REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt an Urgency Interim Ordinance Amending Title 19 (Zoning) and Introduce an Ordinance Amending Titles 18 (Subdivisions) and 19 (Zoning) and Title 13 (Streets and Sidewalks) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code Related to New State Legislation (Senate Bill 9) on Housing Development in Single-Family Zoning Districts and Find that the Action is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
Report
SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTION
The Planning Commission considered this item on December 13, 2021 and voted 5-0, with Commissioners Howe and Harrison absent, to approve Alternative 1: Find that the Action is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Public Resource Code Section 15282(h) and does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) and Adopt an Urgency Interim Ordinance (Attachment 2 to the report) and Introduce an Ordinance (Attachment 3 to the report) Amending Title 18 (Subdivisions) and Title 19 (Zoning) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code related to new State Legislation (Senate Bill 9) on Housing Development in Single-Family Zoning Districts (see Attachment 8 for the meeting minutes).
Prior to the approval of Alternative 1, the Commission made one motion that did not pass:
1. Approve Alternative 2 per the staff recommendation with one modification to the draft ordinances to eliminate the proposed requirement for parking in conjunction with new DUO units. This vote failed 3-2 (at least four votes are needed for an ordinance to receive a positive recommendation to the City Council, i.e., the majority of the full Commission).
No members of the public spoke during the hearing and no public comment has been received prior to the agenda posting for this meeting.
PUBLIC CONTACT
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