City Council

4-A. A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ZONE CHANGE NO. ZC-24-03 (“ZC-24-03”), AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE CERTAIN PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT It is recommended that the City Council consider: (1) Opening a public hearing and taking testimonial and documentary evidence; (2) After closing the public hearing and considering the evidence submitted during that public hearing, introducing and waiving first reading of Ordinance No. _____ amending the zoning map for certain properties for consistency with the General Plan, Land Use and Urban Design Element; and (3) Taking such additional, related, action that may be desirable. CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act): The City reviewed the environmental impacts of the proposed Ordinance pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq. “CEQA”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regs. §§ 15000, et seq., the “CEQA Guidelines”). CEQA Guideline § 15168 provides that a Program EIR may be prepared to consider the environmental impacts of a series of actions that can be characterized as one large project that are related as logical parts in a chain of contemplated actions. The proposed Ordinance is within the scope of the City’s Focused General Plan Update to the Land Use and Urban Design Element which was evaluated under a Final Environmental Impact Report (“FEIR”) (SCH No. 2001-01-1074). The FEIR adequately describes and considers the proposed Ordinance for CEQA purposes. Accordingly, the Ordinance is not subject to further environmental review.