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ORDINANCE NO. 94- 73
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa ordains as
follows:
Section I: The Board hereby finds that the provisions of the
Development Agreement (Development Agreement) between the County
of Contra Costa and Jeffrey C. and Nancy A. Wiedemann, Wiedemann
Ranch, Inc. , Susan Christensen and HCV and Associates, Ltd. ,
relating to a residential development on approximately 1, 143 acres
located in the unincorporated portion of the County near San Ramon
(project or Wiedemann Ranch Residential Community project) , which
is on file with the Clerk of the Board, and which has been
recommended for approval by the County Zoning Administrator, is
consistent with the Countyfs General Plan.
Section II: The Board hereby finds that adoption of this ordinance
and approval of the Development Agreement complies with the
requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) .
A. The Board hereby finds that no further environmental
review is required for the Development Agreement. The
Environmental Impact Report for the Wiedemann Ranch
Residential Community project (EIR) assessed the environmental
impacts of the Development Agreement. The environmental
impacts of the project, including the Development Agreement,
are addressed in the CEQA Findings and project findings for
the project, which are incorporated herein by reference, and
the Board makes these f indings in part based upon all such
prior findings, as well as the entire administrative record
for the project. Further, the Development Agreement merely
implements the project as set forth in the EIR, with no new
significant impacts. As further set forth below, no
conditions exist herein for additional environmental review.
1. No substantial changes are proposed in the
Development Agreement which will require major revisions
of the EIR due to the involvement of new significant
environmental effects or a substantial increase in the
severity of previously identified significant effects.
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2. No substantial changes have occurred with respect
to the circumstances under which the project is
undertaken, which require major revisions to the EIR,
due to the involvement of new significant environmental
effects or a substantial increase in the severity of
previously identified significant effects.
3. No new information of substantial importance has
been brought forth.
B. Pursuant to CEQA at PRC § 21083.3 (a) , the EIR was
certified for the zoning for the project, the Development
Agreement is consistent with such zoning, which allows for a
residential development, and there are no new effects upon
the environment peculiar to the project, project site or
Development Agreement not addressed as significant effects in
the EIR, and there has arisen no substantial new information
showing any such effects will be more significant than
described in the EIR.
C. Pursuant to CEQA at PRC §21083 .3 (b) , the Development
Agreement is consistent with the County General Plan (Plan) ,
and an environmental impact report was certified for such
Plan, and there are no new effects on the environment which
are peculiar to the project, project site or Development
Agreement not addressed as significant effects' in the
environmental impact report for such Plan, and there has
arisen no substantial new information showing any such effects
will be more significant than described in such environmental
impact report.
Section III: The Board hereby approves the Development Agreement
pursuant to the authorization provided in sections 65864 et seq.
of the Government Code of the State of California. The Board
hereby authorizes the Director of Community Development to sign
the Development Agreement on behalf of the County of Contra Costa.
Section IV: If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held
to be unconstitutional or invalid, such a decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The
Board hereby declares that it would have passed each section,
subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance irrespective of the unconstitutionality or
invalidity of any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase.
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Section V: This ordinance becomes effective 30 days after passage,
and within 15 days of passage shall be published once with the
names of supervisors voting for and against it in the Contra Costa
Times, a newspaper published in this County..
PASSED on necPmher 13 , 1994 by the following votes:
AYES: Supervisors Smith, Bishop, DeSaulnier, Torlakson and Powers
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: PHIL BPACHELQR, Cl rk of t of rvisors
By:
Board Chair
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