Text Amendments to Title 20 to Comply with 2022-2030 Housing Element Update
Summary
SCH Number
2023120402
Public Agency
Del Norte County
Document Title
Text Amendments to Title 20 to Comply with 2022-2030 Housing Element Update
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/14/2023
Document Description
Text Amendments to Del Norte County Code Title 20 Zoning based on the adopted Housing Element. Amendments are to include new residential by-right uses for employee housing including farmworker housing, low barrier navigation center, transitional housing, supportive housing, single-room occupancy, accessory dwelling units, mobile home parks, community care facilities and child day care homes. Chapter 20.49 (Emergency Shelter Combining District) also includes a revision per Housing Element Program HE-Q with the removal of performance standards for emergency shelters related to maximum beds and length of stay. Chapter 20.68 Multi-Unit Objective Design and Development Standards is also added to comply with streamlining requirements of SB35.
Contact Information
Name
Heidi Kunstal
Agency Name
County of Del Norte
Job Title
Director, Community Development Department
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Cities
unincorporated area of Del Norte County, CA
Counties
Del Norte
Regions
Countywide
Zip
95531
Total Acres
N/A
Parcel #
various
State Highways
Highway 101, 197, 199
Railways
N/A
Airports
Various
Schools
Various
Waterways
Various
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15061 (b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption)
Reasons for Exemption
Pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15061(b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Guidelines, also know as the "general rule" or "common sense exemption," activities that will not result in direct or or reasonably forseeable indirect physical change in the environment and can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment are not subject to CEQA. The proposed zoning text amendments are regulatory actions that are necessary to bring the Del Norte County Code into compliance with state laws and the County's 2022-2030 Housing Element.
County Clerk
Del Norte
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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