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PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. PC-2004-23 RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY TO ENACT AN INTERIM ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM UNTIL THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE IS COMPLETED. WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65858 provides statutory authority and time limits for interim ordinances, commonly called a moratorium, prohibiting uses which may be in conflict with a contemplated general plan, specific plan, or zoning proposal which a city is studying or plans to study; and WHEREAS, The City is in the process of updating its General Plan; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has received numerous requests from its citizens to recommend a moratorium on development projects until the General Plan Update is completed; and WHEREAS, at its duly noticed public hearing of March 24, 2004, the Planning Commission considered all public testimony and relevant information from City staff concerning this matter. NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RESOLVES THE FOLLOWING: Section 1. Section 2. Section 2. Pursuant to Government Code Section 65858, the Planning Commission finds that there exists a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare of its citizens due to traffic, public safety, grading, and other quality-of- life issues as discussed during the public hearing and by the Commission at its meeting, and that the approval of any new commercial, residential, or industrial development that generates greater than 200 daily trips would result in that threat to public health, safety, and welfare. The Planning Commission further finds that a temporary moratorium will not adversely affect the orderly development of property or the preservation of property values. Recommends to the City Council to enact an interim ordinance establishing a moratorium until the General Plan Update is completed, which would apply to any new commercial, residential, or industrial development that generates greater than 200 daily trips, with the exemption of the Happy Valley Specific Plan, the Vineyard Corridor Specific Plan, and the Downtown Specific Plan areas, as these Specific Plan areas were recently planned and had mitigated issues concerning traffic, public safety, and grading.