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Home My WebLink About2019-04-22 Ordinance 5461Page 1 of 5 20190424 ay 0160014 Ordinance No. 5461 Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending the Setback Map of the City of Palo Alto to Eliminate the 50Foot Special Setback Along Hansen Way for 3200 El Camino Real. The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. The City Council finds as follows: (A) The Planning and Transportation Commission ("Commission"), after a duly noticed public hearing on December 12, 2018, has recommended that the City Council of the City of Palo Alto ("Council") eliminate the 50foot special setback along Hansen Way for the subject site (3200 El Camino Real, Exhibit 1 and 2). (B) The Planning and Transportation Commission has reviewed the facts presented at the public hearing, including public testimony and reports and recommendations from the director of planning and community environment or other appropriate city staff. (C) The Planning and Transportation Commission finds that the subject site is within the CS Service Commercial boundary. (D) The Planning and Transportation Commission finds that the elimination of the 50 foot special setback for the subject parcel is in accord with the Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan, in that the Comprehensive Plan designation of the site is CS Service Commercial and that the elimination of the special setback does not cause the site or its proposed development to be inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan or South El Camino Real Design Guidelines. The project is consistent with the following Comprehensive Goals and Policies: GOAL L1: A compact and resilient city providing residents and visitors with attractive neighborhoods, work places, shopping districts, public facilities and open spaces. Policy L1.3: Infill development in the urban service area should be compatible with its surroundings and the overall scale and character of the city to ensure a compact, efficient development pattern. GOAL L4: Inviting pedestrian scale centers that offer a variety of retail and commercial services and provide focal points and community neighborhoods and employment districts. Policy L4.3: Encourage street frontages that contribute to retail vitality in all Centers. Reinforce street corners in a way that enhances the pedestrian realm or that form corner plazas. Include trees and landscaping. Policy L4.6: Sites within or adjacent to existing commercial areas and corridors are suitable for hotels. Give preference to housing versus hotel use on sites adjacent to predominantly singlefamily neighborhoods. (SGY7MKR)RZIPSTI-()&%&&&%(&(*%*) Page 2 of 5 20190424 ay 0160014 Policy L4.15: Recognize El Camino Real as both a local serving and regional serving corridor, defined by a mix of commercial uses and housing. (E) The Council held a duly noticed public hearing on the matter on April 1, 2019, and has reviewed the Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the project and all other relevant information, including staff reports, and all testimony, written and oral, presented on the matter. SECTION 2. The Council finds that the public interest, health and welfare require an amendment to the Setback Map of the City of Palo Alto (PAMC section 20.08.020) as set forth in Section 3. SECTION 3. The Council hereby amends the Setback Map of the City of Palo Alto (PAMC section 20.08.020) to eliminate the 50foot Special Setback for the subject site (3200 El Camino Real) (Exhibit 1) for MixedUse and Hotel uses. The 50foot Special Setback shall remain for all other land uses. SECTION 4. To the extent permitted by law, the applicant shall indemnify and hold harmless the City, its City Council, its officers, employees and agents (the '"indemnified parties) against any claim, action, or proceeding brought by a third party against the indemnified parties and the applicant to attack. set aside or void, any pern1it or approval authorized hereby for the Project. including (without limitation) reimbursing the City its actual fees and costs incurred in defense of the litigation. The City may, in its sole discretion, elect to defend any such action with attorneys of its own choice. SECTION 5. The Council hereby finds that this setback map amendment is subject to environmental review under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). An environmental assessment and mitigated negative declaration was prepared for the project and it has been determined that all potentially adverse impacts that would result from the setback map amendment can be mitigated to a level of insignificance; therefore, the project would have no significant impact on the environment. / / / / / / / / / / / / (SGY7MKR)RZIPSTI-()&%&&&%(&(*%*) Page 3 of 5 20190424 ay 0160014 SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be effective upon the thirtyfirst (31st) day after its passage and adoption. INTRODUCED: April 1, 2019 PASSED: April 22, 2019 AYES: CORMACK, DUBOIS, FILSETH, FINE, KNISS, KOU, TANAKA NOES: ABSTENTIONS: ABSENT: ATTEST: APPROVED: City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: Deputy City Attorney City Manager Director of Planning and Community Environment (SGY7MKR)RZIPSTI-()&%&&&%(&(*%*) Page 4 of 5 20190424 ay 0160014 Exhibit 1 Legal Description and Map BEGINNING at a point in the Southwesterly line of the San Jose and San Francisco Road (California State Highway) as said road was established by Final Order of Condemnation had in the Superior Court of the State of California in and in for the County of Santa Clara, Case No. 39384, dated and recorded July 1930, in Book 520 of Official Records, at Page 571, Santa Clara from the point of intersection of the southeasterly line of Page Mill Road with the Southwesterly line of the said San Jose and San Francisco Road; thence running along the Southwesterly line of that certain 2 acre tract of land described in the decree of distribution No. 11452, a certified copy of which decree was filed for record on August 27, 1920 in Book 506 of Deeds, at Page 509, Santa Clara County Records; thence at right angles and along the Southeasterly line of said thereof; thence at right angles Northwesterly and along the Southwesterly line of said 2 acre EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion granted to the State of California by Deed recorded October 27, 1960, in Book 5963, Page 194, Official Records, described as follows: COMMENCING at the most Northerly corner of the Parcel of Land conveyed to William W. Milner, et ux, by Deed recorded June 7, 1957, in Book 3816 Page 106, Official Records of Santa Clara County; thence along the Northwesterly line of said Parcel sout compound; thence from a tangent th the Northeasterly corner of said property described in said Deed recorded June 7, 1957, in Book commencement. 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