Attachment 7RESOLUTION 2018-
Draft Resolution: subject to
modification by Town Council
based on
deliberations and direction
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
AMENDING LANGUAGE WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN NON-RESIDENTIAL
LAND USE DESIGNATION SECTION TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY WITH
PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE TABLE OF CONDITIONAL USES
IN CHAPTER 29 (ZONING REGULATIONS) OF THE TOWN CODE.
WHEREAS, on February 17, 2015, the Town Council adopted Resolution 2015-
008 establishing the Planned Development Study Committee (PDSC), which was tasked
to research the PD overlay zoning designation and Conditional Use Permit process and
formulate recommendations for the Town Council's consideration; and
WHEREAS, on August 2, 2016, the recommendations of the PDSC were
presented to the Town Council, who directed Town staff to prepare proposed
amendments to the Town Code, General Plan, and other policy documents,
incorporating the recommendations from the PDSC, and to forward them to the
Planning Commission for consideration; and
WHEREAS, on February 14, 2018, the recommendations of the PDSC and results
of staff research were considered by the Planning Commission, who continued
consideration on the item to the March 28, 2018 Planning Commission meeting with
direction to staff to provide additional information from neighboring jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, on March 28, 2018, staff provided the Planning Commission with the
additional information and the Planning Commission forwarded a recommendation for
approval to the Town Council; and
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WHEREAS, this matter was regularly noticed in conformance with State and
Town law and came before the Town Council for public hearing on April 17, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council accepted the report of the Planning Commission's
recommendation of approval for the proposed General Plan amendment; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council finds as follows:
A. The project is Categorically Exempt pursuant to the adopted Guidelines
for Implementation of California Environmental Quality Act, Section 15061(b)(3); and
B. The General Plan amendment is internally consistent with the existing
goals and policies of the General Plan and its corresponding elements; and
C. That all proceedings have been conducted in compliance with the
provisions of Government Code Section 65350 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council considered all facts and information related to the
PDSC's recommended General Plan amendments as shown on Exhibit A; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Council hereby amends
pages LU-14 and LU-15 of the General Plan as recommended by the PDSC and as shown
on Exhibit A, to maintain consistency with the PDSC's proposed revisions to the Table of
Conditional Uses in Chapter 29 (Zoning Regulations) of the Town Code;
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of
Los Gatos, California, held on the 17th day of April 2018, by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
SIGNED:
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
CLERK ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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Town of Los Gatos General Plan
Commercial Land Use Designations
Non -Residential Land Use Designations
For non-residential land uses, the specific uses mentioned are illustrative, and other compatible uses,
including those authorized in any other Zoning District within the Town, may be permitted where
authorized by a Conditional Use Permit or Planned Development Overlay Zone. In a mixed -use project
residential uses may be permitted in conjunction with other permitted uses in non-residential Zoning
Districts with the exception of the Commercial Industrial and Controlled Manufacturing Zoning Districts.
For non-residential land uses, building intensity limits are indicated by either allowable land coverage or
floor area ratio (FAR) and a maximum height limit.
a. Office Professional: Up to 50 percent land coverage with a 35-foot height limit
The Office Professional designation provides for professional and general business offices. This
designation applies to various locations throughout the Town, often in close proximity to neighborhood -
or community -oriented commercial facilities, or as a buffer between commercial and residential uses.
The intent of this designation is to satisfy the community's need for general business and professional
services and local employment.
b. Central Business District: 0.6 FAR with a 45-foot height limit
The Central Business District designation applies exclusively to the downtown and accomplishes the
following:
• Encourages a mixture of community -oriented commercial goods, services and lodging unique in its
accommodation of small-town style merchants and maintenance of small-town character.
• Maintains and expands landscaped open spaces and mature tree growth without increasing setbacks.
• Integrates new construction with existing structures of historical or architectural significance and
emphasizes the importance of the pedestrian.
c. Mixed -Use Commercial: Up to 50 percent land coverage with a 35-foot height limit
The Mixed -Use Commercial designation permits a mixture of retail, office, and residential in a mixed -use
setting project, along with lodging, service, auto -related businesses, non -manufacturing industrial uses,
recreational uses, and restaurants. Projects developed under this designation shall maintain the small
town, residential scale and natural environments of adjacent residential neighborhoods, as well as
provide prime orientation to arterial street frontages and proper transitions and buffers to adjacent
residential properties.
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This designation should never be interpreted to allow development of independent commercial facilities
with principal frontage on the side streets.
d. Neighborhood Commercial: Up to 50 percent land coverage with a 35-foot height limit
The Neighborhood Commercial designation provides for necessary day -today commercial goods and
services required by the residents of the adjacent neighborhoods. This designation encourages
concentrated and coordinated commercial development at easily accessible locations.
e. Service Commercial: Up to 50 percent land coverage with a 35-foot height limit
The Service Commercial designation provides for service businesses necessary for the conduct of
households or businesses. These include auto repair, building materials sales, paint suppliers, janitorial
services, towing businesses, contractors offices and yards, launderers and dry cleaners, as well as
wholesaling and warehousing activities.
f. Light Industrial: Up to 50 percent land coverage with a 35-foot height limit
The Light Industrial designation provides for large-scale office developments and well -controlled
research and development, industrial -park -type and service- oriented uses subject to rigid development
standards. These uses should respond to community or region -wide needs.
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