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Objective Design Standards for Housing Sites <br />City of Pleasanton - 11 - DRAFT: December 14, 2022January 4, <br />2023 <br /> <br /> <br />4. Notice of Zoning Administrator or Planning Commission Action <br />Within five days of the date of the zoning administrator or planning commission’s decision approving, <br />conditionally approving, or denying a project, the secretary shall transmit written notice of the decision: <br />a) in the case of the zoning administrator’s decision, to the planning commission, city council and the <br />applicant or b) in the case of the planning commission’s decision, to the city council and the applicant. <br />Unless a timely appeal is filed as provided in Section 18.68.190 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code. <br />, or unless the planning commission elects to review the decision of the zoning administrator, or city <br />council elects to review the decision of the commission, the decision shall be effective on the later of the <br />following: <br /> <br />a. The approving day following the first meeting of the planning commission or city council after <br />the body has received notice of the decision; or <br />b. The day after the expiration of the appeal period. <br /> <br />5. Reviews and Appeals: <br />a. Any review or appeal shall follow the procedures outlined in Section 18.144.020 of the PMC. <br />b. Any person and/or any member of the city council may appeal or review, as applicable, any <br />decision of the planning commission to the city council. <br />c. Any person may appeal an action of the zoning administrator to the planning commission. Any <br />appeal to the planning commission may be further appealed or brought for suchreview to the city <br />council. Any member of the planning commission and/or city council may seek review of an <br />action of the zoning administrator to the planning commission or the city council, respectively. <br />Appeals or review to the planning commission or council governed by this title shall be de novo <br />appeals or reviews. <br /> <br />6. Modification to Approved Project: The community development director shall determine if any <br />change(s) requested by an applicant to an approved project and/or conditions thereto is minor or major. <br /> <br />A. Minor. If, after review of the project and conditions, the director determines that the requested <br />change is a minor revision or change, the director, after consulting with the city attorney and city <br />engineer, shall review the requested change for compliance review shall be the Planning Commission, <br />with such decision appealable to the City Council in accordance with the procedures <br />establishedapplicable objective design standards and related environmental mitigation measures. If in <br />PMC Section 18.68.190. The City Council may also elect to review the decision of the Planning <br />Commissioncompliance, the director shall approve the minor requested change. If not in <br />accordancecompliance, conditions may be imposed to achieve compliance, or the minor requested <br />change may be denied. <br /> <br />B. Major. If, after review of the project and conditions, the director determines that the requested <br />change is a major or a substantial revision or change, the requested change shall be presented: i) to the <br />Zoning Administrator if made to a project with the review procedures set forth50 or fewer units <br />exclusive of ADUs/JADUs; or ii) to the planning commission if made to a project with 51 or more units <br />exclusive of ADUs/JADUs. The reviewing body shall review the change for compliance with applicable <br />objective design standards and related environmental mitigation measures. If the requested change is in <br />compliance, the zoning administrator or planning commission, as applicable, shall approve the requested <br />change. If the requested change does not comply, conditions may be imposed to achieve compliance, or <br />the requested change may be denied. <br /> <br />7. Lapse of Approval. <br />Compliance review shall lapse and shall be void two (2) years following the effective date of approval , <br />or if a subdivision is approved in conjunction with the project, two years following the subdivision <br />approval, whichever is later, unless prior to expiration a building permit is issued and construction is <br />commenced and diligently pursued to completion, or the applicant has filed a request for an approval <br />extension pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.12.030 of the PMC.