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PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. PC-2004-53 RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION OF BERNI HAFKER FOR AN AMENDMENT TO The NORTH SYCAMORE SPECIFIC PLAN AND FOR A MAJOR MODIFICATION TO AN APPROVED PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AS FILED UNDER CASE PSP-6/PUD-96-04-lM WHEREAS, Berni Hafker has applied to amend the North Sycamore Specific Plan and for a major modification to PUD-96-04 to allow the subdivision of an existing 1.29-acre property located at 565 Sycamore Creek Way into a three-lot custom home development; and WHEREAS, zoning for the property is PUD-LDR (Planned Unit Development - Low Density Residential) District; and WHEREAS, at its duly noticed public hearing of August 25, 2004, the Planning Commission considered all public testimony, relevant exhibits, and recommendations of the City staff concerning the Specific Plan amendment and the major modification; and WHEREAS, an Enviromnental Impact Report (ErR) was prepared and certified by the City Council in February 1991, and the California Enviromnental Quality Act specifies that individual residential development projects that are prepared pursuant to the requirements of an adopted specific plan for which an EIR has been prepared and certified are exempt from additional enviromnental review; and the proposed specific plan amendment to add one lot on this property would be a minor change in land use regulations, and, therefore, no environmental documentation accompanies the proposed PUD development plan; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission determined that the Specific Plan amendment is consistent with the City's General Plan and the North Sycamore Specific Plan; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission determined that the proposed modification would be consistent with other recently approved projects in the subdivision and would not alter the natural topographical features of the area. 1 .. .