HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. 1400-2008ORDINANCE NO. 1400-2008
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 20, CHAPTER 63 OF THE
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE TO DEFINE AND
PERMIT "PRODUCT DESIGN STUDIO" USE WITHIN THE
TERRABAY SPECIF~ IC PLAN ZONING DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the existing 'I'errabay Specific Plans, Chapter 20.63 and the Terrabay
Development Agreement allow development of the Terrabay Project (together, "the existing
entitlements"), subject to further approvals and entitlements; and,
WHEREAS, in November 2000, the City Council approved the Final Terrabay Specific Plan,
which Plan was amended in 2006; and,
WHEREAS, the applicant now requests an amendment to the 2006 Final Terrabay Specific
Plan, Precise Plan, and a zoning text amendment, to allow as a permitted use, a Product Design
Studio ("Studio") as a support use to the approved office use on the site, and to be located above the
approved ground floor retail concourse attached to the site's North Tower ("2008 Project"); and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, by resolution dated July 17, 2008, recommended
approval of the amendment to the Final Terrabay Specific Plan, the Terrabay Precise Plan, and
certain zoning amendments; and
WHEREAS, certain amendments to the Terrabay Specific Plan District Zoning Ordinance are
necessary to allow for the revised 2008 Plan land uses; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 20.63 is proposed to be amended to reflect the changes approved in the
Terrabay Phase III-Only Specific Plan; and,
WHEREAS, an Initial Study was prepared for the proposed Studio, which concluded that the
proposal would not result in any new or substantially more severe significant impacts than those
identified and analyzed in the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (2005 SEIR) and
addendum thereto (2206 Addendum), which together with the 1998/99 SEIR and Addendum, the
1996 Terrabay SEIR and the Environ~rnental Impact Report prepared in 1982 (1982 EIR), analyze the
anticipated environmental effects of'the development o the Terrabay lands; and
WHEREAS, the City Council previously adopted a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting
Program for the project in accordance with the EIRs, SEIRs and Addenda thereto; and.,
WHEREAS, based on the foregoing and California Environmental Quality A.ct (CEQA)
Guidelines sections 15162 and 15164, no further environmental review is required and an addendum
was prepared for the 2008 Project (2008 Addendum); and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Chapter 20.63, to reflect the Final Terrabay
Specific Plan as amended; and,
WHEREAS, on July 23, 2008, the City Council held a properly noticed public hearing to
consider the proposed amendment to Chapter 20.63.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco does hereby
ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS
The City Council hereby amends Chapter 63 of Title 20 of the South San Francisco
Municipal Code, as follows (deletions are in strikethrough; additions are in double-underline):
A. The following is added to Section 20.63.010 as a definition:
"Product Design Studio" is permitted as an accessory or support use to the office component
of the Terrabay Phase III Project. The Product Design Studio shall serve as a support use to
the anchor tenant of the office component of Terrabay and shall not add to the aggregate
employee base of the Phase III commercial component in absence of environmental review.
Uses may include the production of audio, video, design and performance arts.
B. 20.63.030.(b)(14) is added as follows:
(14) Product Design Studio as a support use to the office component and as defined in the
definition section contained herein consisting of approximately 15,010 square feet.
C. Section 20.63.030(b)(8) is amended to read as follows:
(8) Class A office buildings for a gross square footage of approximately 665,000 :square feet;
D. Section 20.63.140(e) is amended as follows:
(1) A parking capacity of one thousand nine hundred and fifty two cars in striped stalls is
required based upon the parking requirements of 2.74 spaces per one thousand gross square
feet of floor area as set forth in the final Terrabay Specific Plan.
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of this Ordinance, including the application of such part or
provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full
force and effect. To this end, provisions of this Ordinance are severable. The City Council of the
City of South San Francisco hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection,
subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be held
unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforceable.
SECTION 3. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall be published once, with the names of those City Councilmembers voting for or
against it, in the San 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.
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Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco, held
the 23rd day of July 2008.
Adopted as an Ordinance of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the
City Council held the 27th day of August 2008 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Mark N Addiego Richard A. Garbarino and Kevin Mullin,
Mayor Pro Tem Karyl Matsumoto and Mayor Pedro Gonzalez
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
A EST:/s~f a a ine -~a so~
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As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, I do hereby approve t foregoing,
ordinance this 27th day of August 2008. ,/ p
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/s/Pedr onzalez
Pedro Gonzalez, Mayor