CITY OF SAN MATEO
RESOLUTION NO. ____ (2025)
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DOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE SAN MATEO GENERAL PLAN 2040 LAND USE MAP FOR 1770 S.
AMPHLETT BLVD.
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EREAS, on March 18, 2024, at a duly no�ced public hearing, the City Council adopted Strive San Mateo General Plan 2040 (General Plan) with Resolu�on No. 25 (2024), as a comprehensive update to General Plan 2030; and
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EREAS, on March 18, 2024, at a duly no�ced public hearing, the City Council cer�fied the City of San Mateo’s General Plan’s EIR and adopted the Significant Impacts and Mi�ga�ons Measures Findings and Alterna�ves Findings, and Statement of Overriding Considera�ons with Resolu�on No. 26 (2024); and W
HEREAS, the State Housing Element Law (Government Code Sec�on 65580 et seq.) requires that the City Council adopt a Housing Element for the eight-year period of 2023-2031 to accommodate the City of San Mateo (City) regional housing need alloca�on (RHNA) of 7,015 housing units; and W
HEREAS, the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the San Mateo General Plan 2040 analyzed new residen�al development of up to 19,764 new housing units and growth around the City through 2040; and WH
EREAS, on March 18, 2024, at a duly no�ced public hearing, the City Council directed staff to schedule a public hearing with the Planning Commission to consider amendments to the land use designa�on of two sites, including 1770 S. Amphlet Blvd., that were not previously considered during the Planning Commission recommenda�on hearings on the General Plan; and
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HEREAS, 1770 S. Amphlet Blvd. has an exis�ng land use designa�on of Regional Commercial and the City Council directed staff to consider the Mixed-Use High land use designa�on to allow for a wider range of uses in response to the closure of the exis�ng hotel use.
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EREAS, upon General Plan adop�on, height, density, and intensity limits were governed by Measure Y , which the voters approved on November 3, 2020, and which General Plan 2040 incorporated by reference, with any instances between the two defaul�ng to the limits of Measure Y; and W
HEREAS, on July 15, 2024, the City Council placed Measure T on the November 5, 2024, ballot, with the measure proposing to repeal Measure Y in its en�rety but keep similar limits in place outside of the ten General Plan Study Areas, the net effect of which was to allow the limits set by Measure Y to be exceeded within the Study Areas, as specified in General Plan 2040; and
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HEREAS, on November 5, 2024, voters approved Measure T , which became effec�ve on December 19, 2024, and allowed for full implementa�on of the General Plan Land Use Map; and W
HEREAS, since the March 18, 2024, General Plan adop�on hearing, the City has iden�fied 11 sites that need amendments to their land use designa�ons due to inconsistencies with the exis�ng and/or surrounding uses, while s�ll remaining consistent with Measure T; and WH
EREAS, the No Net Loss requirement, as implemented under the Housing Crisis Act (California Government Code Sec�on 66300), prohibits a city from enac�ng a development policy, standard, or condi�on with respect to residen�ally designated parcels unless the city concurrently changes the development standards, policies, and condi�ons applicable to other parcels within the jurisdic�on to ensure that there is no net loss in residen�al capacity; and
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HEREAS, the proposed General Plan Land Use Map amendments would reduce the residen�al capacity of two (2) sites by 77 units, and increase the residen�al capacity of 11 sites by 1,751 units, resul�ng in a net increase of 1,674 units and no net loss of housing capacity in the City; and WHEREAS, on January 28, 2025, the Planning Commission conducted a duly no�ced public hearing to take public tes�mony and consider the amendments to the General Plan 2040 Land Use Map and all documents and exhibits, the agenda report and all atachments, and oral and writen public comments. The Planning Commission recommended amendments to the General Plan Land Use Map Figure LU-I for 1770 S. Amphlet Blvd. as outlined in Exhibit A.
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OW , THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA HEREBY finds and determines that, based on substan�al evidence in the record:
1. The City Council has read and considered the amendment to the Strive San Mateo General Plan 2040 Land Use Map for 1770 S. Amphlet Blvd. and all of the documenta�on comprising the foregoing, as presented to the City Council concurrent with this Resolu�on, and finds that General Plan 2040, which is incorporated herein and made apart hereof as though fully set forth, is consistent with the r
equirements of State law, specifically Government Code Sec�on 65300 et seq.
2. The City Council, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sec�ons 15168(c) and 15162, approves the amendment as being within the scope of the EIR because the proposed land use change is consistent with the type of allowable land uses, overall planned density and building intensity, geographic area analyzed for environmental impacts, and covered infrastructure as described and evaluated in the EIR; and exempt the General Plan Land Use Map amendment from further e
nvironmental review because the City, as “Lead Agency,” has determined that it will not result in any substan�al changes to General Plan 2040 or circumstances under which the program was undertaken and no new informa�on has come to light that would require major revisions of the EIR due to the i
nvolvement of new significant environmental effects or a substan�al increase in the severity of previously iden�fied significant effects.
3. The City Council adopts this resolu�on to update General Plan Land Use Map Figure LU-I for 1770 S.
Amphlet Blvd. with the amendment outlined in Exhibit A, atached hereto and incorporated by reference, to provide for a land use designa�on of Mixed-Use High to allow for a wider range of uses in response to the closure of the hotel use, based on City Council direc�on from the March 18, 2024, General Plan adop�on hearing.
Exhibit A