Legislation Details

File #: 205967   
Type: Public Hearing Status: Agenda Ready
Meeting Body: City Council
On agenda: 11/17/2026
Title: 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
Attachments: 1. Council Report, 2. ATT 1 - Resolution Certifying EIR, 3. ATT 2 - Resolution Amending General Plan, 4. ATT 3 - Ordinance Amending Chapter 36 (Zoning), 5. ATT 4 - Ordinance Amending Chapters 28 and 35, 6. ATT 5 - Ordinance Amending Zoning Map, 7. ATT 6 - Resolution Amending San Ramon Precise Plan, 8. ATT 7 - Resolution Amending Villa-Mariposa Area Precise Plan, 9. ATT 8 - Resolution Amending Grant-Martens Precise Plan, 10. ATT 9 - Resolution Amending Evandale Precise Plan, 11. ATT 10 - Resolution Amending South Whisman Precise Plan, 12. ATT 11 - Resolution Amending El Camino Real Precise Plan, 13. ATT 12 - Resolution Amending San Antonio Precise Plan, 14. ATT 13 - Resolution Repealing Plans, 15. ATT 14 - Project Chronology, 16. ATT 15 - Public Comment, 17. ATT 16 - Changes from Previous Draft R3 Standards, 18. ATT 17 - Sites with Greater than Maximum Density, 19. ATT 18 - Fiscal Analysis
Title
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 Qual...

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