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ORDINANCE NO. 2095 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON AMENDING CHAPTER 19.08 AND CHAPTER 1936 OF TITLE 19 OF THE PLEASANTON MUNICIPAL CODE TO COMPLY WITH THE.2012 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN PERTAINING TO STREET DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS, AS FILED UNDER CASE P14-0002 WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a Climate Action Plan on February 7, 2012; and WHEREAS, the Climate Action Plan includes a number of strategies, goals and actions for reducing municipal and community-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; and WHEREAS, Action LU3-6 calls for changes to the municipal development codes to require that new projects include pedestrian and bicycle access through cul-de-sacs in new projects, except where prohibited by topography; and WHEREAS, the adoption of the Climate Action Plan was part of the project which was described in the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report certified by the City Council on January 4, 2012, and the proposed amendment is consistent with the Climate Action Plan and therefore no further environmental assessment need be conducted to adopt this code amendment; and WHEREAS, at its meeting of February 26, 2014, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council amend Title 19 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code to require that new cul-de-sac streets enable through access for pedestrians and bicyclists where feasible; and WHEREAS, at its meeting of April 15, 2013, the City Council reviewed the report of the Director of Community Development and the recommendations of the Planning Commission regarding amendment of Title 19 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code regarding the design of cul- de-sacs. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council finds that the proposed amendments to the Pleasanton Municipal Code are exempt from further environmental review and are consistent with the Pleasanton Climate Action Plan and the General Plan. SECTION 2. It amends Title 19 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code addressing the design of streets and cul-de-sacs as set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. SECTION 3. A summary of this ordinance shall be published once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption in "The Valley Times," a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Pleasanton, and the complete ordinance shall be posted for fifteen (15) days in the City Clerk's office within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. 1