PH Item 2.b – Request for Consideration of Planning
Commission's Denial of Ordinance No. 2025-02
March 18, 2025
City of Placentia
REQUEST
RECOMMENDATION
Recommended Action: It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1.Open Public Hearing, concerning Zoning Code Amendment No. ZCA 2024-01; and
2.Receive the Staff Report and consider all Public Testimony; and
3.Close the Public Hearing; and
4.Adopt Ordinance O-2025-02, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Placentia, California, finding that the project is categorically exempt pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) set forth in Title 14 CCR Section 15061(b)(3) and the City of Placentia Environmental Guidelines, and waive full reading, by title only, and introduce for first reading Ordinance No. O-2025-02, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Placentia, approving Zoning Code Amendment No. 2024-01, making findings of approval for amending Placentia Municipal Code Chapter 23.105, Specific Plan 5, revising Section
23.105.050, "Permitted Uses for Parcels 9 and 11", by reducing the minimum residential density requirement from 65 dwelling units per acre to 15 dwelling units per acre.
Alternative to Recommendation 4:
A.Modify Draft Ordinance No. O-2025-02 to reflect a lower or higher minimum residential density requirement; or
B.Do not adopt Draft Ordinance No. O-2025-02, which would keep the minimum residential density requirement at 65 dwelling units per acre.
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