City Council

7. EXTENSION OF AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA\nBEACH, CALIFORNIA, RE-CODIFYING CHAPTER 25.95 OF THE LAGUNA\nBEACH MUNICIPAL CODE REGULATING SINGLE FAMILY\nRESIDENTIAL ONE- AND TWO-UNIT DEVELOPMENTS AND URBAN LOT\nSPLITS PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA SENATE BILL 9\nRecommendations: Open the public hearing, consider the evidence presented, close\nthe public hearing, and:\n(1) Adopt the Ordinance titled “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA\nBEACH, CALIFORNIA, FOR AN EXTENSION OF URGENCY ORDINANCE\nNO. 1693 OF THE CITYOF LAGUNA BEACH RE-CODIFYING CHAPTER\n25.95 OF THE LAGUNA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE REGULATING SINGLE\nFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ONE- AND TWO-UNTIL DEVELOPMENTS AND\nURBAN LOT SPLITS PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA SENATE BILL 9”, to\nextend the City’s Urgency Ordinance No. 1693 for 22 months and 15 days, or until\nthe City’s permanent ordinance is certified by the California Coastal Commission,\nwhich would allow additional time for the City to analyze the Housing and\nCommunity Development Department’s correspondence for the purpose of\nevaluating whether to revise the City’s permanent regulations and the California\nCoastal Commission to certify the City’s permanent regulations for Senate Bill 9\nproperties/projects; and\n(2) Find that said action is statutorily exempt from California Environmental\nQuality Act under California Government Code sections 65852.21, subdivision (j)\nand 66411.7, subdivision (n), whereby the adoption of an ordinance by a city to\nimplement provisions of Government Code sections 66411.7 and 65852.21 and\nregulation Urban Lot Splits and Two-Unit Developments is statutorily exempt\nfrom the requirements of California Environmental Quality Act.