City Council

1. A Public Hearing to Consider Zoning Code Amendment ZCA 24-01\nIntroducing an Ordinance Amending Various Sections of the Laguan Niguel\nMunicipal Code to Address Several State Housing and Land Use Mandates;\nand Determining the Action to be Exempt from the California Environmental\nQuality Act Under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends that the City Council open the public hearing, take public\ntestimony, close the public testimony, and then take the following actions:\n1. Find that adoption of Zoning Code Amendment ZCA 24-01 is exempt from\nthe California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because it is an\nadministrative activity that will not result in a direct or reasonably\nforeseeable indirect physical change to the environment and thus is not a\n“project” under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 (see State CEQA\nGuidelines, Section 15060(c)(2) and (3)). Alternatively, even if adoption of\nZCA 24-01 did qualify as a project under CEQA, find that it is exempt from\nCEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3), which provides that a project is\nexempt from CEQA where it can be seen with certainty that there is no\npossibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the\nenvironment.\n2. Waive full reading, make any amendments to, and introduce Ordinance No.\n2024-228 by title:\nORDINANCE NO. 2024-228\nAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA NIGUEL,\nCALIFORNIA, ADOPTING ZONING CODE AMENDMENT ZCA 24-01\nAMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE LAGUNA NIGUEL\nMUNICIPAL CODE TO ADDRESS SEVERAL STATE HOUSING LAND\nUSE MANDATES; AND DETERMINING THE ACTION TO BE EXEMPT\nFROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER\nSTATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTIONS 15060(C)(2), 15060(C)(3), AND\n15061(B)(3)\n3. Direct that the proposed ordinance, with any changes, be placed on the\nagenda for the May 21, 2024, City Council Meeting and adopt the ordinance\nat that meeting.