Legislative Public Meetings

File #: 18-0062   
Type: Report to Council Status: Passed
Meeting Body: City Council
On agenda: 2/6/2018
Title: Introduce an Ordinance to Amend Sunnyvale Municipal Code Section 19.68.040 (Accessory Dwelling Units) and Find that the Action is Exempt from Environmental Review Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.17
Attachments: 1. Report to Planning Commission 17-1106, January 8, 2018, 2. Draft Ordinance, 3. Excerpt of Planning Commission Minutes of 1-8-18
Related files: 17-1106
REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL

SUBJECT
Title
Introduce an Ordinance to Amend Sunnyvale Municipal Code Section 19.68.040 (Accessory Dwelling Units) and Find that the Action is Exempt from Environmental Review Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.17
Report
SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTION
The Planning Commission considered this item on January 8, 2018.

The Planning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend that the City Council make the finding that the action is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.17 and introduce an Ordinance (Attachment 2 to this report) to adopt the proposed amendments to Sunnyvale Municipal Code Section 19.68.040 (Accessory Dwelling Units). The recommendation from the Planning Commission contained no modifications from the staff recommendation, and no members of the public had comments regarding this item. The report from the January 8, 2018 Planning Commission hearing is Attachment 1 and an excerpt of the minutes from this meeting can be found in Attachment 3.

PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Senior Center, Community Center and Department of Public Safety; and by making the agenda and report available at the Sunnyvale Public Library, the Office of the City Clerk and on the City's website.

ALTERNATIVES
1. Make the finding that the action is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.17 and introduce an Ordinance (Attachment 2 to this report) to adopt the proposed amendments to Sunnyvale Municipal Code Section 19.68.040 (Accessory Dwelling Units).
2. Do not make the finding that the action is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.17 and do not adopt the proposed amendments to Sunnyvale Municipal Code Section 19.68.040 (Accessory Dwelling Units).

STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Alternative 1: Make the finding that the action is exempt from the Califo...

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