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RESOLUTION NO. 06 - 29
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR DUBLIN RANCH AREA F NORTH, NEIGHBORHOOD
F-1 FOR STANDARD PACIFIC HOMES 'SONATA' PROJECT
(TRACT MAP 7282, COMMONLY KNOWN AS PARCEL 3 OF TRACT MAP 7281)
PA 05-015
WHEREAS, the Applicant, Standard Pacific Homes has requested approval of a Development
Agreement for PA 05-015 to develop 119 medium density single family detached homes in Neighborhood
F-l (Tract No. 7282) of Dublin Ranch Area F North on ::1:16.0 acres of land generally located north of
Gleason Drive and east of Tassajara Road within the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Area and within
Planned Development Zoning District, PA 01-037; and
WHEREAS, a Development Agreement is required as an implementing measure of the Eastern
Dublin Specific Plan; and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2004, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 43-04 regarding P A
01-037, certifying an Addendum to the Eastern Dublin EIR, a program EIR, initially certified by the City
of Dublin in 1993 (SCH#91103064); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15182 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),
residential projects which are consistent with a Specific Plan are exempt from further CEQA review; the
Neighborhood F-l has been reviewed pursuant to CEQA and a determination has been made that the
project is consistent with the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan of which the project is a part. The Eastern
Dublin Specific Plan was the subject of an Environmental Impact Report certified in May 1993 by City
Council Resolution 51-93 (SCH 91103064). That EIR, along with a subsequent Mitigation Negative
Declaration certified in February 2000 by City Council Resolution 34-00 (SCH#99112040) adequately
addresses project impacts for the purposes ofCEQA; and
WHEREAS, a draft Development Agreement is attached to this Resolution as Exhibit A and
addresses many items, including, but not limited to, timing and phasing, project and off-site infrastructure,
and payment, waiver or credit of fees; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin Planning Commission ("Planning Commission") held a public
hearing on said application on August 22, 2006; and
WHEREAS, proper notice of said public hearing was given in all respects as required by law; and
WHEREAS, the Staff Report was submitted recommending that the Planning Commission
recommend that the City Council approve the Development Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hear and consider all said reports, recommendations
and testimony herein above set forth and used its independent judgment to evaluate the project; and
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WHEREAS, the Staff Report was submitted recommending that the application be conditionally
approved.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Dublin Planning Commission does hereby
make the following findings and determinations regarding said proposed Development Agreement:
1. Said Agreements are consistent with the objectives, policies, general land uses and programs
specified in the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan/General Plan in that, a) the Eastern Dublin
Specific Plan/General Plan land use designation for the subject site is Medium Density
Residential and that the Standard Pacific Homes 'Sonata' project within Dublin Ranch Area F
North, Neighborhood F-l is consistent with that designation; b) the project is consistent with
the fiscal policies in relation to provision of infrastructure and public services of the City's
Eastern Dublin Specific Plan/General Plan; c) the Agreements set forth the rules the Developer
and City will be governed by during the development process which is required by the Eastern
Dublin Specific Plan and the Mitigation Monitoring Program for the Eastern Dublin Specific
Plan.
2. Said Agreements are compatible with the uses authorized in, and the regulations prescribed
for, the land use district in which the real property is located in that the project is consistent
with the General Plan Amendment, Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Amendment, Planned
Development Rezone, Vesting Tentative Map, and Site Development Review which were
approved in 2004.
3. Said Agreements are in conformity with public convenience, general welfare and good land
use practice in that the Standard Pacific Homes 'Sonata' project within Dublin Ranch Area F
North, Neighborhood F-l will implement the land use guidelines set forth in the Dublin
General Plan and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan as proposed.
4. Said Agreements will not be detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare in that the
development will proceed in accordance with the Agreements and any Conditions of Approval
for the Project.
5. Said Agreements will not adversely affect the orderly development of the property or the
preservation of property values in that the development will be consistent with the City of
Dublin General Plan and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Dublin Planning Commission
does hereby recommend that the City Council approve the Development Agreement, in substantially the
form attached as Exhibit A, between Standard Pacific Homes and the City of Dublin for PA 05-015,
Dublin Ranch Area F North, Neighborhood F-1.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of August 2006 by the following vote:
AYES: Chair Schaub, Vice Chair Wehrenberg, Commissioners Biddle, Fasulkey and King
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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ATTEST:
Planning Commission Chair
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