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Ordinance No. ____
Interim Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Temporarily Extending Interim Ordinance 5645, Amending Various Chapters of Title 16 (Building Regulations) and Title 18 (Zoning) and Title 21 (Subdivisions and Other Divisions of Land) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Implement Recent State Housing Laws
The Council of the City of Palo Alto ORDAINS as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings and Declarations. The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. On January 13, 2025, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 5645, Amending Various Chapters of Title 16 (Building Regulations) and Title 18 (Zoning) and Title 21 (Subdivisions and Other Divisions of Land) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Implement Recent State Housing Laws, with an expiration date of December 31, 2025.
B. The City Council now desires to extend these sections of the ordinance until December 31, 2026.
SECTION 2. The effective date of Ordinance No. 5645 is hereby extended to December 31, 2026, unless further extended by the City Council or superseded by replacement legislation.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion or sections of the Ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it should have adopted the Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
SECTION 4. Environmental Review.
The Council finds that the Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that updating the municipal code to implement existing changes in preemptive state housing law will have a significant effect on the environment. //
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SECTION 4. Effective Date.
This ordinance shall be effective on the thirty-first day after the date of its adoption (second reading).
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____________________________ ____________________________ City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
____________________________ ____________________________ Assistant City Attorney City Manager
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Director of Planning and
Development Services