HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-12-01 Ordinance 5022Ordinance No. 5022
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending the Zoning
Map of the City of Palo Alto to Change the Zone Designation for 420
Cambridge Avenue from Community Commercial (2) Zone Designation
to the Pedestrian and Transit Oriented Development (PTOD) Combining
District
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, after a duly noticed public
hearing on October 15,2008 has recommended that the City Council rezone the subject site (420
Cambridge Avenue) to the California Avenue Pedestrian and Transit Oriented Development
Combining District (PTOD) zone designation.
S-. -ThePlanningamilransportatiLm-Commissmn-Jms-reviewedLhefacts presented
____ -----""at"----""th""e'-public hearing. includin&-12ublic 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 PTOD boundary;
D. The Planning and Transportation Commission finds that rezoning the parcel to
the California Avenue Pedestrian and Transit Oriented Development Combining District (PTOD)
zoning is in accord with the Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan, in that the Comprehensive Plan
designation of the site is Regional Community Commercial Research and Transit Oriented
Residential.
E. The Council has held a duly noticed public hearing on the matter on
November 17,2008, and has reviewed the environmental documents prepared for the project and
all other relevant information, including staff reports, and all testimony, written and oral,
presented on the matter.
SECTfOW2. TEe Council flnus tllartlie puBlic interest, Eealtfi and welfare
require an amendment to the Zoning Map ofthe City of Palo Alto as set forth in Section 3.
SECTION 3. The Council hereby amends the Zoning Map of the City of Palo
Alto to place the subject site (420 Cambridge Avenue), California Avenue Pedestrian and Transit
Oriented Development Combining District (PTOD) zoning designation.
SECTION 4.
the following limitations:
The City Council further determines that the rezoning is subject to
a. The development shall be a mixed use project comprising ground floor retail,
personal service, or green design and sales uses with residential use on the
upper floors;
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b. Retail, personal service, and/or green design or sales uses on the ground floor
shall comprise approximately 1,360 square feet;
c. A total of four (4) residential units shall be provided, totaling approximately
6,000 square feet of floor area;
d. The maximum building height shall not exceed 40 feet; and
e. A minimum of eleven (11) off-street parking spaces shall be provided.
These limitations shall be recorded as conditions on the property, to the satisfaction of the City
Attorney and Planning Director. Modifications to these conditions may be approved by the
Planning Director only to the extent that increases or decreases do not exceed 10% of the
allowable outlined in parts (a) through (d) and remain in compliance with all other applicable
zoning requirements.
SECTION 5. The Council hereby finds that this rezoning is subject to
~-envtromnenta:lreview under provisionsofthe-ealifumnr-Environmental-~uality ~~tieEQ~A}:
An enviromnental impi:l:ct assessment was QLepared for the proj ect and it has been determ=in=ec..=:d ____ _
that no potentially adverse impacts would result from the rezoning of the property; therefore, the
project would have no significant impact on the enviromnent.
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SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be effective upon the thirty-fIrst day after its
passage and adoption.
INTRODUCED: NOVEMBER 17,2008
PASSED: DECEMBER 1, 2008
AYES: BARTON, BURT, DREKMEIER, ESPINOSA, KISHIMOTO, KLEIN, SCHMID, YEH
NOES: MORTON
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
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City Clerk
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Director of Planning and
Community Environment