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Home My WebLink About2019-11-18 Ordinance 5476ORDINANCE NO. 5476 Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Section 21.20.301 (Flag Lots) of Chapter 21.20 (Design) of Title 20 (Subdivisions and Other Divisions of Land) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code. The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. Section 21.20.301 (Flag Lots) of Chapter 21.20 (Design) of Title 21 (Subdivisions and Other Divisions of Land) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 21.20.301 Flag Lots (a) The director of planning may approve, pursuant to a preliminary parcel map, not more than one flag lot, as defined in Title 18 of this code, under the following conditions: (1) The flag lot shall be used only for single-family residential use; (2) The flag lot shall meet all of the requirements of the zone district within which it is located and, in addition, shall have an area which exceeds the lot area requirement of the zone district by not less than twenty percent exclusive of any portion of the lot used for access to a public street., except when the flag lot to be created contains a residence with recorded preservation covenants, where the flag lot area is not required to exceed the lot requirement of the zone district and no request for nor approval of exceptions to said standards shall be required; and (3) Access from the flag lot to a public street shall not be over an easement but over land under the same ownership as the flag lot. Such access shall have a minimum width of fifteen feet and shall have a paved way not less than ten feet in width., (4) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if except whenthe flag lot or adjacent lot to be created contains a residence with recorded preservation covenants, where the flag lot area is not required to exceed the lot requirement of the zone district and the flag lot access may be over an easement or land under the same ownership, the access shall have a minimum width of twelve feet for a maximum length no more than 100 feet, and shall have a paved way not less than ten feet in width, and no request for nor approval of exceptions to said standards shall be required. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the creation of flag lots, as defined in Title 18 of this code, shall be prohibited in the R-1 single-family residence district, and no exceptions shall be granted therefore; provided, however, that: 20191122 th 0160021 1 DocuSign Envelope ID: 3DE410CF-16CC-49F9-A1FB-1E9A2D95F416 2 20191122 th 0160021 (1) Flag lots may be created in the R-1 zone district pursuant to Title 18 as long as a the residence thereon has a recorded preservation covenant is recorded for a historic resource located on the flag lot or on an adjacent lot to be created; and (2) Flag lots in the R-1 zone district shall comply with the requirements stated in subsection (a), except that smaller lot areas may be approved pursuant to Section 18.12.140 of Title 18. (3) Flag lots validly existing in the R-1 district as of the effective date of said prohibition shall, nonetheless, be recognized as legal lots for purposes of this Title 21 only. Development of such existing flag lots shall be subject to all applicable provisions of Title 18 of this code as of the date of any such proposed development. SECTION 2. The Council finds that the Ordinance is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15305, because it is a minor alteration in land use limitations, and section 15308, because it is an action taken for the protection of historic resources. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / DocuSign Envelope ID: 3DE410CF-16CC-49F9-A1FB-1E9A2D95F416 3 20191122 th 0160021 SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be effective on the thirty-first day after the date of its adoption. INTRODUCED: October 28, 2019 PASSED: November 18, 2019 AYES: CORMACK, DUBOIS, FILSETH, KNISS, KOU, TANAKA NOES: ABSENT: FINE ABSTENTIONS: ATTEST: ------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: ---------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- Deputy City Attorney City Manager ----------------------------------------------------------- Director of Planning and Development Services ---------------------------------------------------- Director of Administrative Services DocuSign Envelope ID: 3DE410CF-16CC-49F9-A1FB-1E9A2D95F416 Certificate Of Completion Envelope Id: 3DE410CF16CC49F9A1FB1E9A2D95F416 Status: Completed Subject: Please DocuSign: ORD 5476 Amending Title 21 Chapter 20.docx Source Envelope: Document Pages: 3 Signatures: 6 Envelope Originator: Certificate Pages: 2 Initials: 0 Kim Lunt AutoNav: Enabled EnvelopeId Stamping: Enabled Time Zone: (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto , CA 94301 kimberly.lunt@cityofpaloalto.org IP Address: 12.220.157.20 Record Tracking Status: Original 12/3/2019 9:50:34 AM Holder: Kim Lunt kimberly.lunt@cityofpaloalto.org Location: DocuSign Security Appliance Status: Connected Pool: StateLocal Storage Appliance Status: Connected Pool: City of Palo Alto Location: DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Albert Yang Albert.Yang@CityofPaloAlto.org Senior Deputy City Attorney City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 12.220.157.20 Sent: 12/3/2019 10:04:15 AM Resent: 12/9/2019 8:18:10 AM Viewed: 12/9/2019 8:47:49 AM Signed: 12/9/2019 8:48:55 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Kiely Nose kiely.nose@cityofpaloalto.org Director, Administrative Services/CFO City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Uploaded Signature Image Using IP Address: 174.195.146.113 Signed using mobile Sent: 12/9/2019 8:48:57 AM Resent: 12/11/2019 10:40:38 AM Viewed: 12/11/2019 1:25:25 PM Signed: 12/11/2019 1:26:01 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Jonathan Lait Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org Interim Director Planning and Community Environment City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Uploaded Signature Image Using IP Address: 12.220.157.20 Sent: 12/11/2019 1:26:04 PM Viewed: 12/11/2019 1:43:04 PM Signed: 12/11/2019 1:43:10 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Ed Shikada ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org Ed Shikada, City Manager City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 107.77.213.157 Signed using mobile Sent: 12/11/2019 1:43:14 PM Viewed: 12/12/2019 8:24:34 AM Signed: 12/12/2019 8:24:51 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Eric Filseth eric.filseth@cityofpaloalto.org Mayor Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 108.169.4.229 Sent: 12/12/2019 8:24:54 AM Viewed: 12/12/2019 1:41:24 PM Signed: 12/12/2019 1:41:37 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Beth Minor Beth.Minor@CityofPaloAlto.org City Clerk City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 12.220.157.20 Sent: 12/12/2019 1:41:40 PM Viewed: 12/12/2019 2:19:26 PM Signed: 12/12/2019 2:19:37 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign In Person Signer Events Signature Timestamp Editor Delivery Events Status Timestamp Agent Delivery Events Status Timestamp Intermediary Delivery Events Status Timestamp Certified Delivery Events Status Timestamp Carbon Copy Events Status Timestamp Witness Events Signature Timestamp Notary Events Signature Timestamp Envelope Summary Events Status Timestamps Envelope Sent Hashed/Encrypted 12/12/2019 1:41:40 PM Certified Delivered Security Checked 12/12/2019 2:19:27 PM Signing Complete Security Checked 12/12/2019 2:19:37 PM Completed Security Checked 12/12/2019 2:19:37 PM Payment Events Status Timestamps