EMERGENCY ORDINANCE FOR HOUSING ELEMENT, HOUSING PROGRAM NO. 25: PROVIDE ADEQUATE SITES FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ON NON-VACANT AND VACANT SITES
Summary
SCH Number
2024110727
Public Agency
City of La Verne
Document Title
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE FOR HOUSING ELEMENT, HOUSING PROGRAM NO. 25: PROVIDE ADEQUATE SITES FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ON NON-VACANT AND VACANT SITES
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/21/2024
Document Description
PROJECT TITLE CONTINUED: PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED
Housing Element included Program No. 25 which provides that the City will “rezone” to allow development by right pursuant to Government Code section 65583.2(i) when 20 percent or more of the units are affordable to lower income households. This was to apply to sites that were non-vacant and identified in the previous (5th Cycle) Housing Element. The purpose of the Housing Element Sites Overlay zone (HEO) is to establish the maximum density requirements and ministerial review rights for certain properties that are designated for lower income housing pursuant to California Housing Law as part of the City’s 6th Cycle Housing Element, consistent with Government Code Section 65583.2.
Contact Information
Name
Candice Bowcock
Agency Name
City of La Verne
Job Title
Principal Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Responsible Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Cities
La Verne
Counties
Los Angeles
Parcel #
8377-027-031, -032, 8377-028-902, 903, 8377-28-011, 010, 8378-014-011, 8378-015-006, 007,008,009
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
Even if the amendment was considered to be a project, it would be exempt from environmental review pursuant to the “common sense exemption” per CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) as the City has already implemented this requirement through the adoption of the 6th Cycle Housing Element which contained the program referred to in the Recitals above. Staff is directed to file a Notice of Exemption.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15378(b)(5)
Reasons for Exemption
The amendment is except from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a “project” pursuant CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) because the proposed change to the Zoning Ordinance is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment in that the Ordinance will not impact the type or intensity of use already allowed on the properties, but rather simply recognizes that there is no discretionary permit or review required.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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