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Home My WebLink About0293.092• - June 11, 1992 HONORABLE CITV COUNCIL Palo Alto, California Memhers of th~ Coun(il: Report in Brief 7 This report discusses and mak.es alternative recorm1endations for nLlnconforminQ uses on El Carnine Real south of Page M~ll Road t~at are subject to a JUlY 1993 termination date. lliMround On May 4, 1992, the City Council took actfon on most Planning (ommis51on recommendations regarding the PTlnni~g Policy Audit of Retatl Areas t~at was prepared by Gruen Gruen + Associates. Howe.er, the Cit,); Council cont:nJJed action on the 1993 amortization of nonconforming uses on [1 Camino Real 5Duth of Page Mill Road until Jur.e IS, 1992, when it expected to take action on the work program for u~dating tne Comprehensive Plan. Staff. in making re(omrnendations on the Gruen report, had recommended extending tile amortization of nonconforming uses along El Carnine Real south of pzgc Mill Road from 1993 until completion of a Comprehensi'w'e Plan revision that incliJded a major study of £1 Camino Real. The: Planning Commission, an March 11, 1992, voted 4-3 to rec.orrmer.d not to extend the amortization period. Discussinn There are two option5 for the Counctl to consider regarding modification to ttl'S! current termination provisions for nonconforming uses or. E1 C",mifIQ Real south of Page Mjll Road. If Council determines that the Plan update should incorporate a ~ajor area study en [1 Carnine Real~ then staff recommends !xtending the termination provisions from 1993 until the Comprp-hensive Plan re~ision is completed. Such a study would address interr~lating issues of land use. circulation and design; and it would be undesirable for the C,ty to undertake a major £1 Camino study and th~n. in the midst of the study~ require certain uses to cease operations. CHR:293:92 -- On the other hand, if the City Council ~etermines that the Plan updat2 sho~'d not incorporate a majo"" E1 Carhlno RE'a1 area study, then no furi,ner actiorl modifying the current nonr:onfcnning use tE!rmlnation provisions is recomend~d and thE JUlY 1993 terminatio~ date should be e~forcp.d. If the City CouneO rea-tiles a conclusion regarding the role of an E1 Cam'ino Real study ~n the Cornprehensiv~ ~lan update CrJ June 15, 1992, then it courd consider appropriate action on a termination exterrs:on for E1 Camino Real nonc;Jr.for.ning uses at that time, HOIol.ever, if the COlwcil wishes to defer making i decision on an El Camino Real study until it acts on the larger issue of the Comprehens;'¥e Plan work program, the, Council snould continue this itC'm until it takes action on the work program. Recolm!§ndatjcn If thE City Council dehrmines that a major n Ci!minc Ru1 land u~e and desigr; study should be incorporated 1ntc the Comprehensive Pl~n work prog~am, the~ staff recommends the City Council direct staff to ~raft appropriate ordinances Extending the 1993 terminatt~m date for existing n{jnconforming us.-es on E1 Camino Real south of Page Hill Road~ until suc~ time as the CO!'lprehensilole Plan update ;s ccmp1ete and attendant loning actions are in place. If the Co~ncil determints th~t a major E1 Camino Real study should not b~ part of the Compre~ensiye Plan l then staff recommends tn&t nc a(tion be taken regardin3 the f"Ionconforming uses a.nd the July. 1993 use termi~ations be enforced. If the City Council decides to defer aCLion on an (1 Camino Real study until action is taken on the entire Cnmprehensi~e Pla.n ~ork program. then staff recommends the City Council defer consid€r~tion of extending the terminatio~ date for mH':confort!',ing uses on E1 Camino Real until the Cour~ci r acts on the Comprehensive Plan w~rk program. Resp€ctfully submitted, ~ :?'1'TWy.'\.tA'1'Nt""-' .fORGe i!~ C'>Nf) Assista~t Planning Official FLeMIHG~ Assistant City Manager CMR:193:91 p: \c.mr', NC~:;.esZ ~Ht£M' ~ 4'!w~~ KENNeTH R, SCHREIBER Director of Planr.ing and Comrrrunity Environment 6/11/92 Page 2 '. , I - cc: Planning Corm:ission Al bert l. Schultz Jew; sh COlJ'fl'lunity Center Barro!'! 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Way Homeowners Associatio~ Leland Manor Association Lytton Gardens Midtown !Jest 0?d Trace Ne;ghborho~d Palo Alto Hist(lrica~1 Association Pilo Alto Hills Homeowners Associat:Qn Peter Coutts Homeowners Association Commi~tE€ for Green Foothills Senior Center of Palo Alto Sen;or Coordinating Council of the Paio Alto ~real Inc. ~entura Neighborhood Association, David Jeong Ventura Neighborhood Association, Denn~ Petrosia~ Walnut GrDve Homeowners Association Webster court Homeowners Association Stanford Campus Homeowners Association Charleston Meadows Neighborhood Association, Jane Barrett C.harleston Meadows Neighborhood A<:isociati~n, Jean Aims.ted Downtown Horth Ne;ghb~rhood Association [vergreen Park Neighborhood ~ssoc;ation Green Meadow Community Assoc;ati~n Greater Miranda Community Association Sout~g~te Neighborhood Stanford Mid-Peninsula Urban CoaTitio~ West Bayshore ReSidents Association Janice Pl urrrner Downtown North Neighborhood Association Greenacres 11 Jordon/Garland Neighborhood Monta loma Neighborhood Association Southgate N.ighborhcod Univ~rs1ty Park Association University and Crescent Park Association Chamber of Corrmerce St.,. Pl ayer David Jury James Baer Anne Johnson CMR:293:92 p; \mr\~C.u ses2 ····L··-. . . "'n;"'i· .. ' •• 1 ,. "~..:d. _,..-,<..0 '.-.-. 6/11/91 Page 3 t , , ~ i • I