RESOLUTION NO. _____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA APPLYING THE R6 ZONING DESIGNATION TO PARCELS DESIGNATED TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD, CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN WHEREAS, on January 9, 2024, the City of Santa Clara (the “City”) adopted the City’s Zoning Code Update, the first comprehensive update of the Code in over 50 years; and WHEREAS, the 2010-2035 General Plan is the City’s vision for future development; and WHEREAS, the City’s Zoning Code is the primary regulatory tool that implements the General Plan; and WHEREAS, the Zoning Code is administered on a parcel-by-parcel basis through a Zoning Map with specific zoning districts applied to each parcel; and WHEREAS, the City prepared a Zoning Map that is consistent with the City’s General Plan, as required by state law; and WHEREAS, on July 16, 2024 the City Council adopted the zoning map to implement the adopted Zoning Code; WHEREAS, the resolution adopting the map did not apply the R6 Zoning designation, because the code language did not include standards for non-residential uses and instead called for using the TN Transit Neighborhood standards of the previous code; and WHEREAS, under Government Code Section 65860, the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance of a jurisdiction are required to be consistent with each other; and WHEREAS, the proposed Zoning Code Cleanup Ordinance includes provisions to modify the R6 Transit Neighborhood Residential District to allow the full range of uses of anticipated in the Tasman East Specific Plan; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the proposed Zoning Map resolution and the area of the map that the proposed changes apply to; and WHEREAS, before acting on the change to the proposed Zoning Map, the City Council reviewed and considered the potential environmental impacts and determined that as the primary implementation tool of the General Plan, the environmental effects of the proposed Zoning Code Update and associated Zoning Map were consistent with 2010-2035 General Plan EIR, as addended, and that the proposed Zoning Map did not alter the conclusions of the adopted General Plan EIR, as addended, or create new environmental impacts; and WHEREAS, on April 8, 2026, the Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing to consider the Zoning Map, which was subsequently continued to May 20, 2026 and again to June 10, 2026. At the conclusion of the hearing on June 10, the Commission recommended approval of the proposed Zoning Map Amendment resolution; and WHEREAS, on June 14, 2026, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing to consider the proposed Zoning Map, at which time all interested persons were given an opportunity to give testimony and provide evidence in support of and in opposition to the proposed Zoning Map.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA AS FOLLOWS:
1. That the City Council hereby finds that the above Recitals are true and correct and by this reference makes them a part hereof.
2. That the City Council hereby amends the City’s Zoning Map to be consistent with the City’s adopted General Plan land use diagram, by applying the R6 zoning designation in the current version of the Zoning Code to parcels with the Transit Neighborhood General Plan land use designation. //
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3. Effective date. This resolution shall become effective immediately.
I HEREBY CERTIFY THE FOREGOING TO BE A TRUE COPY OF A RESOLUTION PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF HELD ON THE ___ DAY OF _________, 20__, BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
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ATTEST: ______________________________
Nora Pimentel, MMC
Assistant City Clerk
CITY OF SANTA CLARA
Attachments Incorporated by Reference:
1. Draft Zoning Map (Tasman East detail)
Resolution/Zoning Code Update Recommendation Page 1 of 3 Rev: 7/27/2023
Ordinance/*Insert brief description Page 1 of *
Rev: 03-09-10; Typed: *Insert date