AGENDA
Town of Atherton
City Council
OCTOBER 07, 2026
SPECIAL MEETING – STUDY SESSION
3:30 PM
Council Chambers
80 Fair Oaks Lane
Atherton, CA 94027
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SPECIAL MEETING STUDY SESSION
ROLL CALL – Lane, Lewis, Widmer, Vice Mayor DeGolia, Mayor Holland PUBLIC COMMENT – Public Comments can be emailed directly to [email protected]
As a Special Meeting, this portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Council on any matter on the Agenda. Speakers’ time is limited to three minutes. Speakers may also speak when the item appears on the Agenda during the meeting. State law prohibits the Council from acting on items not listed on the Agenda except by special action of the City Council under specified circumstances. The Mayor may, at the Mayor’s discretion, restrict or grant additional speaker time based on such considerations as agenda length, number of speakers, complexity of the item, or looming threat of loss of quorum. Please refer to the footnote at the end of the posted agenda for additional notice regarding public comments.
ACTION ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING
1. CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCE FOR FIRST READING, BY TITLE ONLY, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ATHERTON MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 15.40.152, "CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS
PLAN(CMOP)
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meeting. State law prohibits the Council from acting on items not listed on the Agenda except by special action of the City Council under specified circumstances. The Mayor may, at the Mayor’s discretion, restrict or grant additional speaker time based on such considerations as agenda length, number of speakers, complexity of the item, or looming threat of loss of quorum. Please refer to the footnote at the end of the posted agenda for additional notice regarding public comments.
ACTION ITEMS
PUBLIC HEARING
1. CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCE FOR FIRST READING, BY TITLE ONLY, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ATHERTON MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 15.40.152, "CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS PLAN (CMOP)
CEQA: EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT TO GUIDELINE SECTION 15309 AND 15332
Report: FRED LUSTENBERGER, BUILDING OFFICIAL
LISAMARIE DALEY, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Recommendation: Staff recommend that the City Council continue the Public Hearing from September 16, 2026, an ordinance amending Atherton Municipal Code (AMC) Section
15.40.152, Construction Management and Operations Plan (CMOP).
Description: This item concerns a continued public hearing on an Ordinance amending the Atherton Municipal Code Section 15.40.152. “Construction Management Operations Plan”
2. CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCE FOR FIRST READING, BY TITLE ONLY, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ATHERTON MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 15.40, “CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS,” AND RECODIFYING EXISTING “CONSTRUCTION TIME LIMIT (CTL) REGULATIONS” AS NEW CHAPTER 15.41. CEQA: EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT TO GUIDELINE SECTION 15309 AND 15332
Report: FRED LUSTENBERGER, BUILDING OFFICIAL
LISAMARIE DALEY, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council consider and introduce for first reading an ordinance amending Atherton Municipal Code (AMC) Chapter 15.40, “Construction Regulations,” and recodifying the Town’s existing Construction Time Limit (CTL) regulations as new Chapter 15.41, “Construction Time Limits.”
Description: This item concerns the first reading a potential ordinance that would recodify existing portions of the Atherron Municipal Code governing Construction Regulations (15.40) into a new section specific to Construction Time Limits (15.41) STUDY SESSION
COUNCIL REPORTS/COMMENTS
ADJOURN
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
If you challenge a Town zoning, planning, or any other decision in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this agenda, or in written correspondence delivered to the Town at, or prior to, the public hearing. Judicial review of any Town administrative decision may be had only if a petition is filed with the court not later than the 90th day following the date upon which the decision becomes final. Judicial review of environmental determinations may be subject to a shorter time period. ifllffddbjdilhlhifbi
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ADJOURN
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
If you challenge a Town zoning, planning, or any other decision in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this agenda, or in written correspondence delivered to the Town at, or prior to, the public hearing. Judicial review of any Town administrative decision may be had only if a petition is filed with the court not later than the 90th day following the date upon which the decision becomes final. Judicial review of environmental determinations may be subject to a shorter time period.
Copies of all staff reports and documents subject to disclosure that relate to each item of business referred to on the agenda are available for public inspection by 5:00 p.m. the Friday before each regularly scheduled City Council meeting.
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (650) 7520500. Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (29 CRF
35.104 ADA Title II)
Public Comments:
The Town of Atherton Council and Committee or Commission meetings are a limited public forum, and all public comment must relate to something that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council or Committees. If comments do not relate to the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council or Committee, we will stop the comment and a warning may be provided. If the comment continues to be outside of the subject matter jurisdiction the speaker will be stopped, and we will move on to the next speaker.
Speakers found in violation of this rule of procedure may be removed from the meeting.
Rules of Decorum:
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