PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Ursula Luna-Reynosa, Director of Community Development
BY: Jennifer Villlasenor, Deputy Director
SUBJECT:
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GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 19-003 and ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 19-006 (HOUSING ELEMENT & BEACH AND EDINGER CORRIDORS SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENTS
REQUEST:
General Plan Amendment No. 19-003: to amend the City Council adopted 2013-2021 General Plan Housing Element and pursue certification from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) in order to be eligible to receive state funding for homelessness response programs; Zoning Text Amendment No. 19-006): to amend the Beach and Edinger Corridors Specific Plan (BECSP) to establish an Affordable Housing Overlay in accordance with program actions proposed in the Housing Element amendment
LOCATION:
Housing Element - citywide; Beach and Edinger Corridors Specific Plan - various sites on Beach Boulevard (refer to Attachment No. 6)
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APPLICANT:
City of Huntington Beach
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
1. Is the General Plan Amendment necessary for the changing needs and orderly development of the community and consistent with other elements of the General Plan?
2. Does the project satisfy all the findings required for approval of a Zoning Text Amendment?
3. Has the appropriate level of environmental analysis been determined?
4. Are the proposed amendments consistent with City Council direction?
RECOMMENDATION:
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That the Planning Commission take the following actions:
A) Find that General Plan Amendment No. 19-003 is covered under Negative Declaration No. 12-007, which was adopted by the City on August 27, 2013; and find that Zoning Text Amendment No. 19-006 is within the scope of the BECSP Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR No. 08-008) certified by the Planning Commission on December 8, 2009. In accordance with CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15163, no subsequent EIR or supplement to the EIR need be pr...
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