Zoning Code Amendment 11-23-5675
Summary
SCH Number
2025011012
Public Agency
City of Lake Forest
Document Title
Zoning Code Amendment 11-23-5675
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/30/2025
Document Description
ZC 11-23-5675 is a City-initiated Zoning Code Amendment to amend Title 9 (Zoning Code) of the Lake Forest Municipal Code. The Zoning Code Amendment includes numerous revi-sions that are administrative in nature and intended to, among other things, refine and clarify Zoning Code provisions, im-plement existing legal requirements, and reflect the City’s ac-tual and best practices.
ZC 11-23-5675 includes revisions to Zoning Code Section 9.04.030 (definitions), Section 9.48.080) Residential Single-Family District-Site development standards, Table 9.72.090(A) (Land Use Matrix), Section 9.73.050 (Urban industrial 25 dis-trict), Table 9.73.065 (Mixed-use land use matrix), Section 9.144.080 (Accessory uses and structures), Section 9.146.020 (Animal hospitals and clinics), Section 9.164.030 (Signs-Definitions), Table 9.164.110A (Temporary Signs Permitted), Table 9.164.110B (Permanent Sign Permitted for Residential Uses), Table 9.164.110C (Permanent Signs Permitted for Non-residential Uses), Section 9.164.140 (Nonconforming signs- Outside redevelopment project area), Section 9.168.040 (Resi-dential off-street parking requirements), Section 9.168.070 (Off-street parking requirements), Section 9.184.010 (Discre-tionary permits and procedures), Section 9.184.020 (Types of permits), Section 9.184.070 (Revocation). ZC 11-23-5675 also includes the deletion of Zoning Code Section 9.164.150 (Non-conforming signs-Redevelopment project area).
Contact Information
Name
Jennifer Mansur
Agency Name
City of Lake Forest
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Lake Forest
Counties
Orange
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
Citywide- City of Lake Forest
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060 (c)(2), 15060(c)(3), 15061(b)(3) and 15378(b)(5)
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to the following sections of the State CEQA Guidelines: Section 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably fore-seeable indirect physical change in the environment), Section 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378(a) because it does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and Section 15378(b)(5) because the changes are administrative in nature and will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment), and Section 15061(b)(3) (the activity 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). Specifically, the Ordinance does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment because it involves minor refinements and clarifications to the Zoning Code, implements existing legal requirements, reflects the City’s actual and best practices, and the changes are administrative in nature and do not propose nor authorize any action that would have the potential to cause a physical change in the environment, directly or indirectly. Therefore, the Zoning Code Amendment is not subject to CEQA.
County Clerk
Orange
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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