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6 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 2095 <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON <br /> AMENDING CHAPTER 19.08 AND CHAPTER 19.36 OF TITLE 19 OF THE <br /> PLEASANTON MUNICIPAL CODE TO COMPLY WITH THE 2012 CLIMATE ACTION <br /> PLAN PERTAINING TO STREET DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS, AS FILED UNDER <br /> CASE P14-0002 <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a Climate Action Plan on February 7, 2012; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Climate Action Plan includes a number of strategies, goals and actions <br /> for reducing municipal and community-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; and <br /> WHEREAS, Action LU3-6 calls for changes to the municipal development codes to <br /> require that new projects include pedestrian and bicycle access through cul-de-sacs in new <br /> projects, except where prohibited by topography; and <br /> WHEREAS, the adoption of the Climate Action Plan was part of the project which was <br /> described in the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report certified by the City Council on <br /> January 4, 2012, and the proposed amendment is consistent with the Climate Action Plan and <br /> therefore no further environmental assessment need be conducted to adopt this code <br /> amendment; and <br /> WHEREAS, at its meeting of February 26, 2014, the Planning Commission <br /> recommended that the City Council amend Title 19 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code to require <br /> that new cul-de-sac streets enable through access for pedestrians and bicyclists where feasible; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, at its meeting of April 15, 2013, the City Council reviewed the report of the <br /> Director of Community Development and the recommendations of the Planning Commission <br /> regarding amendment of Title 19 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code regarding the design of cul- <br /> de-sacs. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES <br /> HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br /> SECTION 1. The City Council finds that the proposed amendments to the Pleasanton <br /> Municipal Code are exempt from further environmental review and are consistent with the <br /> Pleasanton Climate Action Plan and the General Plan. <br /> SECTION 2. It amends Title 19 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code addressing the <br /> design of streets and cul-de-sacs as set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated <br /> herein by this reference. <br /> SECTION 3. A summary of this ordinance shall be published once within fifteen (15) <br /> days after its adoption in "The Valley Times," a newspaper of general circulation published in <br /> the City of Pleasanton, and the complete ordinance shall be posted for fifteen (15) days in the <br /> City Clerk's office within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. <br /> 1 <br />