City Council

2.\nAmendments to the Municipal Code and General Plan to allow Mixed Use\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the proposed action is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA) review because it is general policy and procedure-making activity that is unrelated\nto any specific project, which must undergo separate CEQA review, and that will not result\nin direct physical changes or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical changes in the\nenvironment, and therefore does not constitute a “project” as defined by CEQA Guidelines\nSection 15378. In compliance with CEQA Guidelines (California. Code Regulations., Title\n14, Section 15000 et seq.), the City of Vernon prepared the Final Program Environmental\nImpact Report for the Westside Amendments to the General Plan and for the Westside\nAmendments to Title 17 of the Vernon Municipal Code;\nB. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-16 adopting Westside Amendments to the City of Vernon\nGeneral Plan and certifying the Final Program Environmental Impact Report State\nClearinghouse (SCH) No. 2022040458;\nC. Introduce and conduct first reading of Ordinance No. 1292 adding and amending various\nchapters in Title 17 – Zoning of the Vernon Municipal Code to allow Mixed Use Industrial\nZoning along Santa Fe Avenue; and\nD. Direct staff to schedule second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 1292 for the\nAugust 1, 2023 Regular City Council meeting.\nCONSENT CALENDAR\nAll matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be approved with\none motion. Items may be removed from the Consent Calendar for\nindividual consideration. Removed items will be considered\nimmediately following the Consent Calendar.