HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO7687RESOLUTION NO. 7687
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE PALO ALTO
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RELATING TO THE STREAMSIDE OPEN
SPACE LAND USE CATEGORY
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after duly noticed public
hearing, has recommended that the Council amend the Land Use
Element of the Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has held a duly noticed public
hearing on the matter, and has reviewed the contents of the
Environmental Impact Report ("EIR") prepared for the project and all
other relevant information, including staff reports, and all
testimony, written and oral, presented on the matter;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds that the public
interest, health, safety and welfare of Palo Alto and the
surrounding region require amendment to the Land Use Element of the
Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan as set forth in Section 2 hereof, to
more accurately describe the definition of the "Streamside Open
Space" land use category.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby amends the Land Use
Element of the Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan by amending the
definition of the land use category "Streamside Open Space" to read
as follows:
Streamside Open Space: the corridor of riparian
vegetation along a natural stream. The corridor
will generally, vary in width up to 200 feet;
provided, that in the San Francisquito Creek
corridor, between El Camino Real and the Sand Hill
Road bridge over the creek, .the open space
corridor varies in width between approximately 310
feet and 80 feet. The aerial delineation of the
open space in this segment of the corridor, as
opposed to other segments of the corridor, is
shown to approximate scale on the land use map.
Hiking, biking, and riding trails may be developed
in the streamside open space.
SECTION 3. The City Council adopts this resolution in
accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA")
findings adopted by Resolution No. 7685.
SECTION 4. This resolution shall be effective upon the
thirty-first day after its adoption, but shall be suspended and
inoperative unless and until the Ordinance Adopting the Development
Agreement Between the City of Palo Alto and the Board of Trustees
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of the Leland Stanford Junior University has been approved by the
City Council and, if submitted to a referendum by the City Council
on its own motion or by a certified sufficient petition of the
electorate, pursuant to the Article VI, section 3 of the Charter of
the City of Palo Alto, until approved by the voters. This delayed
effective date is intended and shall be construed to provide a
sufficient period of time between adoption of the resolution and
its effective date to allow a complete and exclusive opportunity
for the exercise of the referendum power pursuant to the Charter of
the City of Palo Alto and the Constitution of the State of
California. A referendum petition filed after the effective date
shall be rejected as untimely.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: June 30, 1977
AYES: ANDERSEN, EAKINS, HUBER, KNISS, MCCOWN,ROSENBAUM,SCHNEIDER, WHEELER
NOES : FAZZINO
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTE ►:
4447
ity Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Senior Asst. City Attorney Director of Planning and
Community Environment
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