Environmental Impact Report for the Focused General Plan Update: Housing, Land Use, & Safety Elements and Accompanying Zoning Ordinance Amendments

Environmental Impact Report for the Focused General Plan Update: Housing, Land Use, & Safety Elements and Accompanying Zoning Ordinance Amendments

This is the Notice of Preparation for the Environmental Impact Report for the Focused General Plan Update: Housing, Land Use, & Safety Elements and Accompanying Zoning Ordinance Amendments. The City is preparing the City of San Carlos General Plan Housing, Land Use and Safety Element Updates that were last updated in 2009, with the exception of the Housing Element, which was last updated in 2015. While the Housing and Safety elements are the original focus of the Focused General Plan Update, the Land Use Element will also need to be revised to ensure General Plan consistency, as required by State law. In addition, Zoning Amendments will also be made to implement new policies and land use intensities envisioned in the Housing Element Update to accommodate the provision of additional housing needs as part of San Carlos’ Regional Housing Needs Allocation (“RHNA”). The subject EIR will provide an environmental assessment of the updated Housing, Land Use and Safety Elements, and Zoning Ordinance and related Municipal Code updates.

San Carlos

San Mateo

Citywide, Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)

Other (Housing, Land Use, Safety Element and Zoning Ordinance Updates)

General Plan Update

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire