouraging rational private investment by providing specific, dependable information about the design requirements, development standards, and uses allowed on a particular site. 3) Analyzing and considering the economic environment so that the planning process works in conjunction with the marketplace, rather than independent of it. 4) Coordinating and timing public infrastructure investment to facilitate desirable private land uses. (d) To assure Palo Alto's environmental quality by using the Comprehensive Plan Environmental Impact Report to focus environmental review on area and site -specific issues and changed circumstances. (e) To facilitate orderly and consistent implementation of the City's Comprehensive Plan and development regulations. Section 19.10.02© Initiation. Coordinated Area Plans shall be initiated as set forth in this Section. (a) Initiation. Coordinated Area Plans shall be initiated by motion of the City Council, upon its own initiative or upon request of the Planning Commission. Planning Commission or Council action may be based upon the request of any person or the Director of Planning and Community Environment. The Council will consider support or opposition from residents, and property and business owners, but such support or opposition shall not compel or 910924 .pc 00511165 2 • . preclude Council action. The Council will further consider whether the area has been identified in the comprehensive plan for coordinated area planning. (b) Minimum area size. Coordinated Area Plans may be prepared for any area that includes more than one parcel. (c) The City may from time to time establish application forms, submittal requirements, fees, and such other requirements, administrative guidelines and regulations as will aid in the efficient preparation and implementation of Coordinated Area Plans. Section 19.10.030 Procedures. Coordinated Area Plans shall be prepared in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. (a) Council Goals and Policies. Council will establish goals, objectives, and a schedule for each Coordinated Area Plan at the time the plan is initiated or shortly thereafter. The goals and objectives will be supplemental to existing Comprehensive Plan policies and programs. Council may establish Goals, objectives, and a schedule during preliminary review pursuant to Chapter 18.97. (b) Community Involvement. Each Coordinated Area Plan will be prepared pursuant to a program for city -facilitated interaction between residents, business and property owners, and other interested person:. The program shall contain, at a minimum, the following elements: 1) Working Group Formation. The City Council shall appoint a 7 to 14 member Working Group comprising residents, business and property owners, and persons representing broader community interests including, but not limited to, environmental, community design, and business perspectives. The Working Group shall be advisory to the staff, Planning Commission, and City Council. The Working Group shall be assisted by a City -designated facilitator who may be a consultant. 2) Working Group Tasks. The Working Group shall assist staff in preparing a draft Coordinated Area Plan that contains each of the components set forth in Section 19.10.040. The Working Group shall, at a minimum, accomplish each of the following tasks to facilitate preparation of the Coordinated Area Plan: A) Initial Public Meeting. The Working Group shall conduct an initial public meeting to accomplish the following: 1) Establish the general parameters of the plan; 2) Conduct environmental scoping; 3) Identify any known public infra- structure needs and plans; 970924 +pc 0051865 3 4) Explain any known private develop- ment proposals; 5) Introduce staff and consultants to the public; 6) Identify additional important participants; 7) Identify any other relevant constraints and opportunities. B) Regular Public Meetings. The Working Group shall conduct regular meetings. The Working Group may also form subcommittees to meet from time to time to address particular issues or components of the Coordinated Area Plan. All Working Group or subcommittee meetings shall be open to the public, with notice provided to property owners and other persons who have expressed an interest in the matter to the City. At least one regular meeting during the first half of the scheduled Working Group tasks will be conducted as a joint meeting with the City Council. The City Council may direct additional or revised goals and objectives during or following such meeting(s). C) Community Update Forum. The Working Group will schedule and notice at least one (1) community update forum designed to keep the larger community informed of progress on the plan, and to seek the ideas and advice of the larger community regarding the content of the Coordinated Area Plan. (c) Schedule. Coordinated Area Plans, including review and action by the Planning Commission and City Council, will generally be completed within twelve (12) to fifteen (15) months of the initial public meeting of the Working Group. (d) Public Hearings. The Coordinated Area Plan shall be considered at public hearings before the planning commission and city council prior to adoption. Notice of the public hearings, initial meeting and community update forum(s) shall be given in the same manner required by law for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance. (e) Planning Commission and other Board and Commission Advice and Recommendation. The. Planning Commission shall make a recommendation to the City Council upon each Coordinated Area Plan. The Director of Planning and Community Environment may seek advice of any other City board or commission if such advice is deemed desirable. (f) Adoption. Coordinated Area Plans shall be adopted by ordinance upon a determination of the City Council that the public interest, health, safety and general welfare will be served by the plan, and that the plan is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The City Council shall also consider the manner in which the proposed Coordinated Area Plan will integrate with and be implemented by the Capital Improvement Program. The City Council may approve, reject or modify all or part of the Coordinated Area Plan. 970924 apc 0051565 4 (g) Amendments. An ordinance adopting a Coordinated Area Plan may establish procedures for amendments of the plan, including but not limited to procedures authorizing minor amendments by the Director of Planning and Community Environment. (h) Fees. As part of the ordinance adopting a Coordinated Area Plan, the City Council may impose a Coordinated Area Plan fee upon persons seeking governmental approvals which are required to be consistent with the Coordinated Area Plan. The fees shall be established so that, in the aggregate, they fully recover but as estimated do not exceed, the cost of preparation, adoption, and administration of the Coordinated Area Plan, including costs incurred pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. The fee charged will be reasonably prorated to take into account the applicant's relative benefit derived from the plan. It is the intent of the City Council to charge persons who benefit from Coordinated Area Plans for the costs of developing those plans which result in savings to them by reducing the cost of documenting environmental consequences and advocating changed land uses which may be authorized. The City Council may adoption, amendment, or repeal deposit with the city an amount preparing the plan, amendment, or require a person who requests of a Coordinated Area Plan to equal to the estimated cost of repeal prior to its preparation. Section 19.10.040 Contents of Coordinated Area Plans. Each Coordinated Area Plan shall contain at least the following components. (a) The distribution, location, and extent of land uses, including, but not limited to, industrial, office, commercial, residential, public facilities and open space, within the area covered by the plan. The land uses established by the plan may be supplemental to or different from the uses permitted and specified in the city's zoning districts. For retail commercial and professional office designations, the Coordinated Area Plan shall also include the preferred and allowable uses, their respective orientation, articulation, and floor area ratio. For housing designations, the Coordinated Area Plan shall also include density, floor area ratio, orientation, setbacks, and graphical design prototypes. (b) The proposed distribution, location, and extent and intensity of major components of public and private transportation, sewage, water, drainage, solid waste disposal, energy, and other public improvements proposed to be located within the area covered by the plan and needed to support the land uses described in the plan, (c) A program of implementation measures including development regulations, public works projects, and financing measures necessary to carry out the plan. This program shall be specifically coordinated with the City's Capital Improvement Program 5 970924 ape 0051865 ("CIP"), and nnay include CIP revisions necessary to implement the plan. (d) Standarda and criteria by which development will proceed, if needed. (e) Specific architectural and site design objectives and requirements, including but not limited to the scale of streets, building orientation, placement and design of public and private parks or plazas, courtyards, arcades, porches, walls, fences, trellises, sidewalk treatments, and parking configuration. Design guidelines that are specific to the conditions of the area. shall be included to address each land uue type, streets, parks, and any public facilities. Specific objectives and requirements nay be adopted in addition to, or in lieu of, existing zoning and design requirements. The Coordinated Area Plan shall include preliminary elevations and information regarding facades, roofs and building materials. (f) A determination of the economic and fiscal feasibility of the plan with specific analysis of market place factors and incentives and disincentives to the desired development product, as well as a cost -benefit analysis of public infra- structure investments and projected economic benefits to the city and community. (g) Environmental review, provided that to the maximum extent feasible the Comprehensive Plan Environmental Impact Report shall be used as a master or tiered EIR in order to streamline and focus environmental review of the Coordinated Area Plan. Section 19.10.050 Coordinated Development Permit Required. A Coordinated Development Permit shall be required before any building or structure is erected, constructed, enlarged, altered on the exterior, placed or installed on any site located within an area subject to an approved Coordinated Area Plan. Section 19.10.060 Development Must Se Consistent with Coordinated Area Plan. No Coordinated Development Permit shall be issued, nor shall any building or structure be erected, constructed, enlarged, altered on the exterior, placed, installed or moved within an area subject to an approved Coordinated Area Plan except upon a finding that the resulting building or structure is consistent with the Coordinated Area Plan. SECTION 3. Environmental Review Findings. The Council finds that the provisions of this ordinance do not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act because it can be seen with certainty that no significant environmental impact will occur as a result of the ordinance. 6 970924 act 005!665 $BC ION 4, This ordinance shall be effective on the commencement of the thirty-first day after the date of its adoption. INTRODUCED: SEPTEMBER 22, 1997 PASSED: OCTOBER 6, 1997 AYES: ANDERSEN, EAKINS, FAZZINO, KNISS, MCCOWN, ROSENBAUM, SCHNEIDER, WHEELER NOES: NOT PARTICIPATING: HUB E R ABSTENTIONS: 7 Director of Planning and Community Environment THIS DOCUMENT fS CERTIFIED TO fit AN ORDINANCE DULY PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AND THEREA,-fER POSTED IN THE COUNCIL CHAf6f.:Z'F ON jOA'e y 7 (WITHIN 15 DAYS OF ITS PASSAGE) "1 c�r';!y (or d_c,oro) under penalty of per ry thzt tha foregoing is true and correct." Tel n(Q f' aCte e, Dam & Place I Signatare 970424 apc 0051865