HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 430.1 RESOLUTION NO. 430.1
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
SARATOGA ADOPTING 1974 GENERAL PLAN.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of this City has caused
to be prepared a comprehensive, long-term General Plan for
the development of this City, and of land outside of its boundaries
which in the said Planning Commission's judgment bears relation
to its planning, pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Title 7
of the Government Code of this State;and pursuant to Article 6
of said Chapter and Title, said Planning Commission has considered
said plan and held noticed public hearings thereon, and has here-
tofore approved of said General Plan by resolution thereof, and
has transmitted said approved plan to this City Council, and
WHEREAS, thereafter this Council has held noticed public
hearings on said plan as required by law, and has suggested
certain modifications and changes thereto,. which have heretofore
been referred back to said Planning Con~nission, and said Planning
Commission has reported affirmatively to this~'Council concerning
said suggested changes and modifications, copy of which report
has been filed with this Council, and this Council has held
further public hearing thereon, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Environmental Quality Act of
1970 and the provisions of Chapter 3, Title 14, Division 6 of the
California Administrative Code, and Resolution Series 653 of
this Cit. y, a draft Environmental Impact Report has been prepared
and completed and a notice of completion thereof filed with the
Secretary of the Resources Agency of the State of California,
and more than thirty (30) days expiring from the date of said
filing, on or about the 13th day Of June , 1974 this Council
having held a public hearing on the proposed final Environmental
Impact Report, and thereafter said report having been certified
by this Council as final, and
WHEREAS, after said public hearings hereinabove referred
to, this Council considered the final Environmental Impact
Report in conjunction with said General Plan, and in evaluating
said General Plan and each element thereof, and deeming it in
the best interests of this City that said 1974 General Plan be
adopted,
NOW, ~EREFORE, the City Council of the City of Saratoga
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1: This Council hereby finds that due and
legal notice of public'hearings on the hereinafter set forth
General Plan and the hereinabove referred to Environmental
Impact Report, have been given as required by law and said
public hearings on said General Plan both at the Planning
Commission level and at this Council level, have been held
and conducted according to 1~.
SectiOn 2: The 1974 Saratoga General Plan
consists of, and is to be found in, the following documents,
to-wit:
(A) Text dated March, 1974, entitled "Saratoga
General Plan 1974" and. consisting of 62 pages,
containing therein a synthesis of the various
separate elements hereinafter referred to,
together ~.ith
(B) Text dated April 6, 1974, entitled "Basic
Data Report Saratoga, California 1974", consist-
ing of 112 pages, and including therein, inter
alia, a more detailed analysis Of the nine
basic elements thereof, to-wit: land use,
housing, circulation, scenic highway, open
space, conservation., safety, seismic sa£ety
and noise, together with
(C) Text dated JUne 22, 1973, entitled "Geotechnicai
Study Seismic Safety Element for the City of
Saratoga", prepared by Fugro, Inc. and consist-
ing of a more in-depth study of the seismic
safety element, together with
(D) Map dated May 1. 1974 . and entitled
"Saratoga General Plan 1974. together with
(E) Text dated April 9, 1974, and entitled "Sphere
of Influence Plan" consisting of 32 pages,
representing that 'portion of said General Plan
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relating to the development of lands located
outside of the present boundaries of this
City but within this City's sphere of influence,
Said General Plan as above outlined be and the same
is hereby adopted as the 1974 General Plan of this City and
all previous General Plans and amendments and additions thereto,
are declared to be superseded by the within adopted plan.
The above and foregoing resolution was introduced at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City o~ Saratoga
held on the 7th day Of August , 1974, and thereafter was
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Ceunciimen Smith, Brigham, Krcz~s, D~rido. & ~r~e[~ s
ABSENT: