File #: 2017-4853   
Type: Consent Calendar Item
Body: City Council
On agenda: 11/7/2017
Title: Final Passage of Ordinance Amending Alameda Municipal Code Section 30-25 Appeals of Calls for Review. (Community Development 209)
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Final Passage of Ordinance Amending Alameda Municipal Code Section 30-25 Appeals of Calls for Review. (Community Development 209)

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CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE No.________
New Series

AMENDING SECTION 30-25 APPEALS OR CALLS FOR REVIEW

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Alameda:
Findings.
In enacting this Section, the City Council finds as follows:

The amendments maintain the integrity of the General Plan. The proposed zoning text amendments are necessary to ensure a balance between the rights of individual property owners with the obligations of the City to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the community through land use regulations and processes.

The amendments will support the general welfare of the community. The proposed zoning text amendment preserve the rights of the property owners and the City's ability to ensure that land use decisions regarding private property support the general welfare of the community through a public process.

The amendments are equitable. The proposed zoning amendment is equitable in that it balances the rights of individual property owners with the obligations of the City to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the community through land use regulations and processes.

California Environmental Quality Act. The proposed zoning text amendment is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 subsection b.3, which is the general rule that CEQA does not apply to a proposed action which does not have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. The proposed amendments pertain to procedures for additional review of decisions that have already been reviewed for impacts on the environment

Section 1. Section 30-25 Appeals and Calls for Review shall be amended as follows:
30-25 - APPEALS OR CALLS FOR REVIEW.
30-25.1 - Purpose and Authorization for Appeals and Calls f...

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