Ordinance 449.255
Summary
SCH Number
2025040899
Public Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Ordinance 449.255
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/17/2025
Document Description
Adopt Ordinance No. 449.255, An Interim Ordinance of the County of Riverside Extending Urgency Interim Ordinance 449.254 Establishing a Temporary Moratorium on New Short Term Rentals Within the Unincorporated County Areas of Thousand Palms, and B Bar H Ranch. All Districts. (CEQA Exempt)
Contact Information
Name
John Earle Hildebrand III
Agency Name
Riverside County Planning Department
Job Title
Deputy Director of TMLA
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
unincorporated Riverside County
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
Within the Unincorporated County
Areas of !Thousand Palms, and B Bar H Ranch. All Districts.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15378
Reasons for Exemption
Interim Ordinance No. 449.255 is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code § 21000 et seq.) (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines sections 15060(b) and (c), because it merely extends the moratorium established by urgency interim Ordinance No. 449.254 prohibiting new Short Term Rentals. It will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and, thus, it is not a project as defined in
State CEQA Guidelines section 15378. The extended non-issuance of Short Term Rental Certificates in certain areas of the County has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Additionally, or in the alternative, this Ordinance No. 449.255 is exempt from CEQA under State CEQA Guidelines section 15061 (b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that extending the prohibition of new Short Term Rentals in certain areas will have no significant effect on the environment because it will actually result in less impact on the environment. This interim Ordinance No. 449.255 merely maintains the status quo prior to the moratorium established by Ordinance No. 449.254 on March 11 , 2025.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15061(b)(c)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
Interim Ordinance No. 449.255 is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code § 21000 et seq.) (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines sections 15060(b) and (c), because it merely extends the moratorium established by urgency interim Ordinance No. 449.254 prohibiting new Short Term Rentals. It will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and, thus, it is not a project as defined in State CEQA Guidelines section 15378. The extended non-issuance of Short Term Rental Certificates in certain areas of the County has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Additionally, or in the alternative, this Ordinance No. 449.255 is exempt from CEQA under State CEQA Guidelines section 15061 (b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that extending the prohibition of new Short Term Rentals in certain areas will have no significant effect on the environment because it will actually result in less impact on the environment. This interim Ordinance No. 449.255 merely maintains the status quo prior to the moratorium established by Ordinance No. 449.254 on March 11 , 2025.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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