HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Reso 11-10 Avalon Bay Site C CC Rec Stg 1&2 DP AmdRESOLUTION NO. 11 -10
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A
STAGE 1 DEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENT AND STAGE 2 DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR
THE AVALON BAY COMMUNITIES DUBLIN STATION PROJECT ON SITE C OF
THE DUBLIN TRANSIT CENTER
PA 06-060
WHEREAS, the Applicant, Avalon Bay Communities, submitted applications for an area
of approximately 7.21 acres known as Dublin Station, Site C within the Dublin Transit Center
(PA 06-060) and the Eastern Dublin SpecificPlan Area; and
WHEREAS, the applications include: a) Stage 1 Development Plan Amendment and
Stage 2 Development Plan; b) Site Development Review; c) Vesting Tentative Tract Map 7929;
and d) Development Agreement. The applications collectively define this "Project;" and
WHEREAS, the project site generally is located north of the East Dublin BART Station,
east of Iron Horse Trail, generally west of Iron Horse Parkway, and immediately south of
Campbell Green within the previously approved Dublin Transit Center; and
WHEREAS, the Dublin Transit Center project (PA 00-013) was approved by the City
Council on December 3, 2002, by Ordinance 21-02 adopting a PD-Stage 1 Planned
Development Rezone for an area of 91 acres. The Stage 1 Planned Development Rezone
provided for various land uses including the development of 1,500 units; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, at their meeting of September 14, 2010, reviewed
a 486 unit project on this site including a Stage 1 Development Plan Amendment and Stage 2
Development Plan, Site Development Review, Vesting Tentative Tract Map 7929 and a
Development Agreement; and
WHEREAS, The Planning Commission approved the Site Development Review and
Vesting Tentative Tract Map 7929 and recommended the City Council adopt an ordinance
amending the Stage 1 Development Plan and the Stage 2 Development Plan and an Ordinance
approving the Development Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the complete application submitted is available and on file in the Community
Development Department; and
WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), together with State
guidelines and City environmental regulations require that certain projects be reviewed for
environmental impacts and that environmental documents be prepared; and
WHEREAS, Staff has recommended that the project be found exempt from CEQA
pursuant to Government Code section 65457 for residential projects that are consistent with a
specific plan. The Project proposes to transfer 100 units from Dublin Transit Center Site A to
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Site C. The sites are designated High Density Residential and have been planned for intensive
urban residential development in the General Plan and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan. The
Project is within the scope of the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Dublin Transit
Center General Plan Amendment, Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Amendment, Stage 1 Planned
Development Zoning, Tentative Parcel Map, and Development Agreement (SCH 2001120395)
which was certified by City Council Resolution No. 215-02 dated November 19, 2002. This
recommendation is based on a determination that there are no substantial changes to the
project or its circumstances, and no substantial new information that would require preparation
of a Supplemental EIR; and
WHEREAS, a Staff Report, dated March 22, 2011. and incorporated herein by reference,
described and analyzed the Project; and
WHEREAS, proper notice of said public hearing was given in all respects as required by
law; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on March 22,
2011 at which time all interested parties had the opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did hear and use their independent judgment and
considered the prior related EIR, and all said reports, recommendations, and testimony
hereinabove set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Dublin Planning Commission, based on
the findings in the attached draft ordinance, recommends that the City Council approve the
Ordinance attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference, which Ordinance adopts
a Stage 1 Development Plan Amendment and Stage 2 Development Plan which, among other
things, shifts 100 units of development capacity from Site A to Site C, and provides
development regulations for Site C.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTEDthis 22nd day of March 2011 by the following
vote:
AYES: Brown, O'Keefe, Schaub, Bhuthimethee
NOES:
ABSENT: Wehrenberg
ABSTAIN:
Plann' g Commissio hair
ATT T:
Planning M ager
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