City Council

6.1 General Plan Amendment No. RZNE-0010-2024 to Amend the Laguna\nHills General Plan Housing Element for the 2021-2029 Planning Period to\nIncorporate Revisions Requested by the California Department of\nHousing and Community Development and to Amend the Laguna Hills\nGeneral Plan Land Use Element to Implement the Housing Element;\nZoning Text Amendment and Zoning Map Amendment No. RZNE-0011-\n2024 to Modify Development Standards Related to High Density\nResidential Land Uses in the Mixed Use (MXU) Zoning District, Establish a\nNew Housing (H) Overlay Zone and Related Development Standards, and\nto Modify the City’s Official Zoning Map to Designate Specific Sites\nWithin the H Overlay Zone; and Zoning Text Amendment No. RZNE-0012-\n2024 to Establish Citywide Objective Design Standards for Multi-Family\nand Mixed-Use Residential Development\nRecommendation: That the City Council:\n1) Conduct a Public Hearing;\n2) Adopt a Resolution entitled: “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE\nCITY OF LAGUNA HILLS, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE SEVENTH ADDENDUM TO\nTHE 2009 GENERAL PLAN PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, AS\nPREVIOUSLY ADDENDED, FOR THE 2021-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE,\nRELATED REZONING PROGRAM, AND OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, PURSUANT\nTO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT”;\n3) Adopt a Resolution entitled: “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE\nCITY OF LAGUNA HILLS, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT\nNO. RZNE-0010-2024 TO AMEND THE LAGUNA HILLS GENERAL PLAN HOUSING\nELEMENT FOR THE 2021-2029 PLANNING PERIOD TO INCORPORATE REVISIONS\nREQUESTED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY\nDEVELOPMENT AND TO AMEND THE LAGUNA HILLS GENERAL PLAN LAND USE\nELEMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE HOUSING ELEMENT”;\n4) Introduce for first reading, read by title only, and waive further reading of an\nOrdinance entitled: “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS, CALIFORNIA,\nADOPTING ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENT NO.\nRZNE-0011-2024, (1) A TEXT AMENDMENT TO TITLE 9 (ZONING AND\nSUBDIVISIONS) OF THE LAGUNA HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE TO IMPLEMENT THE\nGENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT BY AMENDING CHAPTER 9-30 (MXU MIXED\n4\nUSE DISTRICT) TO MODIFY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS RELATED TO HIGH\nDENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES AND CHAPTER 9-11 (OVERLAY DISTRICTS) TO\nESTABLISH A NEW HOUSING (H) OVERLAY ZONE AND RELATED PROVISIONS AND\nDEVELOPMENT STANDARDS; AND (2) AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY’S OFFICIAL\nZONING MAP TO DESIGNATE SPECIFIC SITES WITHIN THE HOUSING OVERLAY\nZONE”; and\n5) Introduce for first reading, read by title only, and waive further reading of an\nOrdinance entitled: “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS, CALIFORNIA,\nADOPTING ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. RZNE-0012-2024, AN AMENDMENT\nTO TITLE 9 (ZONING AND SUBDIVISIONS) OF THE LAGUNA HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE\nTO ADD CHAPTER 9-41 (OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS) ESTABLISHING\nCITYWIDE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR MULTIPLE-FAMILY AND MIXED-\nUSE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND TO ADOPT THE LAGUNA HILLS OBJECTIVE\nDESIGN STANDARDS MANUAL.”