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Ordinance No. 2297
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<br /> SECTION 1: Prior to taking action on the Project, and at a properly noticed public meeting,
<br /> the City Council reviewed written and oral staff reports, conducted a public hearing on the Project
<br /> and took testimony, and received into the record all pertinent documents related to the Project
<br /> (collectively, the "Record Evidence"). The City Council's determination is based on the Record
<br /> Evidence, which is incorporated into this Ordinance by reference.
<br /> SECTION 2: The Project is consistent with the adopted General Plan and the Economic
<br /> Development Strategic Plan as it aligns with the applicable land use designations and supports
<br /> the General Plan's and the Economic Development's Strategic Plan's Programs, Policies, and
<br /> Goals related to sustainability, community development, industrial, commercial, office, and the
<br /> economic and fiscal element. As such, the Project complies with the requirements of Government
<br /> Code Section 65860 regarding zoning consistency with the General Plan.
<br /> SECTION 3: The City Council finds the proposed text amendments to Chapter 18 Zoning
<br /> of the Pleasanton Municipal Code are exempt from environmental review under CEQA Guidelines
<br /> Section 15061(b)(3) in that CEQA only applies to projects that have the potential for causing a
<br /> significant effect on the environment. Since it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility
<br /> that the proposed text amendments will have a significant effect on the environment, no additional
<br /> environmental review is required. The proposed amendments involve uses that are less intensive
<br /> than existing industrial uses in the City and do not generate significant impacts to adjacent
<br /> properties. Any innovation-based businesses that involve the use of hazardous materials or
<br /> produce hazardous waste are required to follow federal, state, and local regulations. Those
<br /> regulations impose extensive environmental, health, and safety regulations on such uses. In light
<br /> of the extensive regulatory requirements, less restrictive local zoning regulations for innovation-
<br /> based businesses involving hazardous materials or hazardous waste would not result in any new
<br /> environmental impacts. CEQA review, if any, for future projects may be conducted on a project-
<br /> by-project basis.
<br /> SECTION 4: The City Council has considered the findings made in Planning Commission
<br /> Resolution No. PC-2025-17 and hereby adopts the same findings by this reference, and based
<br /> upon the City Council's own independent review and considerations, approves Case
<br /> No. P25-0192, the application of the City of Pleasanton to amend Chapters 18.08, 18.20, 18.40,
<br /> 18.48, 18.84, 18.88, 18.92, and Table 18.44.080 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code (PMC) to: (1)
<br /> modify the definition of Light Industrial; (2) establish the definition of an Innovation-Based
<br /> Business (IBB); (3) modify Table 18.44.080 to permit or conditionally permit IBBs in the C-R(p),
<br /> 0, I-P, I-G, PUD-C (Johnson Drive Economic Development Zone only), PUD-C-O, PUD-I, PUD-
<br /> I/C-O, and PUD-MU Districts, and the following Districts of the Hacienda PUD Area: OGPD, OPD,
<br /> OMPD, CDP, IPD, MOIPD, MCOIRPD, and MCOIPD; (4) modify the Design Review requirements
<br /> for: (a) IBBs constructing new and/or significantly modifying existing buildings, (b) IBBs leasing
<br /> space in a previously reviewed and approved building, and (c) IBBs that are permitted by right;
<br /> and (5) modify specific and related development standards for IBBs, as attached hereto and
<br /> incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit A.
<br /> SECTION 5. A summary of this ordinance shall be published once within fifteen (15) days
<br /> after its adoption in "The Valley Times," a newspaper of general circulation published in the City
<br /> of Pleasanton, and the complete ordinance shall be posted for fifteen (15) days in the City Clerk's
<br /> office within fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
<br /> SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its passage and
<br /> adoption.
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