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File #: 24-0143   
Type: Report to Council Status: Passed
Meeting Body: City Council
On agenda: 2/27/2024
Title: Proposed Project: Recommendations to the City Council related to the General Plan Update to: a. Adopt a Resolution to Amend Chapter 3: Land Use and Transportation Element (LUTE) to update Figure 3-2 and add clarifications in the Village Center Section regarding the Commercial Floor Area calculations; and b. Find the proposed amendments are consistent with the LUTE EIR and do not require additional environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15183 and 15162. Planning File Number: PLNG-2023-0840 Environmental Review: The proposed edits are exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 in that the proposed edits are within a development density established by the existing general plan policies for which EIRs were previously certified and does not require additional environmental review. In addition, the proposed edits are exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 as the proposed edits will not require major revisions of the previous EIR due to the involvement of ...
Attachments: 1. Report to Planning Commission [24-0139, January 22, 2024] (without attachments), 2. Draft Resolution for General Plan Amendments, 3. Goals and Policies Relevant to the General Plan Amendments, 4. Link to General Plan Environmental Documents, 5. Excerpt of Final Minutes of the Planning Commission Meeting of January 22, 2024
Related files: 24-0139
REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project:
Recommendations to the City Council related to the General Plan Update to:
a. Adopt a Resolution to Amend Chapter 3: Land Use and Transportation Element (LUTE) to update Figure 3-2 and add clarifications in the Village Center Section regarding the Commercial Floor Area calculations; and
b. Find the proposed amendments are consistent with the LUTE EIR and do not require additional environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15183 and 15162.
Planning File Number: PLNG-2023-0840
Environmental Review: The proposed edits are exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 in that the proposed edits are within a development density established by the existing general plan policies for which EIRs were previously certified and does not require additional environmental review. In addition, the proposed edits are exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 as the proposed edits will not require major revisions of the previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects.
Project Planner: Shaunn Mendrin, 408-730-7431, smendrin@sunnyvale.ca.gov

Report
SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTION
The Planning Commission considered this item on January 22, 2024. The Planning Commission voted 7-0 in accordance with the staff recommendation of Alternative 1 to recommend to the City Council:

Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 2) to Amend the Land Use and Transportation Element; and find that the proposed amendments are not a substantial change to the LUTE as analyzed in the LUTE EIR and no additional environmental review is required pursuant to Sections 15183 and 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines.

PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council meeting agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board at City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Public Library and in the Department of Public Safety Lobby. In additi...

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