City Council

8A. PUBLIC HEARING: CONSIDERATION TO INTRODUCE, AND CONDUCT A FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND VARIOUS PORTIONS OF SAN CLEMENTE MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 12, TITLE 16, AND TITLE 17, FOR STREAMLINING AND CLEANUP PURPOSES Public hearing to consider amendments to the City of San Clemente Municipal Code Title 2, Title 12, and Title 17, to streamline review processes for various types of projects, and be consistent with State Law, and clarify code sections. This includes a reworked Zoning Administrator review process that allows the City Planner to make decisions if a notice of future decision is sent to property owners within 300 feet of a site and there is not a request a hearing. The City Council will also consider whether the zoning amendments are not a “project” as defined by the State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(2) and 15378(b)(5), because the revisions relate to the ongoing administrative or discretionary activities and organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment, and therefore do not constitute a “project” as defined by the State CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., title 14, § 15000 et seq.). Recommended Action Continue the public hearing to the Regular City Council meeting of March 17, 2026.