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RESOLUTION NO. 6571
RESOLUTION OF ~HE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING TriE PALO ALTO COMPREHENSIVB PLAN
TO ADD A PROGRAM ON DENSITY TRANSFER
WHEREAS, t~e Planning Commission of the City of Palo Alto, on
February .1.2 and 20, 1986, and March 6, 1986 held a properly-
noticed public hearing to consider amendments to the Palo Alto
Comprt!hensi ve Plan affecting the C-o"mtown Area, including a new
program on density transfer; and
WHEREAS, THE City Council of the City of Palo Alto on April
21 and Pby 12, 1986, held a properly-noticed public hearing to
consider such amendments, and on June 2, 1~86, continued the den-
sity transfer program to be considered with the proposed revisions
to the Historic Preservation Ordinance on October 27, 1986.
NOW THEREFORE, the Counci! of the City of Palo Alto does
RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. Thn City Council finds that-. changed conditions ~nd the public interest, health, safety a~d welfare require
amendment of the Palo Al to Comprehensive Pla11, .tlS set forth in
Section 2 below.
SEC'rION 2. Program 6A and text is hereby added to th"! Urban
Design ele•ent of the Palo Alto Co•prehensive Pl'!n to read as
follows:
Program 6A: Allow the tran: fer of development rights
for ~csignated buildings of historic or architectural
significance (Historic Categories 1 and 2) within the
Commercial Downtown (CD) zone through the Planned Com-
munity (PC) zon~ process.
A transfer of developmen~ rights progra• would per-
mit tr•nsf~rring the difference between th~ amount of
existing development and the maximu• permitted develop-
ment :fro• categories 1 and 2 historic building sites to
non-historic recei~~r sites. Both sites would have to
be located within the Downtov~ CD zoning district. The
receiver sites:
1. Shall be at least 150 !eet fro• r~sidentiall1
zoned properties:
2. Shall be permitted to receive a .aximum additional
floor area ratio of 0.5 to 1 ~bove what woul~
otherwise be permitted for the site;
3. Shall n~t be sites with structures of historic or
architectural significance1 and
4. Shall be subject tc ~pplicablo downtown project size
limits ..
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SECTION 3.
this cesolutior.
impact.
The Counc i 1 hereby finds that the adoption of
will not cause any significant environmental
INTRODUCED ~.ND PASSED: October 27, 1986
AYES: Bechtel, Cobb, Fletcher, Klein, Levy, Patitucci, Renzel,
Sutorius, Woolley
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
Kayor
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