General Plan Amendment 23-01 and Zone Change 23-01
Summary
SCH Number
2025010575
Public Agency
City of Rosemead
Document Title
General Plan Amendment 23-01 and Zone Change 23-01
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/21/2025
Document Description
The 2021-2029 Housing Element was adopted by the Rosemead City Council on January 11, 2022, and certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development on August 1, 2022. The Housing Element sets forth goals, policies and programs that address future housing needs for all income levels over a planning period of 2021-2029 and coincides with the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), a unit count established by State Housing Law. During the Housing Element process, the City assessed a number of sites in its Sites Inventory that would be able to accommodate the City’s allocated RHNA of 4,612 units. With units entitled and under review, as well as anticipated ADUs, the City has adequate capacity for its RHNA units. However, to further accommodate for the City’s RHNA numbers and to comply with SB 166 (no net loss), the City identified ten candidate sites to be rezoned (Housing Element Rezoning Efforts). The rezoned sites will meet the requirements of Government Code §65583.2, including but not limited to a minimum density of 20 units per acre, minimum site size to permit at least 16 units on site, and zoned to allow ownership and rental housing by-right in which at least 20 percent of the units are affordable to lower income households. General Plan Amendment 23-01 and Zone Change 23-01 include changes to the City’s General Plan and Zoning Map to implement the City’s certified Housing Element, which is a policy decision and administrative in nature. No development projects are proposed on any of the ten candidate sites as part of the Housing Element Rezoning Efforts.
Contact Information
Name
Annie Lao
Agency Name
City of Rosemead
Job Title
Acting Planning and Economic Development Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Rosemead
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Citywide
Other Location Info
Multiple Parcels: : 5271-002-053, 5271-002-054, 8592-016-010, 8592-016-039, 8592-019-061, 8594-023-026, 8593-002-038, and 5271-002-052
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Section 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) because the project is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. It can be seen with certainty that the proposed project, Housing Element Rezoning Efforts, will not have a significant effect on the environment. The Housing Element Rezoning Efforts includes changes to the City’s General Plan and Zoning Map to implement the City’s certified Housing Element, as required by State law. No development projects are proposed as part of the Housing Element Rezoning Efforts. Furthermore, each future development proposal on any of the Housing Element Rezoning Effort sites will have to go through their own environmental analysis pursuant to CEQA to evaluate potential impacts specific to that proposal. Accordingly, General Plan Amendment 23-01 and Zone Change 23-01 is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3).
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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