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Home My WebLink AboutRESO 5544• ORIGINAL DSOLU'l'ION NO. 5544 DSOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF '1'HE CITY OF PALO ALTO ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR 'tllB DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO WHEREAS, the Planning Connission conducted a review and on April 12, 1978, held a propei:ly noticed public hearing to consider certain amendments to the Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan1 and WHEREAS, the City Council held a properly noticed public hearing to 'consider amendments to the Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan on May 15, 1978. NOW, THEBEFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does JmSOLVE as·follows: SECTION l. The City Council finds that changed conditions and the pii61ic interest, health, safety and welfare require those certain amendments to the Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan set forth ~n paragr3ph 2 hereof. SECTION 2. The Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan is hereby amended as "'fdl"lows: .. . a. Housing, p.5, Diagram illustratin9 housing-costs: •The averaqe of the estimated market values of three typical single-f am.ily homes in Palo Alto in October 1977 waa $121,700 accoxdin9 to the Northern california Real Estate Beport. This figure represents a 187 percent increase from the April 1971 figure of $42,400.• b. :Housing,. p.lJ, Chart: "1976 Federal Housing Assistance Program Income Limits.•: Revise to reflect 1978 income limits as follows: Persons Per Family l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8+ $11,150 $12,750 $14,350 $15,900 $16 ;soo $17,900 $18,900 $19,900 *Represents 80% of annual Santa Clara Comity median income. c. Transportation, p.22, Mapa •1974 Traffic Volumes.•: RepiaO! with 1976-77 map attached hereto aa Exhibit •A• and incorporated herein by this reference. d.. Transportation, p.24, Map: •awi Routes in the Palo Alto Area as of January 1977. •: Amend to include new and revised routes aa shown on map attached hereto as Exhibit •s• and incorporated • • herein by this ref~rence. •· Schools and Parks, p.32, qrapha •Palo Alto Unified School District•: Update with 1977 enrollment and revised 10-year enroll- ment projections as .shown on the qraph attached hereto as Exhibit •clt and incorporated herein by this reference. t. Transportation, p.25, Program 4: Add text of Proqram 4 as follows: •Prepare infor- mation for passengers, including pocket-size maps and schedules and routing infoxmation for display inside buses and bus stops.0 g. Transportation, p.30, Map: •Palo Alto Bikeways•: under First Priority Programs, chanqli! 11 to: Adobe Creek Underpass/overpass at u.s. 101. Under Second Priority 'Programs, change iB to: Pedestrian Overpass/Underpass ~t SPRR tracks Detween Alma Street and California Avenue and change 18 to First Priority t6. Renumber remaining items~ h.. Transportation, p.29, ProgriilLI 33 and followinq text: Revise Program 33 to •Program 33: Deleted.• Revise the subsequent paragraph to: · ·•For maJ1Y years it has been the policy of the City Co~cil to protect residential neighborhoods from tbr~ugh traffic, -primarily through the use of stop signs. In particularly difficult situations, alternative ·methods such as street closures have been successfully used.. With the expected increase in-commuters into Palo Alto by 1990 (as shown by the graph on page 16), demand by residents for relief can aiso be expected to increase.· It is not poss·ible to discourag~ all through traffic from filtering tht"oug.~ residential neighborhoods, but, where deterring measures.will be applied along with to reduce peak-hour congestion--a major cause through traffic on residential streets.• practical, measures of i. Housing, p.13, text following P~ram 18: Add an explanatory text: "In some cases, it will be desirable to obtain fewer than 10% of the units, but at. a 4eeper discount. In other cases, payments to support the City 1 s housinq programs for low and moderate income persons may be made in lieu of providing units.• jc Urban Design, p.381 New Program 9a: Add new Program 9a: •Establish'a City review procedure for historic buildings threa~ened by demolition or proposed for remodeling.• k. Urban Design, p.38, Program 10 and following text: Modify Program 10 to read: "Continue the program -2- • I j • • of placing utility lines underground.• Add the following text: "Existin9 overhead utility lines should be ~eplaced with underground facilities wherever opportunities for such action are presented by development or extensive capital replacaJDA!nts needs, and the work can be economically justified." l. Urban Design, p.43, New Program 29; Add new Program 29: •Establish design crite~ia for scenic highway routes.• m. Land Use, p.61, second and.third full paragraphs: Leave intact the first three sentences of the second paragraph. Delete the last sentence of that paragraph. Delete all of the third paragraph. Substitute the followin9: "The 1978 ~oning ordinance further reduces the exten~ of non-ccnforming uses and non-c~lying structures by allowing continued, unamortized use and occupancy by existing multi-family uses and structures in the single-family and duplex zones in accord with Housing Policy t2 of this Plan1 and by allowinq continuedt unamoi:tized use and occupancy by offices in multi- family zones which were lawfully existing in multi- family zones under the previous ordinance, in accord with Employment Program 4 and the text on paqe 18 of this Plan. •To go one step f1.i.rther in preservinq compatible existing uses, a new procedure will. be developed ·whereby owners of improved prope~ies other than those described above, and whichhave become non- conforming by application ·of the 1978 zoning ordinance, may apply to be excepted from the termination provisions for non-confonitlng uses by action of the Planninq.Collllllission and City Council. Each applicant will be required to demonstrate that the present use is ~ compatible with those uses that are consistent with land use desiqnations. once excepted from the termination provisions, such a use will not be subject to amortization, and in addition, the improvements on the property may be remodelled, . ~roved, or replaced on the same site for continual use and occupancy by the same use, provided that there will be no change of the use or increase in the size of the improvement.• ' SECTION 3. The City council hereby finds that the adoption of those amendments to be Palo Alto Comprehsnsiw Plan set foJ;th in paragraph 2 hereof will not cause any significant environmental impacts. INTRODUCED AND PASSED May 15, 1978 AYES: BRENNER, CAREY / CLAY , . EYER.LY, FAZ Z lNO 1 FLETCHER, HENDERSON, WITHERSPOON. 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