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2. A Public Hearing to Consider Zoning Code Amendment ZCA 24-02\nIntroducing an Ordinance amending Sections 9-1-71, 9-1-74, and 9-1-77 to\nAdopt Criteria Allowing for the Placement of Seasonal Temporary Non-\nCommercial Signs in Designated Public Rights- of Way and Mandating Non-\nCommercial Content Neutrality Clause and Finding the Action to be Exempt\nfrom the California Environmental Quality Act Under State CEQA Guidelines\nSection 15061(b)(3)\nRecommendation\nOpen the public hearing, take public testimony, close the public hearing, and then\ntake the following actions:\n1. Find that adoption of Zoning Code Amendment ZCA 24-02 is exempt from\nCEQA because it is not a “project” and has no potential to result in a direct\nor reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change to the environment.\n(14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15378(a).) Further, ZCA 24-02 is exempt from CEQA\nas there is no possibility that ZCA 24-02 or its implementation would have\na significant negative effect on the environment because ZCA 24-02 merely\nextends the permissible locations for the placement of certain temporary\nsigns. (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3).) There is no possibility that ZCA\n24-02 or its implementation would have a significant negative effect on the\nenvironment.\n2. Waive the full reading, make any amendments to, and introduce Ordinance\nNo. 2024-229 by title:\nORDINANCE NO. 2024-229\nAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIFORNIA,\nADOPTING ZONING CODE AMENDMENT 24-02 AMENDING THE\nLAGUNA NIGUEL SIGN ORDINANCE OF THE LAGUNA NIGUEL\nMUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT CRITERIA FOR PLACEMENT OF\nSEASONAL TEMPORARY NON-COMMERCIAL SIGNS IN PUBLIC\nRIGHTS-OF-WAY AND NON-COMMERCIAL NEUTRALITY CLAUSE\nAND DETERMINING THE ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE\nCALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT\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.\nDISCUSSION ITEM