City Council

8B. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE INTRODUCTION (FIRST READING) OF ORDINANCE NO. 1808 TO AMEND VARIOUS PORTIONS OF SAN CLEMENTE MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 17 - ZONING ORDINANCE, FOR CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY, AND FINDING THE ORDINANCE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT Public hearing to consider amendments to the City of San Clemente Municipal Code Title 17. This includes, but is not limited to: clarifying the minimum building setback for patio covers; adding landscape exceptions to accommodate Orange County Fire Authority requirements related to fuel modification or fire safety in general; reconciling unintended 2014 General Plan change of land use designation of NC2 to NC1.2; adding a minimum setback between a retaining wall and another fence or wall; clarifying distinctions between similar sign types and adding specific regulations; adding a definition for “vertical landscaping”; and revising the definition for “wind-driven sign”. The City Council will also consider whether the zoning amendments are not a “project” as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (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 1. Opening the public hearing to receive and consider public comment, and close the public hearing following the public portion of the hearing. 2. Introduce, and conduct a first reading of Ordinance No. 1808 entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ZONING AMENDMENT 26-062 AMENDING TITLE 17 - ZONING OF THE SAN CLEMENTE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY; AND FINDING THIS ACTION EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) UNDER STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTIONS 15378(B)(2) AND 15378(B)(5).