CITY OF ORANGE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
DESIGN REVIEW ORDINANCE
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, October 28, 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 12, Title 16, and Title 17 (Zoning Ordinance) of the Orange Municipal Code to modify the duties of the Design Review Committee in order to streamline the design review process for new development and alterations to existing buildings.
PROPERTY LOCATION:Citywide
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.
PROJECT APPLICANT: City of Orange
APPELLANT:N/A
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 October 28, 2025, City Council agenda. To obtain further information about the project, please contact Hayden Beckman, Planning Manager, at the Planning Division of the City of Orange, 300 East Chapman Avenue, by telephone at (714) 744-7220, or via e-mail at [email protected].
Posted: October 2, 2025 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE PHONE: (714) 744-5500 BY: PAMELA COLEMAN, CITY CLERK