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RESOLUTION NO. 05 - 51
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A STAGE 1 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING
AMENDMENT AND A STAGE 2 DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR "SORRENTO AT DUBLIN
RANCH AREA F" WITHIN A PORTION OF
THE PROPERTIES IN AN EXISTING PD-PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT KNOWN
AS DUBLIN RANCH AREA F
LOCATED SOUTH OF GLEASON DRIVE
PA 04-042
WHEREAS, the Applicant, Toll Brothers, Inc. on behalf of Chang Su-O Lin, et. at. and
representative James Tong, submitted applications for an area of approximately 124.8 acres known as
"Sorrento at Dublin Ranch Area F" located within Dublin Ranch Area F south of Gleason Drive and north
of Central Parkway in the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Area; and
WHEREAS, The applications include: a) Stage 1 Planned Development zoning amendment to
PA 01-037; b) Stage 2 Development Plan for 124.8 acres south of Gleason Drive; c) Site Development
Review for areas known as Area F West and Area F East; d) Master Vesting Tentative Tract Map 7641
(Area F West) and Master Vesting Tentative Tract Map 7651 (Area F East); and e) ten Neighborhood
Vesting Tentative Tract Maps 7642, 7643, 7644, 7645, 7646, 7652, 7653, 7654, 7655 & 7656 for
Neighborhoods I through 10, respectively. The project proposes a total of I, III residential units of
medium density residential use for sale as lots or condominiums and associated parking structures. Other
uses include an Elementary School site, Neighborhood Square, Neighborhood Park, Open Space/Stream
Corridor/Multi-Use Trail system, private recreation facilities, and associated public right-of-way. The
applications collectively define this "Project;" and
WHEREAS, the Project site generally is located north of Central Parkway and south of Gleason
Drive between the proposed extensions of Brannigan Street on the west and Lockhart Street on the east;
the project site currently is vacant land; and
WHEREAS, for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the proposed
project generally was addressed by a program EIR (with all subsequent addenda and related mitigated
Negative Declarations), initially certified by the City of Dublin in 1993 (SCH#91103064) and in an
Addendum to the Eastern Dublin EIR, including an updated traffic study, addressing Dublin Ranch Area
F in its entirety (PA 01-037). The Addendum was certified by City Council Resolution No. 48-04 on
March 16,2004; and
WHEREAS, also for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), an
Initial Study was prepared for the proposed project Sorrrento at Dublin Ranch Area F and a determination
was made that the proposed project is within the scope of the Addendum certified by City Council
Resolution 48-04 and that no additional negative impacts would result from the proposed project; and
WHEREAS, the number of increased units was analyzed in the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan and
EIR (SCH No. 91103604), the two Addenda dated May 5, 1993 and August 22,1994 and the Mitigated
Negative Declaration prepared for Area F (SCH No. 99112040); and
WHEREAS, Stage I Planned Development zoning was approved with PA 01-037 adopted by the
City Council on March 4, 2004 by Ordinance No. 12-04 in which a maximum number of units for Area F
was established at 1,290 units; and
WHEREAS, the current application proposes to construct 1, III units on the 105 gross acres
designated for Medium Density Residential use, resulting in the overall density of 10.00 units per acre for
all of Area F and this density is within the mid-point range for the Medium Density Land Use category of
the Dublin General Plan and the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan and therefore consistent with those
documents; and
WHEREAS, the maximum number of units established in the Stage I Planned Development
Zoning would increase to 1,351 units including the 240 units currently under construction north of
Gleason Drive in Area F North; and
WHEREAS, a staff report, dated September 13, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference,
described and analyzed the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed the staff report at a duly noticed public hearing
held on September 13, 2005 at which time all interested parties had the opportunity to be heard.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hear and use their independent judgment and
considered all said reports, recommendations, and testimony hereinabove set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Dublin Planning Commission recommends
that the City Council approve the ordinance attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference,
which ordinance adopts: I) a Stage I Planned Development zoning amendment to Ordinance No. 12-04
to increase the maximum number of units for Area F in its entirety from to 1,290 to 1,351; and 2) a Stage
2 Development Plan in an existing PD-Planned Development district based on findings that the PD
Development Plan is consistent with Stage I PD-zoning as amended, General Plan, and Eastern Dublin
Specific Plan, and that development of the project Sorrento at Dublin Ranch Area F south of Gleason
Drive will be harmonious and compatible with existing and future development in the surrounding area.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 13th day of September, 2005 by the following
vote:
AYES:
Chair Schaub, Cm. Biddle, Wehrenberg, King and Fasulkey
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Planning Commission Chair
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