City Council

4-C. A CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING\nOF ZONING CODE AMENDMENT NO. 23-01(ZCA-23-01), AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE\nMONTEREY PARK MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER 21.18, ENTITLED “AFFORDABLE\nHOUSING INCENTIVES – DENSITY BONUS” TO IMPLEMENT THE MONTEREY PARK\nHOUSING ELEMENT\nIt is recommended that the City Council consider:\n(1) Opening the continued public hearing and taking testimonial and documentary evidence;\n(2) After closing the public hearing and considering the evidence submitted during that public\nhearing, introduce and waive first reading of Ordinance No. _____ amending Chapter\n21.18 (Affordable Housing Incentives – Density Bonus) to Monterey Park Municipal Code\nTitle 21 (Zoning) to implement the Monterey Park Housing Element; and\n(3) Taking such additional, related, action that may be desirable.\nCEQA (California Environmental Quality Act):\nThe proposed Ordinance is exempt from additional environmental review under the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (“California Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., “CEQA”) and\nits implementing guidelines (14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq.; “CEQA\nGuidelines”) for the following reasons: (1) it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable\nindirect physical change in the environment (CEQA Guidelines § 15060(c)(2)); (2) there is no\npossibility that the Ordinance itself may have a significant effect on the environment (CEQA\nGuidelines § 15061(b)(3)); and (3) the Ordinance, by itself, does not constitute a “project” as\ndefined in the CEQA Guidelines (CEQA Guidelines § 15378). The Ordinance is for general\npolicies and procedure-making; any project governed by the proposed Ordinance would receive\na separate environmental evaluation and review. It can be seen with certainty that there is no\npossibility that the Ordinance may have a significant effect on the environment.