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Council amends zoning code to implement Gatekeeper policy G‑9, adds exemptions for conforming rezonings
Summary
Mountain View’s council adopted code amendments Oct. 14 to implement Policy G‑9 on gatekeeper applications, adding an exemption for rezonings that conform to a parcel’s existing general-plan land‑use designation and removing a floor-plan requirement from initial application materials.
The Mountain View City Council voted Oct. 14 to amend the municipal zoning code to implement Policy G‑9, the council’s recently adopted gatekeeper policy governing how applicants request legislative changes such as general-plan or zoning amendments.
The adopted ordinance makes administrative changes to three divisions related to precise plans, general-plan amendments, and zoning amendments, and formally connects the gatekeeper process in code to the policy the council adopted in June. The changes do not rewrite the substantive criteria the council placed in Policy G‑9; instead, they remove conflicting code language and point applicants to the council policy for substantive requirements.
During deliberations the council approved two specific clarifications added at the meeting: language exempting "applications for zoning…
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