NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
TIME OF HEARING: 6:00 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter.
DATE OF HEARING: January 17, 2024
PLACE OF HEARING: MENIFEE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
29844 HAUN ROAD
MENIFEE, CA 92586
A PUBLIC HEARING has been scheduled, pursuant to the City of Menifee Municipal Code, before the CITY OF MENIFEE CITY COUNCIL to consider the project shown below:
Project Title: Code Amendment LR23-0012 – Development Code update to comply with State law and to implement the City’s 6th Cycle, 2021-2029 Housing Element Project Location: The proposed Zoning Code A mendment applies citywide .
The City Council will consider the following project at a public hearing:
Code Amendment LR23-0012 - A City initiated amendment to the Development Code (Title 9 of the Menifee Municipal Code) to update the Code to be in compliance with latest State housing law and to implement several program actions of the City’s Housing Element, which was adopted in November of 2022. As required by State law, the proposed amendment consists of provisions to support greater housing opportunity to address the State housing crisis, and to implement the City’s adopted Housing Element policies and program actions. The amendments include, but are not limited to, provisions addressing affordable housing, density bonus provisions, accessory dwelling units, supportive and transitional housing, emergency shelters, low barrier navigation centers, housing in commercial zones, and streamlining approvals for such uses as necessary to comply with State law.
Chapters and/or sections of the Development Code proposed to be amended or added to the Development Code include:
• Section/Table 9.30.090-1 Designated Authority for Permits and Approvals Table (amended) • Chapter 9.35 Accessory Dwelling Unit Permit (entire chapter to be deleted) • Chapter 9.85 Reasonable Accommodation (amended)
• Chapter 9.125 Agricultural & Rural Residential Zones (amended) • Chapter 9.130 Residential Zones (amended)
• Chapter 9.135 Commercial and Industrial Zones (amended) • Chapter 9.140 Economic Development Corridor Zones (amended) • Chapter 9.180 Density Bonus, Incentives, and Concessions (amended) • Chapter 9.215 Parking and Loading Standards (amended) • Chapter 9.295 Special Housing Types:
▪ Section 9.295.020 Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (amended) ▪ Section 9.295.025 Emergency Shelter (new section)
▪ Section 9.295.035 Low Barrier Navigation Center (new section) ▪ Section 9.295.037 Multifamily Housing in Commercial Zones – AB 2011 & SB 6 (new section)
• Chapter 9.296 SB9 Urban Lot Split & 2-Unit Developments (new chapter) • Chapter 9.300 Universal Definitions (amended)
• Section 9.305.030 Density Bonus & Related Terms Defined (amended) Environmental Information: The project is exempt from CEQA per Statutory Exemptions Section 15282.h as the proposed amendment involves “adoption of an ordinance regarding second units in a single -family or multifamily residential zone by a city or a county to implement the provisions of Sections 65852.1 and 65852.2 of the Government Code as set forth in `Section 21080.17 of the Public Resources Code” and is exempt per Section 15061.b.3 “Common Sense Exemption” as the proposed Code Amendment as the proposed Code Amendment is required to comply with State law and is required to implement several program actions of the City’s adopted 6 th cycle, 2021-2029 Housing Element. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the proposed amendments will have a significant impact on the environment. Additionally , the proposed Code Amendment implements the City’s adopted 6th cycle, 2021-2029 Housing Element of the General
Plan. On December 15, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 21-1110 adopting the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (“FPEIR”) for the Housing Element Update Proj ect (State Clearinghouse No. 2022010031) (“Project”). Based on data and analysis and findings of the FPEIR, the Project would not directly result in significant adverse environmental impacts. All potential impacts were determined to be less than significant without mitigation or can be reduced to a less than significant level with implementation of the mitigation measures identified in the FPEIR. Additionally, no cumu lative significant impacts were identified in the FPEIR based on findings that the Project’s contributions to such impacts are considered not to be cumulatively considerable.
In addition, the project site is not included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 (California Department of Toxic Substances Control list of various hazardous sites).
Any person wishing to comment on the proposed project may do so in writing between the date of this notice and the public hearing; or, may appear and be heard at the time and place noted above. All comments must be received prior to the time of public hearing. All such comments will be submitted to the City Council, and the City Council will consider such comments, in addition to any oral testimony, before making a decision on the proposed project.
If this project is challenged in court, the issues may be limited to those raised at the public hearing, described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing. Be advised that as a result of public hearings and comment, the City Council may amend, in whole or in part, the proposed project. Accordingly, the designations, development standards, design, improvements, or any properties or lands within the boundaries of the proposed project, may be changed in a way other than specifically proposed.
For further information regarding this project, please contact Doug Darnell, at (951) 723-3744 or e-mail [email protected], or go to the City of Menifee’s agenda web page at http://www.cityofmenifee.us.
The case file for the proposed project may be viewed Monday through Friday, from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the Community Development Department office, located at 29844 Haun Road, Menifee, CA 92586.
Please send all written correspondence to:
CITY OF MENIFEE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Attn: Doug Darnell, Principal Planner
29844 Haun Road
Menifee, CA 92586