City Council

8A. PUBLIC HEARING: CONSIDERATION TO INTRODUCE, AND CONDUCT A\nFIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND VARIOUS PORTIONS OF\nSAN CLEMENTE MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 12, TITLE 16, AND TITLE 17,\nFOR STREAMLINING AND CLEANUP PURPOSES\nPublic hearing to consider amendments to the City of San Clemente\nMunicipal Code Title 2, Title 12, and Title 17, to streamline review\nprocesses for various types of projects, and be consistent with State Law,\nand clarify code sections. This includes a reworked Zoning Administrator\nreview process that allows the City Planner to make decisions if a notice\nof future decision is sent to property owners within 300 feet of a site and\nthere is not a request a hearing.\nThe City Council will also consider whether the zoning amendments are\nnot a “project” as defined by the State CEQA Guidelines Sections\n15378(b)(2) and 15378(b)(5), because the revisions relate to the ongoing\nadministrative or discretionary activities and organizational or\nadministrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or\nindirect physical changes in the environment, and therefore do not\nconstitute a “project” as defined by the State CEQA Guidelines (Cal.\nCode Regs., title 14, § 15000 et seq.).\nRecommended Action\nContinue the public hearing to the Regular City Council meeting of March 17,\n2026.