CITY OF ORANGE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
SINGLE-ROOM OCCUPANCY HOUSING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Orange will hold a Public Hearing at a Regular Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the City Council Chamber, 300 E. Chapman Avenue, Orange, to consider the following request:
SUBJECT:An ordinance amending Title 17 (Zoning Ordinance) of the Orange Municipal Code to allow Single-Room Occupancy Housing as a permitted land use in certain zoning districts, and establishes standards, provisions, and limitations governing the permitting, development, siting, and management of Single Room Occupancy housing units.
APPLICANT: City of Orange
LOCATION:Eligible hotels/motels with 30 rooms or less and office buildings of 5,000 square feet or less as specified in the attached map.
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION:The proposed project is not subject to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to (1) Section 15061(b)(3) of the state CEQA Guidelines (Common Sense Exemption) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that it would have a significant effect on the environment; and (2) Section 15378 because it will not have a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change on the environment and is not a "project." For this reason, no further CEQA documentation is required.
FURTHER INFORMATION:All interested persons may be heard on any relevant matter relating to the proposed action by mail, email, voicemail or in-person as set forth in the June 10, 2025, City Council agenda. To obtain further information about the project, please contact Arlen Beck, Associate Planner, at the Planning Division of the City of Orange, 300 East Chapman Avenue, by telephone at (714) 744-7272, or via e-mail at [email protected].
Posted: May 15, 2025 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE PHONE: (714)744-5500 BY: PAMELA COLEMAN, CITY CLERK