Addendum #4 to the City of Healdsburg 2009 General Plan for the proposed 2024 Growth Management Ordinance Ballot Measure

Addendum #4 to the City of Healdsburg 2009 General Plan for the proposed 2024 Growth Management Ordinance Ballot Measure

The City of Healdsburg (City), serving as the Lead Agency1 under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), adopted the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the 2030 General Plan Update (2030 General Plan, approved project; State Clearinghouse [SCH] No. 2007082030) in July 2009. The Final EIR is herein referred to as the 2009 EIR or approved project. Several Addendums to the 2009 EIR have been prepared, Addendum #1 in 2016, Addendum #2 in 2018, and Addendum #3 in 2020 have been prepared to evaluate various amendments to the 2000 Growth Management Ordinance (GMO) to streamline development of multi-family housing in the city. This document represents Addendum #4 to the 2009 EIR. It analyzes the environmental impacts of exempting multi-family residential within specific geographic areas (identified in Figure 3) from the GMO. Figure 1 shows the location of Healdsburg, in Sonoma County, California. Figure 2 shows the jurisdiction of the City of Healdsburg. Figure 3 shows the proposed exemption areas.

Healdsburg

Sonoma

Citywide

Other (General Plan Addendum for 2024 GMO Ballot Measure)

Ballot Measure

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Energy, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Transportation, Utilities/Service Systems, Wildfire