City of Pomona Public Hearing Notice for Code Amendment (CODE-021507-2023) The City of Pomona is noticing for a public hearing for a City initiated urgency ordinance that shall apply city-wide. The City case file is Code Amendment (CODE-021507-2023). The public hearing will take place at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Pomona. Pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this Ordinance is an organizational or administrative activity of the City that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment, and therefore not a project. Additionally, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), this Ordinance is exempt from CEQA review because there is no possibility that the Moratorium may have a significant effect on the environment, insofar as it prohibits the construction of or alterations to, Warehouses, trucking facilities, and related uses within the City. Furthermore, even if the Ordinance is considered a project, the proposed moratorium is categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15308, because it is clear that the Moratorium will not create an environmental impact and the action will assure the maintenance, enhancement, or protection of the environment through the eventual adoption of regulations and development standards on Warehouses, trucking facilities, and related uses. Accordingly, no further environmental review is necessary. Furthermore, as the Ordinance is an administrative procedure related to uses, facilities, and regulations identified in the Pomona Zoning Ordinance and General Plan, and given that the proposed Ordinance is not related to a specific project, the Ordinance (i) by virtue of the location of affected improvements, will not impact a sensitive environmental resource of hazardous or critical concern; (ii) will not have a cumulative impact on the environment through successive projects of the same type, in the same place, over time; (iii) does not have any unusual circumstances that will have a significant effect on the environment; (iv) does not impact a scenic highway; (v) is not located on a hazardous waste site; and (vi) will not adversely impact a historical resource. Accordingly, none of the exceptions to categorical exemptions set forth in the CEQA Guidelines, Section 15300.2, apply to this Ordinance. The public hearing will take place on June 5, 2023 at 7:00 p.m., in-person at the City Council Chambers located at 505 S. Garey Avenue, Pomona, CA 91766. You may view the agenda for the meeting related to this public hearing at HYPERLINK "https://pomona.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx" https://pomona.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx, by selecting “City Council / Housing Authority / Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency“ and the date of the public hearing. The agenda will be posted on the website at least 72 hours prior to the meeting date and time. Written comments may be submitted to [email protected], by 6:00 p.m. the day of the hearing. Comments must be limited to 200 words. Please title your email “Warehouse Moratorium 6-5-2023”. Comments received via email will not be read into the record, but will be made part of the official record of the meeting. Please direct questions about this matter to Anita D. Gutierrez, Development Services Director at [email protected]. Please note that if you challenge this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Pomona, or prior, to the public hearing. Para Informacion en Espanol, llame (909) 620-2439.
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