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R3 Zoning District Update - Adoption of R3 and R4 Zoning Ordinance Text and Zoning Map Amendments, Precise Plan Amendments, General Plan Land Use and Design Element Text and Map Amendments, and Other Related Actions
Recommended Action
1. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report and Adopting Findings of Fact, a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and a Statement of Overriding Considerations for the R3 Zoning District Update Project, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
2. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Adopting General Plan Amendments to Modify Residential General Plan Designations and the General Plan Land Use Map Consistent with the R3 Zoning District Update Project, as Recommended by the Environmental Planning Commission, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 2 to the Council report).
3. Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Mountain View Amending Chapter 36 (Zoning) of the Mountain View City Code to Update the R3 and R4 Zoning Districts and Related Sections, Update Nonconforming Standards, Add Streamside Review Standards and Standards Implementing State Laws, and Make Other Clean-Up Amendments, as Recommended by the Environmental Planning Commission, to be read in title only, further reading waived, and set a second reading for December 8, 2026 (Attachment 3 to the Council report).
4. Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Mountain View Amending Chapter 28 (Subdivisions) of the Mountain View City Code to Authorize Ministerial Review and Approval of Preliminary Parcel Maps and Tentative Maps for Qualifying Housing Development Projects; to Make Minor Modifications to Chapter 35 (Water, Sewage and Other Municipal Services) to Achieve Greater Consistency with State Laws; and Finding that the Amendments are Exempt from Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act, to be read in title only, further reading waived, and set a second reading for December 8, 2026 (Attachment 4 to the Council report).
5. Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Mountain View Approving a Zoning Map Amendment to Apply the R4 Zoning District in 14 Change Areas and Nearby Rowhouse and Condominium Sites, the R3-A Zoning District in High-Opportunity and Transit-Oriented Areas Previously Zoned R2, the R3-B Zoning District in Areas Consistent with the Previous Medium-Density Residential General Plan Designation, the R3-C Zoning District in Areas Consistent with the Previous Medium-High Density Residential General Plan Designation, and Other Modifications Consistent with the R3 Zoning District Update and General Plan Amendments, as Recommended by the Environmental Planning Commission, to be read in title only, further reading waived, and set a second reading for December 8, 2026 (Attachment 5 to the Council report).
6. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending the San Ramon Precise Plan, P(6), Consistent with the R3 Zoning District Update Project, as Recommended by the Environmental Planning Commission, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 6 to the Council report).
7. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending the Villa-Mariposa Area Precise Plan, P(17), Consistent with the R3 Zoning District Update Project, as Recommended by the Environmental Planning Commission, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 7 to the Council report).
8. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending the Grant-Martens Precise Plan, P(26), Consistent with the R3 Zoning District Update Project, as Recommended by the Environmental Planning Commission, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 8 to the Council Report).
9. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending the Evandale Precise Plan, P(32), Consistent with the R3 Zoning District Update Project, as Recommended by the Environmental Planning Commission, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 9 to the Council report).
10. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending the South Whisman Precise Plan, P(37), Consistent with the R3 Zoning District Update Project, as Recommended by the Environmental Planning Commission, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 10 to the Council report).
11. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending the El Camino Real Precise Plan, P(38), Consistent with the R3 Zoning District Update Project, as Recommended by the Environmental Planning Commission, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 11 to the Council report).
12. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending the San Antonio Precise Plan, P(40), Consistent with the R3 Zoning District Update Project, as Recommended by the Environmental Planning Commission, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 12 to the Council report).
13. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Repealing the 460 North Shoreline Boulevard Precise Plan, P(5), the California-Ortega Precise Plan, P(13), the 2100 California Street Precise Plan, P(14), the Mora-Ortega Precise Plan, P(31), and the R4 MultiFamily Standards, as Recommended by the Environmental Planning Commission, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 13 to the Council report).