Legislative Public Meetings

File #: 19-1162   
Type: Report to Council Status: Passed
Meeting Body: City Council
On agenda: 11/5/2019
Title: Introduce an Ordinance Amending Chapters 19.20 (Commercial Zoning Districts), 19.22 (Industrial Zoning Districts), and 19.24 (Office and Public Facilities Zoning Districts) and Adopt a Resolution to Amend the Land Use and Transportation Element of the General Plan to Clarify the Allowance of Residential Uses in Non-Residential Zoning Districts and Find that the Action is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
Attachments: 1. Report to Planning Commission 19-1093, 10/28/2019, 2. Resolution to Amend the LUTE of the Sunnyvale General Plan, 3. Draft Ordinance, 4. Excerpt of PC Minutes of 10/28/2019
Related files: 19-1093
REPORT TO COUNCIL

SUBJECT
Title
Introduce an Ordinance Amending Chapters 19.20 (Commercial Zoning Districts), 19.22 (Industrial Zoning Districts), and 19.24 (Office and Public Facilities Zoning Districts) and Adopt a Resolution to Amend the Land Use and Transportation Element of the General Plan to Clarify the Allowance of Residential Uses in Non-Residential 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 October 28, 2019 and voted 6-0 to recommend to the City Council the staff recommendation in Alternative 1.

Staff gave a presentation and the Commissioners asked clarifying questions and voiced support for the ordinance changes. No members of the public made comments on the item.

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. Introduce an Ordinance Amending Chapters 19.20 (Commercial Zoning Districts), 19.22 (Industrial Zoning Districts), and 19.24 (Office and Public Facilities Zoning Districts) (Attachment 3 to this report) and Adopt a Resolution to Amend the Land Use and Transportation Element of the General Plan to Clarify the Allowance of Residential Uses in Non-Residential Zoning Districts (Attachment 2 to this report) and Find that the Action is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
2. Introduce an Ordinance and/or Amend the Land Use and Transportation Element of the Gene...

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