HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.1 Attachment 2 - Resolution Recommending Approval of Ordinance Authorizing the City Manager to Temporarily Waive Zoning RegulationsAttachment 2
RESOLUTION NO. 21-__
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO DUBLIN MUNICIPAL
CHAPTER 8.128 (AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER TITLE 8)
PLPA-2021-00036
WHEREAS,Staff initiated an amendment to the Dublin Municipal Code to provide the City
Manager with authority to waive certain Zoning Ordinance requirements and/or standards to facilitate
business operations affected by public health orders of the federal, state or county government
designed to slow the transmission of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19); and
WHEREAS,an amendment is proposed to Dublin Municipal Code Chapter 8.128 (Authority to
Administer Title 8); and
WHEREAS, the waiver authority proposed in the amendment would be limited to those that
would not result in a general increase in intensity of use beyond what is otherwise allowed, as applicable
and would remain in effect for one year from adoption or until public health orders are lifted; and
WHEREAS,the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), together with State Guidelines
and City of Dublin CEQA Guidelines and Procedures require that certain projects be reviewed for
environmental impacts and that environmental documents be prepared; and
WHEREAS,the Planning Commission recommends that the City Council find this project
exempt from the requirements of CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing
Facilities) because it would involve negligible or no expansion of use; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed Dublin Municipal
Code Amendment on September 14, 2021; and
WHEREAS,proper notice of said hearing was given in all respects as required by law; and
WHEREAS,a Staff Report dated September 14, 2021, was submitted to the City of Dublin
Planning Commission recommending City Council approval of the proposed Dublin Municipal Code
Amendment; 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 proposed
Dublin Municipal Code Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the foregoing recitals are true and correct and
made a part of this Resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Dublin Planning Commission does hereby recommend
that the City Council adopt an Ordinance attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by
reference.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 14
th day of September 2021 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Planning Commission Chair
ATTEST:
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Assistant Community Development Director
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