HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1173-1995ORDINANCE No. 1173-95
AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CITY
COUNCIL AMENDING CHAPTER 20.84 - PLANNED UNIT
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT PROCEDURE - OF THE SOUTH
SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO
ADDING FINDINGS OF APPROVAL, ENABLING THE
PLANNING COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH DESIGN
GUIDELINES
The City Council of the City of
does ordain as follows:
South San Francisco
SECTION 1. Section 20.84.020 - Scope - of the South San
Francisco Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
20.84.020 Scope.
The PUD permit procedure shall be optional for development
projects in all districts and mandatory for projects within
a district containing a up, suffix designator. For the
purpose of this section, a development project is defined as
the development, or modification of a parcel of land under
one ownership or under unified control and which is not
subject to a specific plan as defined in the California
Planning and Zoning Law.
SECTION 2. Section 20.84.045 - Required Findings - of the
South San Francisco Municipal Code is hereby added to read as
follows:
20.84.045 Required Findings.
Prior to the approval of a Planned Unit Development Permit
the approving body shall make the following findings in the
affirmative:
(a) The subject site is physically suitable for the
type and intensity of the land use being proposed.
(b) Exceptions from the general development standards
of the underlying zone district proposed by the project
shall be warranted as follows and such finding for an
exception shall be supported by citing the grounds for
this determination.
(1) The planned unit development is of a superior
quality which offsets any adverse impacts of the
requested exception from general development
standards; or
(2) The exception will result in a project of
superior design or otherwise be of general benefit
to the community or neighborhood, and
(3) The exception will not be unreasonably
detrimental to the health, safety, welfare,
comfort or convenience of persons working or
residing in the vicinity of the property.
(4) The additional findings of Section
20.84.070(a) must be made for projects requesting
a reduction in required parking or loading spaces.
(c) For residential projects:
(1) the development will create a residential
environment of sustained desirability and
stability, and
(2) the development will result in an intensity of
land utilization no higher than that permitted or
required for similar development by this Title.
(d) Where a minor residential addition or infill
residential development is required by this Title to
obtain a Planned Unit Development permit, finding (b)
shall not apply. Rather, the project shall be found to
conform to previously established standards for
setbacks, lot coverage, height, bulk and general
compatibility with the neighborhood.
(e) The project complies with the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
(f) The proposed development is consistent with the
General Plan.
(g) The proposed development will not be unreasonably
adverse to the public health, safety, or general
welfare of the community, 'nor unreasonably detrimental
to the surrounding properties or improvements.
(h) The development generally complies with adopted
design guidelines.
SECTION 3. Section 20.84.170 of the South San Francisco
Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows:
20.84.170 Design Guidelines.
The Planning Commission may, by resolution, adopt and
periodically update Planned Unit Development design
guidelines to more fully define the design elements or
project qualities which the City wishes to encourage.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY
In the event any section or portion of this ordinance shall
be determined invalid or unconstitutional, such section or
portion shall be deemed severable and all other sections or
portions hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE: PUBLICATION: POSTING
This ordinance shall be published once, with the names of
those City Councilmembers voting for or against it, in the San
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Mateo Times, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of
South San Francisco, as required by law, and shall become
effective thirty (30) days from and after its adoption.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of South San Francisco held on the 27th day of September
1995.
Adopted as an Ordinance of the City of South Francisco at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco held the llth day of 0ct0ber 1995 by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Jack Drago, Joseph A. Fernekes, John R. Penna,
Roberta Cerri Teglia and Mayor Robert Yee
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, I do hereby
approve the foregoing Ordinance this Ilth day of
October , 1995.
Mayor
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