2024 Code Update – Housing Element Implementation (PLN2025-00074)
Summary
SCH Number
2025020130
Public Agency
City of Fremont
Document Title
2024 Code Update – Housing Element Implementation (PLN2025-00074)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/5/2025
Document Description
To consider adoption of a resolution for objective design standards for historic homes associated with state law compliance and an ordinance for associated text amendments to the Historic Resources Chapter (FMC Chapter 18.175); and to consider exemptions for the proposed amendments from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), each on a separate and independent basis, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15061 (Review for Exemption), §15183 (Projects Consistent with a Community Plan, General Plan, or Zoning), §15262 (Feasibility and Planning Studies), and §15378 (Project).
Contact Information
Name
James Willis
Agency Name
City of Fremont
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Fremont
Counties
Alameda
Regions
Citywide
Other Location Info
City of Fremont Citywide Zoning Amendment
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15262
Reasons for Exemption
In that the proposed amendment and Objective Standards may lead to possible future actions, but the City has not yet approved, adopted, or funded those possible future actions. §15262 Feasibility and Planning Studies.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Sections 15061, 15183, 15378
Reasons for Exemption
In that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the proposed text amendment and Objective Standards would have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, and because the proposed amendments would only modify certain zoning procedures to implement the City’s 2023-2031 Housing Element and would not approve any development. §15061(b)(3) Review for Exemption.
In that the proposed text amendment and Objective Standards are consistent with the
development densities and policies in Fremont’s General Plan, for which an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) [SCH #2010082060] was previously prepared and certified, and none of the circumstances necessitating further environmental review are present. The proposed amendment and Objective Standards do not involve peculiar impacts that were not previously analyzed or discussed as significant effects in prior EIR(s) on the general plan and zoning with which the project is consistent, there are no previously identified significant effects which are substantially more severe than analyzed in the prior EIR(s) or cannot be substantially mitigated by the imposition of uniformly applied development policies or standards applied on a citywide basis, and the proposed amendment and Objective Standards are necessary to conform with state law. Any conceivable impact of the proposed amendments would be too speculative for reasoned analysis in the absence of specific development proposals. §15183, Projects Consistent with a Community Plan, General Plan, or Zoning and/or §15162 Subsequent EIRs and Negative Declarations.
In that the proposed amendment and Objective Standards are an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. §15378 Project.
County Clerk
Alameda
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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